
doi: 10.1021/np9008255
pmid: 20550100
Fifteen Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (1-15) were evaluated for their antiproliferative activities against six distinct cancer cell lines. Several of these natural products were found to have low micromolar antiproliferative potencies. The log P values of these compounds did not influence their observed activity. When active, the compounds displayed cytostatic, not cytotoxic activity, with the exception of pseudolycorine (3), which exhibited cytotoxic profiles. The active compounds showed similar efficacies toward cancer cells irrespective of whether the cell lines were responsive or resistant to proapoptotic stimuli. Altogether, the data from the present study revealed that lycorine (1), amarbellisine (6), haemanthamine (14), and haemanthidine (15) are potentially useful chemical scaffolds to generate further compounds to combat cancers associated with poor prognoses, especially those naturally resistant to apoptosis, such as glioblastoma, melanoma, non-small-cell lung, and metastatic cancers.
Phenanthridines -- chemistry, Phytogenic -- pharmacology, Drug Resistance, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids -- isolation & purification, Antineoplastic Agents, Apoptosis, Neoplasm -- drug effects, Drug Screening Assays, Phenanthridines -- isolation & purification, Humans, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids -- chemistry, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids -- pharmacology, Molecular Structure, Antitumor, Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, Phytogenic -- chemistry, Phenanthridines, Phenanthridines -- pharmacology, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Phytogenic -- isolation & purification, Apoptosis -- drug effects
Phenanthridines -- chemistry, Phytogenic -- pharmacology, Drug Resistance, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids -- isolation & purification, Antineoplastic Agents, Apoptosis, Neoplasm -- drug effects, Drug Screening Assays, Phenanthridines -- isolation & purification, Humans, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids -- chemistry, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids -- pharmacology, Molecular Structure, Antitumor, Sciences bio-médicales et agricoles, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, Phytogenic -- chemistry, Phenanthridines, Phenanthridines -- pharmacology, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Phytogenic -- isolation & purification, Apoptosis -- drug effects
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