Antimitotic activity and reversal of breast cancer resistance protein-mediated drug resistance by stilbenoids from Bletilla striata

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2005 Feb 15;15(4):1051-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.12.026.

Abstract

Eight stilbenoids, 1-(p-hydroxybenzyl)-4,8-dimethoxyphenanthrene-2,7-diol (1), 2,7-dihydroxy-1,3-bis(p-hydroxybenzyl)-4-methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (2), 4,7-dihydroxy-1-(p-hydroxybenzyl)-2-methoxy-9,10-dihydrophenanthrene (3), 3,3'-dihydroxy-2',6'-bis(p-hydroxybenzyl)-5-methoxybibenzyl (4), 3',5-dihydroxy-2-(p-hydroxybenzyl)-3-methoxybibenzyl (5), blestriarenes B (6) and C (7), and blestrianol A (8) have been isolated by the guidance of inhibitory effect of tubulin polymerization from the tubers of Bletilla striata (Orchidaceae). Among them, both of bisbenzyls 4 and 5 inhibited the polymerization of tubulin at IC(50) 10muM, respectively. Furthermore bisbenzyl 4 potentiated the cytotoxicity of SN-38 in BCRP-transduced K562 (K562/BCRP) cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • K562 Cells
  • Phenanthrenes / chemistry
  • Phenanthrenes / pharmacology
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Stilbenes / chemistry
  • Stilbenes / pharmacology*
  • Tubulin Modulators

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Phenanthrenes
  • Stilbenes
  • Tubulin Modulators