Two new compounds with cytotoxic activity on the human melanoma A375-S2 cells from Daphne giraldii callus cells

J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2012;14(11):1020-6. doi: 10.1080/10286020.2012.701206. Epub 2012 Oct 29.

Abstract

Four compounds were isolated from Daphne giraldii callus cells, and their structures were characterized as daphnenone (1), daphnolon (2), R-( - )-1-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,5-pentandione (3), and S-(+)-daphneolone-4'-O-β-d-glucoside (4) on the basis of MS, NMR spectrographic analysis, and chemical methods. All of the four compounds possessed C6-C5-C6 carbon skeleton, and among them, 3 and 4 were two new compounds. In activity screening test, compounds 1, 2, 3, and 4 showed different degrees of cytotoxic activity against the tumor cells of human melanoma A375-S2 by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium hydrobromide method, with IC(50) values of 29.8, 51.0, 41.0, and 150.0 μM, respectively. Furthermore, we found the important target which could explain the cytotoxic mechanism of the four compounds by using autodock 4.0, a structure-guided discovery approach, and the important residues CYS532, GLY534, and SER535 of B-Raf kinase have been discovered.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / isolation & purification*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / pharmacology*
  • Benzene Derivatives / chemistry
  • Benzene Derivatives / isolation & purification*
  • Benzene Derivatives / pharmacology*
  • Daphne / chemistry*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / isolation & purification*
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / pharmacology*
  • Glucosides / chemistry
  • Glucosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glucosides / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Molecular Structure

Substances

  • 1-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)-3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-1,5-pentandione
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Benzene Derivatives
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Glucosides
  • daphneolone-4'-O-beta-D-glucoside