Journal
MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS
Volume 677, Issue 1-2, Pages 8-13Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2009.04.007
Keywords
Piplartine; Mutagenicity; Ames test; Chromosome aberrations; Micronucleus; Piperaceae; Alkaloids
Funding
- CNPq
- CAPES
- Instituto Claude Bernard
- PRONEX
- FUNCAP
- FINEP
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Piplartine {5,6-dihydro-1-[(2E)-1-oxo-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-2-propen-1-yl]-2(1H)-pyridinone} is an alkamide present in Piper species that exhibits promising anticancer properties. It was previously shown that piplartine is mutagenic in yeast and Cultured mammalian cells. This study was performed to increase the knowledge on the mutagenic potential of piplartine using the Salmonella/microsome assay, V79 cell micronucleus and chromosome aberration assays, and mouse bone-marrow micronucleus tests. Piplartine was isolated from the roots of Piper tuberculatum. This extracted compound was unable to induce a mutagenic response in any Salmonella typhimurium strain either in the presence or absence of metabolic activation. Piplartine showed mutagenic effects in V79 cells, as there was an increased frequency of aberrant cells and micronuclei formation. In addition, piplartine administered at 50 mg/kg did not induce micronucleus formation in vivo, but a dose of 100 mg/kg induced an increase in the levels of micronucleus polychromatic erythrocytes (MNPCEs), Overall, these results provide further support that piplartine induces in vivo and in vitro mutagenicity in eukaryotic models. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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