Synthesis and assessment of the antioxidant and antitumor properties of asymmetric curcumin analogues
作者:Qingyong Li、Jian Chen、Shuyue Luo、Jialin Xu、Qiaoxian Huang、Tianyu Liu
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.02.005
日期:2015.3
In this study, 12 asymmetric curcumin (CUR) analogues and 5 symmetric curcumin derivatives were synthesized, the antioxidant activity of these derivatives were evaluated by radicals 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) assay, 2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) assay, ROO center dot (TRAP) assay and O2-center dot (NET) assay and anti-proliferative activities of these analogues were assessed against the human hepatoma cell line (SMMC-7721), the human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and the human prostate cancer cell lines (PC-3). Most of the asymmetric compounds showed stronger antioxidant activities than Vitamin C (Vc). Curcumin analogues reducing free radicals contain two reaction mechanisms: H-atom and electron transfer mechanisms. Compound 14 showed the most significant antioxidant activity compared with curcumin and other derivatives. Shorted the carbon chain of 14 can reduce the O-H bond dissociation enthalpy (BED) to improve the antioxidant activity. The antioxidant activity of 25 was similar to curcumin. All of the compounds performed better in an anti-proliferate assay than curcumin, especially compound 25, which exhibited the preferential cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 cells(25, IC50 = 9.11 mu M, curcumin, IC50 = 70.2 mu M). Considering these data, future studies should be performed to assess the therapeutic values of these asymmetric curcumin analogues. (C) 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.