Antiamoebic activities of flavonoids against pathogenic free-living amoebae, Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba speciesopen access
- Authors
- Lê, Hương Giang; Võ, Tuấn Cường; Kang, Jung-Mi; Nguyễn, Thu Hằng; Hwang, Buyng-Su; Oh, Young-Taek; Na, Byoung-Kuk
- Issue Date
- Nov-2023
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC PARASITOLOGY, SEOUL NATL UNIV COLL MEDI
- Keywords
- Acanthamoeba; antiamoebic activity; flavonoids; Naegleria fowleri
- Citation
- Parasites, hosts and diseases, v.61, no.4, pp 449 - 454
- Pages
- 6
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Parasites, hosts and diseases
- Volume
- 61
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 449
- End Page
- 454
- URI
- https://scholarworks.gnu.ac.kr/handle/sw.gnu/68984
- DOI
- 10.3347/PHD.23078
- ISSN
- 2982-6799
2982-6799
- Abstract
- Free-living amoebae (FLA) rarely cause human infections but can invoke fatal infections in the central nervous system (CNS). No consensus treatment has been established for FLA infections of the CNS, emphasizing the urgent need to discover or develop safe and effective drugs. Flavonoids, natural compounds from plants and plant-derived products, are known to have antiprotozoan activities against several pathogenic protozoa parasites. The anti-FLA activity of flavonoids has also been proposed, while their antiamoebic activity for FLA needs to be emperically determined. We herein evaluated the antiamoebic activities of 18 flavonoids against Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba species which included A. castellanii and A. polyphaga. These flavonoids showed different profiles of antiamoebic activity against N. fowleri and Acanthamoeba species. Demethoxycurcumin, kaempferol, resveratrol, and silybin (A+B) showed in vitro antiamoebic activity against both N. fowleri and Acanthamoeba species. Apigenin, costunolide, (‒)-epicatechin, (‒)-epigallocatechin, rosmarinic acid, and (‒)-trans-caryophyllene showed selective antiamoebic activity for Acanthamoeba species. Luteolin was more effective for N. fowleri. However, afzelin, berberine, (±)-catechin, chelerythrine, genistein, (+)-pinostrobin, and quercetin did not exhibit antiamoebic activity against the amoeba species. They neither showed selective antiamoebic activity with significant cytotoxicity to C6 glial cells. Our results provide a basis for the anti-FLA activity of flavonoids, which can be applied to develope alternative or supplemental therapeutic agents for FLA infections of the CNS.
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