Evaluation of the anticancer activities of two fungal polycyclic ethanones, alternethanoxins A and B, and two of their derivatives

  • Authors:
    • Marina Bury
    • Biancavaleria Punzo
    • Alexander Berestetskiy
    • Benjamin Lallemand
    • Jacques Dubois
    • Florence Lefranc
    • Véronique Mathieu
    • Anna Andolfi
    • Robert Kiss
    • Antonio Evidente
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  • Published online on: January 1, 2011     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo_00000842
  • Pages: 227-232
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Abstract

Alternethanoxins A (1) and B (2) are fungal phytotoxins that are produced by Alternaria sonchi and have been recently characterized as new polycyclic ethanones. Triacetyl (3) and dimethyl (4) derivatives of compound 1 were evaluated together with alternethanoxins for their in vitro growth inhibitory activities in five human and one mouse cancer cell lines in comparison to the reference compound temozolomide (TMZ). Compounds 1-4 and TMZ displayed similar growth inhibitory activities, and these anticancer activities were equivalent in cancer cell lines that display certain levels of resistance to pro-apoptotic stimuli and those that are sensitive to pro-apoptotic stimuli. Of the six cancer cell lines under study, the human esophageal cancer cell line OE21 was the most sensitive to the four polycyclic ethanones. Computer-assisted phase-contrast microscopy (quantitative videomicroscopy) revealed that compounds 1, 2 and 4 displayed cytostatic rather than cytotoxic growth inhibitory effects, while compound 3 appeared to have cytotoxic effects. Thus, this study creates a stimulus for further structure-activity investigations with respect to the anticancer activities of compounds belonging to the alternethanoxin group. The observed toxicity does not seem to be affected by the stereochemistry of C-6 of the B ring, the presence of a hydroxy group at C-1 or the presence of a furan ring joining rings A and C in alternethanoxin B. The anticancer activity (cytostatic versus cytotoxic) of this type of compound could be affected by the chemical moieties present at the hydroxy groups at C-4 and C-6, as was observed for the cytostatic and cytotoxic activities of derivatives 4 and 3, respectively.

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Bury M, Punzo B, Berestetskiy A, Lallemand B, Dubois J, Lefranc F, Mathieu V, Andolfi A, Kiss R, Evidente A, Evidente A, et al: Evaluation of the anticancer activities of two fungal polycyclic ethanones, alternethanoxins A and B, and two of their derivatives. Int J Oncol 38: 227-232, 2011.
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Bury, M., Punzo, B., Berestetskiy, A., Lallemand, B., Dubois, J., Lefranc, F. ... Evidente, A. (2011). Evaluation of the anticancer activities of two fungal polycyclic ethanones, alternethanoxins A and B, and two of their derivatives. International Journal of Oncology, 38, 227-232. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo_00000842
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Bury, M., Punzo, B., Berestetskiy, A., Lallemand, B., Dubois, J., Lefranc, F., Mathieu, V., Andolfi, A., Kiss, R., Evidente, A."Evaluation of the anticancer activities of two fungal polycyclic ethanones, alternethanoxins A and B, and two of their derivatives". International Journal of Oncology 38.1 (2011): 227-232.
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Bury, M., Punzo, B., Berestetskiy, A., Lallemand, B., Dubois, J., Lefranc, F., Mathieu, V., Andolfi, A., Kiss, R., Evidente, A."Evaluation of the anticancer activities of two fungal polycyclic ethanones, alternethanoxins A and B, and two of their derivatives". International Journal of Oncology 38, no. 1 (2011): 227-232. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo_00000842