A New Cytotoxic Naphthoquinone and Other Chemical Constituents of Sinningia reitzii

• Published in: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 2060 - 2065
• Main Authors: Silva, Adson, Amorim, Magali, Fonseca, Mariana, Salvador, Marcos, de Sá, Eduardo, Stefanello, Maria Élida
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 01-10-2019
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Gesneriaceae; naphthoquinones; Sinningia reitzii; cytotoxic activity
• ISSN: 0103-5053; 1678-4790
• DOI: 10.21577/0103-5053.20190054

Phytochemical study of Sinningia reitzii (Gesneriaceae) led to the isolation of three new naphtoquinones, 6,7-dimethoxydunnione, 7-hydroxy-6-methoxydunnione, and 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxydunnione from the tubers, together with four known compounds, 7-hydroxydunnione, 8-hydroxydunnione, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-α-dunnione, and 8-hydroxydeydrodunnione. Aerial parts furnished five known compounds, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxydunniol, 6,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2-O-methyldunniol, loureirin B, jacaranone, and methyl 4-hydroxyphenylacetate. Compounds 8-hydroxydunnione, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-α-dunnione, 8-hydroxydeydrodunnione, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxydunniol and 6,8-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2-O-methyldunniol had been previously reported in the tubers of S. reitzii. Density functional theory was used to assign the absolute configuration of compounds 6,7-dimethoxydunnione, 7-hydroxy-6-methoxydunnione 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxydunnione, 7-hydroxydunnione, 8-hydroxydunnione, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-α-dunnione. Compounds 6,7-dimethoxydunnione, 8-hydroxydunnione, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-α-dunnione and 8-hydroxydeydrodunnione were evaluated for cytotoxicity against PC3 (prostate), SKMEL 103 (melanoma), and HeLa (cervix) human cancer, and 3T3 fibroblast cell lines, using the 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Compound 6,7-dimethoxydunnione displays cytotoxic activity against all the tumor cell lines tested (half maximal inhibitory concentration, IC50, 4.47-26.2 µmol L-1), and was inactive against 3T3 fibroblasts (IC50 > 100 µmol L-1). Compounds 8-hydroxydunnione, 5-hydroxy-6,7-dimethoxy-α-dunnione and 8-hydroxydeydrodunnione were inactive against all tested cell lines.