Synthesis of New 7-O-Modified Chrysin Derivatives and Their Anti-proliferative and Apoptotic Effects on Human Gastric Carcinoma MGC-803 Cells

Two series of 7-O-modified chrysin derivatives were prepared from 7-O-carboxymethy! chrysin（2a）, 7-O-carboxypropylchrysin（2b） and short-chain alcohols by using 1-ethyl-3-（3-dimethylaminopropyl）carbodiimide hydrochloride（EDCI）, N-hydroxybenzotriazole（HOBt） and 4-dimethylamiopryidine（DMAP） as coupling reagents. Taking cisplatin as a reference substance, their anti-proliferative activities in vitro against human gastric carcinoma MGC-803 cells were evaluated by the standard 3-（4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl）-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide （MTT） method. The results show that among the compounds tested, hepty 4-（5-hydroxy-4-oxo-2-phenyl-4H- chromen-7-yloxy） acetate（3f） displayed the most potent growth-inhibitory effect on MGC-803 cells with half maximal inhibitory concentration（ICso） value of 3.23 pmol/L. The preliminary mechanism of inhibitory effect of compound 3f was also detected by flow cytometry（FCM）, and the compound exerted anti- cancer activity via inducing the apoptosis of MGC-803 cells in a dose dependent manner, which suggested that compound 3f would be a potential anti-cancer agent.