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Title: | Synthesis of 26-hydroxy-22-oxocholestanic frameworks from diosgenin and hecogenin and their in vitro antiproliferative and apoptotic activity on human cervical cancer CaSki cells |
Authors: | Fernandez-Herrera, MA Pinto, BM Sandoval-Ramirez, J Hernández-Vazquez, JMV López-Davila, M Escobar-Sánchez, ML Sánchez-Sánchez, L López-Muñoz, H |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Abstract: | Certain steroidal compounds have demonstrated an antiproliferative effect against several tumor cell lines however, their complete role on cancer cells is not currently established. Herein, we report the synthesis and evaluation of two new 26-hydroxy-22-oxocholestanic steroids on cervical cancer CaSki cells. The title compounds were prepared from diosgenin and hecogenin in excellent yields. We determined their effect on cell proliferation, cell cycle, and cell death. The cytotoxic effect of the title compounds on CaSki and human lymphocytes was also evaluated, indicating that the main cell death process is not necrosis the null effect on lymphocytes implies that they are not cytotoxic. The observation of apoptotic bodies as well as the increase in the expression of active caspase-3 along with the fragmentation of DNA confirmed that such new cholestanic frameworks induced apoptosis in tumor cells. Significantly, their antiproliferative activity on tumor cells did not affect the proliferative potential of normal fibroblasts from cervix and peripheral blood lymphocytes. The title compounds show selective antitumor activity and therefore serve as promising lead candidates for further optimization. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11154/13982747 |
ISSN: | 0968-0896 |
Appears in Collections: | Ciencias
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