Identification of chrysoplenetin from Vitex negundo as a potential cytotoxic agent against PANC-1 and a panel of 39 human cancer cell lines (JFCR-39).

Abstract

Human pancreatic cancer is known to be the most deadly disease with the lowest 5-year survival rate and is resistant to well known conventional chemotherapeutic drugs in clinical use. Screening of medicinal plants from Myanmar utilizing antiausterity strategy led to the identification of Vitex negundo as one of the medicinal plants having potent preferential cytotoxic activity against PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer cells. Bioactivity-guided phytochemical investigation led to the isolation of chrysoplenetin (1) and chrysosplenol D (2) as the active constituents with a PC(50) value of 3.4 μg/mL and 4.6 μg/mL, respectively, against PANC-1 cells. Both these compounds induced apoptosis-like morphological changes in PANC-1 cells. Chrysoplenetin was further tested against a panel of 39 human cancer cell lines (JFCR-39) at the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, and 25 cell lines belonging to lung, breast, CNS, colon, melanoma, ovarian, prostate cancer and stomach cancer cell lines were found to be highly sensitive to chrysoplenetin at a submicromolar range. In the JFCR-39 panel, lung NCI-H522, ovarian OVCAR-3 and prostate PC-3 cells were found to be most sensitive with GI(50) of 0.12, 0.18 and 0.17 μm, respectively. The COMPARE analysis suggested that the molecular mode of action of chrysoplenetin was unique compared with the existing anticancer drugs.

• Authors: Suresh Awale, Thein Zaw Linn, Feng Li, Yasuhiro Tezuka, Aung Myint, Akihiro Tomida, Takao Yamori, Hiroyasu Esumi, Shigetoshi Kadota
• Journal: Phytotherapy research : PTR (Phytother Res) Vol. 25 Issue 12 Pg. 1770-5 (Dec 2011) ISSN: 1099-1573 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 21469236 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Chemical References

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
• Flavonoids
• Plant Extracts
• chrysoplenetin

Topics

• Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Apoptosis (drug effects)
• Cell Line, Tumor (drug effects)
• Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
• Flavonoids (isolation & purification, pharmacology)
• Humans
• Pancreatic Neoplasms (pathology)
• Plant Extracts (pharmacology)
• Plants, Medicinal (chemistry)
• Vitex (chemistry)