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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Synthesis and Bioevaluation of Novel Oxa-Caged Garcinia Xanthones as Anti-Tumour Agents

Guangqiang Miao A , Junhai Ma A , Kan Yang A , Zhipeng Huang A , Qinlan Gu B , Yanjie Wang C , Qinglong Guo D E , Qidong You A D and Jinxin Wang A F
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A Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization of Jiangsu Province, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

B Higher Vocational and Technical College, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

C College of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

D State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

E Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Intervention of Jiangsu Province, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China.

F Corresponding author. Email: jinxinwang@163.com

Australian Journal of Chemistry 68(6) 872-880 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH14328
Submitted: 23 May 2014  Accepted: 20 August 2014   Published: 11 November 2014

Abstract

Gambogic acid (GA), a special category of Garcinia xanthones, has attracted great attention owing to its striking bioactivities and unique structure. To further explore its structure–activity relationship, we prepared seven novel oxa-caged Garcinia xanthones that were for the first time varied at the C-2 position of B ring and at the C-21/22 or C-23 position of the prenyl group in the caged scaffold. Some compounds exhibited strong anti-proliferation activities in different cancer cell lines. Particularly, compound 8 showed more potent cytotoxic activity and better selectivity towards the A549 cell line than GA. Oxa-caged xanthones 8 was identified as an A549 cell apoptosis inducer through observations of morphological changes and Annexin-V/PI double-staining assay. Additionally, the structure–activity relationships of these new analogues were discussed.


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