TY  - JOUR
A1  - Al-Warhi, Tarfah
A1  - Elmaidomy, Abeer H.
A1  - Maher, Sherif A.
A1  - Abu-Baih, Dalia H.
A1  - Selim, Samy
A1  - Albqmi, Mha
A1  - Al-Sanea, Mohammad M.
A1  - Alnusaire, Taghreed S.
A1  - Ghoneim, Mohammed M.
A1  - Mostafa, Ehab M.
A1  - Hussein, Shaimaa
A1  - El-Damasy, Ashraf K.
A1  - Saber, Entesar Ali
A1  - Elrehany, Mahmoud A.
A1  - Sayed, Ahmed M.
A1  - Othman, Eman M.
A1  - El-Sherbiny, Mohamed
A1  - Abdelmohsen, Usama Ramadan
T1  - The wound-healing potential of Olea europaea L. Cv. Arbequina leaves extract: an integrated in vitro, in silico, and in vivo investigation
JF  - Metabolites
N2  - Olea europaea L. Cv. Arbequina (OEA) (Oleaceae) is an olive variety species that has received little attention. Besides our previous work for the chemical profiling of OEA leaves using LC–HRESIMS, an additional 23 compounds are identified. An excision wound model is used to measure wound healing action. Wounds are provided with OEA (2% w/v) or MEBO\(^®\) cream (marketed treatment). The wound closure rate related to vehicle-treated wounds is significantly increased by OEA. Comparing to vehicle wound tissues, significant levels of TGF-β in OEA and MEBO\(^®\) (p < 0.05) are displayed by gene expression patterns, with the most significant levels in OEA-treated wounds. Proinflammatory TNF-α and IL-1β levels are substantially reduced in OEA-treated wounds. The capability of several lignan-related compounds to interact with MMP-1 is revealed by extensive in silico investigation of the major OEA compounds (i.e., inverse docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and ΔG calculation), and their role in the wound-healing process is also characterized. The potential of OEA as a potent MMP-1 inhibitor is shown in subsequent in vitro testing (IC\(_{50}\) = 88.0 ± 0.1 nM). In conclusion, OEA is introduced as an interesting therapeutic candidate that can effectively manage wound healing because of its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
KW  - olive
KW  - LC–HRESIMS
KW  - wound
KW  - Olea
KW  - TNF-α
KW  - virtual docking
KW  - TGF-β
KW  - MMP-1
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-286150
SN  - 2218-1989
VL  - 12
IS  - 9
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abdelhameed, Reda F. A.
A1  - Habib, Eman S.
A1  - Goda, Marwa S.
A1  - Fahim, John Refaat
A1  - Hassanean, Hashem A.
A1  - Eltamany, Enas E.
A1  - Ibrahim, Amany K.
A1  - AboulMagd, Asmaa M.
A1  - Fayez, Shaimaa
A1  - Abd El-kader, Adel M.
A1  - Al-Warhi, Tarfah
A1  - Bringmann, Gerhard
A1  - Ahmed, Safwat A.
A1  - Abdelmohsen, Usama Ramadan
T1  - Thalassosterol, a New Cytotoxic Aromatase Inhibitor Ergosterol Derivative from the Red Sea Seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum
JF  - Marine Drugs
N2  - Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forssk.) Den Hartog is a seagrass belonging to the plant family Cymodoceaceae with ubiquitous phytoconstituents and important pharmacological potential, including antioxidant, antiviral, and cytotoxic activities. In this work, a new ergosterol derivative named thalassosterol (1) was isolated from the methanolic extract of T. ciliatum growing in the Red Sea, along with two known first-reported sterols, namely ergosterol (2) and stigmasterol (3), using different chromatographic techniques. The structure of the new compound was established based on 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HR-MS) and by comparison with the literature data. The new ergosterol derivative showed significant in vitro antiproliferative potential against the human cervical cancer cell line (HeLa) and human breast cancer (MCF-7) cell lines, with IC\(_{50}\) values of 8.12 and 14.24 µM, respectively. In addition, docking studies on the new sterol 1 explained the possible binding interactions with an aromatase enzyme; this inhibition is beneficial in both cervical and breast cancer therapy. A metabolic analysis of the crude extract of T. ciliatum using liquid chromatography combined with high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-HR-MS) revealed the presence of an array of phenolic compounds, sterols and ceramides, as well as di- and triglycerides.
KW  - cytotoxic activity
KW  - ergosterol derivative
KW  - metabolic analysis
KW  - docking studies
KW  - seagrass
KW  - Thalassodendron ciliatum
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-236085
VL  - 18
IS  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Abdelhameed, Reda F. A.
A1  - Eltamany, Enas E.
A1  - Hal, Dina M.
A1  - Ibrahim, Amany K.
A1  - AboulMagd, Asmaa M.
A1  - Al-Warhi, Tarfah
A1  - Youssif, Khayrya A.
A1  - Abd El-kader, Adel M.
A1  - Hassanean, Hashim A.
A1  - Fayez, Shaimaa
A1  - Bringmann, Gerhard
A1  - Ahmed, Safwat A.
A1  - Abdelmohsen, Usama Ramadan
T1  - New cytotoxic cerebrosides from the Red Sea cucumber Holothuria spinifera supported by in-silico studies
JF  - Marine Drugs
N2  - Bioactivity-guided fractionation of a methanolic extract of the Red Sea cucumber Holothuria spinifera and LC-HRESIMS-assisted dereplication resulted in the isolation of four compounds, three new cerebrosides, spiniferosides A (1), B (2), and C (3), and cholesterol sulfate (4). The chemical structures of the isolated compounds were established on the basis of their 1D NMR and HRMS spectral data. Metabolic profiling of the H. spinifera extract indicated the presence of diverse secondary metabolites, mostly hydroxy fatty acids, diterpenes, triterpenes, and cerebrosides. The isolated compounds were tested for their in vitro cytotoxicities against the breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cell line. Compounds 1, 2, 3, and 4 displayed promising cytotoxic activities against MCF-7 cells, with IC\(_{50}\) values of 13.83, 8.13, 8.27, and 35.56 µM, respectively, compared to that of the standard drug doxorubicin (IC\(_{50}\) 8.64 µM). Additionally, docking studies were performed for compounds 1, 2, 3, and 4 to elucidate their binding interactions with the active site of the SET protein, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), which could explain their cytotoxic activity. This study highlights the important role of these metabolites in the defense mechanism of the sea cucumber against fouling organisms and the potential uses of these active molecules in the design of new anticancer agents.
KW  - LC-HRESIMS
KW  - Holothuria spinifera
KW  - cerebrosides
KW  - molecular docking
KW  - cytotoxicity
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-211089
SN  - 1660-3397
VL  - 18
IS  - 8
ER  -