Kopetdaghinanes, pro-apoptotic hemiacetialic cyclomyrsinanes from Euphorbia kopetdaghi

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Euphorbia kopetdaghi grows wild in the Northeast parts of Iran. Phytochemical study of its aerial parts led to the isolation of two undescribed cyclomyrsinol macrocyclic diterpenes with a new tetrahydrofuran oxidation pattern containing a hemiacetal group named: kopetdaghinane A and B. The structure of the isolated compounds was elucidated by extensive spectroscopic methods. Cytotoxic activity of kopetdaghinane A was evaluated using standard MTT assay against MCF-7 breast cancer and OVCAR-3 ovary cells. HUVEC cells were used as a normal cell line for calculation of the selectivity index. The MTT showed cyclomyrsinol diterpene has a significant cytotoxic effect with good selectivity indexes against both cell lines but with more selectivity against MCF-7 cells. Apoptosis induction by cyclomyrsinol treatment was confirmed by annexin V-FITC/PI staining, and caspase-6 activation. Western blot analysis showed that the expression of Bcl-2 was noticeably decreased in response to kopetdaghinane A treatment, while the expression of Bax protein was increased. Moreover, the apoptotic effect of cyclomyrsinol was shown to be related to ROS production, and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm). Taken together, these results showed that kopetdaghinane A inhibits the growth of MCF-7 breast cancer cells through the activation of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway and may be considered as an investigational compound in breast cancer preclinical study.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:146

Enthalten in:

Fitoterapia - 146(2020) vom: 15. Okt., Seite 104636

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Riahi, Farhad [VerfasserIn]
Dashti, Nasrin [VerfasserIn]
Ghanadian, Mustafa [VerfasserIn]
Aghaei, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Faez, Farough [VerfasserIn]
Jafari, Seyyed Mehdi [VerfasserIn]
Zargar, Narges [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Apoptosis
BAX protein, human
BCL2 protein, human
Bax proteins
Bcl-2-Associated X Protein
Breast cancer cells
CASP6 protein, human
Caspase 6
Caspase activity
Cytotoxicity
Diterpenes
EC 3.4.22.-
Euphorbia kopetdaghi
Journal Article
Macrocyclic diterpene
Ovary cancer cells
Phytochemicals
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
ROS production
Reactive Oxygen Species

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Date Completed 22.03.2021

Date Revised 22.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.fitote.2020.104636

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310461111