Cytotoxic components from the leaves of Erythrophleum fordii induce human acute leukemia cell apoptosis through caspase 3 activation and PARP cleavage

Autor: Manh Hung Tran, Thuy Thi Nguyen, Giang Thi Kim Lien, Yen Nhi Nguyen, Hoa Thanh Tran, Dao Cuong To, Phuong Hien Thi Vo, Minh Thu Doan, Phi Hung Nguyen
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 31:127673
ISSN: 0960-894X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127673
Popis: Cassaine diterpenoids as erythrofordins A-C (1–3), pseudo-erythrosuamin (4), and erythrofordin U (5) isolated from the leaves of Vietnamese Erythrophleum fordii Oliver were tested cytotoxic activity against human leukemia cancer cells. The results showed that these metabolites exhibited dose-dependent cytotoxicity against human leukemia HL-60 and KG cells with IC50 values ranging from 15.2 ± 1.5 to 42.2 ± 3.6 µM. Treatment with erythrofordin B led to the apoptosis of HL-60 and KG cells due to the activation of caspase 3, caspase 9, and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Erythrofordin B significantly increased Bak protein expression, but downregulated the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, in HL-60 cells. In silico results demonstrated that erythrofordin B can bind to both the procaspase-3 allosteric site and the PARP-1 active site, with binding energies of −7.36 and −10.76 kcal/mol, respectively. These results indicated that the leaves of Vietnamese E. fordii, which contain cassaine diterpenoids, can induce the apoptosis of human leukemia cancer cells.
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