The leishmanicidal effect of (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol, an oxylipin isolated from Tridax procumbens, is independent of NO production.
The in vitro leishmanicidal effect of (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol (1) isolated from Tridax procumbens whole plant against Leishmania mexicana, the causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis (chiclero's ulcer) in the New World, was investigated. This oxylipin showed significant in vitro activity against promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes of L. mexicana. Its inhibitory effect on amastigotes was not due to activation of NO in recombinant gamma-interferon-stimulated macrophages, since the production of NO was decreased in presence of the oxylipin. This is the first report on the leishmanicidal activity against the intracellular stage (amastigote) of the oxylipin (3S)-16,17-didehydrofalcarinol.
Martín-Quintal
Zhelmy
Z
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43 #130, Col. Chuburná de Hidalgo, Mérida, Yucatán, México.
del Rosario García-Miss
María
M
Mut-Martín
Mirza
M
Matus-Moo
Abril
A
Torres-Tapia
Luis W
LW
Peraza-Sánchez
Sergio R
SR
D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology; D007894:Leishmania mexicana / Q000187:drug effects*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D054883:Oxylipins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D054883:Oxylipins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C053263:didehydrofalcarinol; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma