title: Anticancer effect and neurotoxicity of S-(+)-deoxytylophorinidine, a new phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid that interacts with nucleic acids.
abstract: Phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids are a family of plant-derived compounds with significant antineoplastic activity as well as other effects like antiamebicidal, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory activities. The specific biomolecular targets of these compounds have not yet been clearly identified. S-(+)-Deoxytylophorinidine (CAT) is a new phenanthroindolizidine alkaloid, originally extracted from the roots of Tylophora atrofolliculata and Tylophora ovata. Potent anticancer activity was observed in vitro and in vivo. Neurotoxicity of CAT was also studied and it was far less serious than that of vinblastine. Interactions between this compound and DNA had been studied in detail in our laboratory previously, and we further studied its interactions with RNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Jia
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hai-Ning
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Hong-Yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hai-Jing
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fu-Qin
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yi-Kang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Si
authors.forename: Shi-Shan
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Xiao-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D007212:Indolizines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000473:pathology; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D010618:Phenanthrolines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D031110:Tylophora / Q000737:chemistry*; D014747:Vinblastine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D007212:Indolizines; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D010616:Phenanthrenes; D010618:Phenanthrolines; C559326:S-(+)-deoxytylophorinidine; C521640:phenanthroindolizidine; D014747:Vinblastine