Hexanorcucurbitacin D
Hexanorcucurbitacin D is a weak agonist acting at the ecdysteroid receptor.
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Providing storage is as stated on the product vial and the vial is kept tightly sealed, the product can be stored for up to
24 months(2-8C).
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Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2010 May;58(5):747-51.
Cucurbitane-type triterpenes with anti-proliferative effects on U937 cells from an egyptian natural medicine, Bryonia cretica: structures of new triterpene glycosides, bryoniaosides A and B.[Pubmed:
20460809]
The 90% aqueous ethanol extract of an Egyptian natural medicine, the roots of Bryonia cretica L., was found to exhibit a strong inhibitory effect on the proliferation of human leukemia U937 cells.
METHODS AND RESULTS:
By bioassay-guided fractionation, we isolated two new cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides, bryoniaosides A and B, were isolated from the roots of Bryonia cretica L. together with 16 known cucurbitane-type triterpenes and glycosides. The chemical structures of bryoniaosides A and B were determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. Effects of principal cucurbitane-type triterpenes (cucurbitacins B, D, E, and J, 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacins B and E, and Hexanorcucurbitacin D) on proliferation of the cells were examined.
CONCLUSIONS:
Cucurbitacins B and E showed the greater cytotoxic effects with IC(50) values of 9.2 and 16 nM after 72 h, and their IC(50) values were equivalent to that of camptothecin.
An alpha,beta-conjugated ketone moiety at the 22-24-positions and an acetoxy group at the 25-position are essential for the strong activity.
Biochem J. 1997 Nov 1;327 ( Pt 3):643-50.
Cucurbitacins are insect steroid hormone antagonists acting at the ecdysteroid receptor.[Pubmed:
9581538 ]
METHODS AND RESULTS:
Two triterpenoids, cucurbitacins B and D, have been isolated from seeds of Iberis umbellata (Cruciferae) and shown to be responsible for the antagonistic activity of a methanolic extract of this species in preventing the 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E)-induced morphological changes in the Drosophila melanogaster BII permanent cell line. With a 20E concentration of 50 nM, cucurbitacins B and D give 50% responses at 1.5 and 10 microM respectively. Both cucurbitacins are able to displace specifically bound radiolabelled 25-deoxy-20-hydroxyecdysone (ponasterone A) from a cell-free preparation of the BII cells containing ecdysteroid receptors. The Kd values for cucurbitacins B and D (5 and 50 microM respectively) are similar to the concentrations required to antagonize 20E activity with whole cells. Cucurbitacin B (cucB) prevents stimulation by 20E of an ecdysteroid-responsive reporter gene in a transfection assay. CucB also prevents the formation of the Drosophila ecdysteroid receptor/Ultraspiracle/20E complex with the hsp27 ecdysteroid response element as demonstrated by gel-shift assay. This is therefore the first definitive evidence for the existence of antagonists acting at the ecdysteroid receptor.
CONCLUSIONS:
Preliminary structure/activity studies indicate the importance of the Delta23-22-oxo functional grouping in the side chain for antagonistic activity. Hexanorcucurbitacin D, which lacks carbon atoms C-22 to C-27, is found to be a weak agonist rather than an antagonist. Moreover, the side chain analogue 5-methylhex-3-en-2-one possesses weak antagonistic activity.
