RRC ID 63123
著者 Nakane W, Nakamura H, Nakazato T, Kaminaga N, Nakano M, Sakamoto T, Nishiko M, Bono H, Ogiwara I, Kitano Y, Iwabuchi K, Kinoshita K, Simpson RJ, Tabunoki H.
タイトル Construction of TUATinsecta database that integrated plant and insect database for screening phytophagous insect metabolic products with medicinal potential.
ジャーナル Sci Rep
Abstract Phytophagous insect larvae feed on plants containing secondary metabolic products with biological activity against other predatory organisms. Phytophagous insects can use their specialised metabolic systems to covert these secondary metabolic products into compounds with therapeutic properties useful to mankind. Some Asians drink tea decoctions made from phytophagous insect frass which is believed to be effective against inflammatory diseases. However, insects that can convert plant-derived secondary metabolic products into useful human therapeutic agents remain poorly studied. Here, we constructed the TUATinsecta database by integrating publicly plant/insect datasets for the purpose of selecting insect species. Using TUAT-insecta we selected the Asian swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus larvae fed on several species of Rutaceous plants and examined whether the plant-derived secondary metabolites, especially those present in frass, were chemically altered or not. We extracted metabolic products from frass using three organic solvents with different polarities, and evaluated solvent fractions for their cytotoxic effects against several human cell lines. We found that chloroform frass extracts from P. xuthus larvae fed on Poncirus trifoliata leaves contained significant cytotoxic activity. Our findings demonstrate that screening of insect species using the 'TUATinsecta' database provides an important pipeline for discovering novel therapeutic agents that might be useful for mankind.
巻・号 10(1)
ページ 17509
公開日 2020-10-15
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-74590-z
PII 10.1038/s41598-020-74590-z
PMID 33060804
PMC PMC7566601
MeSH Animals Biological Products / chemistry* Butterflies Cell Proliferation Cell Survival Citrus Databases, Factual* Drug Discovery Entomology / methods* Feces / chemistry HeLa Cells Hep G2 Cells Humans Inflammation Inhibitory Concentration 50 Insecta / chemistry* Larva Plant Leaves / chemistry Poncirus
IF 3.998
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 MIA Paca2(RCB2094) Hep G2(RCB1886) HeLa(RCB0007)