title: Glaucine analogues as inhibitors of mouse splenocyte activity.
abstract: The inhibitory effect of 15 semi-synthetic analogues of glaucine (1) on the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced and the concanavalin A (Con A)-induced proliferation of mouse splenocytes was compared in vitro. Isoboldine (3), bracteoline (4) and dehydroglaucine (9) showed a significantly higher potency to suppress LPS-induced proliferation than 1, while 7-hydroxy-4-methylglaucine (8), 7-formyldehydroglaucine (11), 7-acetyldehydroglaucine (13), 7-benzoyldehydroglaucine (14), oxoglaucine (15) and glaucine-quinol (16) were less inhibitory. Compounds 3, 4, boldine (5), 15 and 16 surpassed significantly the inhibition expressed by 1 on Con A-induced proliferative response. The effect was equal to the inhibition determined for mitomycin C (Mit C) with both mitogens. In contrast to all others analogues, thaliporphine (2) stimulated splenocyte proliferation in both assays. Antibody response against sheep red blood cells (SRBC) was lowered most strongly by cataline (6), 7-methyldehydroglaucine (10) and 16.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Philipov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ivanovska
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nikolova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001060:Aporphines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D012756:Sheep / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001060:Aporphines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D003208:Concanavalin A; C005004:glaucine