Abstract:
:Betulinic acid (BA), a pentacyclic triterpene isolated from birch bark and other plants, selectively inhibits the growth of human cancer cell lines. However, the poor potency of BA hinders its clinical development, despite a lack of toxicity in animal studies even at high concentrations. Here, we describe six BA derivatives that are markedly more potent than BA for inhibiting inducible nitric oxide synthase, activating phase 2 cytoprotective enzymes, and inducing apoptosis in cancer cells and in Bax/Bak(-/-) fibroblasts, which lack two key proteins involved in the intrinsic, mitochondrial-dependent apoptotic pathway. Notably, adding a cyano-enone functionality in the A ring of BA enhanced its cytoprotective properties, but replacing the cyano group with a methoxycarbonyl strikingly increased potency in the apoptosis assays. Higher plasma and tissue levels were obtained with the new BA analogues, especially CBA-Im [1-(2-cyano-3-oxolupa-1,20(29)-dien-28-oyl)imidazole], compared with BA itself and at concentrations that were active in vitro. These results suggest that BA is a useful platform for drug development, and the enhanced potency and varied biological activities of CBA-Im make it a promising candidate for further chemoprevention or chemotherapeutic studies.
journal_name
Mol Cancer Therjournal_title
Molecular cancer therapeuticsauthors
Liby K,Honda T,Williams CR,Risingsong R,Royce DB,Suh N,Dinkova-Kostova AT,Stephenson KK,Talalay P,Sundararajan C,Gribble GW,Sporn MBdoi
10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-07-0180subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-07-01 00:00:00pages
2113-9issue
7eissn
1535-7163issn
1538-8514pii
6/7/2113journal_volume
6pub_type
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