title: Evaluation of the potential cancer chemotherapeutic efficacy of natural product isolates employing in vivo hollow fiber tests.
abstract: The hollow fiber test has been developed for the preliminary in vivo assessment of cancer chemotherapeutic efficacy of selected natural products. Using this model, we have established growth conditions for HL-60, HUVEC, Ishikawa, KB, KB-V1, LNCaP, Lu1, MCF-7, Mel2, P-388, and SW626 cells implanted at the intraperitoneal (i.p.) and subcutaneous (s.c.) compartments of athymic mice. Five cytotoxic natural product isolates (2-6) were tested in this model, along with paclitaxel (taxol) (1). Among the compounds tested, dioscin (2) and 13-methoxy-15-oxozoapatlin (3) were found to be active, indicating their potential to function as cancer chemotherapeutic agents. On the other hand, ochraceolide A (4), alpha-lapachone (5), and 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)naphtha[2,3-b]furan-4,9-quinone (6), all of which were significantly cytotoxic to cultured mammalian cells, did not mediate significant responses with the hollow fiber model. In further xenograft studies using KB cells implanted at the subcutaneous site, compound 3 mediated a statistically significant response which was consistent with the response observed at the subcutaneous compartment in the hollow fiber tests. In sum, these studies illustrate the usefulness of the hollow fiber model in natural product drug discovery programs. Preliminary indications of potential therapeutic efficacy can be provided quickly at relatively low expense. Agents capable of mediating a response at the subcutaneous site would appear to warrant greatest attention.
authors.affiliation: Program for Collaborative Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences and Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Qiuwen
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mi
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lantvit
authors.forename: Eulenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reyes-Lim
authors.forename: Heebyung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: Weimin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ik-Soo
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peraza-Sánchez
authors.forename: Olipa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ngassapa
authors.forename: Leonardus B S
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Kardono
authors.forename: Soedarsono
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riswan
authors.forename: Melinda G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hollingshead
authors.forename: Joseph G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Mayo
authors.forename: Norman R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Farnsworth
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cordell
authors.forename: A Douglas
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kinghorn
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pezzuto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D004144:Diosgenin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005260:Female; D018922:HL-60 Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D006575:Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D020128:Inhibitory Concentration 50; D007624:KB Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D007941:Leukemia P388; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma; D051379:Mice; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D011108:Polymers; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D000094042:Lupanes
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D004144:Diosgenin; D004224:Diterpenes; D006575:Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D017239:Paclitaxel; D011108:Polymers; D014315:Triterpenes; C099330:13-methoxy-15-oxozoapatlin; C464610:2-(1-hydroxyethyl)naphtha(2,3-b)furan-4,9-quinone; C073634:ochraceolide A; D000094042:Lupanes; C019357:dioscin; C415043:alpha-lapachone