In Vitro Cytotoxic and Leishmanicidal Activity of Isolated and
					Semisynthetic ent-Pimaranes from Aldama arenaria

Adriana da Silva Santos de Oliveira; Gabrielly Galdino Conrado; Nathalia Grazzia; Danilo Ciccone Miguel; Gilberto Carlos Franchi Júnior; Vera Lúcia Garcia

doi:10.1055/a-1708-2081

Planta Medica, Table of Contents

Planta Med 2022; 88(13): 1163-1174
DOI: 10.1055/a-1708-2081

Biological and Pharmacological Activity

Original Papers

In Vitro Cytotoxic and Leishmanicidal Activity of Isolated and Semisynthetic ent-Pimaranes from Aldama arenaria

Adriana da Silva Santos de Oliveira

¹Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas/SP, Brazil

²Division of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Pluridisciplinary Research Center for Chemical, Biological, and Agricultural Research (CPQBA) of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Paulínia/SP, Brazil

,

Gabrielly Galdino Conrado

¹Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas/SP, Brazil

²Division of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Pluridisciplinary Research Center for Chemical, Biological, and Agricultural Research (CPQBA) of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Paulínia/SP, Brazil

,

Nathalia Grazzia

³Department of Animal Biology – Parasitology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas/SP, Brazil

,

Danilo Ciccone Miguel

³Department of Animal Biology – Parasitology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas/SP, Brazil

,

Gilberto Carlos Franchi Júnior

⁴Integrated Center for Childhood Oncohematological Research, University of Campinas, Campinas/SP, Brazil

,

Vera Lúcia Garcia

¹Postgraduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas/SP, Brazil

²Division of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Pluridisciplinary Research Center for Chemical, Biological, and Agricultural Research (CPQBA) of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Paulínia/SP, Brazil

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Abstract

Two pimaranes ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-oic acid (1) and ent-8(14),15-pimaradien-3β-ol (2), isolated from Aldama arenaria, and six semi-synthetic derivatives methyl ester of the ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-oic acid (3), ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-ol (4), acetate of ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-ol (5), ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-ol succinic acid (6), acetate of ent-8(14),15-pimaradien-3β-ol (7), ent-8(14),15-pimaradien-3β-ol succinic acid (8) were evaluated in vitro for their cytotoxic activities to childhood leukemia cell lines and leishmanicidal activity against the parasite Leishmania amazonensis. Among these compounds, 1 to 6 presented moderate cytotoxic activity, with compound 4 being the most active (GI₅₀ of 2.6 µM for the HL60 line) and the derivatives 7 and 8 being inactive. Against the parasite Leishmania amazonensis, the most promising derivative was the acetate of ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-ol (5), with EC₅₀ of 20.1 µM, selectivity index of 14.5, and significant reduction in the parasite load. Pimarane analogues 1, ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-oic acid, and 2, ent-8(14),15-pimaradien-3β-ol, presented different activities, corroborating the application of such molecules as prototypes for the design of other derivatives that have greater cytotoxic or leishmanicidal potential.

Key words

leishmanicidal activity - cytotoxic activity - Leishmania amazonensis - pimaranes - Aldama arenaria (syn. Viguiera arenaria) - Asteraceae

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