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In vitro anti-trypanosomal activity of elatol isolated from red seaweed Laurencia dendroidea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2010

P. VEIGA-SANTOS ,
K. J. PELIZZARO-ROCHA ,
A. O. SANTOS ,
T. UEDA-NAKAMURA ,
B. P. DIAS FILHO ,
S. O. SILVA ,
D. B. SUDATTI ,
E. M. BIANCO ,
R. C. PEREIRA  and
C. V. NAKAMURA
P. VEIGA-SANTOS
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Bloco B-08, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
K. J. PELIZZARO-ROCHA
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, CEP86051-990, Campus Universitário, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
A. O. SANTOS
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Microbiologia, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rodovia Celso Garcia Cid, PR 445, Km 380, CEP86051-990, Campus Universitário, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
T. UEDA-NAKAMURA
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Bloco B-08, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
B. P. DIAS FILHO
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Bloco B-08, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
S. O. SILVA
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Bloco B-08, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
D. B. SUDATTI
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Caixa Postal 100644, CEP24001-970, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E. M. BIANCO
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Quimica Orgânica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Outiero de São João Baptista, s/n°, CEP24.020-150, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
R. C. PEREIRA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Caixa Postal 100644, CEP24001-970, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
C. V. NAKAMURA*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Bloco B-08, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
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*Corresponding author: Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Bloco B-08, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, CEP87020-900, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil. Tel: +55 44 3041 5012. Fax: +55 44 3261 4860. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

Chagas' disease is a debilitating but comparatively neglected illness that affects about 15 million people. There is an urgent need to develop new, more effective, and less-toxic compounds. In this study, we assessed the in vitro anti-trypanosomal activity of the sesquiterpene elatol from the Brazilian red seaweed Laurencia dendroidea. We used electron microscopy to evaluate the effect of elatol on the morphology and ultrastructure of the parasite. Elatol showed a dose-dependent effect against the epimastigote, trypomastigote, and amastigote forms, with IC50 values of 45·4, 1·38, and 1·01 μm, respectively. Observation of treated intracellular amastigotes by light microscopy demonstrated a total elimination of the infection at a dose of 3·0 μm. In addition, the compound did not affect the red blood cells, and the CC50 value for LLCMK2 cells was 27·0 μm. Transmission and scanning electron micrographs showed aberrant-shaped cells and breaks in the plasma membrane, prominent swollen mitochondria, and extensive formation of cytoplasmic vacuoles in all the forms. This is the first report of the anti-trypanosomal effect of the sesquiterpene elatol.

Keywords

Trypanosoma cruziLaurencia dendroideaelatolanti-trypanosomal activitymitochondrion
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 137 , Issue 11 , September 2010 , pp. 1661 - 1670
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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