Chromomycins A2 and A3 from marine actinomycetes with TRAIL resistance-overcoming and Wnt signal inhibitory activities

Mar Drugs. 2014 Jun 5;12(6):3466-76. doi: 10.3390/md12063466.

Abstract

A biological screening study of an actinomycetes strain assembly was conducted using a cell-based cytotoxicity assay. The CKK1019 strain was isolated from a sea sand sample. Cytotoxicity-guided fractionation of the CKK1019 strain culture broth, which exhibited cytotoxicity, led to the isolation of chromomycins A2 (1) and A3 (2). 1 and 2 showed potent cytotoxicity against the human gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS) cell line (IC50 1; 1.7 and 2; 22.1 nM), as well as strong inhibitory effects against TCF/β-catenin transcription (IC50 1; 1.8 and 2; 15.9 nM). 2 showed the ability to overcome tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) resistance. To the best of our knowledge, the effects of chromomycins A2 (1) and A3 (2) on TRAIL resistance-overcoming activity, and on the Wnt signaling pathway, have not been reported previously. Thus, 1 and 2 warrant potential drug lead studies in relation to TRAIL-resistant and Wnt signal-related diseases and offer potentially useful chemical probes for investigating TRAIL resistance and the Wnt signaling pathway.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actinobacteria / metabolism*
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chromomycin A3 / isolation & purification
  • Chromomycin A3 / pharmacology*
  • Geologic Sediments / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Plicamycin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Plicamycin / isolation & purification
  • Plicamycin / pharmacology
  • Stomach Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand / metabolism
  • Wnt Signaling Pathway / drug effects

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
  • chromomycin A2
  • Chromomycin A3
  • Plicamycin