title: Cardenolides from Pergularia tomentosa display cytotoxic activity resulting from their potent inhibition of Na+/K+-ATPase.
abstract: Two new cardenolide glycosides (1 and 2), along with six known cardenolide glycosides (3-8), have been isolated from the roots of Pergularia tomentosa. In order to investigate their potential anticancer activity, these compounds were tested in an in vitro growth inhibitory assay (a MTT colorimetric assay), including six different human cancer cell lines, and for their ability to inhibit Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity, in addition to the morphologic changes induced in human cancer cell lines (using computer-assisted phase-contrast microscopy). The data revealed that these cardenolides displayed marked cytotoxic activity. The results obtained suggest that structural characteristics of the cardenolides studied, with the A/B rings of the steroidal skeleton trans fused and containing a single sugar in a unique "dioxanoid" attachment, confer on them specific cytotoxic properties that are distinct from those displayed by classic cardenolides such as digoxin.
authors: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy. piacente@unisa.it
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Piacente
authors: Milena
authors: M
authors: Masullo
authors: Nancy
authors: N
authors: De Nève
authors: Janique
authors: J
authors: Dewelle
authors: Arafa
authors: A
authors: Hamed
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Kiss
authors: Tatjana
authors: T
authors: Mijatovic
mesh_terms: D029062:Apocynaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002298:Cardenolides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: C541860:6'-hydroxy-16alpha-acetoxycalactin; C541859:6'-hydroxycalactin; D002298:Cardenolides; D006027:Glycosides; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase