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Morphological and biochemical alterations activated by antitumor clerodane diterpenes

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 222; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cbi.2014.10.015

1872-7786

Paulo Michel Pinheiro Ferreira, Gardênia Carmen Gadelha Militão, Daisy Jereissati Barbosa Lima, Nagilla Daniela de Jesus Costa, Kátia da Conceição Machado, André Gonzaga dos Santos, Alberto José Cavalheiro, Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, Dulce Helena Siqueira Silva, Cláudia Pessoa,

Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology

Casearia sylvestris Swartz (Salicaceae) is a plant commonly widespread in the Americas. It has oxygenated tricyclic bioactive clerodane diterpenes with antimicrobial, antiulcer, larvicidal, chemopreventive, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antiproliferative properties. Due to this requirement for the developing of new anticancer drugs, it was initially evaluated the cytotoxic activity of a fraction with Casearins (FC) and its clerodane diterpenes Casearin B (Cas B), D (Cas D), X (Cas X) and Caseargrewiin F (Cas F) isolated from C.sylvestris leaves against 7 tumor cell lines, Sarcoma 180 cells (S180) and on normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). All substances tested showed cytotoxic potential. Cas F and X were the most active compounds. Cell death analyzes with Cas F (0.5 and 1μM) and Cas X (0.7 and 1.5μM) using the HL-60 leukemia line as experimental model showed DNA synthesis and membrane integrity reduction, DNA fragmentation and mitochondrial depolarization, specially after 24h exposure, cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase caused by Cas X, activation of the initiator -8/-9 and effector -3/-7 caspases and phosphatidylserine externalization, all biochemical features of apoptosis corroborated by chromatinic condensation, karyorrhexis, cytoplasmic vacuolation and rarefaction and cellular shrinkage, morphological findings specially observed after 12 and 24h of incubation. Therefore, Cas X and F were the most functional molecules with more pronounced lethal and discriminating effects on tumor cells and antiproliferative action predominantly mediated by apoptosis, highlighting clerodane dipertenes as promising lead antineoplastic compounds.