PMID- 17844994 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20071128 LR - 20240314 IS - 0163-3864 (Print) IS - 1520-6025 (Electronic) IS - 0163-3864 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 9 DP - 2007 Sep TI - Benzochromenones from the marine crinoid Comantheria rotula inhibit hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in cell-based reporter assays and differentially suppress the growth of certain tumor cell lines. PG - 1462-6 AB - Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that promotes tumor cell adaptation and survival under hypoxic conditions. HIF-1 is currently recognized as an important molecular target for anticancer drug discovery. The National Cancer Institute open repository of marine invertebrates and algae lipid extracts was evaluated using a T47D breast tumor cell-based reporter assay for HIF-1 inhibitory activity. Bioassay-guided fractionation of an active extract from a crinoid Comantheria rotula yielded seven benzo[g]chromen-4-one and benzo[h]chromen-4-one pigments (1-7). The structures of the new benzo[g]chromenone dimer 9,9'-oxybis-neocomantherin (1) and another new natural pigment 5 were deduced from spectroscopic and spectrometric data. The crinoid pigments significantly inhibited both hypoxia-induced and iron chelator-induced HIF-1 luciferase reporter activity in breast and prostate tumor cells. However, inhibition of HIF-1 in the reporter assay did not translate into a significant decrease in the expression of the downstream HIF-1 target, secreted vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Compound 1 was found to inhibit tumor cell growth in the NCI 60-cell line panel (GI(50) values of 1.6-18.2 microM), and compound 6 produced a unique pattern of tumor cell growth suppression. Five cell lines from different organs were hypersensitive to 6 (GI(50) values of 0.29-0.62 microM), and three others were moderately sensitive (GI(50) values of 2.2-5.1 microM), while the GI(50) values for most other cell lines ranged from 20 to 47 microM. Crinoid benzo[g]chromenones were also found to scavenge radicals in a modified DPPH assay. FAU - Dai, Jingqiu AU - Dai J AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677-1848, USA. FAU - Liu, Yang AU - Liu Y FAU - Jia, Hong AU - Jia H FAU - Zhou, Yu-Dong AU - Zhou YD FAU - Nagle, Dale G AU - Nagle DG LA - eng GR - R01 CA098787/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 CA098787/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA098787-02/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - C06 RR014503/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - C06 RR-14503-01/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20070911 PL - United States TA - J Nat Prod JT - Journal of natural products JID - 7906882 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Biphenyl Compounds) RN - 0 (Coumarins) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Picrates) RN - DFD3H4VGDH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemistry/*isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Biphenyl Compounds MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Coumarins/chemistry/*isolation & purification/*pharmacology MH - Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor MH - Echinodermata/*chemistry MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Marine Biology MH - National Cancer Institute (U.S.) MH - Papua New Guinea MH - Picrates/pharmacology MH - United States PMC - PMC2910718 MID - NIHMS216817 EDAT- 2007/09/12 09:00 MHDA- 2007/12/06 09:00 PMCR- 2010/07/27 CRDT- 2007/09/12 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/12/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/12 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1021/np070224w [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nat Prod. 2007 Sep;70(9):1462-6. doi: 10.1021/np070224w. Epub 2007 Sep 11.