Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.
Department of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Mar 28;24(7):6386. doi: 10.3390/ijms24076386.
Salvinal is a natural lignan isolated from the roots of Bunge (Danshen). Previous studies have demonstrated its anti-proliferative activity in both drug-sensitive and -resistant cancer cell lines, with IC values ranging from 4-17 µM. In this study, a series of salvinal derivatives was synthesized and evaluated for the structure-activity relationship. Among the twenty-four salvinal derivatives, six compounds showed better anticancer activity than salvinal. Compound displayed excellent anticancer activity, with IC values of 0.13-0.14 µM against KB, KB-Vin10 (overexpress MDR/Pgp), and KB-7D (overexpress MRP) human carcinoma cell lines. Based on our in vitro microtubule depolymerization assay, compound showed depolymerization activity in a dose-dependent manner. Our findings indicate that compound is a promising anticancer agent with depolymerization activity that has potential for the management of malignance.
salvinal 是从丹参的根部分离得到的天然木脂素。先前的研究表明,它对敏感和耐药的癌细胞系均具有抗增殖活性,IC 值范围为 4-17µM。在本研究中,合成了一系列 salvinal 衍生物,并对其进行了构效关系评价。在所合成的 24 个 salvinal 衍生物中,有 6 个化合物的抗癌活性优于 salvinal。化合物 显示出优异的抗癌活性,对 KB、KB-Vin10(过表达 MDR/Pgp)和 KB-7D(过表达 MRP)人癌细胞系的 IC 值分别为 0.13-0.14µM。基于我们的体外微管解聚实验,化合物 表现出剂量依赖性的解聚活性。我们的研究结果表明,化合物 是一种具有解聚活性的有前途的抗癌药物,有望用于恶性肿瘤的治疗。