Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Belonging to Different Structural Subgroups Display Activity against Apoptosis-Resistant Cancer Cells

作者:Van Goietsenoven Gwendoline; Andolfi Anna; Lallemand Benjamin; Cimmino Alessio; Lamoral Theys Delphine; Gras Thierry; Abou Donia Amina; Dubois Jacques; Lefranc Florence; Mathieu Veronique; Kornienko Alexander; Kiss Robert; Evidente Antonio*
来源:Journal of Natural Products, 2010, 73(7): 1223-1227.
DOI:10.1021/np9008255

摘要

Fifteen Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (1-15) were evaluated for their antiproliferative activities against six distinct cancer cell lines. Several of these natural products were found to have low micromolar antiproliferative potencies. The log P values of these compounds did not influence their observed activity. When active, the compounds displayed cytostatic, not cytotoxic activity, with the exception of pseudolycorine (3), which exhibited cytotoxic profiles. The active compounds showed similar efficacies toward cancer cells irrespective of whether the cell lines were responsive or resistant to proapoptotic stimuli. Altogether, the data from the present study revealed that lycorine (1), amarbellisine (6), haemanthamine (14), and haemanthidine (15) are potentially useful chemical scaffolds to generate further compounds to combat cancers associated with poor prognoses, especially those naturally resistant to apoptosis, such as glioblastoma, melanoma, non-small-cell lung, and metastatic cancers.

  • 出版日期2010-7