ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids from Chinese Liverworts and Their Antitumor Activities through Michael Addition As Detected in Situ by a Fluorescence Probe
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It is generally accepted that the origin of the cytotoxicity of ent-kaurane diterpenoids is due to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and that the alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl is a pivotal moiety. Herein we demonstrate the isolation of 32 new and 12 known ent-kaurane diterpenoids from two Chinese liverworts. These compounds and three semisynthesized derivatives were screened against human cancer cell lines. The results revealed that their anticancer activities are caused by ROS formation through Michael modification of the protein thiols and depletion of glutathione unselectively. We also found that N-acetylcysteine reverses the cytotoxicity of these diterpenoids by forming Michael adducts, not through a well-recognized ROS scavenging pathway as previously reported. In situ intracellular thiol detection helped us visualize the intracellular distribution of the diterpenoids and determine the potency of their cytotoxicity. An alkaline analogue was found to be more selective because of the altered subcellular distribution.
with interesting pharmacological activity. Several steviol derivatives with an exo-methylene cyclopentanone unit were discovered as potent antitumor agents. However, their poor selectivity for tumor cells relative to normal cells reduces their prospects as potential anticancer drugs. In this study, based on previous work, 32 steviol derivatives, including 28 new analogues, were synthesized. Their cytotoxicity
Herein, we identified 68 EPAAs out of 2322 candidates with activity against a Candida albicans efflux pump-deficient strain and no inhibitory activity against the wild-type strain. Using a novel conjugation strategy involving benzamidine (BM) as a mitochondrion-targeting warhead, we successfully converted EPAAs into potent antifungals against various urgent-threat azole-resistantCandida strains. Among the
Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel exo-methylene cyclopentanone tetracyclic diterpenoids as antitumor agents
作者:Jing Li、Dayong Zhang、Xiaoming Wu
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.11.055
日期:2011.1
The structure of exo-methylene cyclopentanone, which exists in nature tetracyclic diterpenoids products, has been proved to be an innate group for the treatment of cancer and inflammation. In this letter, four different scaffolds of tetracyclic diterpenoids including the structure exo-methylene cyclopentanone were synthesized from steviol and isosteviol and evaluated in vitro for their antitumor activity against three human cancer lines. Compounds 1a, 1b, 2b and 3b showed significant cytotoxicity, particularly, tetracyclic diterpenoids 2b, 3b were identified as the most potent and selective anticancer agents superior to adriamycin with IC50 values of 0.9 mu M and 1.5 mu M, against Hep-G2 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines, respectively. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
<i>ent</i>-Kaurane Diterpenoids from Chinese Liverworts and Their Antitumor Activities through Michael Addition As Detected in Situ by a Fluorescence Probe
It is generally accepted that the origin of the cytotoxicity of ent-kaurane diterpenoids is due to the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and that the alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl is a pivotal moiety. Herein we demonstrate the isolation of 32 new and 12 known ent-kaurane diterpenoids from two Chinese liverworts. These compounds and three semisynthesized derivatives were screened against human cancer cell lines. The results revealed that their anticancer activities are caused by ROS formation through Michael modification of the protein thiols and depletion of glutathione unselectively. We also found that N-acetylcysteine reverses the cytotoxicity of these diterpenoids by forming Michael adducts, not through a well-recognized ROS scavenging pathway as previously reported. In situ intracellular thiol detection helped us visualize the intracellular distribution of the diterpenoids and determine the potency of their cytotoxicity. An alkaline analogue was found to be more selective because of the altered subcellular distribution.
Synthesis and in vivo evaluation of new steviol derivatives that protect against cardiomyopathy by inhibiting ferroptosis
discover new agents for CVDs treatment, 30 derivatives of steviol, including 22 new ones, were synthesized, and evaluated their protective activity in vivo using the doxorubicin (DOX) induced zebrafish cardiomyopathy model. Our results firstly demonstrated that steviol has promising cardioprotective activity and further modification of steviol can greatly improve the activity. Among the new derivatives