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Muravev AA, Voloshina AD, Sapunova AS, Gabdrakhmanova FB, Lenina OA, Petrov KA, Shityakov S, Skorb EV, Solovieva SE, Antipin IS. Calix[4]arene-pyrazole conjugates as potential cancer therapeutics. Bioorg Chem 2023; 139:106742. [PMID: 37480816 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
Abstract
Tumor selectivity is yet a challenge in chemotherapy-based cancer treatment. A series of calixarenes derivatized at the lower rim with 3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole units with variable upper-rim substituent and conformations of macrocyclic core, alkyl chain length between heterocycle and core, as well as phenolic monomer (5-(4-tert-butylphenyloxy)methoxy-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole) have been synthesized and characterized in a range of therapeutically relevant cellular models (M-HeLa, MCF7, A-549, PC3, Chang liver, and Wi38) from different target organs/systems. Specific cytotoxicity for M-HeLa cells has been observed in tert-butylcalix[4]arene pyrazoles in 1,3-alternate (compound 7b) and partial cone (compound 7c) conformations with low mutagenicity and haemotoxicity and in vivo toxicity in mice. Compounds 7b,c have induced mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis of M-HeLa cells through caspase-9 activation preceded by the cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase. A concomitant overexpression of DNA damage markers in pyrazole-treated M-HeLa cells suggests that calixarene pyrazoles target DNA, which was supported by the presence of interactions between calixarenes and ctDNA at the air-water interface.
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- Anton A Muravev
- Infochemistry Scientific Center, ITMO University, Lomonosov Str. 9, 191002 Saint Petersburg, Russia; Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia.
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia
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- Infochemistry Scientific Center, ITMO University, Lomonosov Str. 9, 191002 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Infochemistry Scientific Center, ITMO University, Lomonosov Str. 9, 191002 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry, FRC Kazan Scientific Center of RAS, Arbuzov Str. 8, 420088 Kazan, Russia
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- Kazan Federal University, Kremlyovskaya Str. 18, 420008 Kazan, Russia
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Baldini L, Casnati A, Sansone F. Multivalent and Multifunctional Calixarenes in Bionanotechnology. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Laura Baldini
- Department of Chemistry Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze, 17/a 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze, 17/a 43124 Parma Italy
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- Department of Chemistry Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability University of Parma Parco Area delle Scienze, 17/a 43124 Parma Italy
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Calix[4]API-s: fully functionalized calix[4]arene-based facial active pharmaceutical ingredients. Mol Divers 2020; 25:1247-1258. [PMID: 32006298 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-020-10042-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
This mini-review covers 25 fully functionalized facial calix[4]arene-based symmetrical and conical cyclic tetramers with significant (comparable to established therapeutic agents) anticancer and anti-infective activities. The main role of the calixarene scaffold in these calix[4]arene-based active pharmaceutical ingredients (calix[4]API-s) is to replicate embedded phenolic units in the cyclic tetramers. So, probably owing to the multivalency, facial, conical structures of calix[4]API-s and synergistic effect of their four replicated units, they can be considered as effective bioactive agents.
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Arosio P, Comito G, Orsini F, Lascialfari A, Chiarugi P, Ménard-Moyon C, Nativi C, Richichi B. Conjugation of a GM3 lactone mimetic on carbon nanotubes enhances the related inhibition of melanoma-associated metastatic events. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:6086-6095. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01817k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carbon nanotubes conjugated to a mimetic of a melanoma-associated antigen interfere with adhesion, motility, and invasiveness of human melanoma cells.
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- Paolo Arosio
- Department of Physics and INSTM
- University of Milano
- 20133 Milan
- Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Human Health Medical School
- University of Florence
- 50134 Firenze
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- Department of Physics and INSTM
- University of Milano
- 20133 Milan
- Italy
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Human Health Medical School
- University of Florence
- 50134 Firenze
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- University of Strasbourg
- CNRS
- Immunology
- Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry
- 67000 Strasbourg
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”
- University of Florence
- 50019 Sesto F.no
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”
- University of Florence
- 50019 Sesto F.no
- Italy
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John S, Sivakumar KC, Mishra R. Extracellular Proton Concentrations Impacts LN229 Glioblastoma Tumor Cell Fate via Differential Modulation of Surface Lipids. Front Oncol 2017; 7:20. [PMID: 28299282 PMCID: PMC5331044 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2017.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive form of brain cancer with marginal survival rates. GBM extracellular acidosis can profoundly impact its cell fate heterogeneities and progression. However, the molecules and mechanisms that enable GBM tumor cells acid adaptation and consequent cell fate competencies are weakly understood. Since extracellular proton concentrations (pHe) directly intercept the tumor cell plasma membrane, surface lipids must play a crucial role in pHe-dependent tumor cell fate dynamics. Hence, a more detailed insight into the finely tuned pH-dependent modulation of surface lipids is required to generate strategies that can inhibit or surpass tumor cell acid adaptation, thereby forcing the eradication of heterogeneous oncogenic niches, without affecting the normal cells. Results By using image-based single cell analysis and physicochemical techniques, we made a small-scale survey of the effects of pH ranges (physiological: pHe 7.4, low: 6.2, and very low: 3.4) on LN229 glioblastoma cell line surface remodeling and analyzed the consequent cell fate heterogeneities with relevant molecular targets and behavioral assays. Through this basic study, we uncovered that the extracellular proton concentration (1) modulates surface cholesterol-driven cell fate dynamics and (2) induces ‘differential clustering’ of surface resident GM3 glycosphingolipid which together coordinates the proliferation, migration, survival, and death reprogramming via distinct effects on the tumor cell biomechanical homeostasis. A novel synergy of anti-GM3 antibody and cyclophilin A inhibitor was found to mimic the very low pHe-mediated GM3 supraclustered conformation that elevated the surface rigidity and mechano-remodeled the tumor cell into a differentiated phenotype which eventually succumbed to the anoikis type of cell death, thereby eradicating the tumorigenic niches. Conclusion and significance This work presents an initial insight into the physicochemical capacities of extracellular protons in the generation of glioblastoma tumor cell heterogeneities and cell death via the crucial interplay of surface lipids and their conformational changes. Hence, monitoring of proton–cholesterol–GM3 correlations in vivo through diagnostic imaging and in vitro in clinical samples may assist better tumor staging and prognosis. The emerged insights have further led to the translation of a ‘pH-dependent mechanisms of oncogenesis control’ into the surface targeted anti-GBM therapeutics.
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- Sebastian John
- Disease Biology Program, Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology , Thiruvananthapuram , India
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- Distributed Information Sub-Centre, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology , Thiruvananthapuram , India
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- Disease Biology Program, Department of Neurobiology and Genetics, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology , Thiruvananthapuram , India
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Richichi B, Pastori C, Gherardi S, Venuti A, Cerreto A, Sanvito F, Toma L, Lopalco L, Nativi C. GM-3 Lactone Mimetic Interacts with CD4 and HIV-1 Env Proteins, Hampering HIV-1 Infection without Inducing a Histopathological Alteration. ACS Infect Dis 2016; 2:564-71. [PMID: 27626296 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are involved in HIV-1 entry. GM-3 ganglioside, a widespread GSL, affects HIV entry and infection in different ways, depending on the concentration, through its anchoring activity in lipid rafts. This explains why the induction of an altered GSLs metabolism was a tempting approach to reducing HIV-1 cell infection. This study assayed the biological properties of a synthetic GM-3 lactone mimetic, 1, aimed at blocking HIV-1 infection without inducing the adverse events expected by an altered metabolism of GLSs in vivo. The mimetic, conjugated to immunogenic protein ovalbumin and multivalently presented, was able to bind the CD4 molecule with high affinity and block its engagement with gp120, thus inhibiting virus entry. Elicited antimimetic antibodies were also able to block HIV-1 infection in vitro, with activity complementary to that observed for 1. These preliminary results show that the use of GSLs mimetics can be a novel promising mode to block HIV-1 infection and that 1 and other GSL mimetics deserve further attention.
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- Barbara Richichi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
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- Pathology Department, Mouse Histopathology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20100 Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20127 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
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Richichi B, Comito G, Renaudet O, Fiore M, Marra A, Stecca B, Pasquato L, Chiarugi P, Nativi C. Role of a Preorganized Scaffold Presenting Four Residues of a GM-3 Lactone Mimetic on Melanoma Progression. ACS Med Chem Lett 2016; 7:28-33. [PMID: 26819661 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Two tetravalent architectures, the glycocalix 7 and the RAFT 9, presenting four residues of a GM-3 ganglioside lactone mimetic, target the host compartment of melanoma and significantly abrogate the effect induced by cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) contact + hypoxia in the motility and invasiveness of tumor cells. The data reported support the involvement of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in hypoxia and show an interesting role played by compound 9 in targeting melanoma cells thereby interfering with melanoma progression. The unprecedented findings reported for the glycocluster 9 may contribute to the understanding of the critical and complex interactions between tumor cells and their local environment paving the way for new therapeutic agents.
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- Barbara Richichi
- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff″, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia, 13 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, Human
Health Medical School, University of Florence, viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, and CNRS, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 103 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, and CNRS, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM), UMR 5247, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, 8 Rue de l’Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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- Core Research
Laboratory, Istituto Toscano Tumori, viale Pieraccini, 6, 50139 Firenze, Italy
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- Department
of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, via L. Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department
of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry, Human
Health Medical School, University of Florence, viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff″, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia, 13 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
- FiorGen, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico, via Sacconi, 6 50019 Sesto F.no (FI), Italy
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Ribeiro-Viana R, Bonechi E, Rojo J, Ballerini C, Comito G, Richichi B, Nativi C. Human dendritic cell activation induced by a permannosylated dendron containing an antigenic GM3-lactone mimetic. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:1317-1324. [PMID: 24991284 PMCID: PMC4077398 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Vaccination strategies based on dendritic cells (DCs) armed with specific tumor antigens have been widely exploited due the properties of these immune cells in coordinating an innate and adaptive response. Here, we describe the convergent synthesis of the bifunctional multivalent glycodendron 5, which contains nine residues of mannose for DC targeting and one residue of an immunogenic mimetic of a carbohydrate melanoma associated antigen. The immunological assays demonstrated that the glycodendron 5 is able to induce human immature DC activation in terms of a phenotype expression of co-stimulatory molecules expression and MHCII. Furthermore, DCs activated by the glycodendron 5 stimulate T lymphocytes to proliferate in a mixed lymphocytes reaction (MLR).
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- Renato Ribeiro-Viana
- Glycosystems Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Glycosystems Laboratory, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC - Universidad de Sevilla, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of NEUROFARBA, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50134 Firenze, Italy
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- Department of Biochemical Science, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 50, 50134 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 13, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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