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ReviewChemico-biological interactions2022

Biological Effects of Gyrophoric Acid and Other Lichen Derived Metabolites, on Cell Proliferation, Apoptosis and Cell Signaling pathways.

Mahshid Mohammadi, Leila Bagheri, Amr Badreldin, Pedram Fatehi, Leila Pakzad, Zacharias Suntres, Andre J van Wijnen

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Review in Chemico-biological interactions, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mahshid MohammadiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; Biorefining Research Institute (BRI), Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. Electronic address: mmohamm7@lakeheadu.ca.
Leila BagheriDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: Bagheri.Leila@mayo.edu.
Amr BadreldinDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Electronic address: Badreldin.Amr@outlook.com.
Pedram FatehiBiorefining Research Institute (BRI), Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. Electronic address: pfatehi@lakeheadu.ca.
Leila PakzadBiorefining Research Institute (BRI), Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada. Electronic address: lpakzad@lakeheadu.ca.
Zacharias SuntresNorthern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada. Electronic address: zsuntres@nosm.ca.
Andre J van WijnenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. Electronic address: andre.vanwijnen@uvm.edu.
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · USLakehead University · CANOSM University · CAUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

Molecular Control of Bone FormationR01AR049069 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI WESTENDORF, JENNIFER J · 2003 to 2021
$5.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049069
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secondary metabolites from fungi, algae and lichens have remarkable biological activities as antibiotics, fungicides, antiviral drugs, and cancer therapeutics. This review focuses on the lichen-derived metabolite gyrophoric acid and other select secondary metabolites (e.g., usnic acid, salazinic acid, physodic acid, vulpinic acid ceratinalone, flavicansone, ramalin, physciosporin, tumidulin, atranorin, parmosidone) that modulate a number of cellular pathways relevant to several biomedical diseases and disorders, including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. We discuss the chemical structure and biochemical activities of gyrophoric acid and other compounds relative to the molecular mechanisms and cellular processes that these metabolites target in a distinct human and rodent cell types. The therapeutic promise of gyrophoric acid and similar lichen derived metabolites is associated with the chemical versatility of these compounds as polyaromatic depsides with functional carboxyl and hydroxyl side-groups that may permit selective interactions with distinct enzymatic active sites. Gyrophoric acid has been examined in a series of studies as an effective anticancer drug because it impinges on topoisomerase 1 activity, as well as causes cell cycle arrest, comprises cell survival, and promotes apoptosis. Because gyrophoric acid has cytostatic properties, its biological roles and possible medicinal utility may extend beyond effects on cancer cells and be relevant to any process that is controlled by cell growth and differentiation.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsApoptosisBenzoatesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEnzyme InhibitorsHumansLichensSignal TransductionAntineoplastic AgentsBenzoatesEnzyme Inhibitorsgyrophoric acidAnticancerApoptosisCancer cytostaticCardiovascular diseasesCytotoxicDepsideDiabetesGyrophoric acidLichensMechanism of actionProliferationSecondary metaboliteTopoisomerase

Identifiers

PMID34864007
PMCPMC8808380
OpenAlexW4200282995

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