Effect of Methionine Oxidation and Substitution of α-Conotoxin TxID on α3β4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor.

abstract：:β-N-Methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), a neurotoxic non-protein amino acid, plays a significant role as an environmental risk factor in neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. BMAA producers occur globally, colonizing almost all habitats and represent species from distinct phytoplanktonic groups,...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Lage S,Annadotter H,Rasmussen U,Rydberg S

更新日期：2015-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional and pharmaceutical values of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) such as arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids have been well recognized. These LC-PUFAs are physiologically important compounds in bacteria and eukaryotes. Although little is known about the biosynthetic me...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Yoshida K,Hashimoto M,Hori R,Adachi T,Okuyama H,Orikasa Y,Nagamine T,Shimizu S,Ueno A,Morita N

更新日期：2016-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Being able to quantify ichthyotoxic metabolites from microalgae allows for the determination of ecologically-relevant concentrations that can be simulated in laboratory experiments, as well as to investigate bioaccumulation and degradation. Here, the ichthyotoxin karmitoxin, produced by Karlodinium armiger, was quanti...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Andersen AJC,de Medeiros LS,Binzer SB,Rasmussen SA,Hansen PJ,Nielsen KF,Jørgensen K,Larsen TO

更新日期：2017-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:To sustainably produce marine fish with a high lipid quality rich in omega-3 fatty acids, alternative sources of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are being identified. Moreover, the use of bioactive compounds that would stimulate the in vivo fatty acid synthesis, such as resveratrol (RV), wou...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Torno C,Staats S,Michl SC,de Pascual-Teresa S,Izquierdo M,Rimbach G,Schulz C

更新日期：2018-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:MytiLec; a novel lectin isolated from the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis); shows strong binding affinity to globotriose (Gb3: Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glc). MytiLec revealed β-trefoil folding as also found in the ricin B-subunit type (R-type) lectin family, although the amino acid sequences were quite different....

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Hasan I,Sugawara S,Fujii Y,Koide Y,Terada D,Iimura N,Fujiwara T,Takahashi KG,Kojima N,Rajia S,Kawsar SM,Kanaly RA,Uchiyama H,Hosono M,Ogawa Y,Fujita H,Hamako J,Matsui T,Ozeki Y

更新日期：2015-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pinnatoxins (PnTXs) are emerging neurotoxins that were discovered about 30 years ago. They are solely produced by the marine dinoflagellate Vulcanodinium rugosum, and may be transferred into the food chain, as they have been found in various marine invertebrates, including bivalves. No human intoxication has been repo...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Delcourt N,Lagrange E,Abadie E,Fessard V,Frémy JM,Vernoux JP,Peyrat MB,Maignien T,Arnich N,Molgó J,Mattei C

更新日期：2019-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new steroids, crellasterones A (1) and B (2), together with the previously reported compound chalinasterol (3) and several nucleosides (4-7), were isolated from the sponge Crella incrustans, collected in New Caledonia. The structures of the new compounds were established by extensive NMR and mass spectroscopic ana...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Ragini K,Piggott AM,Karuso P

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:AIDS is a pandemic responsible for more than 35 million deaths. The emergence of resistant mutations due to drug use is the biggest cause of treatment failure. Marine organisms are sources of different molecules, some of which offer promising HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitory activity, such as the diterpenes...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Miceli LA,Teixeira VL,Castro HC,Rodrigues CR,Mello JF,Albuquerque MG,Cabral LM,de Brito MA,de Souza AM

更新日期：2013-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:24-methyl-cholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3β,19-diol-7β-monoacetate (MeCDDA) is a natural steroid compound isolated from a wild-type soft coral (Nephthea erecta). The present study aimed to investigate the anti-small cell lung cancer (SCLC) effects of MeCDDA in vitro and in vivo, as well as to elucidate its underlying mechani...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Chung TW,Su JH,Lin CC,Li YR,Chao YH,Lin SH,Chan HL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PT-peptide is derived from the anti-lipopolysaccharide factor of the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus. The peptide, consisting of 34 amino acids, contains a lipopolysaccharide binding domain. In this study, we investigated the effect of PT-peptide encapsulated in raw milk-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs), de...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Lee BH,Chen BR,Huang CT,Lin CH

更新日期：2019-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for new biological sources of commercial value is a major goal for the sustainable management of natural resources. The huge amount of fishery by-catch or processing by-products continuously produced needs to be managed to avoid environmental problems and keep resource sustainability. Fishery by-products ca...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Caruso G,Floris R,Serangeli C,Di Paola L

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the studies on the prevention and treatment of human papillomavirus (HPV) which is closely related to the cervical cancer and other genital diseases are attracting more and more attention all over the world. Marine-derived polysaccharides and other bioactive compounds have been shown to possess a variety of ...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Wang SX,Zhang XS,Guan HS,Wang W

更新日期：2014-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In aquatic microbial ecology, knowledge of the processes involved in the turnover of organic matter is of utmost importance to understand ecosystem functioning. Microorganisms are major players in the cycling of nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus) and carbon, thanks to their enzymatic activities (leucine aminopeptidase, ...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Caruso G

更新日期：2010-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Six regioisomers associated with the tricyclic core of thiaplakortones A-D have been synthesized. Reaction of 1H-indole-4,7-dione and 1-tosyl-1H-indole-4,7-dione with 2-aminoethanesulfinic acid afforded a regioisomeric series, which was subsequently deprotected and oxidized to yield the tricyclic core scaffolds presen...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Schwartz BD,Coster MJ,Skinner-Adams TS,Andrews KT,White JM,Davis RA

更新日期：2015-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most distinctive and defining features of coleoid cephalopods-squid, cuttlefish and octopus-is their inking behavior. Their ink, which is blackened by melanin, but also contains other constituents, has been used by humans in various ways for millennia. This review summarizes our current knowledge of cephalo...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Derby CD

更新日期：2014-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The Asian coastal communities have used the brown seaweeds Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum since ancient times. Recently, some in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated their abilities in reducing risk factors for metabolic syndrome. Here, we analyzed the protective effect of a phytocomplex extracted fr...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Gabbia D,Saponaro M,Sarcognato S,Guido M,Ferri N,Carrara M,De Martin S

更新日期：2020-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigation of minor metabolites in the extracts of the red alga Sphaerococcus coronopifolius collected from the rocky coasts of Corfu Island in the Ionian Sea yielded two new diterpene alcohols, sphaerollanes I, and II (1, 2) featuring neodolabellane skeletons, and the new sphaeroane diterpene alcohol 16-hydroxy-9S...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Smyrniotopoulos V,Vagias C,Roussis V

更新日期：2009-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish processing industries generate a large volume of discards. In order to fulfil with the principles of a sustainable circular economy, it is necessary to maintain aquaculture by-products in the food chain through the production of high-value biomolecules that can be used as novel ingredients. In this study, we try ...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Pateiro M,Munekata PES,Domínguez R,Wang M,Barba FJ,Bermúdez R,Lorenzo JM

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin is an abundant polysaccharide primarily produced as an industrial waste stream during the processing of crustaceans. Despite the limited applications of chitin, there is interest from the medical, agrochemical, food and cosmetic industries because it can be converted into chitosan and partially acetylated chito...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Schmitz C,Auza LG,Koberidze D,Rasche S,Fischer R,Bortesi L

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical investigation of the methanol extract of the Vietnamese marine sponge Ircinia echinata led to the isolation of six new 9α-hydroxy-5α,6α-epoxysterols: 5α,6α-epoxycholesta-7,22(E)-dien-3β,9α-diol (1), 5α,6α-epoxycholesta-7,24(28)-dien-3β,9α-diol (2), (24R)-5α,6α-epoxy-24-ethyl-cholesta-7-en-3β,9α-diol (3), 5α,6...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Trinh TTV,Truong BN,Longeon A,Doan TMH,Deville A,Chau VM,Pham VC,Bourguet-Kondracki ML

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microalgae are promising sources for the sustainable production of compounds of interest for biotechnologies. Compared to higher plants, microalgae have a faster growth rate and can be grown in industrial photobioreactors. The microalgae biomass contains specific metabolites of high added value for biotechnology such ...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Guyon JB,Vergé V,Schatt P,Lozano JC,Liennard M,Bouget FY

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Peridinin and fucoxanthin, which are natural carotenoids isolated from a symbiotic dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium sp., and a brown alga, Petalonia fascia, respectively, were compared for inhibitory effects on delayed-type hypersensitivity in mice. The number of eosinophils at the site of inflammation and in peripheral b...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Onodera K,Konishi Y,Taguchi T,Kiyoto S,Tominaga A

更新日期：2014-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone defects in human, caused by fractures/nonunions or trauma, gain increasing impact and have become a medical challenge in the present-day aging population. Frequently, those fractures require surgical intervention which ideally relies on autografts or suboptimally on allografts. Therefore, it is pressing and likew...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Wang X,Schröder HC,Feng Q,Draenert F,Müller WE

更新日期：2013-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The marine habitat provides a large number of structurally-diverse bioactive compounds for drug development. Marine sponges have been studied over many years and are found to be a rich source of these bioactive chemicals. This study is focused on the evaluation of the activity of six diterpene derivatives isolated fro...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Leirós M,Sánchez JA,Alonso E,Rateb ME,Houssen WE,Ebel R,Jaspars M,Alfonso A,Botana LM

更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years many sterols with unusual structures and promising biological profiles have been identified from marine sources. Here we report the isolation of a series of 24-alkylated-hydroxysteroids from the soft coral Sinularia kavarattiensis, acting as pregnane X receptor (PXR) modulators. Starting from this scaf...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Sepe V,Di Leva FS,D'Amore C,Festa C,De Marino S,Renga B,D'Auria MV,Novellino E,Limongelli V,D'Souza L,Majik M,Zampella A,Fiorucci S

更新日期：2014-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Many cytotoxic compounds of therapeutic interest have been isolated from marine invertebrates, and some of them have been reported to be of microbial origin. Pyridoacridine alkaloids are the main compounds extracted from the ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. Here we describe the in vitro antiproliferative activity aga...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Martinez-García M,Diaz-Valdés M,Ramos-Esplá A,Salvador N,Lopez P,Larriba E,Antón J

更新日期：2007-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A bioassay guided fractionation of the ethyl acetate extract from culture broths of the strain Streptomyces zhaozhouensis CA-185989 led to the isolation of three new polycyclic tetramic acid macrolactams (1-3) and four known compounds. All the new compounds were structurally related to the known Streptomyces metabolit...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Lacret R,Oves-Costales D,Gómez C,Díaz C,de la Cruz M,Pérez-Victoria I,Vicente F,Genilloud O,Reyes F

更新日期：2014-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Nemerteans (ribbon worms) employ toxins to subdue their prey, but research thus far has focused on the small-molecule components of mucus secretions and few protein toxins have been characterized. We carried out a preliminary proteotranscriptomic analysis of putative toxins produced by the hoplonemertean Amphiporus la...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： von Reumont BM,Lüddecke T,Timm T,Lochnit G,Vilcinskas A,von Döhren J,Nilsson MA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three new diphenyl ether derivatives-phomaethers A-C (1-3) and five known compounds-including a diphenyl ether analog, 2,3'-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-5',6-dimethyl diphenyl ether (4); and four isocoumarin derivatives, diaportinol (5), desmethyldiaportinol (6), citreoisocoumarinol (7), and citreoisocoumarin (8)-were isolated...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Shi T,Qi J,Shao CL,Zhao DL,Hou XM,Wang CY

更新日期：2017-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Seaweeds have attracted high interest in recent years due to their chemical and bioactive properties to find new molecules with valuable applications for humankind. Phenolic compounds are the group of metabolites with the most structural variation and the highest content in seaweeds. The most researched seaweed polyph...

journal_title：Marine drugs

authors： Cotas J,Leandro A,Monteiro P,Pacheco D,Figueirinha A,Gonçalves AMM,da Silva GJ,Pereira L

更新日期：2020-07-24 00:00:00