| Title: |
Evidence of Insulin-Sensitizing and Mimetic Activity of the Sesquiterpene Quinone Avarone, a Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B and Aldose Reductase Dual Targeting Agent from the Marine Sponge Dysidea avara. |
| Authors: |
Casertano, Marcello, Genovese, Massimo, Santi, Alice, Pranzini, Erica, Balestri, Francesco, Piazza, Lucia, Del Corso, Antonella, Avunduk, Sibel, Imperatore, Concetta, Menna, Marialuisa, Paoli, Paolo |
| Source: |
Pharmaceutics; Feb2023, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p528, 24p |
| Subject Terms: |
ALDOSE reductase, PROTEIN-tyrosine phosphatase, PHOSPHOPROTEIN phosphatases, INSULIN receptors, PEMETREXED, SPONGES (Invertebrates), TYPE 2 diabetes, INSULIN, MITOGEN-activated protein kinase phosphatases |
| Abstract: |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a complex disease characterized by impaired glucose homeostasis and serious long-term complications. First-line therapeutic options for T2DM treatment are monodrug therapies, often replaced by multidrug therapies to ensure that non-responding patients maintain target glycemia levels. The use of multitarget drugs instead of mono- or multidrug therapies has been emerging as a main strategy to treat multifactorial diseases, including T2DM. Therefore, modern drug discovery in its early stages aims to identify potential modulators for multiple targets; for this purpose, exploration of the chemical space of natural products represents a powerful tool. Our study demonstrates that avarone, a sesquiterpene quinone obtained from the sponge Dysidea avara, is capable of inhibiting in vitro PTP1B, the main negative regulator of the insulin receptor, while it improves insulin sensitivity, and mitochondria activity in C2C12 cells. We observe that when avarone is administered alone, it acts as an insulin-mimetic agent. In addition, we show that avarone acts as a tight binding inhibitor of aldose reductase (AKR1B1), the enzyme involved in the development of diabetic complications. Overall, avarone could be proposed as a novel natural hit to be developed as a multitarget drug for diabetes and its pathological complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |
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