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Potent and Nontoxic Chemosensitizer of P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Multidrug Resistance in Cancer: Synthesis and Evaluation of Methylated Epigallocatechin, Gallocatechin, and Dihydromyricetin Derivatives
Wong, Iris L.K.,Wang, Bao-Chao,Yuan, Jian,Duan, Liang-Xing,Liu, Zhen,Liu, Tao,Li, Xue-Min,Hu, Xuesen,Zhang, Xiao-Yu,Jiang, Tao,Wan, Sheng-Biao,Chow, Larry M.C.
, p. 4529 - 4549 (2015)
We are interested in developing novel natural product-derived P-gp inhibitors to reverse cancer drug resistance. Here, we have synthesized 55 novel derivatives of methylated epigallocatechin (EGC), gallocatechin (GC), and dihydromyricetin (DHM). Three EGC derivatives (23, 35, and 36) and three GC derivatives (50, 51, and 53) are significantly better than epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) with a relative fold (RF) ranging from 31.4 to 53.6. The effective concentration (EC50) of 23 and 51 ranges from 102 to 195 nM. Compounds 23 and 51 are noncytotoxic to fibroblasts with IC50 > 100 μM. Compound 23 is specific for P-gp without modulating activity toward MRP1 or BCRP. Compounds 23 and 51 are non-P-gp substrates. Important pharmacophores for P-gp modulation were identified. In summary, methylated EGC and GC derivatives represent a new class of potent, specific, noncytotoxic, and nonsubstrate P-gp modulators.
Oligomeric Flavonoids. Part 16. Novel Prorobinetinidins and the First A-Type Proanthocyanidin with a 5-Deoxy A- and 3,4-cis-C-Ring from the Maiden Investigation of Commercial Wattle Bark Extract
Cronje, Annemarie,Steynberg, Jan P.,Brandt, E. Vincent,Young, Desmond A.,Ferreira, Daneel
, p. 2467 - 2478 (2007/10/02)
Structural examination of the phenolic metabolites of commercially used wattle bark extract reveals the presence of a range of novel flavonoids comprising (-)-epirobinetinidol 1, the first C-methyl proanthocyanidin, (-)-fisetinidol-(4α,8)-6-methyl-(+)-catechin 3, the first prorobinetinidins with 3,4-cis-C-ring configurations 7 and 9, and the unique A-type prorobinetinidin 11 representing the first entry amongst this class of oligoflavonoids exhibiting a 5-deoxy A- and a 3,4-cis-C-ring.They are accompanied by a range of functionalized prorobinetinidin-type tetrahydropyranochromenes 20, 23, 25 and 28 and the trimeric 'isomerization-intermediate' 32, all exhibiting the characteristic structural features that are essential for the use of 'Mimosa' exctract in cold-setting adhesives and leather-tanning applications.In addition, evidence demonstrating that the dynamic A-E conformational equilibrium of flavan-3-ol moieties in condenced tannins may be influenced by external factors is presented.
