Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of CDC20 inhibitors for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.

The involvement of CDC20 in promoting tumor growth in different types of human cancers and it disturbs the process of cell division and impedes tumor proliferation. In this work, a novel of Apcin derivatives targeting CDC20 were designed and synthesized to evaluate for their biological activities. The inhibitory effect on the proliferation of four human tumor cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468 and A549) was observed. Among them, compound E1 exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect on the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells with an IC50 value of 1.43 µM, which was significantly superior to that of Apcin. Further biological studies demonstrated that compound E1 inhibited cancer cell migration and colony formation. Furthermore, compound E1 specifically targeted CDC20 and exhibited a higher binding affinity to CDC20 compared to that of Apcin, thereby inducing cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase of cancer cells. Moreover, it has been observed that compound E1 induces autophagy in cancer cells. In 4T1 Xenograft Models compound E1 exhibited the potential antitumor activity without obvious toxicity. These findings suggest that E1 could be regarded as a CDC20 inhibitor deserved further investigation.

Cerebral nuclei distribution study of dehydrodiisoeugenol as an anxiogenic agent determined by RP-HPLC.

A sensitive RP-HPLC-DAD method was established to quantify dehydrodiisoeugenol (DDIE) in rat cerebral nuclei. The assay procedure involved one-step extraction of DDIE and daidzein, as an internal standard, from rat plasma and various cerebral nuclei with ethyl acetate. Chromatographic separation was performed on a Diamonsil™ ODS C(18) column with methanol-water (81:19, v/v) as a mobile phase. The UV absorbance of the samples was measured at the wavelength of 270nm. The analysis method was proved to be precise and accurate at linearity ranges in plasma and each cerebral nucleus with correlation coefficients of ≥0.9971. The results indicated that the method established was successfully applied to cerebral nuclei distribution study of DDIE after intravenous administration at a single dose of 40mg/kg to rat. DDIE showed high concentration in all of cerebral nuclei at 8min, which indicated that DDIE could cross the blood-brain barrier rapidly and might be one of the main bioactive substances of nutmeg. The results provide fundamental data for evaluating the effects of DDIE on the central nervous system and to be developed into an effective anxiogenic agent.

[Studies on separation and purification of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis extract by macroporous resin].

OBJECTIVE: To establish a technical process for purification of extract of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis. METHOD: The static adsorption capacity and elution ratio of Mixture of proanthocyanidins tannic condensation were used as evaluation to select the best resin in 3 kinds of macroporous resin. The adsorptive characteristics and elution parameters of selected resin were studied. RESULT: D-101 resin had good separation performance and was suited to purify priceid in extract of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis. CONCLUSION: The process of applying macroporous resin to absorb and purity priceid in extract of Rhizoma Fagopyri Dibotoryis is feasible.