A new bioactive steroidal saponin, furcreastatin, from the plant Furcraea foetida |
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Authors: | Itabashi M Segawa K Ikeda Y Kondo S Naganawa H Koyano T Umezawa K |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Microbial and plant secondary metabolites were screened for compounds that are selectively cytotoxic to mutant p53-expressing mouse fibroblasts. As a result, furcreastatin, a novel steroidal saponin, was isolated from an EtOH extract of the leaves of Furcraea foetida. Furcreastatin consisted of hecogenin as the aglycone and a hexasaccharide containing D-galactose, L-rhamnose and four D-glucose residues. The structure was determined to be (3 beta,5 alpha,25R)- 3-hydroxyspirostan-12-one 3-O-alpha-L-Rhap-(1-->4)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-?beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3) -beta-D- Glcp-(1-->2)?-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-beta-D-Galp] by extensive NMR spectroscopic studies. Furcreastatin decreased the viability of mutant p53-over-expressing cells with an ED50 of 4.0 micrograms/mL, and decreased that of the parental cell-line with an ED50 of 9.6 micrograms/mL. |
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