Anti-proliferation activity of terpenoids isolated from Euphorbia kansui in human cancer cells and their structure-activity relationship.
10.1016/S1875-5364(17)30108-5
- Author:
Jin-Jun HOU
1
;
Yao SHEN
1
;
Zhou YANG
1
;
Lin FANG
1
;
Lu-Ying CAI
1
;
Shuai YAO
1
;
Hua-Li LONG
1
;
Wan-Ying WU
2
;
De-An GUO
3
Author Information
1. Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Laboratory for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haike Road 501, Shanghai 201203, China.
2. Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Laboratory for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haike Road 501, Shanghai 201203, China. Electronic address: wanyingwu@simm.ac.cn.
3. Shanghai Research Center for Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Engineering Laboratory for TCM Standardization Technology, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Haike Road 501, Shanghai 201203, China. Electronic address: daguo@simm.ac.cn.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Anti-proliferation activity;
Human cancer cells;
Structure-activity relationship;
Terpenoids
- MeSH:
Cell Line, Tumor;
Cell Proliferation;
drug effects;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Euphorbia;
chemistry;
Humans;
Molecular Structure;
Neoplasms;
drug therapy;
physiopathology;
Structure-Activity Relationship;
Terpenes;
chemistry;
pharmacology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (English Ed.)
2017;15(10):766-774
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Euphorbia kansui is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of edema, pleural effusion, and asthma, etc. According to the previous researches, terpenoids in E. kansui possess various biological activities, e.g., anti-virus, anti-allergy, antitumor effects. In this work, twenty five terpenoids were isolated from E. kansui, including thirteen ingenane- and eight jatrophane-type diterpenoids (with two new compounds, kansuinin P and Q) and four triterpenoids. Eighteen of them were analyzed by MTS assay for in vitro anticancer activity in five human cancer cell lines. Structure-activity relationship for 12 ingenane-type diterpenoids in colorectal cancer Colo205 cells were preliminary studied. Significant anti-proliferation activities were observed in human melanoma cells breast cancer MDA-MB-435 cells and Colo205 cells. More than half of the isolated ingenane-type diterpenoids showed inhibitory activities in MDA-MB-435 cells. Eight ingenane- and one jatrophane-type diterpenoids possessed much lower IC values in MDA-MB-435 cells than positive control staurosporine. Preliminary structure-activity relationship analysis showed that substituent on position 20 was important for the activity of ingenane-type diterpenoids in Colo205 cells and substituent on position 3 contributed more significant biological activity of the compounds than that on position 5 in both MDA-MB-435 and Colo205 cells.
