Derivatives of usnic acid cause cytostatic effect in Caco-2 cells

Usnic acid has anti-cancer activity, however, low solubility and toxicity limit the potential. To investigate biological activity of usnic acid derivatives, enantiopure derivatives were synthesised by reacting usnic acid with ethylenediamine, which yielded one dimer product ((+)-1), and two tetra cyclic compounds ((+)-2 and (-)-2). The products were characterised with NMR, and evaluated in vitro in human colon cancer cell line Caco-2 by cell count, phase-contrast microscopy, MTT-assay, measurement of DNA content and cell cycle distribution. All compounds tested showed cytostatic effect in Caco-2 cells, but each compound had a distinct cellular effect. Compound (+)-1 showed anti-proliferative activity by increasing the percentage of cells in S-phase with 25% compared to the control. Compounds (+)-2 and (-)-2 induced paraptosis, but only compound (+)-2 modulated cell cycle distribution by accumulating cells in G2/M-phase by 47% and reduced DNA content by 60%. All compounds express interesting cellular and potential anti-proliferative activity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Natural product research - 35(2021), 23 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 4953-4959

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Samuelsen, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Poul Erik [VerfasserIn]
Vang, Ole [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0W584PFJ77
Anti-cancer effect
Benzofurans
Cell cycle distribution
Cellular response
Cytostatic Agents
Enantiomers
Journal Article
Paraptosis
Synthesis
Usnic acid

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Date Completed 03.12.2021

Date Revised 14.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14786419.2020.1756796

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309360943