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New potent P-glycoprotein modulators with the cucurbitane scaffold and their synergistic interaction with doxorubicin on resistant cancer cells

dc.contributor.authorRamalhete, Catia
dc.contributor.authorMolnar, Joseph
dc.contributor.authorMulhovo, Silva
dc.contributor.authorRosario, Virgilio E.
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Maria-Jose U.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-30T10:18:11Z
dc.date.available2015-12-30T10:18:11Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThe novel cucurbitacins, balsaminagenin A and B (1-2) and balsaminoside A (3) and the know cucurbitacin karavelagenin C (4), together with five new mono or diacylated derivatives (5-9) of karavelagenin C were evaluated for multidrug resistance reversing activity on human MDR1 gene transfected mouse lymphoma cells. Compounds 2-6 exhibited a strong activity compared with that of the positive control, verapamil. Structure-activity relationships are discussed. Moreover, in the checkerboard model of combination chemotherapy, the interaction between doxorubicin and compounds 2-5 synergistically enhanced the effect of the anticancer drug. Compounds 1-4 were isolated from the aerial parts of Momordica balsamina L. The structures of the compounds were established on the basis of spectroscopic methods including 2D NMR experiments (COSY, HMQC, HMBC and NOESY). (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.. - Science and Technology Foundation, Portugal (FCT) [SFRH/BD/22321/2005]; Szeged Foundation for Cancer Research. - The Science and Technology Foundation, Portugal (FCT, grant SFRH/BD/22321/2005) and the Szeged Foundation for Cancer Research supported this work. The authors thank Mrs. Vigyikan Varady Aniko for technical assistance with the tissue cultures, and also Dr. Catarina Arruda and Dr. Guedes de Sousa, from the Portuguese Embassy in Mozambique, as well as the Portuguese Office of International Affairs for plant transport.
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dc.identifier.citationBIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - Vol. 17, n. 19 (OCT 1 2009), p. 6942-6951
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2009.08.020
dc.identifier.issn0968-0896
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/21453
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.subjectBiochemistry & Molecular Biology
dc.subjectChemistry, Medicinal
dc.subjectChemistry, Organic
dc.titleNew potent P-glycoprotein modulators with the cucurbitane scaffold and their synergistic interaction with doxorubicin on resistant cancer cells
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.startPage6942por
oaire.citation.titleBIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRYpor
oaire.citation.volumeVol. 17por
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