As part of our ongoing silybin project, this study aims to introduce a basic nitrogen-containing group to 7-OH of 3,5,20-O-trimethyl-2,3-dehydrosilybin or 3-OH of 5,7,20-O-trimethyl-2,3-dehydrosilybin via an appropriate linker for in vitro evaluation as potential anti-prostate cancer agents. The synthetic approaches to 7-O-substituted-3,5,20-O-trimethyl-2,3-dehydrosilybins through a five-step procedure and to 3-O-substituted-5,7,20-O-trimethyl-2,3- dehydrosilybins via a four-step transformation have been developed. Thirty-two nitrogen-containing derivatives of silybin have been achieved through these synthetic methods for the evaluation of their antiproliferative activities towards both androgen-sensitive (LNCaP) and androgen-insensitive prostate cancer cell lines (PC-3 and DU145) using the WST-1 cell proliferation assay. These derivatives exhibited greater in vitro antiproliferative potency than silibinin. Among them, 11, 29, 31, 37, and 40 were identified as five optimal derivatives with IC50 values in the range of 1.40–3.06 µM, representing a 17- to 52-fold improvement in potency compared to silibinin. All these five optimal derivatives can arrest the PC-3 cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase and promote PC-3 cell apoptosis. Derivatives 11, 37, and 40 are more effective than 29 and 31 in activating PC-3 cell apoptosis.
作为我们正在进行的
水飞蓟素项目的一部分,这项研究旨在通过适当的连接剂将一种含
氮基团引入3,5,20-O-三
甲基-2,3-
脱氢水飞蓟素的7-OH位置或者5,7,20-O-三
甲基-2,3-
脱氢水飞蓟素的
3-OH位置,以进行体外评估作为潜在的抗前列腺癌药物。通过五步法合成了7-O取代的3,5,20-O-三
甲基-2,3-
脱氢水飞蓟素,通过四步转化合成了3-O取代的5,7,20-O-三
甲基-2,3-
脱氢水飞蓟素。通过这些合成方法,已经合成了32种含
氮衍
生物的
水飞蓟素,用于评估它们对雄激素敏感(LNCaP)和雄激素非敏感前列腺癌
细胞系(
PC-3和DU145)的抗增殖活性,使用W
ST-1细胞增殖测定法。这些衍
生物在体外表现出比
水飞蓟素更强的抗增殖活性。其中,11、29、31、37和40被确定为五种优化的衍
生物,其IC50值在1.40-3.06 µM范围内,与
水飞蓟素相比,其效力提高了17-52倍。所有这五种优化的衍
生物都能使
PC-3细胞周期停滞在G0/G1期,并促进
PC-3细胞凋亡。衍
生物11、37和40在激活
PC-3细胞凋亡方面比29和31更有效。