Antitumor Potential of the Isoflavonoids (+)- and (−)-2,3,9-Trimethoxypterocarpan: Mechanism-of-Action Studies
作者:Kaio Farias、Roner F. da Costa、Assuero S. Meira、Jairo Diniz-Filho、Eveline M. Bezerra、Valder N. Freire、Prue Guest、Maryam Nikahd、Xinghua Ma、Michael G. Gardiner、Martin G. Banwell、Maria da C. F. de Oliveira、Manoel O. de Moraes、Claudia do Ó Pessoa
DOI:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00097
日期:2020.6.11
Synthetically derived samples of (+)-(6aS,11aS)-2,3,9-trimethoxypterocarpan [(+)-1] and its enantiomer [(-)-1], both of which are examples of naturally occurring isoflavonoids, were evaluated, together with the corresponding racemate, as cytotoxic agents against the HL-60, HCT-116, OVCAR-8, and SF-295 tumor cell lines. As a result it was established that compound (+)-1 was particularly active with OVCAR-8 cells being the most sensitive and responding in a dose-dependent manner. A study of cell viability and drug-induced morphological changes revealed the compound causes cell death through a mechanism characteristic of apoptosis. Finally, a computational study of the interactions of compound (+)-1 and (S)-monastrol, an established, synthetically derived, potent, and cell-permeant inhibitor of mitosis, with the kinesin-type protein Eg5 revealed that both bind to this receptor in a similar manner. Significantly, compound (+)-1 binds with greater affinity, an effect attributed to the presence of the associated methoxy groups.