Integrative approach on the sustainable prospection of marine natural products: from diversity to anticancer compounds

• Grant number: 15/17177-6
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• Start date: May 01, 2017
• End date: April 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Pharmacology - Biochemical and Molecular Pharmacology
• Principal Investigator: Leticia Veras Costa Lotufo
• Grantee: Leticia Veras Costa Lotufo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Paulo
• Principal investigators: Glaucia Maria Machado Santelli
• Associated researchers: Gabriel Padilla ; Luiz Elidio Gregorio ; Marcelo José Pena Ferreira ; Marcio Adriano Andreo ; Norberto Peporine Lopes ; Paula Christine Jimenez ; Tito Monteiro da Cruz Lotufo ; Welington Luiz de Araújo
• Associated research grant(s): 19/19506-8 - 7th International Conference on Food Factors (ICoFF2019) & the 12th International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods (ISNFF2019), AR.EXT; 19/02008-5 - Marine compounds that induce DNA damage and inhibit TBX2 as a new strategy to treat breast cancer, AV.EXT; 18/08400-1 - Marine compounds that induce DNA damage and inhibit TBX2 as a new strategy to treat breast cancer, AP.R SPRINT; 17/19688-3 - Multi-user equipment approved in grant 2015/17177-6: lionheart fX automated live cell imager, AP.EMU
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/15832-0 - Assessment of seriniquinone delivery to melanoma cells by poly (D,L-lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA) nanoparticles, BP.MS; 22/01603-0 - Climate change effects on the distribution of the macroalgae Gelidiella acerosa, BP.IC; 20/08987-2 - Effect of histone deacetylase and proteasome inhibitors in Glioma models, BP.DR; + associated scholarships 21/03891-0 - Marine biomolecules in anti-cancer therapy: Tbx2 anti-senescence factor as a new pharmacological target, BP.PD; 20/06613-8 - Characterization of seriniquinone mechanism of action in vemurafenibe resistant Melanoma cells, BP.DD; 20/09270-4 - Development of albumin nanoparticles as a vehicle of seriniquinone, BP.IC; 20/03795-8 - Participation in the maintenance of cell cultures in monolayer and 3D to assess the bioactivity of isolated substances in the development of Thematic Project 2015 / 17177-6, BP.TT; 19/03008-9 - Chemical investigation on marine actinomycetes extracts with potential cytotoxic activity in tumoral lines and insecticide activity on Aedes aegypti species, BP.DR; 18/17595-0 - Study of pradimicina-IRD molecular interaction with DNA and its tumor cell mechanism of action, BP.DD; 18/25673-1 - Integrative approach on the sustainable prospection of marine natural products: from diversity to anticancer compounds, BP.TT; 18/06522-2 - Use of bioaffinity chromatography in the prospecting of anticancer substances in marine actinomycetes: XIAP and STMN1 as pharmacological targets, BP.MS; 18/07661-6 - Seriniquinone and its derivative LT406 as antimelanoma agents in experimental models, BP.MS; 18/10071-6 - Influence of TBX2 expression on spheroid formation in human melanoma cell cultures, BP.IC; 17/18235-5 - Anticancer potential of isolated substances from Streptomyces SP. recovered from ascidian Euherdmania SP, BP.MS; 17/16606-6 - Actinomycetes from Brazilian islands: a metabolomic approach in bioprospecting natural products with antitumor potential, BP.PD; 17/09022-8 - Inhibitory Apoptosis Proteins (IAPs) as therapeutic targets in melanoma: studies with prodiginines in vemurafenibe-resistant cells, BP.PD; 17/17648-4 - Integrative approach on the sustainable prospection of marine natural products: from diversity to anticancer compounds, BP.PD; 17/11285-7 - Study of the contribution of the inhibitory apoptosis protein survivin on effects of prodigiosin and derivatives in melanoma lineages, BP.IC - associated scholarships

Abstract

Brazilian marine ecosystems have great strategic importance for the country. Nonetheless, the sustainable use of marine natural resources is still a challenging endeavor. In fact, in many cases we even ignore what are the resources available, in view of the lack of information concerning biodiversity and ecosystems functioning. Thus, this project was conceived for the development of an integrative research strategy, in order to establish a new paradigm for bioprospection.I. Intellectual Merit: This proposal aims at providing an integrative approach to understand how diversity at different organization levels interact and may drive the production of secondary metabolites with interesting pharmacological properties, especially those related to cancer therapy. In particular, the leading premise is combining different approaches, including culture dependent (bioactivity and target-guided) and independent (metabolomics and metagenomics) studies, and also bring to context the underlying processes driving the biodiversity organization and functioning. The elected targets, the anti-senescence transcription factors Tbx2 and Tbx3, are involved in the tumorigenic process, but with no exogenous modulator described so far. The potential identification of new natural molecules from the Brazilian biodiversity targeting Tbx2 and Tbx3 bring to this project a strong innovative potential.II. Broader Impacts: Within the paradigm of sustainable use of natural resources, a core value in all diversity conservation programs, the integrative approach herein presented should be used for a comprehensive evaluation of emerging patterns driving diversity in different levels: from genes to secondary metabolites. III. Integration: The proposed integrative approach proposed brings together scientists from different research areas working under a common set of objectives, sharing data through electronic tools and brewing together ideas to promote knowledge on biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. It is worth mentioning, especially, that this project is essentially multidisciplinary and with great potential for innovation, as it is inserted in an extremely promising area, motivated by a sustainable exploration of marine resources in order to identify new biotechnological products, as well as to legitimize new anticancer molecular targets. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SAHM, BIANCA DEL B.; PERES, JADE; REZENDE-TEIXEIRA, PAULA; SANTOS, EVELYNE A.; BRANCO, PAOLA C.; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; KIMANI, SERAH; MOREIRA, EDUARDA A.; BISI-ALVES, RENATA; BELLIS, CLAIRE; et al. Targeting the Oncogenic TBX2 Transcription Factor With Chromomycins. FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY, v. 8, MAR 3 2020. (18/24865-4, 15/17177-6, 19/02008-5, 18/08400-1, 17/09022-8)

MARIACATERINA LIANZA; MARIA HELENA VERDAN; JEAN PAULO DE ANDRADE; FERRUCCIO POLI; LARISSA C. DE ALMEIDA; LETICIA V. COSTA-LOTUFO; ÁLVARO CUNHA NETO; SARAH C. C. OLIVEIRA; JAUME BASTIDA; ANDREA N. L. BATISTA; et al. Isolation, Absolute Configuration and Cytotoxic Activities of Alkaloids from Hippeastrum goianum (Ravenna) Meerow (Amaryllidaceae). Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 31, n. 10, p. 2135-2145, 2020-10-09. (14/25222-9, 18/17595-0, 15/17177-6, 14/50926-0)

VIEIRA, BRUNA DOMINGUES; NIERO, HENRIQUE; DE FELICIO, RAFAEL; ALVES, LUIZ FERNANDO GIOLO; BAZZANO, CRISTINA FREITAS; SIGRIST, RENATA; FURTADO, LUCIANA COSTA; PERSINOTI, GABRIELA FELIX; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; TRIVELLA, DANIELA BARRETTO BARBOSA. Production of Epoxyketone Peptide-Based Proteasome Inhibitors by Streptomyces sp. BRA-346: Regulation and Biosynthesis. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, v. 13, p. 17-pg., 2022-03-24. (20/08987-2, 17/18235-5, 19/27306-9, 15/17177-6)

DA SILVA, ALISON B.; SILVEIRA, EDILBERTO R.; WILKE, DIEGO V.; FERREIRA, ELHTON G.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.; TORRES, MARIA CONCEICAO M.; AYALA, ALEJANDRO PEDRO; COSTA, WENDELL S.; CANUTO, KIRLEY M.; DE ARAUJO-NOBRE, ALYNE R.; et al. Antibacterial Salinaphthoquinones from a Strain of the Bacterium Salinispora arenicola Recovered from the Marine Sediments of St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, Brazil. Journal of Natural Products, v. 82, n. 7, p. 1831-1838, JUL 2019. (14/50926-0, 15/17177-6)

INDY TAMAYOSE, CINTHIA; DOS SANTOS, EVELYNE A.; ROQUE, NADIA; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.; PENA FERREIRA, MARCELO J.. Caffeoylquinic Acids: Separation Method, Antiradical Properties and Cytotoxicity. CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY, v. 16, n. 7, JUL 2019. (14/20932-8, 15/17177-6, 14/21593-2)

PINTO, FRANCISCO C. L.; SILVEIRA, EDILBERTO R.; VASCONCELOS, ANA CAROLINE L.; FLORENCIO, KATHARINE G. D.; OLIVEIRA, FRANCISCA A. S.; SAHM, BIANCA B.; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; LOPES, NORBERTO P.; WILKE, V, DIEGO; et al. Dextrorotatory Chromomycins from the Marine Streptomyces sp. Associated to Palythoa caribaeorum. Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 31, n. 1, p. 143-152, JAN 2020. (14/50926-0, 17/17648-4, 15/17177-6)

BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; VELASCO-ALZATE, KAREN; DIAS, TIAGO; MACEDO, HELENA; FERREIRA, ELTHON G.; JIMENEZ, PAULA C.; LOTUFO, TITO M. C.; LOPES, NORBERTO P.; GAUDENCIO, SUSANA P.; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA. Metabolomic Fingerprinting of Salinispora From Atlantic Oceanic Islands. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, v. 9, DEC 11 2018. (17/17648-4, 15/17177-6)

FURTADO, LUCIANA C.; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; DE FELICIO, RAFAEL; ORTEGA, RAQUEL; PINTO, FRANCISCO DAS CHAGAS L.; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSTINHO; TRIVELLA, DANIELA B. B.; PESSOA, OTILIA D. L.; WILKE, DIEGO V.; LOPES, NORBERTO P.; et al. Marine Streptomyces sp. Isolated From the Brazilian Endemic Tunicate Euherdmania sp. Produces Dihydroeponemycin and Analogs With Potent Antiglioma Activity. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 8, MAY 3 2021. (18/24865-4, 17/18235-5, 15/17177-6, 17/17648-4)

FAGUNDES, THAYSSA DA SILVA F.; DA SILVA, LARISSA RAMOS G.; BRITO, MATEUS DE FREITAS; SCHMITZ, LETICIA S. S.; RIGATO, DHIEGO B.; JIMENEZ, PAULA CHRISTINE; SOARES, ANGELICA RIBEIRO; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA; MURICY, GUILHERME; VASCONCELOS, THATYANA ROCHA A.; et al. Metabolomic fingerprinting of Brazilian marine sponges: a case study of Plakinidae species from Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, v. 413, n. 16, SI, p. 4301-4310, JUL 2021. (15/17177-6)

NISHIMURA, V, RODOLFO H.; DOS SANTOS, THIAGO; MURIE, VALTER E.; FURTADO, LUCIANA C.; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA; CLOSOSKI, GIULIANO C.. Efficient N-arylation of 4-chloroquinazolines en route to novel 4-anilinoquinazolines as potential anticancer agents. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, v. 17, p. 2968-2975, DEC 22 2021. (15/17177-6, 17/18235-5, 15/21364-6, 18/14150-8, 20/08987-2, 15/01466-9)

ELIAS GODOY CARLOS, JORGE ANTONIO; LIMA, KELI; COELHO-SILVA, JUAN LUIZ; ALVES-PAIVA, RAQUEL DE MELO; MORENO, NATALIA CESTARI; VICARI, HUGO PASSOS; DE SOUZA SANTOS, FABIO PIRES; HAMERSCHLAK, NELSON; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; TRAINA, FABIOLA; et al. Reversine exerts cytotoxic effects through multiple cell death mechanisms in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. CELLULAR ONCOLOGY, v. 43, n. 6, AUG 2020. (17/24993-0, 15/17177-6, 18/19372-9)

MOHAMED, LUQMAAN; CHAKRABORTY, SUPARNA; ARULJOTHI, K. N.; MABASA, LAWRENCE; SAYAH, KENZA; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.; JARDINE, ANWAR; PRINCE, SHARON. Galenia africana plant extract exhibits cytotoxicity in breast cancer cells by inducing multiple programmed cell death pathways. SAUDI PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL, v. 28, n. 10, p. 11-pg., 2020-10-01. (15/17177-6, 19/02008-5, 18/08400-1)

DA SILVA, RAFAELA BINDA; BORLOT, JESSICA RODRIGUES PEREIRA OLIVEIRA; SANTOS, CAROLINA ROSA; RODRIGUES E OLIVEIRA, LIGIA; DE ALMEIDA, LARISSA COSTA; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; REGASINI, LUIS OCTAVIO; KITAGAWA, RODRIGO REZENDE; DE MEDEIROS, EDNA FARIA; BORGES, WARLEY DE SOUZA. New Chalcone Ester Derivatives as Potential Cytotoxic Agents. CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY, v. 21, n. 11, p. 7-pg., 2024-10-03. (15/17177-6, 14/50926-0)

DE OLIVEIRA, RAUL VITOR FERREIRA; GARRIDO, LEANDRO MAZA; PADILLA, GABRIEL. Decontamination of DNA sequences from a Streptomyces genome for optimal genome mining. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. N/A, p. 11-pg., 2025-01-15. (15/17177-6)

SAHM, BIANCA DEL B.; ZANATTA, ANA C.; PINTO, FRANCISCO DA CHAGAS L.; PESSOA, OTILIA D. L.; WILKE, DIEGO V.; JIMENEZ, PAULA C.; LOPES, NORBERTO P.; LOTUFO, TITO M. C.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.. METABOLIC DIVERSITY OF ZOANTHARIANS COLLECTED AT BRAZILIAN OCEANIC ISLANDS. Química Nova, v. 48, n. 6, p. 9-pg., 2025-01-01. (22/12654-4, 15/17177-6, 14/50926-0)

RODRIGUES JR, MANOEL T.; DE OLIVEIRA, ALINE S. B.; GOMES, RALPH C.; HIRATA, AMANDA SOARES; ZEOLY, LUCAS A.; SANTOS, HUGO; ARANTES, JOAO; REIS-SILVA, CATARINA SOFIA MATEUS; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSTINHO; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; et al. Bismuth(III) triflate: an economical and environmentally friendly catalyst for the Nazarov reaction. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, v. 20, p. 12-pg., 2024-05-21. (19/23864-7, 15/09205-0, 23/18007-3, 17/24993-0, 15/17177-6, 13/07600-3, 18/02611-0)

LIANZA, MARIACATERINA; VERDAN, MARIA HELENA; DE ANDRADE, JEAN PAULO; POLI, FERRUCCIO; DE ALMEIDA, LARISSA; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA, V; CUNHA NETO, ALVARO; OLIVEIRA, SARAH C. C.; BASTIDA, JAUME; BATISTA, ANDREA N. L.; et al. Isolation, Absolute Configuration and Cytotoxic Activities of Alkaloids from Hippeastrum goianum (Ravenna) Meerow (Amaryllidaceae). Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, v. 31, n. 10, p. 11-pg., 2020-10-01. (18/17595-0, 15/17177-6, 14/50926-0, 14/25222-9)

TAKAYASU, BIANCA S.; MARTINS, IGOR R.; GARNIQUE, ANALI M. B.; MIYAMOTO, SAYURI; MACHADO-SANTELLI, GLAUCIA M.; UEMI, MIRIAM; ONUKI, JANICE. Biological effects of an oxyphytosterol generated by beta-Sitosterol ozonization. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, v. 696, DEC 15 2020. (14/14801-8, 15/17177-6, 13/07937-8, 19/19506-8)

DARTORA, VANESSA F. C.; SALATA, GIOVANNA C.; PASSOS, JULIA S.; BRANCO, PAOLA C.; SILVEIRA, EDILBERTO; STEINER, ALEXANDRE A.; V. COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA; LOPES, LUCIANA B.. Hyaluronic acid nanoemulsions improve piplartine cytotoxicity in 2D and 3D breast cancer models and reduce tumor development after intraductal administration. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 219, p. 12-pg., 2022-08-05. (14/50928-2, 18/17679-0, 18/03418-0, 20/01208-8, 17/04174-4, 15/17177-6)

BARROSO, CRISTIANE XEREZ; PEREIRA DE FREITAS, JOAO EDUARDO; MATTHEWS-CASCON, HELENA; ARRUDA BEZERRA, LUIS ERNESTO; DA CRUZ LOTUFO, TITO MONTEIRO. Molecular evidences confirm the taxonomic separation of two sympatric congeneric species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritidae, Neritina). ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 904, p. 14-pg., 2020-01-16. (15/17177-6, 17/11948-6)

COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS. INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES IN THE SEARCH OF MARINE NATURAL PRODUCTS WITH ANTICANCER PROPERTIES. Toxicon, v. 168, p. 1-pg., 2019-10-05. (15/17177-6, 14/50926-0)

GIACONE, DANIELA, V; DARTORA, VANESSA F. M. C.; DE MATOS, JENYFFER K. R.; PASSOS, JULIA S.; MIRANDA, DANIEL A. G.; DE OLIVEIRA, ERICA A.; SILVEIRA, EDILBERTO R.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA, V; MARIA-ENGLER, SILVYA S.; LOPES, LUCIANA B.. Effect of nanoemulsion modification with chitosan and sodium alginate on the topical delivery and efficacy of the cytotoxic agent piplartine in 2D and 3D skin cancer models. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 165, p. 11-pg., 2020-12-15. (18/13877-1, 18/18813-1, 17/07856-9, 17/04174-4, 20/01208-8, 15/17177-6, 16/16554-3)

WILKE, V, DIEGO; JIMENEZ, PAULA C.; BRANCO, PAOLA C.; REZENDE-TEIXEIRA, PAULA; TRINDADE-SILVA, AMARO E.; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; LOPES, NORBERTO PEPORINE; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA. Anticancer Potential of Compounds from the Brazilian Blue Amazon. Planta Medica, v. 87, n. 01/02, NOV 2020. (15/17177-6, 14/50926-0, 17/09022-8, 17/17648-4)

REZENDE-TEIXEIRA, PAULA; DUSI, RENATA G.; JIMENEZ, PAULA C.; ESPINDOLA, LAILA S.; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA. hat can we learn from commercial insecticides? Efficacy, toxicity, environmental impacts, and future development. Environmental Pollution, v. 300, MAY 1 2022. (17/09022-8, 14/50926-0, 15/17177-6, 17/17648-4)

DE ALMEIDA, BRUNA O.; DE ALMEIDA, LARISSA C.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA, V; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO A.. ANKHD1 contributes to the malignant phenotype of triple-negative breast cancer cells. Cell Biology International, v. 46, n. 9, p. 14-pg., 2022-07-16. (17/17648-4, 19/23864-7, 15/17177-6, 17/24993-0)

MATEUS REIS-SILVA, CATARINA SOFIA; BRANCO, PAOLA CRISTINA; LIMA, KELI; SILVA, FABIANA LIMA; HRIHOROWITSCH MORENO, PAULO ROBERTO; GUALLAR, VICTOR; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSTINHO. Embelin potentiates venetoclax-induced apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells. TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO, v. 76, OCT 2021. (17/09022-8, 19/23864-7, 15/17177-6, 18/06522-2)

FIGUEROA, LAURA P. R.; DOMINGOS, HELORI V.; PARDO, JENNIFER B.; SANTIAGO, PEDRO H. O.; ELLENA, JAVIER; LACERDA, VALDEMAR; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.; BORGES, WARLEY DE S.. Synthesis of Cytotoxic Benzofurans and Ethers Derivatives of Paeonol. CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY, v. 21, n. 10, p. 8-pg., 2024-10-01. (15/17177-6, 14/50926-0, 21/10066-5)

ZUFFA, SIMONE; SCHMID, ROBIN; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; GOMES, PAULO WENDER P.; CARABALLO-RODRIGUEZ, ANDRES M.; EL ABIEAD, YASIN; ARON, ALLEGRA T.; GENTRY, EMILY C.; ZEMLIN, JASMINE; MEEHAN, MICHAEL J.; et al. microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data. NATURE MICROBIOLOGY, v. 9, n. 2, p. 10-pg., 2024-02-01. (20/02207-5, 19/03008-9, 20/06430-0, 15/17177-6, 22/12654-4, 18/24865-4)

APOLINARIO, ALEXSANDRA CONCEICAO; HIRATA, AMANDA SOARES; ANJOS MIGUEL, RODRIGO DOS; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; PESSOA, ADALBERTO; LA CLAIR, JAMES J.; FENICAL, WILLIAM; LOPES, LUCIANA BIAGINI. Exploring the benefits of nanotechnology for cancer drugs in different stages of the drug development pipeline. Nanomedicine, v. 15, n. 26, p. 4-pg., 2020-09-18. (18/13877-1, 15/17177-6, 18/07661-6, 18/14375-0)

DE ALMEIDA, LARISSA COSTA; CARLOS, JORGE ANTONIO ELIAS GODOY; REZENDE-TEIXEIRA, PAULA; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSRINHO; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS. AD80, a multikinase inhibitor, as a potential drug candidate for colorectal cancer therapy. Life Sciences, v. 308, p. 9-pg., 2022-09-02. (18/19372-9, 17/24993-0, 18/17595-0, 19/23864-7, 21/11606-3, 15/17177-6)

BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; FURTADO, LUCIANA COSTA; FERREIRA, ELTHON G.; MOREIRA, EDUARDA ANTUNES; JIMENEZ, PAULA CHRISTINE; LOPES, NORBERTO PEPORINE; ARAUJO, WELINGTON LUIZ; OLCHANHESKI, LUIZ RICARDO; LOTUFO, TITO MONTEIRO DA CRUZ; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS. Chemical and microbial diversity of a tropical intertidal ascidian holobiont. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, v. 194, p. 13-pg., 2023-12-26. (20/02207-5, 19/03008-9, 15/17177-6, 22/12654-4, 17/18235-5, 20/08987-2, 17/17648-4)

MEDINA, REBECA P.; ARAUJO, ANGELA R.; BATISTA JR, JOAO M.; CARDOSO, CARMEN L.; SEIDL, CLAUDIA; VILELA, ADRIANA F. L.; DOMINGOS, V, HELORI; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA; ANDERSEN, RAYMOND J.; SILVA, DULCE H. S.. Botryane terpenoids produced by Nemania bipapillata, an endophytic fungus isolated from red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis - Falkenbergia stage. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, AUG 23 2019. (13/01710-1, 14/50926-0, 15/17177-6, 13/07600-3)

BARROSO, CRISTIANE XEREZ; PEREIRA DE FREITAS, JOAO EDUARDO; MATTHEWS-CASCON, HELENA; ARRUDA BEZERRA, LUIS ERNESTO; DA CRUZ LOTUFO, TITO MONTEIRO. Molecular evidences confirm the taxonomic separation of two sympatric congeneric species (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neritidae, Neritina). ZOOKEYS, n. 904, p. 117-130, JAN 16 2020. (17/11948-6, 15/17177-6)

GIACONE, V, DANIELA; DARTORA, VANESSA F. M. C.; DE MATOS, JENYFFER K. R.; PASSOS, JULIA S.; MIRANDA, DANIEL A. G.; DE OLIVEIRA, ERICA A.; SILVEIRA, EDILBERTO R.; COSTA-LOTUFO, V, LETICIA; MARIA-ENGLER, SILVYA S.; LOPES, LUCIANA B.. Effect of nanoemulsion modification with chitosan and sodium alginate on the topical delivery and efficacy of the cytotoxic agent piplartine in 2D and 3D skin cancer models. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v. 165, n. A, p. 1055-1065, DEC 15 2020. (17/07856-9, 15/17177-6, 16/16554-3, 17/04174-4, 20/01208-8, 18/18813-1, 18/13877-1)

LIPRERI DA SILVA, JEAN CARLOS; COELHO-SILVA, JUAN LUIZ; LIMA, KELI; VICARI, HUGO PASSOS; LAZARINI, MARIANA; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; TRAINA, FABIOLA; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSTINHO. Comprehensive analysis of cytoskeleton regulatory genes identifies ezrin as a prognostic marker and molecular target in acute myeloid leukemia. CELLULAR ONCOLOGY, JUL 2021. (17/24993-0, 15/17177-6, 19/23864-7)

JIMENEZ, PAULA C.; WILKE, DIEGO V.; BRANCO, PAOLA C.; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; REZENDE-TEIXEIRA, PAULA; GAUDENCIO, SUSANA P.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.. Enriching cancer pharmacology with drugs of marine origin. British Journal of Pharmacology, v. 177, n. 1, p. 3-27, JAN 2020. (17/17648-4, 17/09022-8, 15/17177-6)

DORNELLAS, ANA P.; GRABOSKI, ROBERTA M.; HELLBERG, MICHAEL E.; LOTUFO, TITO M. C.. hylogeography of Agathistoma (Turbinidae, Tegulinae) snails in tropical and southwestern Atlanti. ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 51, n. 1, NOV 2021. (15/17177-6, 17/11948-6, 18/25116-5, 16/13503-9)

DE ALMEIDA, LARISSA COSTA; BAUERMEISTER, ANELIZE; REZENDE-TEIXEIRA, PAULA; DOS SANTOS, EVELYNE ALVES; BERALDO DE MORAES, LUIZ ALBERTO; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSTINHO; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS. Pradimicin-IRD exhibits antineoplastic effects by inducing DNA damage in colon cancer cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, v. 168, p. 38-47, OCT 2019. (17/17648-4, 15/17177-6, 18/17595-0, 17/24993-0, 14/50926-0)

FARINELLA, VICTOR F.; KAWAFUNE, EUNIZINIS S.; TANGERINA, MARCELO M. P.; DOMINGOS, HELORI V.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.; FERREIRA, MARCELO J. P.. OSMAC Strategy Integrated with Molecular Networking for Accessing Griseofulvin Derivatives from Endophytic Fungi of Moquiniastrum polymorphum (Asteraceae). Molecules, v. 26, n. 23, DEC 2021. (20/16554-9, 15/17177-6)

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CARLOS, JORGE ANTONIO ELIAS GODOY; LIMA, KELI; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA VERAS; LEITAO, ANDREI; MACHADO-NETO, JOAO AGOSTINHO. AD80, a multikinase inhibitor, exhibits antineoplastic effects in acute leukemia cellular models targeting the PI3K/STMN1 axis. INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUGS, v. 39, n. 4, p. 1139-1149, AUG 2021. (17/24993-0, 15/17177-6, 18/15904-6, 18/19372-9, 19/23864-7)

PRINCIPE, SILAS C.; ACOSTA, ANDRE L.; ANDRADE, JOAO E.; LOTUFO, TITO M. C.. Predicted Shifts in the Distributions of Atlantic Reef-Building Corals in the Face of Climate Change. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 8, JUL 19 2021. (17/11948-6, 14/50926-0, 15/17177-6)

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MIGUEL, RODRIGO DOS A.; HIRATA, AMANDA S.; JIMENEZ, PAULA C.; LOPES, LUCIANA B.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA V.. Beyond Formulation: Contributions of Nanotechnology for Translation of Anticancer Natural Products into New Drugs. PHARMACEUTICS, v. 14, n. 8, p. 28-pg., 2022-08-01. (20/09270-4, 18/13877-1, 20/06613-8, 15/17177-6)

LEITE, VIDA M. B.; GARRIDO, LEANDRO M.; TANGERINA, MARCELO M. P.; COSTA-LOTUFO, LETICIA, V; FERREIRA, MARCELO J. P.; PADILLA, GABRIEL. Genome mining of Streptomyces sp. BRB081 reveals the production of the antitumor pyrrolobenzodiazepine sibiromycin. 3 BIOTECH, v. 12, n. 10, p. 12-pg., 2022-10-01. (17/16606-6, 15/17177-6)

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