Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles and are crucial in intercellular communication. Interestingly, tumor-derived exosomes carry oncogenic molecules, such as proteins and microRNAs, which can reprogram recipient cells, promote angiogenesis, and stimulate cancer pre-metastatic niche, supporting cancer growth and metastasis. On the other hand, their biocompatibility, stability, and ability to cross biological barriers make them attractive candidates for drug delivery. Recent advances have shown the potential for exosomes to be used in early disease detection and in targeted drug therapy by delivering therapeutic agents specifically to tumor sites. Despite the promising applications, a number of challenges remain, including exosome isolation and characterization, as well as their inherent heterogeneity. Thus, the current review aims to describe the roles of exosomes in health and disease, and discuss the challenges that hinder their development into becoming useful medical tools.

An efficient method of producing quinine derivatives via reaction of acylation with 4,5-dichloroisothiazole-3-, 5-arylisoxazole-3-, adamantane- and hydrochlorides of pyridine-3- and pyridine-4-carbonyl chlorides was developed. All synthesized compounds were tested for antiviral, antimicrobial and analgesic activity. The most pronounced antibacterial activity was shown by the compounds 2e, 3b, 3c and 3e with isoxazole and pyridine fragments. It was found that most of the tested compounds showed significant analgesic activity reducing the pain response of animals to the irritating effect of acetic acid.

Influenza is a disease of significant morbidity and mortality. The number of anti-influenza drugs is small; many of them stimulate the appearance of resistant strains. This article presents the results of assessing the antiviral activity of 1,2,3-triazole-containing derivatives of alkaloid lupinine for their ability to suppress the reproduction of orthomyxoviruses (influenza viruses: A/Vladivostok/2/09 (H1N1) and A/Almaty/8/98 (H3N2)). The ability of (1S,9aR)-1-[(1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-methyl]octahydro-1H-quinolizines with aryl-, 4-((4-formylphenoxy)methyl)- or 4-((3-tert-butyl-5-ethyl-2-hydroxy-benzoyloxy)methyl)- substituents at the C-4 position of the triazole ring to reduce the infectivity of the virus when processing virus-containing material was established, indicating good prospects for the studied compounds as virucidal agents affecting extracellular virions. The experimental results demonstrated that the triazolyl lupinine derivatives exhibited varying degrees of affinity for both hemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins. Furthermore, these compounds demonstrated inhibitory effects on the replication of influenza viruses with different antigenic subtypes. The obtained biological data are in agreement with the results of molecular docking, which showed strong binding energies of the investigated compounds under study with biological targets—hemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins. Following the evaluation of antiviral efficacy among the studied triazolyl derivatives of lupinine, four compounds have been identified for subsequent comprehensive in vitro and in vivo investigations to further elucidate their antiviral properties.

A series of N-acyl derivatives of anabasine and cytisine were prepared, to discover novel, natural product-based medicinal agents. All synthesized compounds were tested for antimicrobial, antifungal, antiviral and analgesic activity. The most pronounced antibacterial activity was shown by the compounds with isoxazole fragments, while the adamantane derivatives showed the greatest antiviral effect. It was found that the majority of anabasine derivatives showed significant analgesic activity, reducing the pain response of animals to the irritating effect of acetic acid. The presence of a high level of antimicrobial and antiviral activity in newly synthesized compounds makes it possible to consider them promising for further study of their pharmacological properties.

Исследования в области современной химии растительных веществ в республике и за рубежом посвящены многоплановому и комплексному изучению растительного сырья, включающему выделение и установление строения и химических свойств компонентов растений, исследование их биологической активности, разработку эффективных и экологически безопасных способов комплексной переработки растительного сырья. Привлекательность 1,2,3-триазолов обусловлена многогранностью их реакционной способности, а также практическим использованием производных 1,2,3-триазолов в качестве лекарственных средств. Модификация молекул природных соединений путем введения такого заместителя является одним из перспективных направлений в поиске новых биологически активных соединений. Анализ результатов экспериментов по оценке анальгетической активности показал, что образцы (5) и (3) обладают способностью уменьшать выраженность специфических ноцицептивных ответов у крыс при химическом раздражении брюшины. Отмечено, что при внутрибрюшинном введении 1% раствора уксусной кислоты у всех подопытных животных возникали «уксусные корчи» (характерные движения животных, включающие сокращение брюшинных мышц, чередующиеся с их расслаблением, вытягиванием задних конечностей и прогибанием спины).

The results of this study showed that the compounds synthesized by the authors have significant potential due to their antibacterial and cytotoxic properties. The apparent antibacterial activity demonstrated by the compounds suggests that they are active antimicrobial agents against common microbial pathogens that cause various socially significant infectious diseases. Compound 6 showed pronounced antimicrobial activity against the Gram-positive test strain Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, and compound 7 demonstrated pronounced antimicrobial activity against the Gram-negative test strain Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (MIC = 6.3 µg/mL). This allowed us to consider these compounds to have great potential.