Haemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and membrane cell permeabilization of semi-synthetic and natural lupane- and oleanane-type saponins
Haemolytic activity, cytotoxicity and membrane cell permeabilization of semi-synthetic and natural lupane- and oleanane-type saponins
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bmc.2009.01.022
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发表时间:
2009-03-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Pichette, Andre
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作者:
Gauthier, Charles;Legault, Jean;Pichette, Andre
The haemolysis of red blood cells inducing toxicity in most animals including humans is a major drawback for the clinical development of saponins as antitumour agents. In this study, the haemolytic and cytotoxic activities as well as the membrane cell permeabilization property of a library of 31 semi-synthetic and natural lupane- and oleanane-type saponins were evaluated and the structure-activity relationships were established. It was shown that lupane-type saponins do not exhibit any haemolytic activity and membrane cell permeabilization property at the maximum concentration tested (100 mu M) independently of the nature of the sugar moieties. While oleanane-type saponins such as beta-hederin (25) and hederacolchiside A(1) (27) cause the death of cancer cell lines by permeabilizing the cellular membranes, lupane-type saponins seem to proceed via another mechanism, which could be related to the induction of apoptosis. Altogether, the results indicate that the cytotoxic lupane-type glycosides 10 and 22 bearing an alpha-L-rhamnopyranose moiety at the C-3 position represent promising antitumour agents for further studies on tumour-bearing mice since they are devoid of toxicity associated with the haemolysis of red blood cells. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.