RT Journal Article T1 Bengamide Analogues Show A Potent Antitumor Activity against Colon Cancer Cells: A Preliminary Study. A1 Garcia-Pinel, Beatriz A1 Porras-Alcala, Cristina A1 Cabeza, Laura A1 Ortiz, Raul A1 Prados, Jose A1 Melguizo, Consolacion A1 Cheng-Sanchez, Ivan A1 Lopez-Romero, Juan Manuel A1 Sarabia, Francisco K1 analogues K1 antitumor agents K1 bengamides K1 colorectal cancer K1 synthesis AB The limited success and side effects of the current chemotherapeutic strategies against colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common cancer worldwide, demand an assay with new drugs. The prominent antitumor activities displayed by the bengamides (Ben), a family of natural products isolated from marine sponges of the Jaspidae family, were explored and investigated as a new option to improve CRC treatment. To this end, two potent bengamide analogues, Ben I (5) and Ben V (10), were selected for this study, for which they were synthesized according to a new synthetic strategy recently developed in our laboratories. Their antitumor effects were analyzed in human and mouse colon cell lines, using cell cycle analysis and antiproliferative assays. In addition, the toxicity of the selected analogues was tested in human blood cells. These biological studies revealed that Ben I and V produced a significant decrease in CRC cell proliferation and induced a significant cell cycle alteration with a greater antiproliferative effect on tumor cell lines than normal cells. Interestingly, no toxicity effects were detected in blood cells for both compounds. All these biological results render the bengamide analogues Ben I and Ben V as promising antitumoral agents for the treatment of CRC. PB MDPI AG YR 2020 FD 2020-05-02 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15505 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15505 LA en NO García-Pinel B, Porras-Alcalá C, Cabeza L, Ortiz R, Prados J, Melguizo C, et al. Bengamide Analogues Show A Potent Antitumor Activity against Colon Cancer Cells: A Preliminary Study. Mar Drugs. 2020 May 2;18(5):240. DS RISalud RD Apr 18, 2025