Popov AM, Degenkova LG, Moskovkina TV, Grammatikova NE, Kuzmich AS, Chernikov OV, Schekotichin AE, Stonik VA. Biological Activity and Probable Mechanisms of Action of Derivatives of Tryptanthrin and Mostotrin Alkaloids.
DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2022;
507:363-366. [PMID:
36787003 DOI:
10.1134/s1607672922340105]
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Abstract
The alkaloid tryptanthrin and its water-soluble derivative mostotrin exhibit high antimicrobial and antitumor activity. To develop more active and less toxic preparations, syntheses and testing of the biological activities of a number of new and/or little-studied analogs were performed. Some of them have been shown to have higher cytotoxicity against tumor and microbial cells than tryptanthrin and mostotrin. Thus, 8-fluorotryptanthrin effectively inhibits the proliferation of various tumor cell lines, namely: K-562/4, HCT-116 and HCT-116p53ko at lower concentrations than tryptanthrin, and 2,8-difluorostotrin exhibits a stronger antimicrobial effect against pathogenic bacteria S. aureus ATCC 29213 than mostotrin. It has been established that the antiproliferative properties of 8-fluorotryptanthrin and 8-fluoromostotrin are associated with their ability in nanomolar concentrations to inhibit the cell cycle of tumor cells at the stage of transition from the G1 phase to the S phase. The data obtained indicate the prospects for further in-depth studies of their antitumor properties.
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