1. Synthesis and in vitro and in vivo antitumour activity study of 11-hydroxyl esterified bergenin/cinnamic acid hybrids.
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Liang C, Pei S, Ju W, Jia M, Tian D, Tang Y, and Mao G
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- Animals, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Apoptosis drug effects, Benzopyrans pharmacology, Caspase 3 metabolism, Caspase 9 metabolism, Cinnamates pharmacology, Esterification, Female, G2 Phase, Hep G2 Cells, Humans, Liver metabolism, Liver pathology, Liver Neoplasms metabolism, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Mice, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 metabolism, Antineoplastic Agents chemistry, Antineoplastic Agents therapeutic use, Benzopyrans chemistry, Benzopyrans therapeutic use, Cinnamates chemistry, Cinnamates therapeutic use, Liver drug effects, Liver Neoplasms drug therapy
- Abstract
Fourteen bergenin/cinnamic acid hybrids were synthesized, characterized and evaluated for their antitumour activity both in vitro and in vivo. The most potent compound, 5c, arrested HepG2 cells (IC
50 = 4.23 ± 0.79 μM) in the G2/M phase and induced cellular apoptosis. Moreover, compound 5c was also found to suppress the tumour growth in Heps xenograft-bearing mice with low toxicity. In the mechanistic study, 5c administration ignited a mitochondria-mediated apoptosis pathway of HepG2 cell death. Furthermore, 5c activated Akt-dependent pathways and further decreased the expression of the Bcl-2 family of proteins. The downstream mitochondrial p53 translocation was also significantly activated, accompanied by an increase of the caspase-9, caspase-3 activation. These data imply that bergenin/cinnamic acid hybrids could serve as novel Akt/Bcl-2 inhibitors for further preclinical studies., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2017
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