Sesquiterpene dimers with a rare skeleton from Chloranthus holostegius exhibiting multidrug resistance reversal activity in vitro and in vivo.

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State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy, and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

Published: September 2024

Two previously unreported lindenane sesquiterpene dimers (1 and 2) with a rare skeleton containing an oxaspiro[4.5]decane moiety were isolated from the roots of Chloranthus holostegius var. trichoneurus. Their structures were elucidated by HRESIMS, NMR, ECD, and NMR quantum chemical calculations, along with DP4+ probability analysis. In bioassay, compound 1 exhibited significant activity to reverse the multidrug resistance (MDR)in MCF-7/ADR cells, with an IC value of 4.4 μM. Further mechanistic studies revealed that compound 1 combined with doxorubicin could induce apoptosis of MCF-7/ADR cells and block the cell cycle in the G2/M phase. Mechanistically, compound 1 could inhibit the efflux function of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) using the zebrafish model. Finally, the enhanced chemotherapeutic effects of doxorubicin were further confirmed by in vivo zebrafish xenograft experiments.

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