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Antioxidant-based lead discovery for cancer chemoprevention: the case of resveratrol

Resveratrol is a well-known natural antioxidant and cancer chemopreventive agent that has attracted much nterest in the past decade. Resveratrol-directed compounds were synthesized, and their antioxidant effects gainst reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced DNA damage, their prooxidant effects on DNA damage in he presence cupric ions, and their cytotoxic and apoptosis-inducing effects on human promyelocytic leukemia(HL-60) cells were investigated in vitro. It was found that the compounds bearing o-diphenoxyl groups exhibited remarkably higher activities in inhibiting ROS-induced DNA damage, accelerating DNA damage in the presence cupric ions, and inducing apoptosis of HL-60 cells compared with the ones bearing no such groups. The detail mechanism of the structure-activity relationship was also studied by the oxidative product analysis of resveratrol and its analogues with galvinoxyl radical or cupric ions and UV-visible spectra change in the presence cupric ions. This study reveals a good and interesting correlation between antioxidant and prooxidant activity, as well as cytotoxicity and apoptosis-inducing activity against HL-60 cells, and provides an idea for designing antioxidant-based cancer chemoprevention agents. ?2009 American Chemical Society.

Radical-scavenging activity and mechanism of resveratrol-oriented analogues: Influence of the solvent, radical, and substitution

(Chemical Equation Presented). Resveratrol (3,5,4′-trihydroxy-trans- stilbene, 3,5,4′-THS) is a well-known natural antioxidant and cancer chemopreventive agent that has attracted much interest in the past decade. To find a more active antioxidant and investigate the antioxidative mechanism with resveratrol as the lead compound, we synthesized 3,5-dihydroxy-trans-stilbene (3,5-DHS), 4-hydroxy-trans-stilbene (4-HS) 3,4-dihydroxy-trans-stilbene (3,4-DHS), 4,4′-dihydroxy-trans-stilbene (4,4′-DHS), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-trans-stilbene (3-MeO-4-HS), 4-hydroxy-4′-methoxy- trans-stilbene (4′-MeO-4-HS), 4-hydroxy-4′-methyl-trans-stilbene (4′-Me-4-HS), 4-hydroxy-4′-nitro-trans-stilbene (4′-NO 2-4-HS), and 4-hydroxy-4′-trifluoromethyl-trans-stilbene (4′-CF3-4-HS). The radical-scavenging activity and detailed mechanism of resveratrol and its analogues (ArOHs) were investigated by the reaction kinetics with galvinoxyl (GO?) and 2,2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH?) radicals in ethanol and ethyl acetate at 25°C, using UV-vis spectroscopy. It was found that the reaction rates increase with increasing the electron-rich environment in the molecules, and the compound bearing o-dihydroxyl groups (3,4-DHS) is the most reactive one among the examined resveratrol analogues. The effect of added acetic acid on the measured rate constant for GO?-scavenging reaction reveals that in ethanol that supports ionization solvent besides hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), the kinetics of the process is partially governed by sequential proton loss electron transfer (SPLET). In contrast to GO?, DPPH ? has a relatively high reduction potential and therefore enhances the proportion of SPLET in ethanol. The relatively low rate constants for the reactions of ArOHs with GO? or DPPH? in ethyl acetate compared with the rate constants in ethanol prove that in ethyl acetate these reactions occur primarily by the HAT mechanism. The contribution of SPLET and HAT mechanism depends on the ability of the solvent to ionize ArOH and the reduction potential of the free radical involved. Furthermore, the fate of the ArOH-derived radicals, i.e., the phenoxyl radicals, was investigated by the oxidative product analysis of ArOHs and GO? in ethanol. The major products were dihydrofuran dimers in the case of resveratrol, 4,4′-DHS, and 4-HS and a dioxane-like dimer in the case of 3,4-DHS. It is suggested from the oxidative products of these ArOHs that the hydroxyl group at the 4-position is much easier to subject to oxidation than other hydroxyl groups, and the dioxane-like dimer is formed via an o-quinone intermediate.