acetogenins and Lung-Neoplasms

10 kinds of annonaceous acetogenins were selected for antitumor activity testing against human lung cancer cell line A549/Taxol and the structure activity relationship was analyzed.MTT assay was used to detect the inhibitory activities of 10 kinds of annonaceous acetogenins and positive drugs against A549/Taxol cells, respectively uvariamicin-Ⅲ(1), uvariamicin-Ⅱ(2), annosquacin D(3), desacetyluvaricin(4), annosquatin A(5), squamostatin D(6), bullatacin(7), squamocin(8), motrilin(9), annosquatin B(10), verapamil and cisplatin. Annonaceous acetogenins showed significant inhibitory activities against A549/Taxol cells, and were more potent than the positive drug verapamil and cisplatin.The more carbon atoms between the tetrahydrofuran ring and the lactone ring of annonaceous acetogenins exhibited more potency.Besides,ACGs with two substituted hydroxyl showed more potency than the compounds with three substituted hydroxyl in the bis-adjacent-THF ACGs. Furthermore, ACGs with three substituted hydroxyl showed more potency than the compounds with four substituted hydroxyl among the no bis-adjacent-THF ACGs.

Topics: A549 Cells; Acetogenins; Drug Resistance, Multiple; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Structure-Activity Relationship

Fifteen annonaceous acetogenins (ACGs) with different stereochemical structures and configuration, representing three main classes of bis-adjacent-tetrahydrofuran (THF), bis-nonadjacent-THF, and mono-THF ACGs, were selected to tested for their inhibition activity on A549/Taxol cell line, which is multidrug resistant (MDR). The present study showed that some tested compounds showed significant activity toward A549/Taxol cells, and were more potent than the positive control Verapamil. For example, squamostatin-D (14) (IC50 value=16.19μM) was 7.8 times more active than Verapamil (IC50 value=127.09μM). Those ACGs with more carbons between the THF ring and the γ-unsaturated lactone were more potent. Moreover, ACGs with stereochemical arrangement of erythro were more active than those of threo, the compounds with THF ring configuration of cis seemed to be superior to those of trans. However, if all other structural features were identical, the ACGs with more hydroxyls on the aliphatic chain were not more potent towards A549/Taxol, which was not in accordance with previous studies. Furthermore, bis-nonadjacent-THF ACGs whose molecular weight is 622, with three hydroxyl groups located at carbon 16, 19, 24 and stereochemical arrangement of erythro possibly produced notable cytotoxicity. Based on the above conclusions, we proposed a compound model that may be a promising anti-MDR cancer candidate drug in the future clinical trial.

Topics: Acetogenins; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Cell Line, Tumor; Drug Resistance, Multiple; Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Paclitaxel; Structure-Activity Relationship

An investigation of the chemical constituents in a dichloromethnae extract of Goniothalamus undulatus root led to the isolation of three known styryl lactones (5-acetoxyisogoniothalamin oxide, O-acetylaltholactone and altholactone), and four known annonaceous acetogenins (annonacin, cis-annonacin, goniothalamicin and cis-goniothalamicin). These compounds were subjected to a sulphorhodamine B (SRB) cytotoxicity assay against human large cell lung carcinoma (COR-L23), and normal human fetal fibroblast (MRC-5), cell lines. The isolated acetogenins showed higher cytotoxic activity against COR-L23 compared to the styryl lactones, with IC₅₀ values in the range of 0.5-1.7 μM and 7.4-15.4 μM, respectively. A similar pattern of cytotoxicity was also observed against the other cell line (MRC-5); acetogenins IC₅₀ values were in the range of 11.8-31.4 μM, and those for styryl lactones were in the range of 48.7-102.8 μM. This is the first report of a bioassay-guided isolation of chemical constituents from G. undulatus and on cytotoxic studies of the isolated compounds using these particular lung cancer cell lines.

Topics: Acetogenins; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; Carcinoma; Cell Line; Cell Line, Tumor; Fibroblasts; Goniothalamus; Humans; Lactones; Lung Neoplasms; Phytotherapy; Plant Extracts; Plant Roots