title: Quantitative analysis of anticancer 3-deoxyanthocyanidins in infected sorghum seedlings.
abstract: 3-Deoxyanthocyanidins are structurally related to the anthocyanin pigments, which are popular as health-promoting phytochemicals. Here, it is demonstrated that the 3-deoxyanthocyanidins are more cytotoxic on human cancer cells than the 3-hydroxylated anthocyanidin analogues. At 200 microM concentration, luteolinidin reduced the viability of HL-60 and HepG2 cells by 90 and 50%, respectively. Sorghum is a major source of 3-deoxyanthocyanidins, which are present as seed pigments and as phytoalexins responding to pathogen attack. On the basis of the collision-induced dissociation spectra of luteolinidin and apigeninidin, an LC-MS/MS method, operating in multiple-reaction monitoring mode, was developed for the specific detection and accurate quantification of these compounds in complex mixtures, which may be difficult to analyze using absorbance measurements. The results demonstrated that inoculated sorghum seedlings could be utilized for convenient and large-scale production of 3-deoxyanthocyanidins. A quantity of almost 270 microg/g (fresh weight) of luteolinidin was produced 72 h after fungal inoculation of 1-week-old seedlings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Department of Chemistry, and Genome Research Center, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Chun-Hat
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Siu-On
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: Ricky
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Lawrence C M
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Ivan K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lo
mesh_terms: D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D047310:Apigenin / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D036226:Seedlings / Q000737:chemistry*; D045868:Sorghum / Q000737:chemistry*; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D000094162:Phytoalexins
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D047310:Apigenin; C104027:apigeninidin; D000094162:Phytoalexins; C518537:luteolinidin