PMID- 21785662 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20211020 IS - 1874-3900 (Print) IS - 1874-3900 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 2 DP - 2011 Jun TI - Thyrsiferol Inhibits Mitochondrial Respiration and HIF-1 Activation. PG - 75-78 AB - The cytotoxic marine red algal metabolite thyrsiferol (1) was found to inhibit hypoxia-induced hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) activation in T47D human breast tumor cells (66% inhibition at 3 muM). Compound 1 also suppressed hypoxic induction of HIF-1 target genes (VEGF, GLUT-1) at the mRNA level, and displayed tumor cell line-selective time-dependent inhibition of cell viability/proliferation. Mechanistic studies revealed that 1 selectively suppressed mitochondrial respiration at Complex I (IC(50) 3 muM). Thyrsiferol represents a prototypical, structurally unique electron transport chain inhibitor. The apparent rotenone-like activity may contribute to the observed cytotoxicity of 1 and play an important role in Laurencia chemical defense. FAU - Mahdi, Fakhri AU - Mahdi F AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, United States. FAU - Falkenberg, Miriam AU - Falkenberg M FAU - Ioannou, Efstathia AU - Ioannou E FAU - Roussis, Vassilios AU - Roussis V FAU - Zhou, Yu-Dong AU - Zhou YD FAU - Nagle, Dale G AU - Nagle DG LA - eng GR - R01 CA098787-05A2/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA098787-06/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - C06 RR014503/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA098787/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 CA098787-05A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 CA098787/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - Phytochem Lett JT - Phytochemistry letters JID - 101513432 PMC - PMC3139250 MID - NIHMS238862 EDAT- 2011/07/26 06:00 MHDA- 2011/07/26 06:01 PMCR- 2012/06/01 CRDT- 2011/07/26 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/07/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2012/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1016/j.phytol.2010.09.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phytochem Lett. 2011 Jun;4(2):75-78. doi: 10.1016/j.phytol.2010.09.003.