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Synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel artesunate-podophyllotoxin conjugate as anticancer agent
Lei Zhang1, Fan Chen1, Zeguo Zhang1
1School of Pharmacy, Zunyi Medical University, 201 Dalian Road, Zunyi 563003, PR China.
Abstract:
A novel conjugate of artesunate-podophyllotoxin was prepared and evaluated for its cytotoxicity against diverse normal and multidrug resistance human cancer cell lines by CCK-8 assay. The conjugate exhibited good cytotoxicity on all the cell lines with IC50 values of 0.453±0.156-3.011±0.272μM and reduced the resistant factor. The conjugate was further found to disrupt the microtubule network and induce G2/M cell cycle arrest in multidrug resistance K562/ADR cells. Meanwhile, Hoechst staining analysis suggested that conjugate induced cell death by apoptosis. Furthermore, conjugate could downregulate the levels of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in P-gp overexpressing K562/ADR cells.
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