Synthesis of a new ent-cyclozonarone angular analog, and comparison of its cytotoxicity and apoptotic effects with ent-cyclozonarone

Molecules. 2013 May 13;18(5):5517-30. doi: 10.3390/molecules18055517.

Abstract

The synthesis of a newangular analog 11 of cyclozonarone was achieved via Diels-Alder reaction between a sesquiterpene-1,3-diene and 1,4-benzoquinone. The cytotoxic activity of ent-cyclozonarone [(+)-10] and the angular (-)-cyclozonarone analog 11 has been determined in three human cancer cell lines and in normal fibroblasts using the sulforhodamine B assay. The analyzed isomers induce cell death in different cancer cell lines by eliciting nuclear condensation and fragmentation, decreasing mitochondrial membrane permeability and increasing caspase-3 activity, all traits indicating apoptosis, with the effects of (+)-10 being stronger than those of 11 in all cases.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apoptosis / drug effects*
  • Caspase 3 / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism*
  • Cell Nucleus / pathology
  • Cytotoxins* / chemical synthesis
  • Cytotoxins* / chemistry
  • Cytotoxins* / pharmacology
  • Fibroblasts / metabolism*
  • Fibroblasts / pathology
  • Humans
  • Sesquiterpenes* / chemical synthesis
  • Sesquiterpenes* / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes* / pharmacology

Substances

  • Cytotoxins
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • cyclozonarone
  • CASP3 protein, human
  • Caspase 3