Antitumor activity of phenylahistin in vitro and in vivo

被引:79
作者
Kanoh, K [1 ]
Kohno, S [1 ]
Katada, J [1 ]
Hayashi, Y [1 ]
Muramatsu, M [1 ]
Uno, I [1 ]
机构
[1] Nippon Steel Corp, Adv Technol Res Labs, Life Sci Res Ctr, Nakahara Ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 2110035, Japan
关键词
phenylahistin; enantiomers; cell cycle inhibitor; antitumor activity;
D O I
10.1271/bbb.63.1130
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Phenylahistin is a new cell cycle inhibitor produced by Aspergillus ustus. Since phenylahistin was produced as a scalemic mixture of (-)-phenylahistin and its enantiomer, we separated each enantiomer and evaluated their antitumor activity in vitro. (-)-Phenylahistin exhibited antitumor activity against 8 tumor cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 1.8 x 10(-7) to 3.7 x 10(-6), while (+)-phenylahistin exhibited 33-100-fold less potent activity than (-)-phenylahistin did. (-)-Phenylahistin also showed antitumor activity against P388 leukemia and Lewis lung carcinoma cells in vivo.
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页码:1130 / 1133
页数:4
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