Eurycomanone and Eurycomanol from Eurycoma longifolia Jack as Regulators of Signaling Pathways Involved in Proliferation, Cell Death and Inflammation

Molecules

Shéhérazade Hajjouli¹  Sstien Chateauvieux³  Marie-Hélène Teiten¹  Barbora Orlikova³  Marc Schumacher¹  Mario Dicato¹  Chee-Yan Choo² 

[1] Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer (LBMCC), Hôpital Kirchberg, 9, Rue Edward Steichen, Luxembourg L-2540, Luxembourg; E-Mails:;MedChem Herbal Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam, Selangor 42300, Malaysia; E-Mail:;Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Building 20 Room 303, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea; E-Mails:

关键词: eurycomanone;    eurycomanol;    Eurycoma longifolia Jack;    NF-κB;    proliferation;    cell death;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules190914649

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Eurycomanone and eurycomanol are two quassinoids from the roots of Eurycoma longifolia Jack. The aim of this study was to assess the bioactivity of these compounds in Jurkat and K562 human leukemia cell models compared to peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy donors. Both eurycomanone and eurycomanol inhibited Jurkat and K562 cell viability and proliferation without affecting healthy cells. Interestingly, eurycomanone inhibited NF-κB signaling through inhibition of IκBα phosphorylation and upstream mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling, but not eurycomanol. In conclusion, both quassinoids present differential toxicity towards leukemia cells, and the presence of the α,β-unsaturated ketone in eurycomanone could be prerequisite for the NF-κB inhibition.

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