Şeker Karatoprak Gökçe, Dumlupınar Berrak, Celep Engin, Kurt Celep Inci, Küpeli Akkol Esra, Sobarzo-Sánchez Eduardo
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Türkiye.
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Okan University, İstanbul, Türkiye.
Front Pharmacol. 2024 Sep 16;15:1423480. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1423480. eCollection 2024.
Current treatments for gynecological cancers include surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. However, these treatments often have significant side effects. Phytochemicals, natural compounds derived from plants, offer promising anticancer properties. Coumarins, a class of benzopyrone compounds found in various plants like tonka beans, exhibit notable antitumor effects. These compounds induce cell apoptosis, target PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathways, inhibit carbonic anhydrase, and disrupt microtubules. Additionally, they inhibit tumor multidrug resistance and angiogenesis and regulate reactive oxygen species. Specific coumarin derivatives, such as auraptene, praeruptorin, osthole, and scopoletin, show anti-invasive, anti-migratory, and antiproliferative activities by arresting the cell cycle and inducing apoptosis. They also inhibit metalloproteinases-2 and -9, reducing tumor cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. These compounds can sensitize tumor cells to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Synthetic coumarin derivatives also demonstrate potent antitumor and anticancer activities with minimal side effects. Given their diverse mechanisms of action and minimal side effects, coumarin-class phytochemicals hold significant potential as therapeutic agents in gynecological cancers, potentially improving treatment outcomes and reducing side effects. This review will aid in the synthesis and development of novel coumarin-based drugs for these cancers.
目前妇科癌症的治疗方法包括手术、放疗和化疗。然而,这些治疗方法往往有显著的副作用。植物化学物质是从植物中提取的天然化合物,具有很有前景的抗癌特性。香豆素是一类在多种植物(如零陵香豆)中发现的苯并吡喃化合物,具有显著的抗肿瘤作用。这些化合物可诱导细胞凋亡,靶向PI3K/Akt/mTOR信号通路,抑制碳酸酐酶,并破坏微管。此外,它们还能抑制肿瘤多药耐药性和血管生成,并调节活性氧。特定的香豆素衍生物,如金松双黄酮、前胡素、蛇床子素和东莨菪素,通过使细胞周期停滞和诱导凋亡,表现出抗侵袭、抗迁移和抗增殖活性。它们还能抑制金属蛋白酶-2和-9,减少肿瘤细胞的迁移、侵袭和转移。这些化合物可使肿瘤细胞对放疗和化疗敏感。合成香豆素衍生物也显示出强大的抗肿瘤和抗癌活性,且副作用最小。鉴于其多样的作用机制和最小的副作用,香豆素类植物化学物质在妇科癌症治疗中具有作为治疗药物的巨大潜力,可能改善治疗效果并减少副作用。这篇综述将有助于合成和开发用于这些癌症的新型香豆素类药物。