Caractérisation du potentiel anticancéreux des bufadiénolides, un groupe de stéroïdes cardiotoniques

La pompe à sodium, la Na+/K+-ATPase, est un échangeur ionique transmembranaire impliqué dans le maintien de l’homéostasie ionique. Elle est principalement constituée de deux sous-unités, la sous-unité alpha, qui correspond au site catalytique de la pompe, et la sous-unité beta qui régule son activité. La sous-unité alpha de la pompe à sodium possède un site de fixation pour les stéroïdes cardiotoniques, molécules bien connues pour leur utilisation dans le traitement des décompensations cardiaques sévères et des arythmies auriculaires. Les stéroïdes cardiotoniques peuvent être subdivisés en deux groupes, les cardénolides et les bufadiénolides.Diverses études épidémiologiques ont mis en évidence l’activité anticancéreuse des stéroïdes cardiotoniques. En effet, lorsque l’on compare le risque de développement d’un cancer, la mortalité liée au cancer ainsi que le taux de récidive d’un cancer du sein ou d’un cancer prostatique chez les patients traités par de la digoxine dans le cadre de leur traitement cardiaque et les patients non traités, on observe un réel bénéfice des stéroïdes cardiotoniques.Il a déjà été démontré que la pompe à sodium, en plus de sa fonction d’échangeur ionique, possède un rôle central dans de nombreux mécanismes de signalisation cellulaire, impliquant notamment les processus de migration, d’invasion et de mort cellulaire. De plus, de nombreux cancers au pronostic sombre présentent des altérations dans l’expression des sous-unités alpha de la pompe à sodium. C’est le cas par exemple des cancers pulmonaires non à petites cellules (NSCLC), des gliomes, des mélanomes et des cancers rénaux qui surexpriment la sous-unité &Doctorat en Sciences biomédicales et pharmaceutiquesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublishe

Influence of natural compounds on non-homologous end-joining DNAdouble-strand breaks repair by on-chips microelectrophoresis

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Effect of ten flavonoids, curcumin and indole-3-carbinol on in vitro DNA double-strand breaks repair

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Development of on-chips microelectrophoresis for the study of ex-vivo non-homologous end-joining DNA double-strand breaks repair. Effect of quercetin.

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Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis of Bufadienolide-Induced in Vitro Growth Inhibitory Effects on Mouse and Human Cancer Cells.

The in vitro growth inhibitory effects of 27 bufadienolides and eight degradation products, with two cardenolides (ouabain and digoxin) chosen as reference compounds, were analyzed by means of an MTT colorimetric assay in six human and two mouse cancer cell lines. A structure-activity analysis was then performed to highlight the most important substituents relating to the in vitro growth inhibitory activity of bufadienolides in cancer cells. Thus, the current study revealed that various bufadienolides, including gamabufotalin rhamnoside (1a), bufotalin (2a), and hellebrin (3a), displayed higher growth inhibitory activities for various human cancer cell lines when compared to ouabain and digoxin. Gamabufotalin rhamnoside (1a) was the only compound that displayed growth inhibitory effects of <1 μM in mouse cancer cells that expressed mutated forms of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase α-1 subunit. In addition, all genins and degradation products displayed weaker (if any) in vitro growth inhibitory effects on cancer cells when compared to their respective glycosylated homologue, with the exception of hellebrigenin (3b), which was as active as hellebrin (3a).JOURNAL ARTICLESCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

New ursane-type triterpenes from the root bark of Calotropis procera.

As a part of our continuing interest in identifying anticancer drug leads from natural sources, we have investigated the in vitro growth inhibitory effects of the hexane fraction of the root bark of Calotropis procera (Ait) R. Br. (Asclepiadaceae). This study reports the isolation and structure elucidation of four new ursane-type triterpenes named calotroprocerol A (1), calotroproceryl acetate A (2), calotroprocerone A (3) and calotroproceryl acetate B (4) in addition to five known compounds including pseudo-taraxasterol acetate (5), taraxasterol (6), calotropursenyl acetate B (7), stigmasterol (8) and (E)-octadec-7-enoic acid (9). Their structures were established on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR studies ( 1H- 1H COSY, HSQC, and HMBC) and HRMS spectral data. The in vitro growth inhibitory activity of the isolated compounds was evaluated against three human cancer cell lines including the A549 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the U373 glioblastoma (GBM) and the PC-3 prostate cancer cell lines. © 2012 Phytochemical Society of Europe.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Analysis of pyrrolizidine alkaloids and evaluation of some biological activities of Algerian Senecio delphinifolius Vahl (Asteraceae)

Although Senecio species are known as sources of potentially toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), some species of this genus are traditionally used as remedies, notably in Algeria. In this paper, the evaluation of biological activities and the analysis of PAs of Algerian specimens of Senecio delphinifolius Vahl are reported. The n-butanolic extract of the herb showed a weak antibacterial effect against Escherichia coli with a MIC of 1 mg/mL, but was inactive against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The n-butanolic extracts of the roots, stems and herb showed a modest antioxidant activity, scavenging the free radical DPPH with respective IC50 values of 55.3, 50.2 and 13.3 μg/mL. A cytotoxic effect against a series of human tumor cell lines was observed with the n-butanolic extract from stems (IC50 ranging between 34 and 88 μg/mL). The herb of the evaluated sample contains 140 ppm of PAs (senecionine, seneciphylline, integerrimine, senkirkine) and PA-related alkaloids (dehydrosenkirkine and neosenkirkine). As the major PAs belong to the toxic series (1,2-unsaturation in the pyrrolizidine cycle and macrocyclic diester), the use of S. delphinifolius should be discouraged in traditional medicine.SCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Cytostatic effect of seeds and roots extract of Pegalum harmala L.

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Determination of anti-proliferative effect of roots and seeds extract of Algerian Peganum harmala L.

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Rapid structural identification of cytotoxic bufadienolide sulfates in toad venom from Bufo melanosticus by LC-DAD-MS(n) and LC-SPE-NMR.

Toad venom, namely, "Chansu" in China, has been widely used for the treatment of heart failure, sores, pains, and various cancers. Upon LC-MS analysis of the venom from Bufo melanosticus collected in Indonesia, new bufadienolide sulfates were identified. For a complete characterization, the MeOH extract of the toad venom from B. melanosticus was fractionated by preparative HPLC, and the structures of five new buadienolide sulfates (1-5) along with one new bufogenin (6) were rapidly elucidated on the basis of LC-DAD-MS(n) and LC-SPE-NMR data. The in vitro growth inhibitory activity of these six compounds along with hellebrin (positive control) has been assayed by means of the MTT colorimetric assay in four human and two mouse cancer cell lines. Compound 3 and hellebrin displayed similar and marked in vitro cytotoxicity.Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tSCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe