Evaluation of curcumin acetates and amino acid conjugates as proteasome inhibitors

  • Authors:
    • Sheng Biao Wan
    • Huanjie Yang
    • Zhongyuan Zhou
    • Qiuzhi Cindy Cui
    • Di Chen
    • Jyoti Kanwar
    • Imthiyaz Mohammad
    • O. Ping Dou
    • Tak Hang Chan
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  • Published online on: October 1, 2010     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm_00000484
  • Pages: 447-455
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Abstract

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the main active ingredient of turmeric, a traditional herbal medicine and food of south Asia. Curcumin has been found to have a wide range of biological activities, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activities. Curcumin is currently being tested in clinical trials for treatment of various types of cancers, including multiple myeloma, pancreatic cancer and colon cancer. Although no toxicity associated with curcumin (even at very high doses) has been observed, the effects of curcumin in other solid tumors have been modest, primarily due to poor water solubility and poor bioavailability in tissues remote from the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, there is a need for the discovery of curcumin analogs with better water solubility or greater bioavailability for the treatment of solid tumors such as prostate cancer. In this study, curcumin acetates and amino acid conjugates of curcumin were studied in terms of their proteasome inhibitory and antiproliferative effects against several human cancer cell lines. It was found that the water soluble amino acid conjugates of curcumin showed a potent antiproliferative effect and are potent proteasome inhibitors. Docking studies of the curcumin amino acid conjugates for proteasome inhibition were carried out to explain their biological activities. It is suggested that they may serve as the water soluble analogs of curcumin.

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October 2010
Volume 26 Issue 4

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Wan SB, Yang H, Zhou Z, Cui QC, Chen D, Kanwar J, Mohammad I, Dou OP and Chan TH: Evaluation of curcumin acetates and amino acid conjugates as proteasome inhibitors . Int J Mol Med 26: 447-455, 2010.
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Wan, S.B., Yang, H., Zhou, Z., Cui, Q.C., Chen, D., Kanwar, J. ... Chan, T.H. (2010). Evaluation of curcumin acetates and amino acid conjugates as proteasome inhibitors . International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 26, 447-455. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm_00000484
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Wan, S. B., Yang, H., Zhou, Z., Cui, Q. C., Chen, D., Kanwar, J., Mohammad, I., Dou, O. P., Chan, T. H."Evaluation of curcumin acetates and amino acid conjugates as proteasome inhibitors ". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 26.4 (2010): 447-455.
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Wan, S. B., Yang, H., Zhou, Z., Cui, Q. C., Chen, D., Kanwar, J., Mohammad, I., Dou, O. P., Chan, T. H."Evaluation of curcumin acetates and amino acid conjugates as proteasome inhibitors ". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 26, no. 4 (2010): 447-455. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm_00000484