Putrescine-1,4-dicinnamide from Pholiota spumosa (Basidiomycetes) inhibits cell growth of human prostate cancer cells.

Abstract

Previously, it was isolated from the fruiting bodies of the gilled mushroom Pholiota spumosa (Basidiomycetes, Strophariaceae), putrescine-1,4-dicinnamide, a phenylpropanoid derivative conjugated with polyamine putrescine never isolated before as a natural compound. Recently, polyamine analogs that are similar in structure to the natural polyamines but that cannot mimic their functions that are essential for cellular growth and differentiation, have shown antitumor activity in several types of human cancer cells. Therefore, we have now investigated the response of DU-145 cells, a well characterized androgen-independent human prostate cancer (PCA) cell line, to this phenylpropanoid derivative. The results presented here demonstrate that putrescine-1,4-dicinnamide, as suggested for polyamine analogs synthesized artificially, inhibits the cell growth of cancer cells inducing apoptosis cell death, mediated, at least in part, by the activation of caspase cascades, that at higher doses shift to necrosis, through the increase of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation.

• Authors: A Russo, M Piovano, M Clericuzio, L Lombardo, S Tabasso, M C Chamy, G Vidari, V Cardile, P Vita-Finzi, J A Garbarino
• Journal: Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology (Phytomedicine) Vol. 14 Issue 2-3 Pg. 185-91 (Feb 2007) ISSN: 0944-7113 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 17085028 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• putrescine-1,4-dicinnamide
• Putrescine

Topics

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (administration & dosage, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Basidiomycota
• Cell Line, Tumor (drug effects, metabolism)
• Cell Proliferation (drug effects)
• Fruiting Bodies, Fungal
• Humans
• Male
• Phytotherapy
• Prostatic Neoplasms (drug therapy, pathology)
• Putrescine (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives, pharmacology, therapeutic use)