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Pires AS, Varela CL, Marques IA, Abrantes AM, Gonçalves C, Rodrigues T, Matafome P, Botelho MF, Roleira FMF, Tavares-da-Silva E. Oxymestane, a cytostatic steroid derivative of exemestane with greater antitumor activity in non-estrogen-dependent cell lines. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 212:105950. [PMID: 34271024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2021.105950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
A new promising steroid derivative of Exemestane (Exe), the drug used for the treatment of estrogen-dependent breast cancer, was synthesized and evaluated against a set of human cancer cell lines. The new compound (Oxymestane-D1, Oxy) was tested comparatively with Exe against colon (C2BBe1, WiDr), liver (HepG2, HuH-7), lung (A549, H1299) and prostate (LNCaP, PC3) human cancer cell lines. Likewise, its effect on human colon normal cells (CCD-841 CoN) and human normal fibroblast cells (HFF-1) was studied. The cytostatic activity of Oxy was also compared with that of the reference cytostatic drugs used in chemotherapy protocols, namely carboplatin, cisplatin, doxorubicin, epirubicin, etoposide, flutamide, 5-fluorouracil, irinotecan, oxaliplatin and sorafenib. In all cell lines tested, Oxy proved to be more powerful cytostatic than Exe. Additionally, the IC50 at 72 h showed a three-fold activity greater than 5-fluorouracil in the WiDr cell line, twice as high as cisplatin for cell line A549 and five times higher than cisplatin for cell line H1299. Also, Oxy surprisingly revealed to induce DNA damage and inhibit the DNA damage response (DDR) proteins ATM, ATR, CHK1 and CHK2. The results obtained allow concluding that Oxy can be a promising anticancer agent to be used in chemotherapy protocols. Furthermore, its ability to inhibit crucial components of DDR can also be useful for the monotherapy or for combination with chemo and/or radiotherapy of cancer.
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- Ana S Pires
- University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Biophysics Institute of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, CIEPQPF, FFUC, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Biophysics Institute of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Faculty of Pharmacy, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Biophysics Institute of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Laboratory of Oncobiology and Hematology and University Clinic of Hematology of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Laboratory of Physiology of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Laboratory of Physiology of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) area of Environment Genetics and Oncobiology (CIMAGO), Biophysics Institute of Faculty of Medicine, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal; Clinical Academic Center of Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, Coimbra, 3004-561, Portugal; University of Coimbra, Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, CIEPQPF, FFUC, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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- University of Coimbra, CIEPQPF, FFUC, Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Azinhaga de Santa Comba, Pólo III - Pólo das Ciências da Saúde, Coimbra, 3000-548, Portugal.
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Liu J, Wu X, Yang M, Gu YC, Yao LG, Huan XJ, Miao ZH, Luo H, Guo YW. Erectsterates A and B, a pair of novel highly degraded steroid derivatives from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia erecta. Steroids 2020; 161:108681. [PMID: 32590045 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2020.108681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Two novel steroidal derivatives, erectsterates A (1) and B (2), a pair of epimers at C-10, were isolated from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia erecta. Their structures were established by extensive spectroscopic analysis and deduction from biosynthesis route. Compounds 1 and 2 are rare steroids with a highly degradation in ring B and an ester linkage between A and C/D rings, similar with the known compounds chaxines B (3) and D from an edible mushroom Agrocybe chaxingu. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of such kind of steroid from soft coral. And a different biosynthetic route from the reported approach of chaxines was proposed in this paper. Interestingly, the ring C of 1 and 2 was formally oxidized by Baeyer-Villiger reaction to provide an unprecedented seven-membered lactone moiety in ring C of steroid. The in vitro anti-proliferative activities of 2 were evaluated against A549, HT-29, SNU-398 and Capan-1 cell lines. The results indicated that it showed weak cytotoxicity against the tested four cell lines.
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- Jiao Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555, Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Marine Biomedical Research Institute, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555, Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Syngenta, Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire RG42 6EY, United Kingdom
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555, Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555, Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555, Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China
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- Marine Biomedical Research Institute, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Drugs, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555, Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China; Open Studio for Druggability Research of Marine Natural Products, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), 1 Wenhai Road, Aoshanwei, Jimo, Qingdao 266237, China.
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