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ArticlePloS one2024

Cytotoxic metabolites from Sinularia levi supported by network pharmacology.

Mingna Sun, Miada F Abdelwahab, Jianye Zhang, Mamdouh Nabil Samy, Nada M Mohamed, Islam M Abdel-Rahman, Faisal Alsenani, Usama Ramadan Abdelmohsen, Basma Khalaf Mahmoud

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Mingna SunGuangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, The NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Miada F AbdelwahabDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Jianye ZhangGuangzhou Municipal and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Target & Clinical Pharmacology, The NMPA and State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Mamdouh Nabil SamyDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Nada M MohamedDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Modern University for Technology and Information (MTI), Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5954-668X
Islam M Abdel-RahmanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New-Minia, Minia, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0621-0677
Faisal AlsenaniDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Usama Ramadan AbdelmohsenDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1014-6922
Basma Khalaf MahmoudDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.

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Abstract

The in-vitro anti-proliferative evaluation of Sinularia levi total extract against three cell lines revealed its potent effect against Caco-2 cell line with IC50 3.3 μg/mL, followed by MCF-7 and HepG-2 with IC50 6.4 μg/mL and 8.5 μg/mL, respectively, in comparison to doxorubicin. Metabolic profiling of S. levi total extract using liquid chromatography coupled with high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-HR-ESI-MS) revealed the presence of phytoconstituents clusters consisting mainly of steroids and terpenoids (1-20), together with five metabolites 21-25, which were additionally isolated and identified through the phytochemical investigation of S. levi total extract through various chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques. The isolated metabolites included one sesquiterpene, two steroids and two diterpenes, among which compounds prostantherol (21) and 12-hydroperoxylsarcoph-10-ene (25) were reported for the first time in Sinularia genus. The cytotoxic potential evaluation of the isolated compounds revealed variable cytotoxic effects against the three tested cell lines. Compound 25 was the most potent with IC50 value of 2.13 ± 0.09, 3.54 ± 0.07 and 5.67 ± 0.08 μg/mL against HepG-2, MCF-7 and Caco-2, respectively, followed by gorgosterol (23) and sarcophine (24). Additionally, network analysis showed that cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) was encountered in the mechanism of action of the three cancer types. Molecular docking analysis revealed that CDK1 inhibition could possibly be the reason for the cytotoxic potential.

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Antineoplastic AgentsNetwork PharmacologyCaco-2 CellsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationPlant ExtractsSteroidsAntineoplastic AgentsPlant ExtractsSteroids

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