Journal
STEROIDS
Volume 87, Issue -, Pages 108-118Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2014.05.025
Keywords
Diosgenin; X-ray crystallography; Anticancer; Cell cycle; Caspase; Acute oral toxicity
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- CSIR
- TWAS-CSIR
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Diosgenin has been modified to furostane derivatives after opening the F-spiroacetal ring. The aldehyde group at C26 in derivative 8 was unexpectedly transformed to the ketone 9. The structure of ketone 9 was confirmed by spectroscopy and finally by X-ray crystallography. Five of the diosgenin derivatives showed significant anticancer activity against human cancer cell lines. The most potent molecule of this series i.e. compound 7, inhibited cellular growth by arresting the population at G(0)/G(1) phase of cell division cycle. Cells undergo apoptosis after exposure to the derivative 7 which was evident by increase in sub Go population in cell cycle analysis. Docking experiments showed caspase-3 and caspase-9 as possible molecular targets for these compounds. This was further validated by cleavage of PARP, a caspase target in apoptotic pathway. Compound 7 was found non-toxic up to 1000 mg/kg dose in acute oral toxicity in Swiss albino mice. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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