Possible artefacts in the in vitro determination of antimalarial activity of natural products that incorporate into lipid bilayer: apparent antiplasmodial activity of dehydroabietinol, a constituent of Hyptis suaveolens

Hanne Lindvig Ziegler; Thomas Høgh Jensen; Jette Christensen; Dan Stærk; Henry Hägerstrand; Archibald A Sittie; Carl Erik Olsen; Trine Staalsø; Patrick Ekpe; Jerzy W. Jaroszewski

doi:10.1055/s-2002-32548

Possible artefacts in the in vitro determination of antimalarial activity of natural products that incorporate into lipid bilayer: apparent antiplasmodial activity of dehydroabietinol, a constituent of Hyptis suaveolens

Hanne Lindvig Ziegler, Thomas Høgh Jensen, Jette Christensen, Dan Stærk, Henry Hägerstrand, Archibald A Sittie, Carl Erik Olsen, Trine Staalsø, Patrick Ekpe, Jerzy W. Jaroszewski

Department of Immunology and Microbiology

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Abstract

Dehydroabietinol isolated from Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. was found to inhibit growth of chloroquine-sensitive as well as chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum cultivated in erythrocytes in vitro (IC 50 26-27 microM). However, erythrocytes exposed to dehydroabietinol were transformed in a dose-dependent manner towards spherostomatocytic forms with concomitant formation of endovesicles, as disclosed by transmission electron microscopy. The erythrocyte shape alterations caused by dehydroabietinol correlated well with its apparent IC 50 value. Thus, dehydroabietinol incorporates into the erythrocyte membrane, and since invasion and survival of Plasmodium parasites is known to depend on the function of the erythrocyte membrane, the observed antiplasmodial effect of dehydroabietinol is presumably an indirect effect on the host cell. Because of these findings, microscopic investigations should be generally used to support claims of antimalarial effects of apolar natural products.

Original language	English
Journal	Planta Medica
Volume	68
Pages (from-to)	547-549
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0032-0943
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2002-32548
Publication status	Published - 2002

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Ziegler, H. L., Jensen, T. H., Christensen, J., Stærk, D., Hägerstrand, H., Sittie, A. A., Olsen, C. E., Staalsø, T., Ekpe, P., & Jaroszewski, J. W. (2002). Possible artefacts in the in vitro determination of antimalarial activity of natural products that incorporate into lipid bilayer: apparent antiplasmodial activity of dehydroabietinol, a constituent of Hyptis suaveolens. Planta Medica, 68, 547-549. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2002-32548

Possible artefacts in the in vitro determination of antimalarial activity of natural products that incorporate into lipid bilayer: apparent antiplasmodial activity of dehydroabietinol, a constituent of Hyptis suaveolens. / Ziegler, Hanne Lindvig; Jensen, Thomas Høgh; Christensen, Jette et al.
In: Planta Medica, Vol. 68, 2002, p. 547-549.

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Ziegler, HL, Jensen, TH, Christensen, J, Stærk, D, Hägerstrand, H, Sittie, AA, Olsen, CE, Staalsø, T, Ekpe, P & Jaroszewski, JW 2002, 'Possible artefacts in the in vitro determination of antimalarial activity of natural products that incorporate into lipid bilayer: apparent antiplasmodial activity of dehydroabietinol, a constituent of Hyptis suaveolens', Planta Medica, vol. 68, pp. 547-549. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2002-32548

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