Citation: Kun YU, Ying LI, Hai-Jiao CHEN, Bo LIU, Qing-Qiang YAO. Biological Activities and Crystal Structure of the Natural Anti-cancer Drug: Cucurbitacin IIa[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2020, 39(7): 1283-1287. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254–5861.2011–2608 shu

Biological Activities and Crystal Structure of the Natural Anti-cancer Drug: Cucurbitacin IIa

Kun YU ^{a, b, ②} ,
Ying LI ^{b, ②} ,
Hai-Jiao CHEN ^{a, b} ,
Bo LIU ^b,, ,
Qing-Qiang YAO ^b,,

a.
School of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Jinan-Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250200, China
b.
Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan 250062, China

Corresponding author: Bo LIU, mls_liub@ujn.edu.cn Qing-Qiang YAO, yao_imm@163.com
Received Date: 20 September 2019
Accepted Date: 14 January 2020

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 81903473

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We isolated cucurbitacin IIa from the rhizomes of Hemsleya pengxianensis, and tested the cytotoxicity of cucurbitacin IIa against various cancer cell lines by the sulforhodamine B assay (SRB). At the same time, we preliminarily found that cucurbitacin IIa has a certain inhibitory activity on kinase CDK1/cyclin B, and shows potent inhibitory activities against many cancer cell lines. The cucurbitacin IIa was structurally characterized by specific optical rotation measurement, high-resolution mass spectroscopy and NMR spectroscopic analysis. In addition, the molecular structure of cucurbitacin IIa was further determined by X-ray single-crystal crystallography.
- cucurbitacin IIa,
- crystal structure,
- sulforhodamine B assay,
- CDK1/cyclin B,
- anti-cancer activity
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