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Betulinic acid derived amides are highly cytotoxic, apoptotic and selective
Deigner, Hans-Peter,Heise, Niels V.,Hoenke, Sophie,Kahnt, Michael,Csuk, René
, (2020)
Betulinic and platanic acid derived amides were prepared and screened for their cytotoxic activity. All of the compounds were shown to be cytotoxic for a panel of human tumor cell lines, and especially apoptotic betulinic acid derived compounds 6, 8 and 19 showed low EC50 values. Of special interest was a 4-isoquinolinyl amide of 3-O-acetyl-betulinic acid (compound 19), being the most cytotoxic compound of this series and holding EC50 values as low as EC50 = 1.48 μM (A375 melanoma cells) while being significantly less cytotoxic for non-malignant fibroblasts NIH 3T3 with a selectivity index of >91.2. This finding parallels previous results obtained for SAA21, a augustic acid derived compound thus making the 4-isoquinolinyl moiety to a privileged scaffold.
MSBA-S – A pentacyclic sulfamate as a new option for radiotherapy of human breast cancer cells
Bache, Matthias,Eiselt, Yvonne,Funtan, Anne,Kahnt, Michael,Paschke, Reinhard,Petrenko, Marina,Serbian, Immo,Vordermark, Dirk,Csuk, René,Güttler, Antje,Ke?ler, Jacqueline,Pflüger, Elena
, (2021/08/09)
Many pentacyclic triterpenoids show anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. Recently, we detected a pronounced cytotoxicity and radiosensitivity of two betulinyl sulfamates in human breast cancer cells. Besides betulinic acid scaffold (BSBA-S), we synthesized several new sulfamate-coupled scaffolds from oleanolic acid (OSBA-S), ursolic acid (USBA-S), platanic acid (PSBA-S) and maslinic acid (MSBA-S). Highest cytotoxicity was monitored in breast cancer cell lines after MSBA-S treatment showing in SRB assays IC50 values between 3.7 μM and 5.8 μM. Other sulfamate/triterpene conjugates, however, were less cytotoxic holding IC50 values between 6.6 μM and >50 μM, respectively. MSBA-S-treated breast cancer cells displayed significantly reduced clonogenic survival and an increased rate of apoptosis as compared to the other conjugates. In addition, MSBA-S in combination with irradiation resulted in effects on radiosensitivity in MDA-MB-231 cells (DMF10 = 1.14). In particular, ROS formation was strongly assessed in MSBA-S-treated breast cancer cells. Our findings suggest that the sulfamate derivative of maslinic acid MSBA-S might be a new option for the radiation therapy in breast cancer cells.
Targeting mitochondria: Esters of rhodamine B with triterpenoids are mitocanic triggers of apoptosis
Wolfram, Ratna Kancana,Heller, Lucie,Csuk, René
supporting information, p. 21 - 30 (2018/04/26)
Triterpenoic acids, ursolic acid (1), oleanolic acid (2), glycyrrhetinic acid (3) and betulinic acid (4) were converted into their corresponding methyl 5–8 and benzyl esters 9–12 or benzyl amides 21–24. These derivatives served as starting materials for the synthesis of pink colored rhodamine B derivatives 25–36 which were screened for cytotoxicity in colorimetric SRB assays. All of the compounds were cytotoxic for a variety of human tumor cell lines. The activity of the benzyl ester derivatives 29–32 was lower than the cytotoxicity of the methyl esters 25–28. The benzyl amides 33–36 were the most cytotoxic compounds of this series. The most potential compound was a glycyrrhetinic acid rhodamine B benzyl amide 35. This compound showed activity against the different cancer cell lines in a two-digit to low three-digit nano-molar range. Staining experiments combined with fluorescence microscopy showed that this compound triggered apoptosis in A2780 ovarian carcinoma cells and acted as a mitocan.
Betulinic acid derived hydroxamates and betulin derived carbamates are interesting scaffolds for the synthesis of novel cytotoxic compounds
Wiemann, Jana,Heller, Lucie,Perl, Vincent,Kluge, Ralph,Str?hl, Dieter,Csuk, René
, p. 194 - 210 (2015/11/17)
The betulinic acid-derived hydroxamates 5-18, the amides 19-24, and betulin-derived bis-carbamates 25-28 as well as the carbamates 31-40 and 44-48 were prepared and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity in a photometric sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay against several human cancer cell lines and nonmalignant mouse fibroblasts (NIH 3T3). While for 3-O-acetyl hydroxamic acid 5 EC50 values as low as EC50 = 1.3 μM were found, N,O-bis-alkyl substituted hydroxamates showed lowered cytotoxicity (EC50 = 16-20 μM). In general, hydroxamic acid derivatives showed only reduced selectivity for tumor cells, except for allyl substituted compound 13 (EC50 = 5.9 μM for A2780 human ovarian carcinoma cells and EC50 > 30 μM for nonmalignant mouse fibroblasts). The cytotoxicity of betulinic acid derived amides 19-24 and of betulin derived bis-carbamates 25-28 was low, except for N-ethyl substituted 25. Hexyl substituted 39 showed EC50 = 5.6 μM (518A2 cells) while for mouse fibroblasts EC50 > 30 was determined.
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