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Murakami C, Fukamiya N, Tamura S, Okano M, Bastow KF, Tokuda H, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Lee KH. Multidrug-resistant cancer cell susceptibility to cytotoxic quassinoids, and cancer chemopreventive effects of quassinoids and canthin alkaloids. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 12:4963-8. [PMID: 15336275 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2003] [Accepted: 06/28/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Twenty-three quassinoids (1-23), which were isolated previously from Simaroubaceous plants, were evaluated for cytotoxicity against three multidrug-resistant cancer cell lines, KB-VIN, KB-7d, and KB-CPT. Nine compounds (2-7 and 9-11) showed significant cytotoxicity in all three cell lines. Compounds 1, 12-14, 17, and 20 demonstrated significant activity against the KB-7d and KB-CPT cell lines, and compounds 18, 19, and 23 revealed notable activity only against KB-7d cells. Structure-activity relationships were drawn based on these data. In addition, six quassinoid derivatives (24-29) and four canthin alkaloids (30-33), which were isolated from Brucea antidysenterica, were examined for their inhibitory effects on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation as cancer chemopreventive agents. All of these compounds demonstrated significant inhibitory effects against EBV-EA activation.
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- Chihiro Murakami
- Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Natural Environment, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan
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Sakurai N, Kozuka M, Tokuda H, Mukainaka T, Enjo F, Nishino H, Nagai M, Sakurai Y, Lee KH. Cancer preventive agents. Part 1: Chemopreventive potential of cimigenol, cimigenol-3,15-dione, and related compounds. Bioorg Med Chem 2005; 13:1403-8. [PMID: 15670948 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2004.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2003] [Accepted: 10/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In continuation of our previous report, cimigenol (1) and 15 related compounds were screened as potential antitumor promoters by using the in vitro short-term 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)--induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation assay. Cimigenol-3,15-dione (2) displayed the greatest potency (100% inhibition at 1000 mol ratio/TPA) and consequently was further examined for antitumor-promoting activity in a two-stage carcinogenesis assay of mouse skin tumors (DMBA/TPA). In this assay, compound 2 showed significant activity, reducing the number of papillomas per mouse to 48% of the control group at 20 weeks. In addition, compounds 1 and 2 were examined for antitumor-initiating activity in a two-stage carcinogenesis assay of mouse skin tumors induced by peroxynitrite as an initiator and TPA as a promoter. Results showed that these two triterpenoids were almost equipotent with epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and slightly more potent than tocinol (group V), the positive controls. Thus, compounds 1 and 2 exhibited not only strong antitumor-promoting activity but also significant antitumor-initiating effect on mouse skin. These data suggest that both compounds might be valuable chemopreventors.
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- Nobuko Sakurai
- Natural Products Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7360, USA
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Azuine MA, Tokuda H, Takayasu J, Enjyo F, Mukainaka T, Konoshima T, Nishino H, Kapadia GJ. Cancer chemopreventive effect of phenothiazines and related tri-heterocyclic analogues in the 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate promoted Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation and the mouse skin two-stage carcinogenesis models. Pharmacol Res 2004; 49:161-9. [PMID: 14643696 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2003.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In continuation of our search for novel agents, we have investigated 29 phenothiazines and related tri-heterocyclic compounds as potential cancer chemopreventive agents in a short-term in vitro assay of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Among the evaluated compounds, chlorpromazine, phenoxazine, ethylpropazine, 9-oxo-9H-thioxanthene-3-carbonitrile-10,10-dioxide, thiothixene and phenothiazine showed profound inhibition of EBV-EA in the in vitro assay. This activity was influenced by a modification of the phenothiazine ring. Replacement of nitrogen in the phenothiazine ring with sulfur atoms decreased the anti-tumor activity. Overall analysis showed that the simple tri-cyclic compound phenoxazine was the most active anti-tumor promoting compound in the test system. Therefore, we assessed the anti-tumor promoting effect of phenoxazine in vivo in two different chemical carcinogen-induced-promotion experimental models in mice namely the 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) initiated and TPA-promoted ICR mouse skin two-stage carcinogenesis protocol and the peroxynitrite (PN)-induced and TPA-promoted skin carcinogenesis in HOS:HR-1 mouse. Following tumor initiation with DMBA, topical application of 0.0025% phenoxazine to the dorsal initiated mouse skin resulted in a highly significant inhibition of TPA tumor promotion. The compound exhibited remarkable inhibitory effects on the mouse skin tumor promotion in terms of a reduction in tumor multiplicity (>50%) and incidence, accompanied by an extension of the tumor latency. In the PN-induced and TPA-promoted two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis, oral administration of phenoxazine (0.0025%) for 2 weeks showed profound decrease in both the tumor incidence and burden by more than 20 and 80%, respectively, at 10 weeks of treatment. This was also accompanied by a 20% delay in the tumor latency period. In all the treatment groups, there was no toxicity due to phenoxazine in the treatment groups as compared to the control animals. These significant anti-tumor potentials of phenoxazine either via topical or oral administration might be due to the inherent cytotoxicity of these classes of compounds, which can be utilized in the prevention of development of overt tumors, immunopotentiation, induction of differentiation and apoptosis. In addition, since phenoxazine derivatives and other related phenothiazine compounds in use, as anti-psychotic agents without any reported adverse effect are known to pass the blood-brain barrier, they represent a new class of cancer chemopreventive agents with greater implication in the prevention of brain cancers.
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- Magnus A Azuine
- Laboratory of Natural Drug Products, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, 2300 4th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Sato A, Hasan CM, Rashid MA, Tokuda H, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Furukawa H. Chemical constituents of Glycosmis arborea: three new carbazole alkaloids and their biological activity. J Nat Prod 2004; 67:1488-1491. [PMID: 15387647 DOI: 10.1021/np0400611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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As part of the phytochemical studies of the plant genus Glycosmis, the constituents of the plant Glycosmis arborea were investigated. Three new carbazole alkaloids named glybomines A (1), B (2), and C (3), along with known monomeric alkaloids belonging to the carbazole, quinazoline, furoquinoline, quinolone, and acridone classes, were isolated from stems of the plant collected at Mymensing in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Glybomine A (1) is the first example of a 2,5-oxygenated carbazole alkaloid from natural sources. As a primary screening test for anti-tumor promoters, nine alkaloids isolated from this plant have been tested for their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) induction by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). All alkaloids tested showed inhibitory activity.
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- Chihiro Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Two isoflavonoids, named olibergin A (1) and B (2) were isolated from the stem bark of Dalbergia oliveri (Leguminosae). Along with three previously known compounds, they are inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses.
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- Chihiro Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Iwatsuki K, Akihisa T, Tokuda H, Ukiya M, Higashihara H, Mukainaka T, Iizuka M, Hayashi Y, Kimura Y, Nishino H. Sterol ferulates, sterols, and 5-alk(en)ylresorcinols from wheat, rye, and corn bran oils and their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus activation. J Agric Food Chem 2003; 51:6683-6688. [PMID: 14582960 DOI: 10.1021/jf030371+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Sterol ferulate, free sterol, and 5-alk(en)ylresorcinol constituents of wheat, rye, and corn bran oils were studied. Among the sterol ferulates, one novel compound, 24-methylenecholestanol ferulate (7), along with six known compounds, namely, 24-methylcholestanol ferulate (1), 24-methylcholesterol ferulate (2), 2-methyllathosterol ferulate (3), stigmastanol ferulate (4), sitosterol ferulate (5), and schottenol ferulate (6), were isolated and characterized. Five known free sterols, namely, 24-methylcholesterol (8), stigmastanol (9), sitosterol (10), schottenol (11), and stigmasterol (12), were isolated and identified. 5-Alk(en)ylresorcinols were found in wheat and rye bran oils but not in corn bran oil. Of these, one new compound, 5-n-(2'-oxo-14'-Z-heneicosenyl) resorcinol (19), and seven known compounds, namely, 5-n-heptadecyl- (13), 5-n-nonadecyl- (14), 5-n-heneicosyl- (15), 5-n-tricosyl- (16), 5-n-pentacosyl- (17), 5-n-(14'-Z-nonadecenyl)- (18), and 5-n-(2'-oxoheneicosyl)resorcinols (20), were isolated and characterized. These compounds were evaluated with respect to their inhibitory effects on the induction of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells, which is known to be a primary screening test for antitumor promoters. Four compounds, 1, 2, 4, and 11, showed potent inhibitory effects on EBV-EA induction.
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- Kenji Iwatsuki
- K-Laboratories for Intelligent Medical Remote Services, 2266-22 Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-0003, Japan
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Akihisa T, Tokuda H, Ukiya M, Iizuka M, Schneider S, Ogasawara K, Mukainaka T, Iwatsuki K, Suzuki T, Nishino H. Chalcones, coumarins, and flavanones from the exudate of Angelica keiskei and their chemopreventive effects. Cancer Lett 2003; 201:133-7. [PMID: 14607326 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(03)00466-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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From an ethyl acetate-soluble fraction of the exudate obtained from the stems of Angelica keiskei (Umbelliferae), 17 compounds, viz. five chalcones (1-5), seven coumarins (6-12), three flavanones (13-15), one diacetylene (16), and one 5-alkylresorcinol (17), were isolated. These compounds were evaluated with respect to their inhibitory effects on the induction of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells, which is known to be a primary screening test for antitumor-promoters. With the exception of three compounds (10, 16, and 17), all other compounds tested showed potent inhibitory effects on EBV-EA induction (92-100% inhibition at 1x10(3)mol ratio/TPA). In addition, upon evaluation of these compounds for the inhibitory effects against activation of (+/-)-(E)-methyl-2-[(E)-hydroxy-imino]-5-nitro-6-methoxy-3-hexemide (NOR 1), a nitric oxide (NO) donor, as a primary screening test for antitumor-initiators, two chalcones (2 and 3) and six coumarins (6-11) exhibited potent inhibitory effects.
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- Toshihiro Akihisa
- College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan.
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Kumagai A, Nagaoka Y, Obayashi T, Terashima Y, Tokuda H, Hara Y, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Kuwajima H, Uesato S. Tumor chemopreventive activity of 3- O -acylated (−)-epigallocatechins. Bioorg Med Chem 2003; 11:5143-8. [PMID: 14604677 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2003.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In order to seek promising cancer chemopreventive agents, we assessed the antitumor promoting activities of 3-O-octanoyl- or 3-O-(2-methyloctanoyl)-(--)-epigallocatechins, inhibiting markedly the activation of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen, in a two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis assay. As a result, these derivatives inhibited a papilloma formation 1.3-1.6-fold more strongly than (--)-epigallocatechin gallate well established as anti-tumor promoter.
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- Ayako Kumagai
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan
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Ismail IS, Ito H, Mukainaka T, Higashihara H, Enjo F, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Yoshida T. Ichthyotoxic and anticarcinogenic effects of triterpenoids from Sandoricum koetjape bark. Biol Pharm Bull 2003; 26:1351-3. [PMID: 12951486 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.26.1351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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After bioassay-guided fractionation of the extract from Sandoricum koetjape bark, which exhibited significant toxicity to killifish (Oryzias latipes), two ichthyotoxic triterpenoids were isolated and characterized as koetjapic acid and 3-oxo-olean-12-en-29-oic acid. These constituents, along with non-toxic katonic acid, had a remarkable inhibitory effect on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), which is a preliminary in vitro screening method for possible anti-tumor-promoting agents. Of the triterpenoids active in vitro, koetjapic acid appears to be a promising cancer chemopreventive agent, since it significantly delayed tumor promotion in two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene and promoted by TPA.
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Jiménez IA, Bazzocchi IL, Núñez MJ, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Konoshima T, Ravelo AG. Absolute configuration of sesquiterpenes from Crossopetalum tonduzii and their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation in Raji cells. J Nat Prod 2003; 66:1047-1050. [PMID: 12932121 DOI: 10.1021/np0301240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Two new sesquiterpenoids (1 and 2) with a dihydro-beta-agarofuran skeleton were isolated from Crossopetalum tonduzii. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectral analysis, including homonuclear and heteronuclear correlation NMR experiments (COSY, ROESY, HSQC, and HMBC). Their absolute configurations were determined by CD studies on 3, the benzoylated derivative of 1. Chemical correlations have allowed the absolute configurations of 4 and 5, two previously known dihydro-beta-agarofuran analogues, to be reported for the first time. Compounds 1, 2, and 5 showed strong antitumor-promoting effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation.
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- Ignacio A Jiménez
- Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González, Universidad de La Laguna, Avenida Astrofísico Francisco Sánchez 2, La Laguna, 38206 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Brantner AH, Asres K, Chakraborty A, Tokuda H, Mou XY, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Stoyanova S, Hamburger M. Crown gall -- a plant tumour with biological activities. Phytother Res 2003; 17:385-90. [PMID: 12722146 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Petroleum ether, acetone, 80% MeOH and water extracts of crown gall, a plant tumour, obtained from Eucalyptus globulus tree were screened for cytotoxic, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, embryotoxic, antitumour-promoting and antimicrobial activities. In terms of bioactivity the 80% MeOH extract was most effective followed by the acetone extract. The petroleum ether extract showed weak to moderate cytotoxic activity in dose-dependent manner against PC12 cells, mouse L fibroblasts and 1321N1 glia cells, whereas the hydroalcohol extract had no or a weak cytotoxic effect. The 80% MeOH extract exhibited strong antioxidant activity. Based on the in vitro HET-CAM assay all the extracts were effective against inflammation. The extracts did not show any embryotoxic effect at the concentrations tested. Antitumour-promoting activity (100% inhibition; 100 microg/mL) was observed in the 80% MeOH and acetone extracts. In the antimicrobial screening all extracts displayed predominantly antifungal activity against Candida sp. The extracts also showed various levels of antibacterial activity against E. faecalis, Ps. aeruginosa, Bac. subtilis and Staph. epidermidis. From the results of the investigations it can be concluded that crown gall is a valuable plant tumour tissue having interesting biological activities.
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- A H Brantner
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 4/I, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
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Sacau EP, Estévez-Braun A, Ravelo AG, Ferro EA, Tokuda H, Mukainaka T, Nishino H. Inhibitory effects of lapachol derivatives on epstein-barr virus activation. Bioorg Med Chem 2003; 11:483-8. [PMID: 12538012 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(02)00542-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sixteen derivatives (2-17) synthesized from the naphthoquinone lapachol (1), were tested for their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), as a test for potential cancer chemopreventive agents. They exhibited a variety of inhibitory activities from very high to moderate, which allow us to suggest structure-activity relationships. Ten of these derivatives are reported for the first time, their structures being thoroughly determined by spectroscopic methods.
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- Elisa Pérez Sacau
- Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica 'Antonio González', Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez No. 2, E-38206, Tenerife, La Laguna, Spain
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Miyamoto Y, Onoda S, Rao KS, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Furukawa H. Polyprenylated benzophenones from Garcinia assigu and their potential cancer chemopreventive activities. J Nat Prod 2003; 66:206-209. [PMID: 12608850 DOI: 10.1021/np020372g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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In a further study on the chemical constituents of Garcinia assigu, two new benzophenones corresponding to the 13-O-methyl ethers (1 and 2) of the known isogarcinol and garcinol, respectively, were isolated and characterized, along with known benzophenones (3-6). Inhibitory effects of the benzophenones isolated from this plant on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells and their radical-scavenging ability against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) were demonstrated. The cyclized polyprenylbenzophenones (1-5) showed comparable or stronger potential cancer chemopreventive activity when compared to glycyrrhetic acid, a known anti-tumor promoter.
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- Chihiro Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan.
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Four minor components, along with the major cyanogenic glycosides, amygdalin and prunasin, were isolated from Prunus persica seeds (Persicae Semen; Tounin), and characterized as mandelic acid glycosides (beta-gentiobioside and beta-D-glucoside) and benzyl alcohol glycosides (beta-gentiobioside and beta-D-glucoside). The anti-tumor promoting activity of these compounds was examined in both in vitro and in vivo assays. All of the compounds significantly inhibited the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation induced by tumor promoter. In addition, they produced a delay of two-stage carcinogenesis on mouse skin that was comparable in potency to (-)-epigallocatechin gallate from green tea. Structure-activity relationships indicated that a substituent at the benzylic position with glycosidic linkage affected the in vitro and in vivo activities with an order of enhancing potency, CN<COOH<H.
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- Toshiyuki Fukuda
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Kyoto, Japan
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Tamura S, Fukamiya N, Okano M, Tokuda H, Aoi W, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Tagahara K, Koike K. Cancer chemopreventive effect of quassinoid derivatives. Introduction of side chain to shinjulactone C for enhancement of inhibitory effect on Epstein-Barr virus activation. Cancer Lett 2002; 185:47-51. [PMID: 12142078 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00302-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A series of shinjulactone C (1) derivatives (2-8) were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-tumor promoting effects against Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation introduced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells. The succinate and 3',3'-dimethylsuccinate derivatives of 1 exhibited higher inhibitory effects than 1. From the point of view of structure-activity relationships, the succinate derivatives (2, 4) demonstrated better potency than the glutarate derivatives (3, 5-8). As substituted moieties of 3'-position became bulky, the inhibitory effects of the glutarate derivatives (7, 8) significantly decreased.
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- Sadaaki Tamura
- Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Natural Environment, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 739-8521, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Ukiya M, Akihisa T, Tokuda H, Toriumi M, Mukainaka T, Banno N, Kimura Y, Hasegawa JI, Nishino H. Inhibitory effects of cucurbitane glycosides and other triterpenoids from the fruit of Momordica grosvenori on epstein-barr virus early antigen induced by tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. J Agric Food Chem 2002; 50:6710-6715. [PMID: 12405766 DOI: 10.1021/jf0206320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Two new triterpene benzoates, 5-dehydrokarounidiol dibenzoate (1) and karounidiol dibenzoate (2), and two new triterpene glycosides, 5alpha,6alpha-epoxymogroside IE(1) (8) and 11-oxomogroside A(1) (9), along with 15 known triterpenoids (one triterpene benzoate, 3; three triterpene mono-ols, 4-6; one triterpene aglycon, 7; and 10 triterpene glycosides, 10-19), were isolated from the ethanol extract of the fruit of Momordica grosvenori. The structures of 1, 2, 8, and 9 were determined on the basis of spectroscopic and chemical methods. Among the known triterpene glycosides, mogroside I E(1) (12) was a new naturally occurring compound. Eighteen triterpenoids (2-19) and 11-oxomogrol (20), a hydrolysis product of 9, were evaluated with respect to their inhibitory effects on the induction of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells, which is known to be a primary screening test for antitumor promoters. All of the compounds tested showed potent inhibitory effects on EBV-EA induction (70-100% inhibition at 1 x 10(3) mol ratio/TPA).
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- Motohiko Ukiya
- College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan
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Fukuyama R, Nakayama A, Nakase T, Toba H, Mukainaka T, Sakaguchi H, Saiwaki T, Sakurai H, Wada M, Fushiki S. A newly established neuronal rho-0 cell line highly susceptible to oxidative stress accumulates iron and other metals. Relevance to the origin of metal ion deposits in brains with neurodegenerative disorders. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:41455-62. [PMID: 12194972 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204176200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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From human neuroblastoma-derived SILA cells we have established a rho-0 cell line that is deficient in both respiration and mitochondrial DNA. Lactate dehydrogenase activity, lactate production, and growth in the medium without glucose indicate that these cells shift from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism. Electron microscopic observations revealed abnormal mitochondria with unique cristae structures. Staining with MitoTracker dye showed that the mitochondrial transmembrane potential was reduced by 30-40% from the parent cell levels. These cells were markedly susceptible to H(2)O(2) and died apparently by a necrotic mechanism, a process blocked by deferoxamine in the parent cells but not rho-0 cells. Analysis by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry revealed an approximately 3-fold accumulation of iron in the rho-0 cells at confluence (n = 4-6, three clones, *p < 0.05). Iron and four other metals were all elevated in the cells of one of the rho-0 clones and were similar to control levels in the control cybrid cells, which were replenished with normal mitochondrial DNA. Their sensitivity to H(2)O(2) was also similar to that of the parent cells. These results indicate that a newly established neuronal related rho-0 cell line is highly susceptible to active oxygen species and that these toxicity effects appear to be related to an accumulation of transition metals, which probably occurs through the respiratory impairment.
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- Ryuichi Fukuyama
- Department of Pathology and Applied Neurobiology, Research Institute for Neurological Diseases and Geriatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kawaramachi Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Japan.
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Chen DF, Zhang SX, Kozuka M, Sun QZ, Feng J, Wang Q, Mukainaka T, Nobukuni Y, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Wang HK, Morris-Natschke SL, Lee KH. Interiotherins C and D, two new lignans from Kadsura interior and antitumor-promoting effects of related neolignans on Epstein-Barr virus activation. J Nat Prod 2002; 65:1242-5. [PMID: 12350139 DOI: 10.1021/np0105127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Two new lignans, interiotherins C (1) and D (2), together with the known compounds interiorin (3), heteroclitin F (4), neokadsuranin (5), heteroclitin D (6), kadsurin (7), gomisin A (8), schisandrin C (9), interiotherin A (10), angeloylgomisin R (11), gomisin G (12), interiotherin B (13), and gomisin C (14), were isolated from the stems of Kadsura interior. The structures and stereochemistries of the new compounds were determined from mass, CD, and NMR spectral data. Fourteen neolignans were screened as potential antitumor promoters by examining their ability to inhibit Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation (induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) in Raji cells. Neokadsuranin (5) and schisandrin C (9) were the most potent compounds. These data suggest that some neolignans might be valuable antitumor promoters or chemopreventors.
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- Dao-Feng Chen
- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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Koyama J, Morita I, Tagahara K, Nobukuni Y, Mukainaka T, Kuchide M, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Chemopreventive effects of emodin and cassiamin B in mouse skin carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett 2002; 182:135-9. [PMID: 12048158 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00100-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In continuation of our works of natural and synthetic products as cancer chemopreventive agents, we have examined emodin and cassiamin B, which were isolated from Cassia siamea. These compounds exhibited the remarkable anti-tumor promoting effect on two-stage carcinogenesis test of mouse skin tumors induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene as an initiator and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) as a promoter by both topical application. Furthermore, emodin exhibited potent inhibitory activity on two-stage carcinogenesis test of mouse skin tumors induced by nitric oxide donor, (+/-)-(E)-methyl-2-[(E)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-6-methoxy-3-hexeneamide as an initiator and TPA as a promoter.
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- Junko Koyama
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada, Kobe 658, Japan.
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Kapadia GJ, Azuine MA, Tokuda H, Takasaki M, Mukainaka T, Konoshima T, Nishino H. Chemopreventive effect of resveratrol, sesamol, sesame oil and sunflower oil in the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation assay and the mouse skin two-stage carcinogenesis. Pharmacol Res 2002; 45:499-505. [PMID: 12162952 DOI: 10.1006/phrs.2002.0992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Resveratrol, sesamol, sesame oil and sunflower oil are known natural dietary components with intrinsic cancer chemopreventive potentials. As a part of our study of dietary constituents as potential cancer chemopreventive agents, we have assessed the anti-cancer potentials of these products in the promotion stage of cancer development employing the in vitro Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation assay induced by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). Further, we studied the activities of these compounds in the brine shrimp cytotoxicity assay as well as on the stable 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging bioassay with a view to comparing some of the mechanisms of their anti-cancer activity. Finally, we compared the observed chemoprotective capabilities of the four products in the in vivo 7,12 dimethylbenz(a)anthracene initiated and TPA-promoted mouse skin two-stage carcinogenesis protocols. All the products tested showed a profound inhibitory effect on the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen induction using Raji cells. Comparatively, sesame oil was the most potent followed by sesamol and then resveratrol. Only sesamol and resveratrol showed a remarkable cytotoxic activity in the brine shrimp lethality assays as well as profound free radical scavenging activity in the DPPH bioassay. In both test systems, sesamol exhibited a more remarkable activity than resveratrol while sesame oil and sunflower oil did not exhibit any appreciable activity even at the highest concentrations tested (4000 microg ml(-1) ). In our in vivo assay at a 50-fold molar ratio to TPA, sesamol offered 50% reduction in mouse skin papillomas at 20 weeks after promotion with TPA. Under an identical molar ratio to TPA, resveratrol offered a 60% reduction in the papillomas in mouse at 20 weeks. Thus sesamol seems to be an almost equally potent chemopreventive agent. Sesame oil and sunflower oil offered 20 and 40% protection, respectively, in the mouse skin tumor model. The anti-oxidant capabilities of these compounds could not solely explain the observed anti-cancer characteristics. Resveratrol is present in grapes. Sesamol, a constituent of sesame oil and sunflower oil are regularly consumed dietary natural products. The observed chemopreventive effect of these products particularly warrants more attention since they already exist in the population with no known adverse effects.
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MESH Headings
- 9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral/biosynthesis
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/therapeutic use
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/toxicity
- Artemia/drug effects
- Benzodioxoles
- Biphenyl Compounds
- Cocarcinogenesis
- Female
- Free Radical Scavengers/pharmacology
- Free Radical Scavengers/therapeutic use
- Free Radical Scavengers/toxicity
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/physiology
- Lethal Dose 50
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred ICR
- Phenols/pharmacology
- Phenols/therapeutic use
- Phenols/toxicity
- Picrates
- Plant Oils/pharmacology
- Plant Oils/therapeutic use
- Plant Oils/toxicity
- Resveratrol
- Sesame Oil/pharmacology
- Sesame Oil/therapeutic use
- Sesame Oil/toxicity
- Skin Neoplasms/chemically induced
- Skin Neoplasms/prevention & control
- Stilbenes/pharmacology
- Stilbenes/therapeutic use
- Stilbenes/toxicity
- Sunflower Oil
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Virus Activation/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- Govind J Kapadia
- Laboratory of Natural Drug Products, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, 2300 4th Street NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
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Nakamura ES, Kurosaki F, Arisawa M, Mukainaka T, Takayasu J, Okuda M, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Pastore F. Cancer chemopreventive effects of a Brazilian folk medicine, Juca, on in vivo two-stage skin carcinogenesis. J Ethnopharmacol 2002; 81:135-137. [PMID: 12020938 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8741(02)00047-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Gallic acid (1) and methyl gallate (2) were isolated from Juca, a Brazilian folk medicine, fruits of Caesalpinia ferrea MART (Leguminosae), decreased significantly the average number of papillomas per mouse in the experiment of the promoting effects of 12-O-tetra- decanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on skin tumor formation in mice initiated with 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA).
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- Eliane S Nakamura
- Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani 2630, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Nakamura ES, Kurosaki F, Arisawa M, Mukainaka T, Okuda M, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Pastore F. Cancer chemopreventive effects of constituents of Caesalpinia ferrea and related compounds. Cancer Lett 2002; 177:119-24. [PMID: 11825658 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00708-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The anti-tumor promoting effects of fruits of Caesalpinia ferrea MART. (Leguminosae) were tested by the in vitro Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation assay, and its active constituents were identified as gallic acid (1) and methyl gallate (2). A total of 49 related compounds of 1 and 2 were analysed for the effects by this assay, and the structure activity relationships have been proposed. Three acetophenone derivatives, 2,6-dihydroxyacetophenone (48), 2,3,4-trihydroxyacetophenone (50) and 2,4,6-trihydroxy- acetophenone (51) were found to show potent inhibitory activity.
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- Eliane S Nakamura
- Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani 2630, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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Ukiya M, Akihisa T, Tokuda H, Suzuki H, Mukainaka T, Ichiishi E, Yasukawa K, Kasahara Y, Nishino H. Constituents of Compositae plants III. Anti-tumor promoting effects and cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines of triterpene diols and triols from edible chrysanthemum flowers. Cancer Lett 2002; 177:7-12. [PMID: 11809525 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00769-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fifteen pentacyclic triterpene diols and triols, consisting of: six taraxastanes, faradiol (1), heliantriol B0 (2), heliantriol C (3), 22alpha-methoxyfaradiol (4), arnidiol (5), and faradiol alpha-epoxide (6); five oleananes, maniladiol (7), erythrodiol (8), longispinogenin (9), coflodiol (10), and heliantriol A(1) (11); two ursanes, brein (12) and uvaol (13); and two lupanes, calenduladiol (14) and heliantriol B2 (15), isolated from the non-saponifiable lipid fraction of the edible flower extract of chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) were evaluated for their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by the tumor promoter, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, in Raji cells as a primary screening test for anti-tumor-promoters. All of the compounds tested showed inhibitory effects against EBV-EA activation with potencies either comparable with or stronger than that of glycyrrhetic acid, a known natural anti-tumor-promoter. Evaluation of the cytotoxic activity of six compounds, 1-3 and 5-7, against human cancer cell lines revealed that compound 5 possesses a wide range of cytotoxicity, with GI50 values (concentration that yields 50% growth) of mostly less than 6 microM.
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- Motohiko Ukiya
- College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan
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Chakraborty A, Brantner A, Mukainaka T, Nobukuni Y, Kuchide M, Konoshima T, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Cancer chemopreventive activity of Achyranthes aspera leaves on Epstein-Barr virus activation and two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett 2002; 177:1-5. [PMID: 11809524 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00766-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Achyranthes aspera leaves have been assessed for chemopreventive activity. The MeOH extract, alkaloid, non-alkaloid and saponin fractions exhibited significant inhibitory effects (concentration 100 microg) on the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation induced by the tumor promotor 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells. In this in vitro assay the non-alkaloid fraction containing mainly non-polar compounds showed the most significant inhibitory activity (96.9%; 60% viability). In the in vivo two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis test the total methanolic extract possessed a pronounced anticarcinogenic effect (76%). The present study suggests that A. aspera leaf extract and the non-alkaloid fraction are valuable antitumor promotors in carcinogenesis.
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- Asima Chakraborty
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, University of Graz, Universitaetsplatz 4/I, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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Kapadia GJ, Azuine MA, Tokuda H, Hang E, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Sridhar R. Inhibitory effect of herbal remedies on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-promoted Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation. Pharmacol Res 2002; 45:213-20. [PMID: 11884218 DOI: 10.1006/phrs.2001.0936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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For the past several years we have been evaluating natural products as potential cancer chemopreventive agents in a short term in vitro assay involving Epstein--Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation in Raji cells promoted by phorbol ester, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Because of the current interest in the use of herbal remedies, we considered examining them for their cancer chemopreventive activities, using their extracts with a view to uncovering such benefits (if any) these remedies might possess. Thirty-six extracts of 32 herbs belonging to 27 families in use as herbal remedies including those of gingko, black cohosh, echinacea, kava-kava, saw palmetto, turmeric, angelica, wild yam, cat's claw, passion flower, muira puama, feverfew, blueberry, chasteberry, licorice, nettle, golden seal, pygeum, ginger, valerian and hops were prepared and evaluated. Turmeric at a concentration of 10 microg x ml (-1)exhibited the most potent anti-EBV-EA activity, which is ten times more than passionflower, that is next in the order of activity. At the concentration level of 100 microg ml (-1), several of the herbal remedies tested inhibited the EBV-EA in Raji cells exposed to the tumor promoter TPA (32 pM) by more than 90%. We also report for the first time the activities of 16 new medicinal plants as potential cancer chemopreventive agents. Since inhibitors of EBV-EA promoted by TPA in vitro have been shown to be effective anti-tumor promoting agents in laboratory animal models, our results indicate new and potential applications of these herbal remedies as cancer chemopreventive agents since they are already in clinical use in the human population.
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- Govind J Kapadia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, 2300 4 thStreet, NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA.
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Mishina Y, Filho VC, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Furukawa H. Chemical constituents of Calophyllum brasiliensis: structure elucidation of seven new xanthones and their cancer chemopreventive activity. J Nat Prod 2002; 65:267-272. [PMID: 11908963 DOI: 10.1021/np010398s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The first study of chemical constituents of the stem bark of Calophyllum brasilienses collected in Brazil has led to the isolation and identification of seven new xanthones named brasixanthones A (1), B (4), C (5), D (6), E (2), F (3), and G (10), together with 10 known xanthones. Among the xanthones isolated in this study, 4, 5, 6, and 11 were found to exhibit significant inhibitory activity against 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation in Raji cells.
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- Chihiro Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Iwase Y, Takemura Y, Ju-ichi M, Mukainaka T, Ichiishi E, Ito C, Furukawa H, Yano M, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Inhibitory effect of flavonoid derivatives on Epstein-Barr virus activation and two-stage carcinogenesis of skin tumors. Cancer Lett 2001; 173:105-9. [PMID: 11597783 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00615-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To search for possible anti-tumor promoters, ten flavonoid derivatives (1-10) synthesized from morin and quercetin were examined for their inhibitory effects on the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation by a short-term in vitro assay. Of these compounds, pentaallyl ethers (9, 10) showed significant inhibitory effects on EBV-EA activation induced by the tumor promoter, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate. Further, quercetin pentaallyl ether (10) exhibited remarkable inhibitory effects on mouse skin tumor promotion in an in vivo two-stage carcinogenesis test.
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- Y Iwase
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, 11-68 Koshien Kyubancho, Hyogo 663-8179, Nishinomiya, Japan
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Akihisa T, Tokuda H, Ichiishi E, Mukainaka T, Toriumi M, Ukiya M, Yasukawa K, Nishino H. Anti-tumor promoting effects of multiflorane-type triterpenoids and cytotoxic activity of karounidiol against human cancer cell lines. Cancer Lett 2001; 173:9-14. [PMID: 11578803 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00689-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Forty-nine multiflorane-type triterpenoids consisting of 11 compounds isolated from the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii (Cucurbitaceae) and 38 of their derivatives have been evaluated for their inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells as a primary screening test for anti-tumor promoters. All of the compounds tested showed an inhibitory effect against EBV-EA activation, and among which 43 were revealed to possess remarkable activity with potencies either comparable to or stronger than that of glycyrrhetic acid, a known natural anti-tumor promoter. Their structure-activity relationship is discussed. Evaluation of the cytotoxic activity of karounidiol (27) against human cancer cell lines exhibited cytotoxicity especially against a human renal cancer.
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- T Akihisa
- College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, 1-8 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308, Japan.
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Inad A, Nishino H, Kuchide M, Takayasu J, Mukainaka T, Nobukuni Y, Okuda M, Tokuda H. Cancer chemopreventive activity of odorine and odorinol from Aglaia odorata. Biol Pharm Bull 2001; 24:1282-5. [PMID: 11725964 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.24.1282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In the course of our continuing search for novel cancer chemo-preventive agents from natural sources, we have carried out a primary screening in vitro assay of the compounds isolated from Aglaia odorata. Consequently, aminopyrrolidine-diamides, odorine and odorinol, were obtained as active constituents. These compounds exhibited potent anti-carcinogenic effects in a two-stage carcinogenesis test of mouse skin induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) as an initiator and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) as a promoter. Further, both compounds showed remarkable inhibitory effects in two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis models induced by nitric oxide (NO) donors such as (+/-)-(E)-methyl-2-[(E)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-6-methoxy-3-hexenamide (NOR-1) or peroxynitrite as an initiator and TPA as a promoter. From these results, it was concluded that odorine and odorinol inhibited both the initiation and promotion stages of two-stage skin carcinogenesis.
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- A Inad
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan.
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Koyama J, Morita I, Tagahara K, Ogata M, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Inhibitory effects of anthraquinones and bianthraquinones on Epstein-Barr virus activation. Cancer Lett 2001; 170:15-8. [PMID: 11448529 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00566-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Short-term in vitro assays for anti-tumor promoters were carried out for several anthraquinones and bianthraquinones, which were isolated from Cassia siamea and derived from cascaroside A. Anthraquinone monomers showed higher anti-tumor promoting activity than that of bianthraquinones.
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- J Koyama
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada, 658, Kobe, Japan.
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Koyama J, Morita I, Tagahara K, Osakai T, Hotta H, Yang MX, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Tokuda H. Correlation with redox potentials and inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus activation of azaanthraquinones. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2001; 49:1214-6. [PMID: 11558617 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.49.1214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The redox potentials have been determined for nine azaanthraquinones in phosphate buffer at pH 7.2 by means of cyclic voltammetry. A definite correlation has been found between the redox potentials and the inhibitory effects of the azaanthraquinones on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation. It has further been shown that the correlation can be made better by introducing an electronic property, i.e., the atomic charge at O11 as an additional parameter.
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- J Koyama
- Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Higashinada, Japan.
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Uesato S, Kitagawa Y, Kaijima T, Tokuda H, Okuda M, Mou XY, Mukainaka T, Nishino H. Inhibitory effects of 6-O-acylated L-ascorbic acids possessing a straight- or branched-acyl chain on Epstein-Barr virus activation. Cancer Lett 2001; 166:143-6. [PMID: 11311486 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00444-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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6-O-Acylated L-ascorbic acids possessing a straight- or branched-acyl chain of varying length from C(4) to C(18) have been synthesized and evaluated their anti-tumor promoting effects on the activation of the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen. The derivatives having a straight- or branched-acyl chain of C(6) to C(11) carbon atoms exhibited marked effects.
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- S Uesato
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, 564-8680, Osaka, Japan.
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Iwase Y, Takemura Y, Ju-ichi M, Yano M, Ito C, Furukawa H, Mukainaka T, Kuchide M, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Cancer chemopreventive activity of 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone from the peel of citrus plants. Cancer Lett 2001; 163:7-9. [PMID: 11163102 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00691-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Nobiletin and 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone (HPT), isolated from the peel of Citrus plants, were examined for the anti-tumor-initiating activity on two-stage carcinogenesis of mouse skin tumors induced by a nitric oxide donor, (+/-)-(E)-methyl-2-[(E)-hydroxyimino]-5-nitro-6-methoxy-3-hexenamide, as an initiator and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate as a promoter. HPT exhibited the remarkable anti-tumor-initiating effect on mouse skin and it suggested the possibility of HPT being a chemopreventive agent against nitric oxide (NO) carcinogenesis.
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- Y Iwase
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, 11-68 Koshien Kyubancho, Nishinomiya, 663-8179, Hyogo, Japan
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Mishina Y, Tomiyasu H, Litaudon M, Cosson JP, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Furukawa H. Cancer chemopreventive agents. New depsidones from Garcinia plants. J Nat Prod 2001; 64:147-150. [PMID: 11429990 DOI: 10.1021/np000333+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In a search for cancer chemopreventive agents from natural sources, chemical constituents of two kinds of Garcinia plants, Garcinia neglecta and Garcinia puat, collected in New Caledonia, were examined. Five new depsidones, garcinisidone-B (2), -C (3), -D (4), -E (5), and -F (6), were isolated, and their structures were determined by spectrometric analyses. Inhibitory effects of these depsidones on EBV-EA activation induced by TPA in Raji cells were also demonstrated.
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- C Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Uesato S, Kitagawa Y, Hara Y, Tokuda H, Okuda M, Mou XY, Mukainaka T, Nishino H. Antitumor promoting activities of 3-O-acyl-(-)epigallocatechins. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2000; 10:1673-5. [PMID: 10937722 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00314-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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As an exploratory investigation of antitumor promoting compounds, 3-O-acyl-(-)-epigallocatechins possessing a straight-, branched-, phenyl-inserted- or 1,4-phenylene-inserted-acyl chain of varying length from C4 to C18 were synthesized and evaluated their inhibitory effects against the activation of the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA). It was indicated that the epigallocatechin derivatives having the straight- or branched-acyl chain of C8 to C11 carbon atoms achieve marked effects.
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- S Uesato
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Tamura S, Fukamiya N, Mou XY, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Tagahara K, Koike K, Lee KH, Okano M. Conversion of quassinoids for enhancement of inhibitory effect against Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation. Introduction of lipophilic side chain and esterification of diosphenol. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2000; 48:876-8. [PMID: 10866153 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.48.876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Introduction of a senecioyl group into shinjulactones B and C, and esterification of the diosphenol moiety in brusatol and brucein A enhanced inhibitory effect against Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation.
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- S Tamura
- Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Natural Environment, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Tan HT, Tokuda H, Yang Mou X, Mukainaka T, Ishikawa T, Nishino H, Furukawa H. Anti-tumor-promoting effects of isoflavonoids on Epstein-Barr virus activation and two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett 2000; 152:187-92. [PMID: 10773411 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(00)00331-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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As a part of screening studies for anti-tumor promoters, fifteen isoflavonoids isolated from plants of the genus Millettia (Leguminosae) were evaluated by examining their possible inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells. All of the compounds tested in this study showed inhibitory activity against EBV, without showing any cytotoxicity. Auriculasin (11) and millepurone (13), which is an oxidized isoflavone analogue, both having one or more prenyl side-chains and a 3',4'-dihydroxyphenyl group in the molecule, showed more potent activity than any of the other compounds tested. Furthermore, millepurone (13) exhibited a marked inhibitory effect on mouse skin tumor promotion in an in vivo two-stage carcinogenesis test. The results of the present investigation indicate that some of these isoflavonoids might be valuable anti-tumor promoters.
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- C Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya, Japan
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Motohashi N, Yamagami C, Tokuda H, Okuda Y, Ichiishi E, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Saito Y. Structure-activity relationship in potentially anti-tumor promoting benzalacetone derivatives, as assayed by the epstein-barr virus early antigen activation. Mutat Res 2000; 464:247-54. [PMID: 10648911 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00198-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The in vitro anti-tumor promoting activities of antimutagenic benzalacetone (4-phenyl-3-buten-2-one), its monosubstituted derivatives and related compounds, cinnamaldehydes and cinnamic acids, were evaluated by determining the inhibitory effect on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells. In this short-term assay, benzalacetone, which is the basic structure of dehydrozingerone (one-half analog of curcumin) inhibited the EBV-EA activation; the IC(50) value, the molar ratio of benzalacetone to TPA needed for inhibiting 50% of positive cells activated with 32 pmol TPA, was 129. IC(50) values of 2- and 4-methoxybenzalacetones were about one-half of that of benzalacetone and the methoxy compounds were more effective than hydroxybenzalacetones. IC(50) values of chloro- and trifluoromethyl-benzalacetones were higher than that of benzalacetone, indicating that these compounds are weaker inhibitors. In addition, the position of a substituent on the benzene ring affected the inhibitory effect. In benzalacetone derivatives substituted by a hydroxy-, methoxy-, chloro- or trifluoromethyl group, the 2-substituted derivatives exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect, followed by the 3- and the 4-substituents. Cinnamic acid derivatives also decreased the inhibitory effects in the same order. In the side chain of benzalacetone, the terminal group adjacent to the carbon-carbon double bond also affected the inhibitory effect. The conversions of the methylketone to aldehyde and carboxyl groups, i.e., cinnamaldehyde and cinnamic acid, increased the inhibitory effect: the IC(50) values were about one-third of that of benzalacetone. beta-Methyl styrene, which in the side chain has no carbonyl group adjacent to the double bond, inhibited the EBV-EA activation at the concentration of about one-third of that of benzalacetone, indicating that the carbonyl group negatively affects the inhibitory effect. This agreed with the previous observation between isoeugenol and dehydrozingerone, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy derivatives of beta-methyl styrene and benzalacetone, respectively. The mechanism of the EBV-EA activation inhibition was discussed by being compared with the inhibition of mutagenesis for which the unsaturated bonded-carbonyl system is necessary.
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- N Motohashi
- Department of Radiopharmacy, Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyamakita-machi 4-19-1, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan.
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Ito C, Katsuno S, Itoigawa M, Ruangrungsi N, Mukainaka T, Okuda M, Kitagawa Y, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Furukawa H. New carbazole alkaloids from Clausena anisata with antitumor promoting activity. J Nat Prod 2000; 63:125-128. [PMID: 10650093 DOI: 10.1021/np990285x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Four new carbazole alkaloids, named clausamine D (1), E (2), F (3), and G (4), were isolated from Clausena anisata as inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells.
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- C Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya 468-8503, Japan
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Miyamoto Y, Rao KS, Takayasu J, Okuda Y, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Furukawa H. A new biflavonoid from Calophyllum panciflorum with antitumor-promoting activity. J Nat Prod 1999; 62:1668-1671. [PMID: 10654415 DOI: 10.1021/np990065j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A new biflavonoid named pancibiflavonol (1) was isolated from an EtOH extract of the stem bark of Calophyllum panciflorum, along with six known biflavonoids, and its structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods. These biflavonoids all exhibited significant inhibitory activity against 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation in Raji cells.
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- C Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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Colombo D, Compostella F, Ronchetti F, Scala A, Toma L, Mukainaka T, Nagatsu A, Konoshima T, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Inhibitory effects of monoacylated 2-O-beta-galactosylglycerols on Epstein-Barr virus activation: the significant role of the hexanoyl chain. Cancer Lett 1999; 143:1-4. [PMID: 10465330 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00175-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Three series of monoacyl-2-O-beta-D-galactosylglycerols bearing an acyl chain of varying length, from C4 to C10, were studied due to their antitumor promoting effects on the activation of the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA), such activation being induced by the tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). This study indicates that it is more the length of the acyl chain that is important for the activity, six carbon atoms resulting in maximum effect, rather than the position of the ester function and the nature of the sugar (galactose or glucose).
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- D Colombo
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biochimica Medica, Universitá di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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Ito H, Miyake M, Nishitani E, Mori K, Hatano T, Okuda T, Konoshima T, Takasaki M, Kozuka M, Mukainaka T, Tokuda H, Nishino H, Yoshida T. Anti-tumor promoting activity of polyphenols from Cowania mexicana and Coleogyne ramosissima. Cancer Lett 1999; 143:5-13. [PMID: 10465331 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00160-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chemical investigation on polyphenol-rich fractions of Cowania mexicana and Coleogyne ramosissima (Rosaceae) which showed significant inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), has led to the characterization of 10 compounds including C-glucosidic ellagitannin monomers and dimers from the former plant, and 17 polyphenols including flavonoid glycosides from the latter. The effects of individual components and their analogues with related structures on the TPA-induced EBV-EA activation were then evaluated. Among the compounds isolated from C. mexicana, two C-glucosidic ellagitannins, alienanin B and stenophyllanin A and a nitrile glucoside (lithospermoside), and among the constituents from C. ramosissima, two flavonoid glycosides, isorhamnetin 3-0-beta-D-glucoside and narcissin were revealed to possess strong inhibitory effects on EVB-EA activation, the potencies of which were either comparable to or stronger than that of a green tea polyphenol, (-)-epigallocatechin gallate. These polyphenols except for nitrile glucoside, which was not tested owing to an insufficient amount, were also found to exhibit anti-tumor promoting activity in two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis using 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) and TPA.
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- H Ito
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Japan
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Furukawa H, Ichiishi E, Mukainaka T, Okuda M, Ogata M, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Anti-tumor-promoting effects of phenylpropanoids on Epstein-Barr virus activation and two-stage mouse skin carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett 1999; 142:49-54. [PMID: 10424780 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00147-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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In our joint project in the search for anti-tumor promoters from natural plant sources, we carried out a primary screening of 12 phenylpropanoids isolated from Boronia pinnata Sm. (Rutaceae) by examining their possible inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate in Raji cells. All tested compounds in this study showed inhibitory activity against the EBV activation even at 1 x 10 mol ratio without any cytotoxicity. Among 12 phenylpropanoids tested, boropinal-C (1), boropinol-A (5), boropinol-C (9) and 3-(3'-methoxy-4'-prenyloxy)phenyl-1-propene (10), all having a 4'-(3-methylbut-2-enyloxy) group, a so-called prenyloxy group, showed more potent activities. Furthermore, 3-(3'-methoxy-4'-prenyloxy)phenyl-1-propene (10) also exhibited remarkable inhibitory effects on mouse skin tumor promotion in an in vivo two-stage carcinogenesis test. This investigation indicated that certain phenylpropanoids might be valuable anti-tumor promoters.
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- C Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya, Japan
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Iwase Y, Takemura Y, Ju-ichi M, Kawaii S, Yano M, Okuda Y, Mukainaka T, Tsuruta A, Okuda M, Takayasu J, Tokuda H, Nishino H. Inhibitory effect of Epstein-Barr virus activation by Citrus fruits, a cancer chemopreventor. Cancer Lett 1999; 139:227-36. [PMID: 10395183 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00041-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To search useful compounds in Citrus fruit for cancer chemoprevention, we carried out a primary screening of extracts of fruit peels and seeds from 78 species of the genus Citrus and those from two Fortunella and one Poncirus species, which were closely related to the genus Citrus. These Citrus extracts inhibited the Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) as a useful screening method for anti-tumor promoters. Our results indicated that Citrus containing substances may be inhibit susceptibility factors involved in the events leading to the development of cancer.
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- Y Iwase
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
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Ito C, Itoigawa M, Furukawa H, Tokuda H, Okuda Y, Mukainaka T, Okuda M, Nishino H. Anti-tumor-promoting effects of 8-substituted 7-methoxycoumarins on Epstein-Barr virus activation assay. Cancer Lett 1999; 138:87-92. [PMID: 10378778 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(98)00376-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In a search for anti-tumor-promoting agents, we carried out a primary screening of twenty-nine 8-substituted and four 6-substituted derivatives of 7-methoxycoumarins isolated from plants of the Murraya and/or Citrus species (Rutaceae), examining their possible inhibitory effects on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in Raji cells. This investigation indicated that the prenyl (3-methyl-2-butenyl) or 2-hydroxy-3-methylbutyl (or butenyl) unit as an isoprenoid moiety at C-8 on the 7-methoxycoumarin nucleus plays an important role in the anti-tumor-promoting activity. Some of the 8-substituted 7-methoxycoumarins isolated from Murraya species, murrangatin (7), minumicrolin (10) and chloticol (18), were found to significantly inhibit EBV-EA activation, and preserved the high viability of Raji cells, suggesting that 7, 10 and 18 might be valuable anti-tumor-promoting agents.
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- C Ito
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Tempaku, Nagoya, Japan
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Motohashi N, Yamagami C, Tokuda H, Konoshima T, Okuda Y, Okuda M, Mukainaka T, Nishino H, Saito Y. Inhibitory effects of dehydrozingerone and related compounds on 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation. Cancer Lett 1998; 134:37-42. [PMID: 10381128 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(98)00239-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dehydrozingerone, 4-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-buten-2-one, is half an analog of curcumin which is known to have anti-tumor activity. The anti-tumor promoting activity of dehydrozingerone was evaluated by determining the inhibitory effect on Epstein-Barr virus early antigen (EBV-EA) activation induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). The concentration needed for 50% inhibition of the tumor promotion (IC50) of dehydrozingerone was similar to that of curcumin. To elucidate the structure-activity relationship on the anti-tumor promoting activity, dehydrozingerone, curcumin, isoeugenol, which has no carbonyl group in the side chain, benzalacetone, which is the basic structure of dehydrozingerone, o-dehydrozingerone, which is the ortho-hydroxyl substituted compound of dehydrozingerone, and their related compounds were investigated using the in vitro short-term assay on TPA-induced EBV-EA activation. o-Dehydrozingerone showed the most potent inhibitory effect in a series of tested dehydrozingerone derivatives and their related monosubstituted benzalacetones. This suggests that the occupation at both ortho positions of the hydroxyl group enhances the anti-tumor promoting activity. Isoeugenol inhibited the tumor promoting activity at a concentration of about one-third of the IC50 of dehydrozingerone. This indicates that the carbonyl group in the side chain has a negative impact on the anti-tumor promoting activity. The inhibitory effects of the carbon-carbon bond in the side chain were studied using benzylacetone with a single bond, benzalacetone with a double bond and 4-phenyl-3-butyn-2-one with a triple bond. 4-Phenyl-3-butyn-2-one inhibited the most potent activity followed by benzalacetone and benzylacetone.
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Kato M, Ohkuma S, Kataoka K, Kashima K, Mukainaka T, Kuriyama K. Mechanisms for pancreatic hypertrophy induced by long-term administration of bethanechol. Eur J Pharmacol 1994; 292:47-55. [PMID: 7532588 DOI: 10.1016/0926-6917(94)90025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Mechanisms for the hypertrophy of rat pancreas induced by long-term administration of bethanechol were investigated. The administration of bethanechol, an acetylcholine receptor agonist, to male Wistar rats for 14 days induced significant increases in the pancreatic weight and contents of protein, amylase and RNA in the pancreas without altering the content of DNA and the incorporation of [3H]thymidine into DNA. Simultaneous administration of atropine with bethanechol suppressed the bethanechol-induced pancreatic hypertrophy. Long-term administration of other acetylcholine receptor agonists also showed similar effects as produced by bethanechol. CR1505 (loxiglumide; D,L-4-(3,4-dichlorobenzoyl-amino)-5-(N-3-methoxypropyl-pentylam ino)-5- oxopentanoic acid), an antagonist of cholecystokinin receptors, inhibited pancreatic growth induced by long-term administation of pentagastrin, whereas pancreatic hypertrophy induced by bethanechol was not inhibited by CR1505. These results suggest that long-term administration of bethanechol induces pancreatic hypertrophy through direct activation of muscarinic receptors in the pancreas.
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- M Kato
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Hirakawa K, Yoshimura N, Tsuchihasi Y, Mukainaka T, Ohkuma S, Kuriyama K, Oka T. Cyclosporine-induced morphological changes in rat exocrine pancreas. Transplant Proc 1994; 26:2918-21. [PMID: 7940923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- K Hirakawa
- Second Department of Surgery, Kohoku General Hospital, Shiga, Japan
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Kato M, Ohkuma S, Kataoka K, Kashima K, Mukainaka T, Kuriyama K. Release of digestive enzymes from isolated rat pancreatic acini following muscarinic stimulation: a comparative study with enzyme release and receptor binding. Jpn J Pharmacol 1991; 56:311-25. [PMID: 1716708 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.56.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Effect of cholinergic stimulation on the release of digestive enzymes from isolated rat pancreatic acini prepared by collagenase digestion was investigated. The release of enzymes (amylase, chymotrypsinogen, lipase) increased linearly with the time of incubation in the absence of secretagogues. Carbachol, a muscarinic agonist, induced a remarkable increase in the release of these enzymes. This carbachol-stimulated amylase release showed a biphasic curve, and its maximal response was observed at 10(-5) M. The release patterns of chymotrypsinogen and lipase were similar to that of amylase. This carbachol-stimulated amylase release was inhibited by atropine in a dose-dependent manner, with an ED50 value of 1.17 X 10(-8) M. Other cholinergic agonists such as methacholine also stimulated the release of these enzymes, and these increases in the release were inhibited by atropine. Scatchard analysis for [3H]quinuclidinyl benzilate ([3H]QNB) binding to isolated pancreatic acini revealed that the binding site of [3H]QNB was a single component with a Kd value of 0.09 nM and a Bmax value of 89.3 fmol/mg protein, respectively. The effect of other cholinergic antagonists, pirenzepine and AF-DX 116 (11-[[2-[(diethylamino) methyl]1-piperidinyl]acetyl]-5,11-dihydro- 6H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,4]-benzodiazepine-6-one), on pancreatic acini was also investigated. Based on these results, it has been concluded that isolated rat pancreatic acini have muscarinic receptors and are useful for analyzing the mechanism of pancreatic enzyme secretion.
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- M Kato
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Kuriyama K, Tomono S, Kishi M, Mukainaka T, Ohkuma S. Development of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons in cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture. Brain Res 1987; 416:7-21. [PMID: 2887249 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)91491-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The developmental patterns of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic neurons in primary culture obtained from the neopallium of 15-day-old fetus of mouse were investigated in terms of morphological features, GABA metabolism and GABA receptor binding. Morphological investigations revealed that these cells possessed typical features of neurons and the formation of synapses was detected at 10 days after the inoculation. During neuronal growth on polylysine surfaces, GABA contents and activity of GABA transaminase (GABA-T) showed a progressive increase in the time of culture. Similarly, L-glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) showed a progressive elevation during neuronal development in vitro, which corresponded well with the change in immunoreactivity to anti-GAD examined immunohistochemically. In addition, the high K+-evoked release of [3H]GABA also showed an enhancement during the growth in vitro. The numbers of binding sites (Bmax) for [3H]muscimol and [3H]flunitrazepam (FLN) also showed increases with the time of incubation, although affinity (Kd) to the labeled ligands did not show any noticeable changes. Moreover, it was observed that [3H]FLN binding was enhanced by GABA even in neurons cultured for 7 days. These results indicate that cerebral cortical neurons in primary culture possess GABA biosynthesizing and degrading systems including a high-affinity uptake mechanism for GABA. The present results also indicate that these cells possess synaptic contacts as well as GABAA receptors coupled with benzodiazepine receptor from a relatively early stage of cellular development.
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