Abstract |
Human pancreatic cancer cell lines are known for their inherent tolerance to nutrition starvation, which enables them to survive under a hypovascular (austerity) tumor microenvironment. The search for agents that preferentially retard the survival of cancer cells under low nutrition conditions (antiausterity agent) is a novel approach to anticancer drug discovery. In this study, it was found that a dichloromethane extract of the stem of Uvaria dac preferentially inhibited PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer cells survival under nutrition-deprived conditions at a concentration of 10 μg/mL. Workup of this bioactive extract led to the discovery of (+)- grandifloracin (8) as a potent antiausterity agent as evaluated in a panel of four human pancreatic cancer cell lines, PANC-1 (PC(50), 14.5 μM), PSN-1 (PC(50), 32.6 μM), MIA PaCa-2 (PC(50), 17.5 μM), and KLM-1 (32.7 μM). (+)- Grandifloracin (8) has been isolated from a natural source for the first time. Its absolute stereochemistry was established by single-crystal X-ray crystallography and circular dichroism spectroscopic analysis. In addition to this, seven other new highly oxygenated cyclohexene derivatives, named uvaridacanes A (1) and B (2), uvaridacols A-D (3, 4, 6, 7), and uvaridapoxide A (5), were also isolated and structurally characterized.
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Authors | Suresh Awale, Jun-ya Ueda, Sirivan Athikomkulchai, Sherif Abdelhamed, Satoru Yokoyama, Ikuo Saiki, Ryuta Miyatake |
Journal | Journal of natural products
(J Nat Prod)
Vol. 75
Issue 6
Pg. 1177-83
(Jun 22 2012)
ISSN: 1520-6025 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22676269
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
- Bridged-Ring Compounds
- Cyclohexenes
- grandifloracin
- uvaridacane A
- uvaridacane B
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Topics |
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
(chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
- Bridged-Ring Compounds
(chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Cyclohexenes
(chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology)
- Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
- Humans
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Pancreatic Neoplasms
(drug therapy)
- Thailand
- Uvaria
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