Inhibitory effect of novel 5-O-acyl juglones on mammalian DNA polymerase activity, cancer cell growth and inflammatory response
作者:Sayako Maruo、Isoko Kuriyama、Kouji Kuramochi、Kazunori Tsubaki、Hiromi Yoshida、Yoshiyuki Mizushina
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.08.023
日期:2011.10
We previously found that vitamin K(3) (menadione, 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone) inhibits the activity of human mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (pol gamma). In this study, we focused on juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone), which is a 1,4-naphthoquinone derivative, and chemically synthesized novel juglones conjugated with C2:0 to C22:6 fatty acid (5-O-acyl juglones). The chemically modified juglones enhanced mammalian pol inhibition and their cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities. The juglone conjugated with oleic acid (C18:1-acyl juglone) showed the strongest inhibition of DNA replicative pol alpha activity and human colon carcinoma (HCT116) cell growth in 10 synthesized 5-O-acyl juglones. C12:0-Acyl juglone was the strongest inhibitor of DNA repair-related pot lambda, as well as the strongest suppression of the production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha production induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the compounds tested. Moreover, this compound caused the greatest reduction in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced acute inflammation in mouse ears. C12:0- and C18:1-Acyl juglones selectively inhibited the activities of mammalian pol species, but did not influence the activities of other pols and DNA metabolic enzymes tested. These data indicate that the novel 5-O-acyl juglones target anti-cancer and/or anti-inflammatory agents based on mammalian pot inhibition. Moreover, the results suggest that acylation of juglone is an effective chemical modification to improve the anti-cancer and anti-inflammation of vitamin K(3) derivatives, such as juglone. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.