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Qiu H, Qian S, Head SA, Sanchez PR, Liu JO, Jin Z. Insights into the structure-activity relationship of the anticancer compound ZJ-101: A role played by the amide moiety. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2024; 105:129741. [PMID: 38599296 PMCID: PMC11060512 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2024.129741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Revised: 03/30/2024] [Accepted: 04/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
ZJ-101, a structurally simplified analog of marine natural product superstolide A, was previously designed and synthesized in our laboratory. In the present study four new analogs of ZJ-101 were designed and synthesized to investigate the structure-activity relationship of the acetamide moiety of the molecule. The biological evaluation showed that the amide moiety is important for the molecule's anticancer activity. Replacing the amide with other functional groups such as a sulfonamide group, a carbamate group, and a urea group resulted in the decrease in anticancer activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Haibo Qiu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Qian S, Head SA, Sanchez PR, Liu JO, Jin Z. Synthesis and biological evaluation of biotinylated ZJ-101. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2023; 91:129372. [PMID: 37301523 PMCID: PMC10330923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2023.129372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
ZJ-101 is a structurally simplified analog of marine natural product superstolide A that was previously designed and synthesized in our laboratory. Biological investigation shows that ZJ-101 maintains the potent anticancer activity of the original natural product with an undefined mechanism of action. To facilitate chemical biology study, a biotinylated ZJ-101 was synthesized and biologically evaluated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shan Qian
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA; Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Sanchez PR, Head SA, Qian S, Qiu H, Roy A, Jin Z, Zheng W, Liu JO. Modulation of the Endomembrane System by the Anticancer Natural Product Superstolide/ZJ-101. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9575. [PMID: 37298526 PMCID: PMC10253484 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Marine natural products represent a unique source for clinically relevant drugs due to their vast molecular and mechanistic diversity. ZJ-101 is a structurally simplified analog of the marine natural product superstolide A, isolated from the New Caledonian sea sponge Neosiphonia Superstes. The mechanistic activity of the superstolides has until recently remained a mystery. Here, we have identified potent antiproliferative and antiadhesive effects of ZJ-101 on cancer cell lines. Furthermore, through dose-response transcriptomics, we found unique dysregulation of the endomembrane system by ZJ-101 including a selective inhibition of O-glycosylation via lectin and glycomics analysis. We applied this mechanism to a triple-negative breast cancer spheroid model and identified a potential for the reversal of 3D-induced chemoresistance, suggesting a potential for ZJ-101 as a synergistic therapeutic agent.
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Affiliation(s)
- Phillip R. Sanchez
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA;
- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA (Z.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA (Z.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA (Z.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA (Z.J.)
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20892, USA;
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- Department of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Sanchez PR, Head SA, Jin Z, Liu JO. Antiproliferative Natural Product Superstolide/ZJ‐101 Affects Cellular Adhesion in 3D Spheroid Model. FASEB J 2019. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.504.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Phillip R Sanchez
- Pharmacology & Molecular SciencesJohns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMD
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- Pharmacology & Molecular SciencesJohns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMD
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- College of PharmacyUniversity of IowaIowa CityIA
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- Pharmacology & Molecular SciencesJohns Hopkins School of MedicineBaltimoreMD
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Mitchell DA, Hamel LD, Reddy KD, Farh L, Rettew LM, Sanchez PR, Deschenes RJ. Mutations in the X-linked intellectual disability gene, zDHHC9, alter autopalmitoylation activity by distinct mechanisms. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:18582-92. [PMID: 24811172 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.567420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Early onset intellectual disabilities result in significant societal and economic costs and affect 1-3% of the population. The underlying genetic determinants are beginning to emerge and are interpreted in the context of years of work characterizing postsynaptic receptor and signaling functions of learning and memory. DNA sequence analysis of intellectual disability patients has revealed greater than 80 loci on the X-chromosome that are potentially linked to disease. One of the loci is zDHHC9, a gene encoding a Ras protein acyltransferase. Protein palmitoylation is a reversible modification that controls the subcellular localization and distribution of membrane receptors, scaffolds, and signaling proteins required for neuronal plasticity. Palmitoylation occurs in two steps. In the first step, autopalmitoylation, an enzyme-palmitoyl intermediate is formed. During the second step, the palmitoyl moiety is transferred to a protein substrate, or if no substrate is available, hydrolysis of the thioester linkage produces the enzyme and free palmitate. In this study, we demonstrate that two naturally occurring variants of zDHHC9, encoding R148W and P150S, affect the autopalmitoylation step of the reaction by lowering the steady state amount of the palmitoyl-zDHHC9 intermediate.
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- David A Mitchell
- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 and
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- the Department of Chemical Biology, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 900-03, Taiwan
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 and
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- From the Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612 and
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