Recent Advances of Natural and Synthetic β-Carbolines as Anticancer Agents

被引:52
作者
Zhang, Mingming [1 ]
Sun, Dianqing [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hawaii, Dept Pharmaceut Sci, Daniel K Inouye Coll Pharm, Hilo, HI 96720 USA
关键词
Alkaloid; Anticancer; Antitumor; beta-Carboline; Mechanism of action; Natural product; Structure-activity relationship; POTENTIAL ANTITUMOR AGENTS; DNA INTERCALATING AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION; KINASE INHIBITORS; IN-VITRO; GALIANTHE-THALICTROIDES; CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITIES; HARMINE DERIVATIVES; PROTEIN-KINASE; CANCER-CELLS;
D O I
10.2174/1871520614666141128121812
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, being responsible for millions of deaths annually. Therefore, novel cancer chemotherapeutic agents are urgently needed to combat this devastating disease. beta-Carboline alkaloids are an important class of natural products and medicinal molecules, which exert their anticancer activities through diverse mechanisms. In this review, we cover recent natural and synthetic beta-carbolines with anticancer activity that have been reported in the literature (2010-July 2014), focusing on their chemical structures, anticancer properties, structure-activity relationships, and mechanisms of action.
引用
收藏
页码:537 / 547
页数:11
相关论文
共 81 条
[1]  
Abadi AH, 2009, ARZNEIMITTEL-FORSCH, V59, P415
[2]   Harmol induces autophagy and subsequent apoptosis in U251MG human glioma cells through the downregulation of survivin [J].
Abe, Akihisa ;
Kokuba, Hiroko .
ONCOLOGY REPORTS, 2013, 29 (04) :1333-1342
[3]   The β-Carboline Alkaloid Harmol Induces Cell Death via Autophagy but Not Apoptosis in Human Non-small Cell Lung Cancer A549 Cells [J].
Abe, Akihisa ;
Yamada, Hiroyuki ;
Moriya, Shota ;
Miyazawa, Keisuke .
BIOLOGICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN, 2011, 34 (08) :1264-1272
[4]   Harmol induces apoptosis by caspase-8 activation independently on Fas/Fas ligand interaction in human lung carcinoma H596 cells [J].
Abe, Akihisa ;
Yamada, Hiroyuki .
ANTI-CANCER DRUGS, 2009, 20 (05) :373-381
[5]   Discovery of a Novel Series of Tetrahydro-β-carbolines Inducing Autophagic Cell Death in Human Metastatic Melanoma [J].
Ahmed, Nermin S. ;
Elgendy, Mohamed ;
Laufer, Stefan ;
Abadi, Ashraf H. .
ARCHIV DER PHARMAZIE, 2014, 347 (06) :398-406
[6]  
Ashok P, 2014, EUR J MED CHEM, V2014
[7]   Syntheses of novel β-carboline derivatives and the activities against five tumor-cell lines [J].
Bai, Bing ;
Li, Xing-Yao ;
Liu, Li ;
Li, Yan ;
Zhu, Hua-Jie .
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2014, 24 (01) :96-98
[8]   Synthesis and antitumor activity of β-carboline 3-(substituted-carbohydrazide) derivatives [J].
Barbosa, Valeria Aquilino ;
Formagio, Anelise S. Nazari ;
Savariz, Franciele Cristina ;
Foglio, Mary Ann ;
Spindola, Humberto Moreira ;
de Carvalho, Joao Ernesto ;
Meyer, Emerson ;
Sarragiotto, Maria Helena .
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 2011, 19 (21) :6400-6408
[9]   The discovery of tetrahydro-β-carbolines as inhibitors of the kinesin Eg5 [J].
Barsanti, Paul A. ;
Wang, Weibo ;
Ni, Zhi-Jie ;
Duhl, David ;
Brammeier, Nathan ;
Martin, Eric ;
Bussiere, Dirksen ;
Walter, Annette O. .
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2010, 20 (01) :157-160
[10]   New trends for metal complexes with anticancer activity [J].
Bruijnincx, Pieter C. A. ;
Sadler, Peter J. .
CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, 2008, 12 (02) :197-206