In Vitro Anticancer Activity and Structural Characterization of Ubiquinones from Antrodia cinnamomea Mycelium

Autor: I-Chuan Yen, Shih-Yu Lee, Kuen-Tze Lin, Feng-Yi Lai, Mao-Tien Kuo, Wen-Liang Chang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Molecules, Vol 22, Iss 5, p 747 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1420-3049
DOI: 10.3390/molecules22050747
Popis: Two new ubiquinones, named antrocinnamone and 4-acetylantrocamol LT3, were isolated along with six known ubiquinones from Antrodia cinnamomea (Polyporaceae) mycelium. The developed HPLC analysis methods successfully identified eight different ubiquinones, two benzenoids, and one maleic acid derivative from A. cinnamomea. The ubiquinones 1–8 exhibited potential and selective cytotoxic activity against three human cancer cell lines, with IC50 values ranging from 0.001 to 35.883 μM. We suggest that the different cytotoxicity levels were related to their chemical structures, especially the 4-hydroxycyclohex-2-enone ring and the presence of a free hydroxyl group in the side chain. The suppression by 4-acetylantrocamol LT3 stopped the cell cycle at the beginning of the G2-M phase thus making the cell cycle arrest at the sub-G1 phase as compared with control cells.
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