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Gawali R, Bhosale R, Nagesh N, Masand VH, Jadhav S, Zaki MEA, Al-Hussain SA. Design, synthesis, docking studies and biological screening of 2-pyrimidinyl-2, 3-dihydro-1 H-naphtho [1, 2- e][1, 3] oxazines as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-18. [PMID: 37811783 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2266766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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A series of novel substituted 2-pyrimidinyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-naphtho[1,2-e][1, 3]oxazine analogs have been designed and synthesized based on structure-activity relationships from 2-naphthol, substituted pyrimidinyl amines and formalin through ring closure by one-pot three component reaction. These derivatives were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity, cell cycle assay and their inhibitory effect on tubulin polymerization. From the MTT assay, it is clear that most of the synthesized compounds displayed potent cytotoxic activities on HeLa (cervical cancer) and B16F10 (melanoma) cancerous cell lines. The compounds 6b and 6k were found to be more effective against HeLa cell lines and exhibited significant cytotoxicity (with IC50 values 1.26 ± 0.12 µM and 1.16 ± 0.27 µM respectively), accumulation of HeLa cells in G2/M phase and exhibiting induced apoptosis. The immunohistochemistry and fluorescence assays showed that these compounds 6b and 6k inhibited the microtubule assembly in human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) at 2 µM concentration. Furthermore, molecular docking studies of these molecules revealed their better-fit potential as anticancer molecules and have a high affinity for colchicine binding site, indicating more inhibitory potential at the cellular level. Our studies suggest that the newly synthesized compounds may become promising leads for the development of new anti-cancer agents.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Rakhi Gawali
- Department of Chemistry, D.B.F. Dayanand College of Arts & Science, Solapur, India
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- Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Sciences, P. A. H. Solapur University, Solapur, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Medical Biotechnology Complex, ANNEX II, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Vidya Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Amravati, India
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- Department of Chemistry, D.B.F. Dayanand College of Arts & Science, Solapur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Peng CM, Wang SW, Hwang YL, Sun WC, Chiu LP, Liu YT, Lai YW, Lee HY. CuI-mediated synthesis of 1-aryl-5,6,7-trimethoxybenzimidazoles as potent antitubulin agents. RSC Adv 2023; 13:13169-13176. [PMID: 37124006 PMCID: PMC10140669 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra01927f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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In situ CuI-mediated cyclization methodology helped yield benzimidazoles with different substitution manner, such as 1,2-diarylbenzimidazoles (4 and 5) and 1-arylbenzimidazoles (6-15). The result of structure-activity relationship (SAR) study confirmed the significance of the 5,6,7-trimethoxybenzimidazole moiety, and the representative derivatives (8-10) exhibited marked antiproliferative activity against A549, HCT-116, and PC-3 cells; in addition, they are able to inhibit the polymerization of tubulin. Among them, compound 10 inhibited the growth of A549, HCT-116, and PC-3 cells with a mean IC50 value of 0.07 μM, and its IC50 value of tubulin polymerization is 0.26 μM.
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- Cong-Min Peng
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, MacKay Medical College New Taipei City Taiwan
- Department of Medicine, MacKay Medical College New Taipei City Taiwan
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, MacKay Medical College New Taipei City Taiwan
- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, MacKay Memorial Hospital Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of General Surgery, Taipei City Hospital Chushing Branch Taipei Taiwan
- General Education Center, University of Taipei Taipei Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
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- Division of Urology, Taipei City Hospital Renai Branch Taipei Taiwan
- Department of Urology, School of Medicine and Shu-Tien Urological Science Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taipei Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
- PhD Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
- TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University Taipei Taiwan
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Development of novel porphyrin/combretastatin A-4 conjugates for bimodal chemo and photodynamic therapy: Synthesis, photophysical and TDDFT computational studies. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ranjan Dwivedi A, Singh Rawat S, Kumar V, Kumar N, Anand P, Prakash Yadav R, Barnwal S, Prasad A, Kumar V. Synthesis and Screening of Novel 4-N-Heterocyclic-2-aryl-6,7,8-trimethoxyquinazolines as Antiproliferative and Tubulin Polymerization Inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2022; 72:116976. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2022.116976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2022] [Revised: 08/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Highly Active 7-Anilino Triazolopyrimidines as Potent Antimicrotubule Agents. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14061191. [PMID: 35745764 PMCID: PMC9230136 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Two different series of fifty-two compounds, based on 3′,4′,5′-trimethoxyaniline (7a–ad) and variably substituted anilines (8a–v) at the 7-position of the 2-substituted-[1,2,4]triazolo [1,5-a]pyrimidine nucleus, had moderate to potent antiproliferative activity against A549, MDA-MB-231, HeLa, HT-29 and Jurkat cancer cell lines. All derivatives with a common 3-phenylpropylamino moiety at the 2-position of the triazolopyrimidine scaffold and different halogen-substituted anilines at its 7-position, corresponding to 4′-fluoroaniline (8q), 4′-fluoro-3′-chloroaniline (8r), 4′-chloroaniline (8s) and 4′-bromoaniline (8u), displayed the greatest antiproliferative activity with mean IC50′s of 83, 101, 91 and 83 nM, respectively. These four compounds inhibited tubulin polymerization about 2-fold more potently than combretastatin A-4 (CA-4), and their activities as inhibitors of [3H]colchicine binding to tubulin were similar to that of CA-4. These data underlined that the 3′,4′,5′-trimethoxyanilino moiety at the 7-position of the [1,2,4]triazolo [1,5-a]pyrimidine system, which characterized compounds 7a–ad, was not essential for maintaining potent antiproliferative and antitubulin activities. Compounds 8q and 8r had high selectivity against cancer cells, and their interaction with tubulin led to the accumulation of HeLa cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle and to apoptotic cell death through the mitochondrial pathway. Finally, compound 8q significantly inhibited HeLa cell growth in zebrafish embryos.
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Mazumder K, Aktar A, Roy P, Biswas B, Hossain ME, Sarkar KK, Bachar SC, Ahmed F, Monjur-Al-Hossain ASM, Fukase K. A Review on Mechanistic Insight of Plant Derived Anticancer Bioactive Phytocompounds and Their Structure Activity Relationship. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27093036. [PMID: 35566385 PMCID: PMC9102595 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27093036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 05/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Cancer is a disorder that rigorously affects the human population worldwide. There is a steady demand for new remedies to both treat and prevent this life-threatening sickness due to toxicities, drug resistance and therapeutic failures in current conventional therapies. Researchers around the world are drawing their attention towards compounds of natural origin. For decades, human beings have been using the flora of the world as a source of cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Currently, clinically approved anticancer compounds are vincristine, vinblastine, taxanes, and podophyllotoxin, all of which come from natural sources. With the triumph of these compounds that have been developed into staple drug products for most cancer therapies, new technologies are now appearing to search for novel biomolecules with anticancer activities. Ellipticine, camptothecin, combretastatin, curcumin, homoharringtonine and others are plant derived bioactive phytocompounds with potential anticancer properties. Researchers have improved the field further through the use of advanced analytical chemistry and computational tools of analysis. The investigation of new strategies for administration such as nanotechnology may enable the development of the phytocompounds as drug products. These technologies have enhanced the anticancer potential of plant-derived drugs with the aim of site-directed drug delivery, enhanced bioavailability, and reduced toxicity. This review discusses mechanistic insights into anticancer compounds of natural origins and their structural activity relationships that make them targets for anticancer treatments.
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- Kishor Mazumder
- Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh; (A.A.); (P.R.); (B.B.); (M.E.H.); (K.K.S.)
- School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Correspondence: or (K.M.); (K.F.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh; (A.A.); (P.R.); (B.B.); (M.E.H.); (K.K.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh; (A.A.); (P.R.); (B.B.); (M.E.H.); (K.K.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh; (A.A.); (P.R.); (B.B.); (M.E.H.); (K.K.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh; (A.A.); (P.R.); (B.B.); (M.E.H.); (K.K.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh; (A.A.); (P.R.); (B.B.); (M.E.H.); (K.K.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh; (S.C.B.); (F.A.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh; (S.C.B.); (F.A.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh;
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Correspondence: or (K.M.); (K.F.)
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Synthesis and characterization of novel combretastatin analogues of 1,1-diaryl vinyl sulfones, with antiproliferative potential via in-silico and in-vitro studies. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1901. [PMID: 35115623 PMCID: PMC8814031 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05958-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Novel 1,1-diaryl vinyl-sulfones analogues of combretastatin CA-4 were synthesized via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling method and screened for in-vitro antiproliferative activity against four human cancer cell lines: MDA-MB 231(breast cancer), HeLa (cervical cancer), A549 (lung cancer), and IMR-32 (neuroblast cancer), along with a normal cell line HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney cell) by employing 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The compounds synthesised had better cytotoxicity against the A549 and IMR-32 cell lines compared to HeLa and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. The synthesized compounds also showed significant activity on MDA-MB-231 cancer cell line with IC50 of 9.85-23.94 µM, and on HeLa cancer cell line with IC50 of 8.39-11.70 µM relative to doxorubicin having IC50 values 0.89 and 1.68 µM respectively for MDA-MB-231 and HeLa cell lines. All the synthesized compounds were not toxic to the growth of normal cells, HEK-293. They appear to have a higher binding affinity for the target protein, tubulin, PDB ID = 5LYJ (beta chain), relative to the reference compounds, CA4 (- 7.1 kcal/mol) and doxorubicin (- 7.2 kcal/mol) except for 4E, 4M, 4N and 4O. The high binding affinity for beta-tubulin did not translate into enhanced cytotoxicity but the compounds (4G, 4I, 4J, 4M, 4N, and 4R, all having halogen substituents) that have a higher cell permeability (as predicted in-silico) demonstrated an optimum cytotoxicity against the tested cell lines in an almost uniform manner for all tested cell lines. The in-silico study provided insight into the role that cell permeability plays in enhancing the cytotoxicity of this class of compounds and as potential antiproliferative agents.
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Silyanova EA, Ushkarov VI, Samet AV, Maksimenko AS, Koblov IA, Kislyi VP, Semenova MN, Semenov VV. A comparative evaluation of monomethoxy substituted o-diarylazoles as antiproliferative microtubule destabilizing agents. MENDELEEV COMMUNICATIONS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2022.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Romagnoli R, Oliva P, Salvador MK, Manfredini S, Padroni C, Brancale A, Ferla S, Hamel E, Ronca R, Maccarinelli F, Rruga F, Mariotto E, Viola G, Bortolozzi R. A facile synthesis of diaryl pyrroles led to the discovery of potent colchicine site antimitotic agents. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 214:113229. [PMID: 33550186 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Three different series of cis-restricted analogues of combretastatin A-4 (CA-4), corresponding to thirty-nine molecules that contained a pyrrole nucleus interposed between the two aryl rings, were prepared by a palladium-mediated coupling approach and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against six human cancer cell lines. In the two series of 1,2-diaryl pyrrole derivatives, results suggested that the presence of the 3',4',5'-trimethoxyphenyl moiety at the N-1 position of the pyrrole ring was more favorable for antiproliferative activity. In the series of 3,4-diarylpyrrole analogues, three compounds (11i-k) exhibited maximal antiproliferative activity, showing excellent antiproliferative activity against the CA-4 resistant HT-29 cells. Inhibition of tubulin polymerization of selected 1,2 pyrrole derivatives (9a, 9c, 9o and 10a) was similar to that observed with CA-4, while the isomeric 3,4-pyrrole analogues 11i-k were generally from 1.5- to 2-fold more active than CA-4. Compounds 11j and 11k were the only compounds that showed activity as inhibitors of colchicine binding comparable to that CA-4. Compound 11j had biological properties consistent with its intracellular target being tubulin. This compound was able to block the cell cycle in metaphase and to induce significant apoptosis at a concentration of 25 nM, following the mitochondrial pathway, with low toxicity for normal cells. More importantly, compound 11j exerted activity in vivo superior to that of CA-4P, being able to significantly reduce tumor growth in a syngeneic murine tumor model even at the lower dose tested (5.0 mg/kg).
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- Romeo Romagnoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Farmaceutiche e Agrarie, Via Luigi Borsari 46, Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Farmaceutiche e Agrarie, Via Luigi Borsari 46, Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Farmaceutiche e Agrarie, Via Luigi Borsari 46, Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Della Vita e Biotecnologie, Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Integrated Drug Discovery, Aptuit, An Evotec Company, Via A. Fleming 4, 37135, Verona, Italy
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, UK
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- Molecular Pharmacology Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale Unità di Oncologia Sperimentale Ed Immunologia, Università di Brescia, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Molecolare e Traslazionale Unità di Oncologia Sperimentale Ed Immunologia, Università di Brescia, 25123, Brescia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Salute Della Donna e Del Bambino, Laboratorio di Oncoematologia, Università di Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Salute Della Donna e Del Bambino, Laboratorio di Oncoematologia, Università di Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Salute Della Donna e Del Bambino, Laboratorio di Oncoematologia, Università di Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy; Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35128, Padova, Italy.
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- Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica (IRP), Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35128, Padova, Italy.
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Stroylov VS, Svitanko IV, Maksimenko AS, Kislyi VP, Semenova MN, Semenov VV. Computational modeling and target synthesis of monomethoxy-substituted o-diphenylisoxazoles with unexpectedly high antimitotic microtubule destabilizing activity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127608. [PMID: 33038545 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The ability of monomethoxy-substituted o-diphenylisoxazoles 2a-d to interact with the colchicine site of tubulin was predicted using computational modeling, docking studies, and calculation of binding affinity. The respective molecules were synthesized in high yields by three steps reaction using easily available benzaldehydes, acetophenones, and arylnitromethanes as starting material. The calculated antitubulin effect was confirmed in vivo in a sea urchin embryo model. Compounds 2a and 2c showed high antimitotic microtubule destabilizing activity compared to that of CA4. Isoxazole 2a also exhibited significant cytotoxicity against human cancer cells in NCI60 screen. For the first time, isoxazole-linked CA4 derivatives 2a and 2c with only one methoxy substituent were identified as potent antimitotic microtubule destabilizing agents. These molecules could be considered as promising structures for further optimization.
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- Victor S Stroylov
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation; National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), 20 Myasnitskaya Street, 101000 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation; National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), 20 Myasnitskaya Street, 101000 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- N. K. Kol'tsov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilov Street, 119334 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Noha RM, Abdelhameid MK, Ismail MM, Mohammed MR, Salwa E. Design, synthesis and screening of benzimidazole containing compounds with methoxylated aryl radicals as cytotoxic molecules on (HCT-116) colon cancer cells. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 209:112870. [PMID: 33158579 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A novel series of benzimidazole derivatives with methoxylated aryl groups was designed and synthesized as molecules with potential cytotoxic activity. In vitro cytotoxic activity over HCT-116 cells showed that N-(benzimidazothiazolone)acetamides 11a, 11b and 11c were found to be the most cytotoxic compounds compared camptothecin (CPT). The tested compounds had a dual topoisomerase I-β (Topo I-β) and tubulin inhibiting activities when compared to CPT and Podophyllotoxin (Podo) where, compounds l0a, l0b, 11a and 11b exhibited a potent inhibitory activity on Topo I-β enzyme in nano-molar concentration, on the other hand, compounds 12b and 13b exhibited the best inhibitory activity β-tubulin polymerization. Results of the cell cycle analysis as well as the results of annexin-V on HCT-116 cells showed that benzimidazothiazoles 12b and 13b had a pro-apoptotic activity higher than CPT by 1.33- and 1.30-folds, respectively. Moreover, the concentration of p53, Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and caspase 3/7 increased in compounds l0b, 11b, l2b, 13b, especially, compounds 11b and 13b exhibited an increased level of these mediators than CPT. Finally, compound 11b regulated the radiosensitizing activity of the HCT-116 cells by modulating the chromosomal instability.
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- Ryad M Noha
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science & Technology, Giza, P.O. Box 77, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11561, Egypt.
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science & Technology, Giza, P.O. Box 77, Egypt; Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11561, Egypt
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- Department of Radiation Biology, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Cairo, 11787, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11561, Egypt
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Pecyna P, Wargula J, Murias M, Kucinska M. More Than Resveratrol: New Insights into Stilbene-Based Compounds. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1111. [PMID: 32726968 PMCID: PMC7465418 DOI: 10.3390/biom10081111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The concept of a scaffold concerns many aspects at different steps on the drug development path. In medicinal chemistry, the choice of relevant "drug-likeness" scaffold is a starting point for the design of the structure dedicated to specific molecular targets. For many years, the chemical uniqueness of the stilbene structure has inspired scientists from different fields such as chemistry, biology, pharmacy, and medicine. In this review, we present the outstanding potential of the stilbene-based derivatives. Naturally occurring stilbenes, together with powerful synthetic chemistry possibilities, may offer an excellent approach for discovering new structures and identifying their therapeutic targets. With the development of scientific tools, sophisticated equipment, and a better understanding of the disease pathogenesis at the molecular level, the stilbene scaffold has moved innovation in science. This paper mainly focuses on the stilbene-based compounds beyond resveratrol, which are particularly attractive due to their biological activity. Given the "fresh outlook" about different stilbene-based compounds starting from stilbenoids with particular regard to isorhapontigenin and methoxy- and hydroxyl- analogues, the update about the combretastatins, and the very often overlooked and underestimated benzanilide analogues, we present a new story about this remarkable structure.
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- Paulina Pecyna
- Department of Genetics and Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Medical Sciences, Swiecickiego 4 Street, 60-781 Poznan, Poland;
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Medical Sciences, Grunwaldzka 6 Street, 60-780 Poznan, Poland;
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- Department of Toxicology, University of Medical Sciences, Dojazd 30 Street, 60-631 Poznan, Poland;
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- Department of Toxicology, University of Medical Sciences, Dojazd 30 Street, 60-631 Poznan, Poland;
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The concept of a scaffold concerns many aspects at different steps on the drug development path. In medicinal chemistry, the choice of relevant "drug-likeness" scaffold is a starting point for the design of the structure dedicated to specific molecular targets. For many years, the chemical uniqueness of the stilbene structure has inspired scientists from different fields such as chemistry, biology, pharmacy, and medicine. In this review, we present the outstanding potential of the stilbene-based derivatives. Naturally occurring stilbenes, together with powerful synthetic chemistry possibilities, may offer an excellent approach for discovering new structures and identifying their therapeutic targets. With the development of scientific tools, sophisticated equipment, and a better understanding of the disease pathogenesis at the molecular level, the stilbene scaffold has moved innovation in science. This paper mainly focuses on the stilbene-based compounds beyond resveratrol, which are particularly attractive due to their biological activity. Given the "fresh outlook" about different stilbene-based compounds starting from stilbenoids with particular regard to isorhapontigenin and methoxy- and hydroxyl- analogues, the update about the combretastatins, and the very often overlooked and underestimated benzanilide analogues, we present a new story about this remarkable structure.
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Wong T, Narayanan S, Brown DP, Chen ZS. Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Studies of Stilbene Long-Chain Fatty Acid Conjugates. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:1563-1570. [PMID: 32243160 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
A series of 16 conjugates of the tubulin polymerization inhibitor combretastatin A4 (CA-4) and other functionally related stilbene with four 18-carbon fatty acids, namely, stearic, oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids, have been synthesized in good yields. These new derivatives have been evaluated against the KB-3-1 (human epidermoid carcinoma), NCI-H460 (human lung cancer), HEK293 (human embryonic kidney), and MCF-7 (human breast adenocarcinoma) cell lines for antiproliferative activity, with the exhibited cytotoxic activities comparable with those of CA-4 and colchicine. Compounds 22 and 23, CA-4 conjugates of linoleic and linolenic acids, respectively, were determined to have exhibited the most active in vitro assays, with compound 23 exhibiting very similar activity to the parent compound against the NCI-H460 cell line. Our studies further delineated the structurally required Z-geometry of the stilbene moiety and that conjugation of the less active E-stilbenes with the most active fatty acid had minimal or no improvement in their respective activities.
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- Thomas Wong
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York 11439, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York 11439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York 11439, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, New York 11439, United States
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Maklad RM, AbdelHafez ESMN, Abdelhamid D, Aly OM. Tubulin inhibitors: Discovery of a new scaffold targeting extra-binding residues within the colchicine site through anchoring substituents properly adapted to their pocket by a semi-flexible linker. Bioorg Chem 2020; 99:103767. [PMID: 32325332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bis-hydrazides 13a-h were designed and synthesized as potential tubulin inhibitors selectively targeting the colchicine site between α- and β-tubulin subunits. The newly designed ring-B substituents were assisted at their ends by 'anchor groups' which are expected to exert binding interaction(s) with new additional amino acid residues in the colchicine site (beyond those amino acids previously reported to interact with reference inhibitors as CA-4 and colchicine). Conformational flexibility of bis-hydrazide linker assisted these 'extra-binding' properties through reliving ligands' strains in the final ligand-receptor complexes. Compound 13f displayed the most promising computational and biological study results in the series: MM/GBSA binding energy of -62.362 kcal/mol (extra-binding to Arg α:221, Thr β:353 & Lys β:254); 34% NCI-H522 cells' death (at 10 µM), IC50 = 0.073 µM (MTT assay); significant cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase; 11.6% preG1 apoptosis induction and 83.1% in vitro tubulin inhibition (at concentration = IC50). Future researchers in bis-hydrazide tubulin inhibitors are advised to consider the 2-chloro-N-(4-substituted-phenyl)acetamide derivatives as compound 13f due to extra-binding properties of their ring B.
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- Raed M Maklad
- Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt; Zewail City of Science and Technology, 6th of October, Giza, Egypt.
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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Malebari AM, Fayne D, Nathwani SM, O'Connell F, Noorani S, Twamley B, O'Boyle NM, O'Sullivan J, Zisterer DM, Meegan MJ. β-Lactams with antiproliferative and antiapoptotic activity in breast and chemoresistant colon cancer cells. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 189:112050. [PMID: 31954879 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
A series of novel 1,4-diaryl-2-azetidinone analogues of combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) have been designed, synthesised and evaluated in vitro for antiproliferative activity, antiapoptotic activity and inhibition of tubulin polymerisation. Glucuronidation of CA-4 by uridine 5-diphosphoglucuronosyl transferase enzymes (UGTs) has been identified as a mechanism of resistance in cancer cells. Potential sites of ring B glucuronate conjugation are removed by replacing the B ring meta-hydroxy substituent of selected series of β-lactams with alternative substituents e.g. F, Cl, Br, I, CH3. The 3-phenyl-β-lactam 11 and 3-hydroxy-β-lactam 46 demonstrate improved activity over CA-4 in CA-4 resistant HT-29 colon cancer cells (IC50 = 9 nM and 3 nM respectively compared with IC50 = 4.16 μM for CA-4), while retaining potency in MCF-7 breast cancer cells (IC50 = 17 nM and 22 nM respectively compared with IC50 = for 4 nM for CA-4). Compound 46 binds at the colchicine site of tubulin, and strongly inhibits tubulin assembly at micromolar concentrations comparable to CA-4. In addition, compound 46 induced mitotic arrest at low concentration in both cell lines MCF-7 and HT-29 together with downregulation of expression of antiapoptotic proteins Mcl-1, Bcl-2 and survivin in MCF-7 cells. These novel antiproliferative and antiapoptotic β-lactams are potentially useful scaffolds in the development of tubulin-targeting agents for the treatment of breast cancers and chemoresistant colon cancers.
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- Azizah M Malebari
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Department of Surgery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Department of Surgery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Nowikow C, Fuerst R, Kauderer M, Dank C, Schmid W, Hajduch M, Rehulka J, Gurska S, Mokshyna O, Polishchuk P, Zupkó I, Dzubak P, Rinner U. Synthesis and biological evaluation of cis-restrained carbocyclic combretastatin A-4 analogs: Influence of the ring size and saturation on cytotoxic properties. Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:115032. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Duan Y, Liu W, Tian L, Mao Y, Song C. Targeting Tubulin-colchicine Site for Cancer Therapy: Inhibitors, Antibody- Drug Conjugates and Degradation Agents. Curr Top Med Chem 2019; 19:1289-1304. [PMID: 31210108 DOI: 10.2174/1568026619666190618130008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Microtubules are essential for the mitotic division of cells and have been an attractive target
for antitumour drugs due to the increased incidence of cancer and significant mitosis rate of tumour cells.
In the past few years, tubulin-colchicine binding site, as one of the three binding pockets including taxol-,
vinblastine- and colchicine-binding sites, has been focused on to design tubulin-destabilizing agents including
inhibitors, antibody-drug conjugates and degradation agents. The present review is the first to
cover a systemic and recent synopsis of tubulin-colchicine binding site agents. We believe that it would
provide an increase in our understanding of receptor-ligand interaction pattern and consciousness of a
series of challenges about tubulin target druggability.
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- Yongtao Duan
- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Children's Genetics and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450018, China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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Thi THN, Thi YT, Nguyen LA, Vo NB, Ngo QA. Design, Synthesis and Biological Activities of New Pyrazole Derivatives Possessing Both Coxib and Combretastatins Pharmacophores. Chem Biodivers 2019; 16:e1900108. [PMID: 30977306 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201900108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
In our efforts to discover novel multi-target agents having better antitumor activities than celecoxib, 21 new aryl-substituted pyrazole derivatives possessing cis-diphenylethylene scaffold were mostly synthesized by a one-pot approach to ethyl 1,4,5-triaryl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylates via an improved Claisen condensation - Knorr reaction sequence. The cytotoxic effects of these compounds against three human cancer cell lines HT-29, Hep-G2, MCF-7 as well as their inhibition of NO production were studied. Results showed that incorporation of the important pharmacophoric groups of two original molecules celecoxib and combretastatin A-4 in a single molecule plays an important role in determining a better biological activities of the new coxib-hybrided compounds.
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- Thuy Hang Nguyen Thi
- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam.,Graduate University of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam.,Graduate University of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, CauGiay, 100000, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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Chillemi R, Sciuto S, Spatafora C, Tringali C. Anti-tumor Properties of Stilbene-based Resveratrol Analogues: Recent Results. Nat Prod Commun 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700200419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Recent literature about stilbene-based analogues of resveratrol (1) has been reviewed, and a total of 94 compounds are reported (see structures 4 – 97), selected either for their promising anti-tumor properties or as comparative terms in SAR studies. As a general outline, these recent literature data confirm the previously reported observation that minimal modification in the nature and position of the substituents on the stilbene nucleus may cause large variations in their biological activity and, more specifically, in their anti-tumor properties. Among the polyhydroxylated stilbenes, it has been established that those with either a catechol or pyrogallol moiety are far better radical scavengers than either 1 or other analogues lacking an ortho-dihydroxy group, and this property was shown to be related to pro-apoptotic activity. In the large majority of cases where couples of E- and Z-isomers were evaluated for either cytotoxic or pro-apoptotic activity, the Z-isomers were significantly more active than their E analogues; nevertheless, a general rule stating that stilbenoids with Z configuration of the double bond display a considerably higher antiproliferative activity than their E-isomers cannot be considered as established. A variety of methoxystilbenes has been reported recently: in many cases these analogues showed either potent antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic activity or strong inhibition of TNFα-induced activation of NF- kB. Globally considered, polymethoxystilbenes are a sub-group of great interest among the resveratrol analogues: these analogues appear worthy of a deeper evaluation also in connection with their potential anti-angiogenic properties. In addition, in vivo studies indicate that methoxystilbenes undergo different metabolic conversion and have a higher bioavailability than resveratrol. The potent activity of some amino- and halogenated stilbenes is undoubtedly worthy of attention, but the toxicity of these compounds to normal cells has rarely been evaluated. In conclusion, the synthesis and evaluation of stilbene-based resveratrol analogues proved to be a highly active field of research and has recently afforded compounds with either cytotoxic or pro-apoptotic activity in the nanomolar range. Nevertheless, the exact structural determinants to optimize the anti-tumor properties of these compounds and details of their mechanism of action remain to be clarified.
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- Rosa Chillemi
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy
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Design, synthesis and anticancer activities of halogenated Phenstatin analogs as microtubule destabilizing agent. Med Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-019-02299-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Semenova MN, Demchuk DV, Tsyganov DV, Chernysheva NB, Samet AV, Silyanova EA, Kislyi VP, Maksimenko AS, Varakutin AE, Konyushkin LD, Raihstat MM, Kiselyov AS, Semenov VV. Sea Urchin Embryo Model As a Reliable in Vivo Phenotypic Screen to Characterize Selective Antimitotic Molecules. Comparative evaluation of Combretapyrazoles, -isoxazoles, -1,2,3-triazoles, and -pyrroles as Tubulin-Binding Agents. ACS COMBINATORIAL SCIENCE 2018; 20:700-721. [PMID: 30452225 DOI: 10.1021/acscombsci.8b00113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A series of both novel and reported combretastatin analogues, including diarylpyrazoles, -isoxazoles, -1,2,3-triazoles, and -pyrroles, were synthesized via improved protocols to evaluate their antimitotic antitubulin activity using in vivo sea urchin embryo assay and a panel of human cancer cells. A systematic comparative structure-activity relationship studies of these compounds were conducted. Pyrazoles 1i and 1p, isoxazole 3a, and triazole 7b were found to be the most potent antimitotics across all tested compounds causing cleavage alteration of the sea urchin embryo at 1, 0.25, 1, and 0.5 nM, respectively. These agents exhibited comparable cytotoxicity against human cancer cells. Structure-activity relationship studies revealed that compounds substituted with 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl ring A and 4-methoxyphenyl ring B displayed the highest activity. 3-Hydroxy group in the ring B was essential for the antiproliferative activity in the diarylisoxazole series, whereas it was not required for potency of diarylpyrazoles. Isoxazoles 3 with 3,4,5-trimethoxy-substituted ring A and 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-substituted ring B were more active than the respective pyrazoles 1. Of the azoles substituted with the same set of other aryl pharmacophores, diarylpyrazoles 1, 4,5-diarylisoxazoles 3, and 4,5-diaryl-1,2,3-triazoles 7 displayed similar strongest antimitotic antitubulin effect followed by 3,4-diarylisoxazoles 5, 1,5-diaryl-1,2,3-triazoles 8, and pyrroles 10 that showed the lowest activity. Introduction of the amino group into the heterocyclic core decreased the antimitotic antitubulin effect of pyrazoles, triazoles, and to a lesser degree of 4,5-diarylisoxazoles, whereas potency of the respective 3,4-diarylisoxazoles was increased.
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- Marina N. Semenova
- N. K. Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS, 26 Vavilov Street, 119334 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Genea Biocells US, Inc., Suite 210, 11099 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, United States
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- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry RAS, 47 Leninsky Prospect, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Holzmann N, Bernasconi L, Bisby RH, Parker AW. Influence of charge transfer on the isomerisation of stilbene derivatives for application in cancer therapy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:27778-27790. [PMID: 30378611 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05375h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The photoisomerisation of non-toxic trans-combretastatin CA4 to its cytotoxic cis isomer demonstrates the high potential of this and similar compounds for localised cancer therapy. The introduction of intramolecular charge-transfer character by altering the substituents of combretastatin systems opens up possibilities to tailor these stilbene derivatives to the special demands of anticancer drugs. In this TDDFT study we explore how absorption wavelengths for both the trans and cis isomers can be red shifted to enable deeper light penetration into tissue and how the trans → cis and cis → trans isomerisations are affected by charge transfer effects to different degrees.
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- Nicole Holzmann
- STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK.
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Brown AW, Holmes T, Fisher M, Tozer GM, Harrity JPA, Kanthou C. Evaluation of Sydnone-Based Analogues of Combretastatin A-4 Phosphate (CA4P) as Vascular Disrupting Agents for Use in Cancer Therapy. ChemMedChem 2018; 13:2618-2626. [PMID: 30281922 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The combretastatins have attracted significant interest as small-molecule therapies for cancer due to their ability to function as vascular disrupting agents. We have successfully prepared a range of combretastatin analogues that are based on a novel sydnone heterocycle core, and their potential as tubulin binders has been assessed in vitro and in vivo. The most potent candidate was found to disrupt microtubules and affect cellular morphology at sub-micromolar levels. Moreover, it was found to bind reversibly to tubulin and significantly increase endothelial cell monolayer permeability, in a similar manner to combretastatin A4. Surprisingly, the compound did not exhibit efficacy in vivo, possibly due to rapid metabolism.
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- Andrew W Brown
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Dainton Building, Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK.,Department of Oncology & Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Oncology & Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Oncology & Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Oncology & Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Sheffield, Dainton Building, Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HF, UK
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- Department of Oncology & Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, The Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, S10 2RX, UK
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Romagnoli R, Prencipe F, Oliva P, Baraldi S, Baraldi PG, Brancale A, Ferla S, Hamel E, Bortolozzi R, Viola G. 3-Aryl/Heteroaryl-5-amino-1-(3′,4′,5′-trimethoxybenzoyl)-1,2,4-triazoles as antimicrotubule agents. Design, synthesis, antiproliferative activity and inhibition of tubulin polymerization. Bioorg Chem 2018; 80:361-374. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Abd elhameid MK, Ryad N, MY AS, mohammed MR, Ismail MM, El Meligie S. Design, Synthesis and Screening of 4,6-Diaryl Pyridine and Pyrimidine Derivatives as Potential Cytotoxic Molecules. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2018; 66:939-952. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c18-00269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
- School of pharmacy, Newgiza University
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- Department of Radiation Biology, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University
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Corradi S, Mazzoccanti G, Ghirga F, Quaglio D, Nevola L, Massera C, Ugozzoli F, Giannini G, Ciogli A, D’Acquarica I. Synthesis of Bromoundecyl Resorc[4]arenes and Applications of the Cone Stereoisomer as Selector for Liquid Chromatography. J Org Chem 2018; 83:7683-7693. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Silvia Corradi
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Center For Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
- IDP Discovery Pharma, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma and INSTM UdR Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Corporate R&D, Alfasigma S.p.A., Via Pontina km 30,400, 00071 Pomezia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity Evaluation of Aryl(Hetaryl)Cyclopentenone Analogs of Combretastatin A-4. Pharm Chem J 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11094-018-1706-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Combretastatin A-1 (CA-1) and combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) isolated from the African bush willow Combretum caffrum are highly potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors, possessing strong antitumor activities because of their vascular disrupting properties. Extensive SAR studies have been done for CA-4 analogs. Because of poor solubility, water-soluble prodrugs of CA-4 and CA-1 have been developed, which are currently in human clinical trials. Fluorine plays an important role in the current drug discovery and development due to its unique properties. Thus, several fluorine-containing analogs of CA-4/CA-1 have been studied. However, no analogs, which have a CF3O-, CF2HO- or CF3- group instead of the 4'-methoxy group in the B ring, have been investigated. Therefore, we set out to design and synthesize those novel fluoro-analogs of CA-4/CA-1. For the design of the new analogs, we took a structure-based design approach based on the X-ray crystal structure of colchicine-tubulin complex (PDB: 4O2B) and computational docking analysis using the AutoDock Vina program. A library of novel fluoro-analogs of CA-4/CA-1 was generated and their docking energy scores obtained. It was found that those novel fluoro-analogs exhibited better docking energy scores than CA-4/CA-1. Also, docking poses of all of these fluoro-analogs were virtually superimposable and very good fit to the colchine binding site. Among 15 compounds designed and analyzed, we have synthesized 5 compounds and evaluated their cytotoxicity against drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant cancer cell lines. All fluoro-analogs exhibited strong cytotoxicity even against multidrug-resistant cell line. However, the critical activity of this class of compounds is its vascular disrupting activity. Thus, further biological evaluations are warranted for those novel fluoro-analogs of CA-4/CA-1.
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Synthesis, antiproliferative, anti-tubulin activity, and docking study of new 1,2,4-triazoles as potential combretastatin analogues. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 141:293-305. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.09.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of Novel Heterocyclic Indole-Trimethoxyphenyl Conjugates. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2017; 10:ph10030062. [PMID: 28678205 PMCID: PMC5620606 DOI: 10.3390/ph10030062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of novel heterocyclic indole derivatives is described. The consolidation of the combretastatin and bisindolylmaleimide templates towards the inclusion of a novel heterocyclic ring proffered a versatile pharmacophore with which to pursue chemical diversification. Given literature precedent, maleimide was initially investigated in this role and the bioactivity assessed by measurement of NCI-60 cell panel growth. Subsequently, a range of 5-aminopyrazoles was designed and developed to explore the specific effect of heterocycle hydrogen bonding on cell growth. The unique electronic nature of the 5-aminopyrazole moiety allowed for regiospecific monosubstitution on different sites of the ring, such as thiourea substitution at the N(1) position for derivative 45 or trifluoroacetylation on the 5-amino position for 43. Further derivatisation led to the ultimate development of bicyclic pyrazolotriazinedione 41 and pyrimidine 42 systems. The antiproliferative activities of these 3,4-diaryl-5-aminopyrazoles were assessed using the NCI-60 cell screen, disclosing the discovery of distinct selectivity profiles towards a number of cell lines, such as SNB-75 CNS cancer, UO-31 and CAKI-1 renal cancer cells. A series of DNA topological assays discounted the interaction with topoisomerase II as a putative mechanism of action.
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Bukhari SNA, Kumar GB, Revankar HM, Qin HL. Development of combretastatins as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2017; 72:130-147. [PMID: 28460355 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The combretastatins are isolated from South African tree combretum caffrum kuntze. The lead compound combretastatin A-4 has displayed remarkable cytotoxic effect in a wide variety of preclinical tumor models and inhibits tubulin polymerization by interacting at colchicine binding site of microtubule. However, the structural simplicity of C A-4 is favorable for synthesis of various derivatives projected to induce rapid and selective vascular shutdown in tumors. Majority of the molecules have shown excellent antiproliferative activity and are able to inhibit tubulin polymerization as well as possible mechanisms of action have been investigated. In this review article, the synthesis and structure-activity relationships of C A-4 and immense number of its synthetic derivatives with various modifications on the A, B-rings, bridge carbons and their anti mitotic activities are discussed.
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- Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Aljouf University, Aljouf, Sakaka 2014, Saudi Arabia.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Synthesis, cytotoxicity, and docking study of novel 1-naphthyl-5-aryl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamides. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00706-016-1910-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mutai P, Breuzard G, Pagano A, Allegro D, Peyrot V, Chibale K. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4 arylcoumarin analogues as tubulin-targeting antitumor agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:1652-1665. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rossington SB, Hadfield JA, Shnyder SD, Wallace TW, Williams KJ. Tubulin-binding dibenz[c,e]oxepines: Part 2. Structural variation and biological evaluation as tumour vasculature disrupting agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:1630-1642. [PMID: 28143677 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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5,7-Dihydro-3,9,10,11-tetramethoxybenz[c,e]oxepin-4-ol 1, prepared from a dibenzyl ether precursor via Pd-catalysed intramolecular direct arylation, possesses broad-spectrum in vitro cytotoxicity towards various tumour cell lines, and induces vascular shutdown, necrosis and growth delay in tumour xenografts in mice at sub-toxic doses. The biological properties of 1 and related compounds can be attributed to their ability to inhibit microtubule assembly at the micromolar level, by binding reversibly to the same site of the tubulin αβ-heterodimer as colchicine 2 and the allocolchinol, N-acetylcolchinol 4.
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- Steven B Rossington
- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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- School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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- Manchester Pharmacy School, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Methylene versus carbonyl bridge in the structure of new tubulin polymerization inhibitors with tricyclic A-rings. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:6021-6030. [PMID: 27707624 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.09.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The phenothiazine group has been identified as a suitable A ring in the structure of tubulin polymerization inhibitors. In our search to identify more potent inhibitors, a study of different isosteric tricyclic groups as new potential A rings was first realized and permitted to identify 1-azaphenothiazine and iminodibenzyl as favorable modulations providing compounds with improved activity against tubulin. An investigation of the methylene group as the connector between the A and B rings revealed that the "CH2" bridge was tolerated, improving the biological potency when the A unit was of phenothiazine, 1-azaphenothiazine or iminodibenzyl type. Molecules 6-8 and 12 showed increased biological activity in comparison to parent phenstatin 2 on COLO 205 colon cancer cell line. The most antineoplastic agent in the current study was phenothiazine 5 displaying a GI50 of 25nM against the melanoma MDA-MB-435 cell line.
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Indole molecules as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization: potential new anticancer agents, an update (2013–2015). Future Med Chem 2016; 8:1291-316. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2016-0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Discovery of new indole-based tubulin polymerization inhibitors will continue to dominate the synthetic efforts of many medicinal chemists working in the field. The indole ring system is an essential part of several tubulin inhibitors identified in the recent years. The present review article will update the synthesis, anticancer and tubulin inhibition activities of several important new indole classes such as 2-phenylindoles (28, 29 & 30), oxindoles (35 & 38), indole-3-acrylamides (44), indolines (46), aroylindoles (49), carbozoles (75, 76 & 82), azacarbolines (87) and annulated indoles (100–105).
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Abbas SH, Abuo-Rahma GEDA, Abdel-Aziz M, Aly OM, Beshr EA, Gamal-Eldeen AM. Synthesis, cytotoxic activity, and tubulin polymerization inhibitory activity of new pyrrol-2(3H)-ones and pyridazin-3(2H)-ones. Bioorg Chem 2016; 66:46-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 03/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Driowya M, Leclercq J, Verones V, Barczyk A, Lecoeur M, Renault N, Flouquet N, Ghinet A, Berthelot P, Lebegue N. Synthesis of triazoloquinazolinone based compounds as tubulin polymerization inhibitors and vascular disrupting agents. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 115:393-405. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Romagnoli R, Baraldi PG, Prencipe F, Lopez-Cara C, Rondanin R, Simoni D, Hamel E, Grimaudo S, Pipitone RM, Meli M, Tolomeo M. Novel iodoacetamido benzoheterocyclic derivatives with potent antileukemic activity are inhibitors of STAT5 phosphorylation. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 108:39-52. [PMID: 26629859 PMCID: PMC4724257 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 (STAT5) protein, a component of the STAT family of signaling proteins, is considered to be an attractive therapeutic target because of its involvement in the progression of acute myeloid leukemia. In an effort to discover potent molecules able to inhibit the phosphorylation-activation of STAT5, twenty-two compounds were synthesized and evaluated on the basis of our knowledge of the activity of 2-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-iodoacetamido-6-methoxy benzo[b]furan derivative 1 as a potent STAT5 inhibitor. Most of these molecules, structurally related to compound 1, were characterized by the presence of a common 3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl moiety at the 2-position of different benzoheterocycles such as benzo[b]furan, benzo[b]thiophene, indole and N-methylindole. Effects on biological activity of the iodoacetamido group and of different moieties (methyl and methoxy) at the C-3 to C-7 positions were examined. In the series of benzo[b]furan derivatives, moving the iodoacetylamino group from the C-4 to the C-5 or C-6 positions did not significantly affect antiproliferative activity. Compounds 4, 15, 20 and 23 blocked STAT5 signals and induced apoptosis of K562 BCR-ABL positive cells. For compound 23, the trimethoxybenzoyl moiety at the 2-position of the benzo[b]furan core was not essential for potent inhibition of STAT5 activation.
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- Romeo Romagnoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Screening Technologies Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Università di Palermo, 90125 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Università di Palermo, 90125 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze per la Promozione della Salute e Materno Infantile, Area di Farmacologia, Università di Palermo, 90125 Palermo, Italy
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- Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca in Oncologia Clinica e Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica, Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Università di Palermo, 90125 Palermo, Italy
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Gagné-Boulet M, Fortin S, Lacroix J, Lefebvre CA, Côté MF, C.-Gaudreault R. Styryl-N-phenyl-N′-(2-chloroethyl)ureas and styrylphenylimidazolidin-2-ones as new potent microtubule-disrupting agents using combretastatin A-4 as model. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 100:34-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Scherer KM, Bisby RH, Botchway SW, Hadfield JA, Parker AW. Anticancer phototherapy using activation of E-combretastatins by two-photon-induced isomerization. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2015; 20:051004. [PMID: 25347575 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.20.5.051004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The photoisomerization of relatively nontoxic E-combretastatins to clinically active Z-isomers is shown to occur in solution through both one- and two-photon excitations at 340 and 625 nm, respectively. The photoisomerization is also demonstrated to induce mammalian cell death by a two-photon absorption process at 625 nm. Unlike conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT), the mechanism of photoisomerization is oxygen-independent and active in hypoxic environments such as in tumors. The use of red or near-infrared (NIR) light for two-photon excitation allows greater tissue penetration than conventional UV one-photon excitation. The results provide a baseline for the development of a novel phototherapy that overcomes nondiscriminative systemic toxicity of Z-combretastatins and the limitations of PDT drugs that require the presence of oxygen to promote their activity, with the added benefits of two-photon red or NIR excitation for deeper tissue penetration.
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- Kathrin M Scherer
- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0FA, United KingdombUniversity of Salford, Biomedical Research Centre, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, United Kingdom
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- University of Salford, Biomedical Research Centre, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, United Kingdom
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- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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- University of Salford, Biomedical Research Centre, Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT, United Kingdom
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- Research Complex at Harwell, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0FA, United Kingdom
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Jiang J, Zheng C, Zhu K, Liu J, Sun N, Wang C, Jiang H, Zhu J, Luo C, Zhou Y. Quantum Chemistry Calculation-Aided Structural Optimization of Combretastatin A-4-like Tubulin Polymerization Inhibitors: Improved Stability and Biological Activity. J Med Chem 2015; 58:2538-46. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Junhang Jiang
- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
- School
of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Tech University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- School
of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Penthala NR, Zong H, Ketkar A, Madadi NR, Janganati V, Eoff RL, Guzman ML, Crooks PA. Synthesis, anticancer activity and molecular docking studies on a series of heterocyclic trans-cyanocombretastatin analogues as antitubulin agents. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 92:212-20. [PMID: 25557492 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/28/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A series of heterocyclic combretastatin analogues have been synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer activity against a panel of 60 human cancer cell lines. The most potent compounds were two 3,4,5-trimethoxy phenyl analogues containing either an (Z)-indol-2-yl (8) or (Z)-benzo[b]furan-2-yl (12) moiety; these compounds exhibited GI50 values of <10 nM against 74% and 70%, respectively, of the human cancer cell lines in the 60-cell panel. Compounds 8, and 12 and two previously reported compounds in the same structural class, i.e. 29 and 31, also showed potent anti-leukemic activity against leukemia MV4-11 cell lines with LD50 values = 44 nM, 47 nM, 18 nM, and 180 nM, respectively. From the NCI anti-cancer screening results and the data from the in vitro toxicity screening on cultured AML cells, seven compounds: 8, 12, 21, 23, 25, 29 and 31 were screened for their in vitro inhibitory activity on tubulin polymerization in MV4-11 AML cells; at 50 nM, 8 and 29 inhibited polymerization of tubulin by >50%. The binding modes of the three most active compounds (8, 12 and 29) to tubulin were also investigated utilizing molecular docking studies. All three molecules were observed to bind in the same hydrophobic pocket at the interface of α- and β-tubulin that is occupied by colchicine, and were stabilized by van der Waals' interactions with surrounding tubulin residues. The results from the tubulin polymerization and molecular docking studies indicate that compounds 8 and 29 are the most potent anti-leukemic compounds in this structural class, and are considered lead compounds for further development as anti-leukemic drugs.
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- Narsimha Reddy Penthala
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205-7199, USA.
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Negi AS, Gautam Y, Alam S, Chanda D, Luqman S, Sarkar J, Khan F, Konwar R. Natural antitubulin agents: importance of 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl fragment. Bioorg Med Chem 2014; 23:373-89. [PMID: 25564377 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2014.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Microtubules are polar cytoskeletal filaments assembled from head-to-tail and comprised of lateral associations of α/β-tubulin heterodimers that play key role in various cellular processes. Because of their vital role in mitosis and various other cellular processes, microtubules have been attractive targets for several disease conditions and especially for cancer. Antitubulin is the most successful class of antimitotic agents in cancer chemotherapeutics. The target recognition of antimitotic agents as a ligand is not much explored so far. However, 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl fragment has been much highlighted and discussed in such type of interactions. In this review, some of the most important naturally occurring antimitotic agents and their interactions with microtubules are discussed with a special emphasis on the role of 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl unit. At last, some emerging naturally occurring antimitotic agents have also been tabulated.
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- Arvind S Negi
- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, PO CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India.
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, PO CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, PO CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, PO CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, PO CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), B.S. 10/1, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
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- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR-CIMAP), Kukrail Picnic Spot Road, PO CIMAP, Lucknow 226015, India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), B.S. 10/1, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India
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Ghinet A, Abuhaie CM, Gautret P, Rigo B, Dubois J, Farce A, Belei D, Bîcu E. Studies on indolizines. Evaluation of their biological properties as microtubule-interacting agents and as melanoma targeting compounds. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 89:115-27. [PMID: 25462232 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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With the aim of investigating new analogues of phenstatin with an indolizin-3-yl unit, in particular as the B-ring, three new series of compounds (6-8, 9-34 and 54) were synthesized and tested for interactions with tubulin polymerization and evaluated for cytotoxicity on an NCI-60 human cancer cell lines panel. The replacement of the 3'-hydroxy-4'-methoxyphenyl B-ring of phenstatin with substituted indolizine unit results in the conservation of both antitubulin and cytotoxic effect. Indolizines 9 and 17 were the most effective in the present study and showed the highest antiproliferative effect on melanoma cell lines MDA-MB-435 (GI50 = 30 nM) and could serve as new lead compounds for the development of anti-cancer therapeutics.
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- Alina Ghinet
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, 'Al. I. Cuza' University of Iasi, B-dul Carol I, Nr. 11, Corp A, 700506 Iasi, Romania; Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; UCLille, EA GRIIOT (4481), Laboratoire de pharmacochimie, HEI, 13 rue de Toul, F-59046 Lille, France
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, 'Al. I. Cuza' University of Iasi, B-dul Carol I, Nr. 11, Corp A, 700506 Iasi, Romania
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- Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; UCLille, EA GRIIOT (4481), Laboratoire de pharmacochimie, HEI, 13 rue de Toul, F-59046 Lille, France
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- Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; UCLille, EA GRIIOT (4481), Laboratoire de pharmacochimie, HEI, 13 rue de Toul, F-59046 Lille, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR2301 CNRS, Centre de Recherche de Gif, Avenue de la Terrasse, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique Albert Lespagnol, EA GRIIOT (4481), IFR114, 3 Rue du Pr Laguesse, B.P. 83, F-59006 Lille, France
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, 'Al. I. Cuza' University of Iasi, B-dul Carol I, Nr. 11, Corp A, 700506 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, 'Al. I. Cuza' University of Iasi, B-dul Carol I, Nr. 11, Corp A, 700506 Iasi, Romania.
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Discovery and molecular modeling of novel 1-indolyl acetate – 5-Nitroimidazole targeting tubulin polymerization as antiproliferative agents. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 85:341-51. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.07.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2014] [Revised: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cytotoxicity studies of novel combretastatin and pterostilbene derivatives. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:320895. [PMID: 25157353 PMCID: PMC4137502 DOI: 10.1155/2014/320895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Revised: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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We synthesised seven 2-aminestilbenes with methoxy substitents in reactions of dinitrostilbenes with sodium azide. In order to study the positioning of the nitro groups, the optimum structure of obtained stilbenes using the DFT B3LYP/6-311++G(2d,p) method was calculated. Very interesting aspect of this regioselectivity reaction is the fact that in all substrates and synthetized compounds the nitro groups in position 2 were not coplanar whereas the para-nitro groups were coplanar with respect to the benzene ring. Due to unique features of stilbene derivatives, such as antitumor agents, we undertook the studies on the biological properties of new stilbene derivatives. Using five cancer cell lines, we investigated the effects of 2-aminestilbenes with methoxy substitents on cell growth.
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Romagnoli R, Baraldi PG, Salvador MK, Prencipe F, Bertolasi V, Cancellieri M, Brancale A, Hamel E, Castagliuolo I, Consolaro F, Porcù E, Basso G, Viola G. Synthesis, antimitotic and antivascular activity of 1-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-arylamino-5-amino-1,2,4-triazoles. J Med Chem 2014; 57:6795-808. [PMID: 25025853 DOI: 10.1021/jm5008193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new class of compounds that incorporated the structural motif of the 1-(3',4',5'-trimethoxtbenzoyl)-3-arylamino-5-amino-1,2,4-triazole molecular skeleton was synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity in vitro, interactions with tubulin, and cell cycle effects. The most active agent, 3c, was evaluated for antitumor activity in vivo. Structure-activity relationships were elucidated with various substituents on the phenyl ring of the anilino moiety at the C-3 position of the 1,2,4-triazole ring. The best results for inhibition of cancer cell growth were obtained with the p-Me, m,p-diMe, and p-Et phenyl derivatives 3c, 3e, and 3f, respectively, and overall, these compounds were more or less as active as CA-4. Their vascular disrupting activity was evaluated in HUVEC cells, with compound 3c showing activity comparable with that of CA-4. Compound 3c almost eliminated the growth of syngeneic hepatocellular carcinoma in Balb/c mice, suggesting that 3c could be a new antimitotic agent with clinical potential.
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- Romeo Romagnoli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara , Ferrara, Italy
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