Planta Med 2022; 88(08): 678-684
DOI: 10.1055/a-1530-1128
Biological and Pharmacological Activity
Original Papers

Two New Cytotoxic Maytansinoids Targeting Tubulin from Trewia nudiflora

Authors

  • Chun Lei

    1   School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  • Ya-Nan Li

    1   School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  • Jia-Nan Li

    2   National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
    4   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    5   School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
  • Yu-Bo Zhou

    2   National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
    4   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    5   School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
  • Ming-Jun Cui

    3   Puer Institute of Traditional Ethnomedicine, Yunnan, China
  • Kai-Cong Fu

    3   Puer Institute of Traditional Ethnomedicine, Yunnan, China
  • Jia Li

    2   National Center for Drug Screening, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
    4   University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
    5   School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
  • Ai-Jun Hou

    1   School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Gefördert durch: Shanghai Commission of Science and Technology 19495800800 Gefördert durch: National Natural Science Foundation of China 21672040 Gefördert durch: National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073717
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Abstract

Two new maytansinoids, N-methyltreflorine (1) and methyltrewiasine (2), were isolated from the dried fruits of Trewia nudiflora, together with three known congeners (3 – 5). Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods, and the absolute configuration of 1 and 2 was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. Compounds 1 – 5 exhibited strong cytotoxicity against human tumor cell lines, including HeLa, MV-4 – 11, and MCF-7, with IC50 values ranging from 0.12 to 11 nM. Compounds 1 and 4 also showed inhibitory activity against the MCF-7/ADR cell line with IC50 values of 13 and 28 nM, respectively. Compounds 1 and 2 significantly inhibited tubulin polymerization in vitro with IC50 values of 3.6 and 3.2 µM, respectively.

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Eingereicht: 21. Februar 2021

Angenommen nach Revision: 02. Juni 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
29. Oktober 2021

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