Carballeira Néstor M, Miranda Carlos, Orellano Elsie A, González Fernando A
Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00931-3346.
Lipids. 2005 Oct;40(10):1063-8. doi: 10.1007/s11745-005-1470-5.
The hitherto unknown 2-methylsulfanyldecanoic acid and 2-methylsulfanyldodecanoic acid were synthesized from methyl decanoate and methyl dodecanoate, respectively, through the reaction of lithium diisopropylamide and dimethyldisulfide in THF followed by saponification with potassium hydroxide in ethanol. Both alpha-methylsulfanylated FA were cytotoxic to the human chronic myelogenous leukemia K-562 and the human histiocytic lymphoma U-937 cell lines with EC50 values in the 200-300 microM range, which makes them more cytotoxic to these cell lines than decanoic and/or dodecanoic acid. The cytotoxicity of the studied FA toward K-562 followed the order 2-SCH3-12:0 > 2-SCH3-10:0 > 10:0 > 12:0 > 2-OCH3-12:0, whereas toward U-937 the cytotoxicity was 2-SCH3-10:0 > 2-SCH3-12:0 > 12:0 > 10:0 > 2-OCH3-12:0. These results indicate that the alpha-methylsulfanyl substitution increases the cytotoxicity of the C10 and C12 FA toward the studied leukemia cell lines.
迄今未知的2-甲硫基癸酸和2-甲硫基十二酸分别由癸酸甲酯和十二酸甲酯合成,方法是在四氢呋喃中使二异丙基酰胺锂与二甲基二硫反应,然后在乙醇中用氢氧化钾皂化。两种α-甲硫基化脂肪酸对人慢性粒细胞白血病K-562和人组织细胞淋巴瘤U-937细胞系均具有细胞毒性,其半数有效浓度(EC50)值在200 - 300微摩尔范围内,这使得它们对这些细胞系的细胞毒性比癸酸和/或十二酸更强。所研究的脂肪酸对K-562细胞的细胞毒性顺序为2-SCH3-12:0 > 2-SCH3-10:0 > 10:0 > 12:0 > 2-OCH3-12:0,而对U-937细胞的细胞毒性顺序为2-SCH3-10:0 > 2-SCH3-12:0 > 12:0 > 10:0 > 2-OCH3-12:0。这些结果表明,α-甲硫基取代增加了C10和C12脂肪酸对所研究白血病细胞系的细胞毒性。