Using various chromatographic methods, four new steroids, astropectenols A–D (
1–
4), along with three known compounds (
5–
7) were isolated from a methanol extract of the starfish
Astropecten polyacanthus. The structure elucidation was confirmed by spectroscopic methods, including one dimensional (1D)-, 2D-NMR and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). The CH
2Cl
2 fraction and compound
7 exhibit potent cytotoxic effects against HL-60 human leukemia cells with the IC
50 of 8.29 µg/mL and 2.70 µ
M, respectively, comparing to the positive control, mitoxantrone (IC
50=6.80 µ
M). When HL-60 cells were treated with the CH
2Cl
2 fraction or compound
7, several apoptosis events like chromatin condensation and the increase of the population of sub-G1 hypodiploid cells were observed. Investigations for the possible mechanism underlying the induction of apoptosis showed that CH
2Cl
2 fraction or compound
7 induced apoptosis through down-regulation of Bcl-2, up-regulation of Bax, cleavage of caspase-9, cleavage of caspase-3 and cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in HL-60 cells. Furthermore, the apoptosis induction of HL-60 cell by CH
2Cl
2 fraction or compound
7 was attended by the decreasing of phospho-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 and C-myc. These results indicated that the CH
2Cl
2 fraction and compound
7 could induce the apoptosis of HL-60 cells
via the inactivation of ERK 1/2 and the decrease of C-myc. Our finding suggested the potential using of the CH
2Cl
2 fraction and compound
7 for leukemia treatment.
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