Therapeutic effects of cantharidin analogues without bridging ether oxygen on human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

CB Yeh, CJ Su, JM Hwang, MC Chou

Index: Yeh, Chao-Bin; Su, Chi-Jung; Hwang, Jin-Ming; Chou, Ming-Chih European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 45, # 9 p. 3981 - 3985

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Abstract

Previous research indicates that cantharidin, norcantharidin and their analogues exhibit anticancer activity due to their inhibition of cancer cell lines such as HL60, HT29 and L1210. The anticancer activities of cantharidin, norcantharidin and their analogues involve the suppression of serine/threonine protein phosphatases (PPs) activity. However, cantharidin is not suitable for cancer therapy because of its high cytotoxicity in vitro (IC50= 21 μM in ...