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Título: Inhibition of P-glycoprotein activity by cucurbitane-type triterpenes and their interaction with doxorubicin on resistant cancer cells
Autores: Ramalhete, Cátia
Duarte, N
Capucha, V
Molnár, J
Mulhovo, S
Rosário, V
Ferreira, MJU
Palavras-chave: Triterpenes
Cancer cells
Data: 2009
Citação: 57th International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society for Medicinal Plant Research and Natural Product Research
Resumo: The overexpression of P- glycoprotein (P-gp) is one of the mechanisms of multidrug resistance (MDR), responsible for the failure of cancer treatment. One strategy to restore the effectiveness of the anti-cancer drugs is to co-administer compounds that are not toxic themselves, but inhibit these efflux pumps. These compounds have been called MDR inhibitors, MDR modulators, MDR reversal agents or chemosensitizers (Fig.1). In recent years, several compounds have been reported as MDR modulators, obtained either from natural origin or by synthesis. However, in spite of the great number of MDR inhibitors known, no effective modulator without side effects is still available for the clinical practice.1 The aim of this study was to search for new multidrug reversal agents from Momordica balsamina L. (Fig.2). In this way, three new cucurbitane-type triterpenoids (1-3), a known compound (4) and five new acylated derivatives (5-9) prepared through acylation reactions of compound 4, have been evaluated for their potential ability as MDR modulators (Fig.3). Furthermore, the antiproliferative effects of the anticancer drug doxorubicin and the most effective modulators, in combination, was also studied.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10884/480
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