Ungeremine effectively targets mammalian as well as bacterial type I and type II topoisomerases
CASU, LAURA;COTTIGLIA, FILIPPO;LEONTI, MARCO;DE LOGU, ALESSANDRO;
2011-01-01
Abstract
From the methanol extract of the bulbs of Pancratium illyricum L., three phenanthridine type alkaloids, ungeremine (1), (-)-lycorine (2) and (+)-vittatine (3) were isolated. For the evaluation of their anticancer and antibacterial potential, compounds 1-3 were tested against human (I, IIα) and bacterial (IA, IV) topoisomerases. Our data demonstrated that ungeremine impairs the activity of both, human and bacterial topoisomerases. Remarkably, ungeremine was found to largely increments the DNA cleavage promoted by bacterial topoisomerase IA, a new target in antimicrobial chemotherapy.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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