Protoflavonoids from ferns impair centrosomal integrity of tumor cells

Autor: Michel Wright, Muriel Batut, Isabelle Huc-Dumas, Isabelle Pouny, Frédéric Girard, Georges Massiot, Laurence Marcourt, Chantal Etievant
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Planta medica. 77(5)
ISSN: 1439-0221
Popis: Six protoflavonoids, including two new compounds, were isolated during a large scale screening of fern extracts for original interaction with mitosis. The new compounds isolated from PHEGOPTERIS DECURSIVE-PINNATA and EQUISETUM FLUVIATILE were 2′,3′-dihydroprotogenkwanone ( 1) and 2′,3′-dihydro-2′-hydroxyprotoapigenone ( 2). Known compounds were: protoapigenone, protogenkwanone, protoapigenin, and 4′- O- β-D-glucopyranosyl protoapigenin. They showed a cytotoxic activity against HeLa cells at a micromolar level. IC 50 values were 2 µM for compound 1, > 10 µM for compound 2, and respectively 2.4, 0.6, > 10 µM for the known compounds. Their cytotoxic effects were associated with phenotypic changes never observed before and characterized by the loss of centrosomal γ-tubulin labelling in both mitotic and interphasic cells.
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