Structure-activity studies of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids as potential antitumor agents |
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Authors: | Gao Wenli Bussom Scott Grill Susan P Gullen Elizabeth A Hu You-Cai Huang Xueshi Zhong Sanbao Kaczmarek Conrad Gutierrez Julio Francis Samson Baker David C Yu Shishan Cheng Yung-Chi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. |
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Abstract: | Five phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids (PA) were chemically synthesized and seven were isolated from Tylophora atrofolliculata. To facilitate future drug design of phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids as potential antitumor agents, we have explored the structure-activity relationships (SAR) of this class of compounds. We demonstrated that DCB-3503 and tylophorinidine (PA-7) were among the most active compounds against tumor growth both in vitro and in vivo. In the hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2, the GI(50)s of DCB-3503 and PA-7 were 35+/-5 nM and 11+/-5 nM, respectively. DCB-3503 and PA-7 significantly inhibited HepG2 tumor growth in nude mice at a dose of 9 mg/kg given by intraperitoneal (ip) injections twice a day every third day for a total of four cycles (P<0.05 for DCB-3503 and P<0.01 for PA-7). Their potent antitumor activities correlated with their potent NF-kappaB-inhibitory effects and their cyclin D1 down-regulatory effects. |
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