Cancer Chemopreventive Effects of Cycloartane-Type and Related Triterpenoids in in Vitro and in Vivo Models
作者:Takashi Kikuchi、Toshihiro Akihisa、Harukuni Tokuda、Motohiko Ukiya、Kenji Watanabe、Hoyoku Nishino
DOI:10.1021/np068044u
日期:2007.6.1
Forty-eight natural and semisynthetic cycloartane-type and related triterpenoids have been evaluated for their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells as a primary screening test for anti-tumor promoters. In addition, these triterpenoids have been tested for their inhibitory effects on activation of (+/-)-(E)-methtyl-2-[(E)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-6-methoxy-3-hexemide (NOR 1), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, as a primary screening test for anti-tumor initiators. All of the compounds tested exhibited inhibitory effects on both EBV-EA and NOR 1 activation. Six of these compounds having a C-24 hydroxylated side chain, viz., (24R)-cycloart-25-ene-3 beta,24-diol (9), (24R)-cycloartane-3 beta,24,25-triol (11), (24S)-cycloartane-3 beta,24,25-triol (12), (24 xi)-24-methylcycloartane-3 beta,24,24(1)-triol (14), (24 xi)-24(1)-methoxy-24-methylcycloartane-3 beta,24-diol (15), and (24 xi)-24,25-dihydroxycycloartan-3-one (27), showed higher inhibitory effects than the others tested on both EBV-EA (IC50 values of 6.1-7.4 nM) and NOR 1 activation. Furthermore, compounds 14 and 15 exhibited inhibitory effects on skin tumor promotion in an in vivo two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis test using 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) as an initiator and TPA as a promoter.