Simple structural modifications confer cytotoxicity to allobetulin
摘要:
A variety of allobetulin derivatives was synthesized from allobetulin or allobetulone. These compounds were screened for their cytotoxic activity using a photometric SRB assay employing six different human tumor cell lines. In summary, opening of ring A of allobetulin in general lowers the cytotoxicity, but the 2,3-seco diethyl ester was highly cytotoxic and remarkable selective for A549 lung carcinoma cells while being significantly less cytotoxic for non-malignant mouse fibroblasts. The introduction of an amino group at position C-3 in the allobetulin skeleton enhances cytotoxicity and furnishes highly cytotoxic compounds. Their selectivity to distinguish between cancer cell and non-malignant cell depends on the configuration at position C-3. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Simple structural modifications confer cytotoxicity to allobetulin
作者:Lucie Heller、Anja Obernauer、René Csuk
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2015.05.015
日期:2015.7
A variety of allobetulin derivatives was synthesized from allobetulin or allobetulone. These compounds were screened for their cytotoxic activity using a photometric SRB assay employing six different human tumor cell lines. In summary, opening of ring A of allobetulin in general lowers the cytotoxicity, but the 2,3-seco diethyl ester was highly cytotoxic and remarkable selective for A549 lung carcinoma cells while being significantly less cytotoxic for non-malignant mouse fibroblasts. The introduction of an amino group at position C-3 in the allobetulin skeleton enhances cytotoxicity and furnishes highly cytotoxic compounds. Their selectivity to distinguish between cancer cell and non-malignant cell depends on the configuration at position C-3. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.