Abstract：
:Gloriosaols A-C, isolated from Yucca gloriosa (Agavaceae), are novel phenolic compounds structurally related to resveratrol. In the present study, we show that gloriosaols possess antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic activity on tumor cells of different histogenetic origin and that their cell growth inhibition potential is higher than that of resveratrol. Despite the close similarities in their structure, gloriosaols A-C exhibited different antiproliferative potency, as the EC(50) ascending order is: gloriosaol C, gloriosaol A, gloriosaol B. Further mechanisms of gloriosaol C cytotoxicity were elucidated in detail in U937 cells, the most sensitive of the cell lines tested. The effect of gloriosaol C on cell growth turned out to be strongly dependent upon the concentration. Gloriosaol C doses lower than the EC(50) value (8 mu-icroM) blocked the cell cycle in G(0)/G(1), with a concurrent decrease in the number of cells in the G(2)/M phases of the cell cycle. At higher doses, this arrest overlaps with the occurrence of apoptosis and necrosis. In the 10-25 microM range of doses, gloriosaol C caused cell death mainly by apoptosis, as measured by hypodiploidia induction, phosphatidyl serine externalization and disruption of mitochondrial transmembrane potential. A switch in the mode of death from apoptosis to necrosis occurred at doses of gloriosaol C higher than 30 microM. Gloriosaol C was found to induce production of reactive species dose-dependently, but also to counteract their elevation in stressed cells. Thus, the different fate of cells, that is cell cycle arrest or cell death, in response to different doses of gloriosaol C might be related to the extent of induced oxidative stress.
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Life Scijournal_title
Life sciencesauthors
Nigro P,Bloise E,Turco MC,Skhirtladze A,Montoro P,Pizza C,Piacente S,Belisario MAdoi
10.1016/j.lfs.2007.07.010subject
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2007-08-23 00:00:00pages
873-83issue
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0024-3205issn
1879-0631pii
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