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Abdelbaset MS, Abdel-Aziz M, Abuo-Rahma GEDA, Abdelrahman MH, Ramadan M, Youssif BGM. Novel quinoline derivatives carrying nitrones/oximes nitric oxide donors: Design, synthesis, antiproliferative and caspase-3 activation activities. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2018; 352:e1800270. [PMID: 30500087 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201800270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Novel quinoline derivatives carrying nitrones and oxime as nitric oxide donors were prepared and characterized using different spectroscopic techniques. Nitrones can release nitric oxide in larger amounts compared to corresponding oximes. Antiproliferative screening results showed that the 2-benzylthioquinoline nitrones 6e and 6f and the 2-methylthio analogues 6g and 6h exhibited promising antiproliferative activity especially against leukemia and colon cancer cell lines. Compounds 6c, 6e, and 6f exhibited higher potency as anticancer agents compared to doxorubicin, with IC50 ranging from 0.45 to 0.91 μM. A remarkable overexpression of caspase-3 protein levels was observed in cells treated with the tested compounds. Compound 6e exhibited more pre-G1 apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase than in other phases. These results revealed that the tested compounds can cause programmed cell death through overexpression of caspase 3, which may be attributed to the release of nitric oxide.
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- Mahmoud S Abdelbaset
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 163:428-442. [PMID: 30530194 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.11.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A series of novel isocombretastatin A-4 (isoCA-4) analogs were designed and synthesized by replacing 3,4,5-trimethoylphenyl and isovanillin of isoCA-4 with quinoline and indole moieties, respectively. The structure activity relationships (SARs) of these synthesized quinoline-indole derivatives have been intensively investigated. Two compounds 27c and 34b exhibited the most potent activities against five cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 2 to 11 nM, which were comparable to those of Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4, 1). Further mechanism investigations revealed that 34b effectively inhibited the microtubule polymerization by binding to the colchicine site of tubulin. Further cellular mechanism studies elucidated that 34b disrupted cell microtubule networks, arrested the cell cycle at G2/M phase, induced apoptosis and depolarized mitochondria of K562 cells. Moreover, 34b displayed potent anti-vascular activity in both wound healing and tube formation assays. Importantly, 27c and 34b significantly inhibited tumor growth in H22 xenograft models without apparent toxicity, suggesting that 27c and 34b deserve further research as potent antitumor agents for cancer therapy.
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Abdelbaset MS, Abuo-Rahma GEDA, Abdelrahman MH, Ramadan M, Youssif BG, Bukhari SNA, Mohamed MF, Abdel-Aziz M. Novel pyrrol-2(3H)-ones and pyridazin-3(2H)-ones carrying quinoline scaffold as anti-proliferative tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2018; 80:151-163. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Miao TT, Tao XB, Li DD, Chen H, Jin XY, Geng Y, Wang SF, Gu W. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-aryl-benzimidazole derivatives of dehydroabietic acid as novel tubulin polymerization inhibitors. RSC Adv 2018; 8:17511-17526. [PMID: 35539265 PMCID: PMC9080489 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra02078g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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A series of novel 2-aryl-benzimidazole derivatives of dehydroabietic acid were synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and elemental analyses. All the target compounds were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against SMMC-7721, MDA-MB-231, HeLa and CT-26 cancer cell lines and the normal hepatocyte cell line QSG-7701 through MTT assays. Among them, compound 6j displayed the most potent cytotoxic activity with IC50 values of 0.08 ± 0.01, 0.19 ± 0.04, 0.23 ± 0.05 and 0.42 ± 0.07 μM, respectively, and substantially reduced cytotoxicity against QSG-7701 cells (5.82 ± 0.38 μM). The treatment of SMMC-7721 cells with compound 6j led to considerable inhibition of cell migration ability. The influence of compound 6j on cell cycle distribution was assessed on SMMC-7721 cells, exhibiting a cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. Moreover, tubulin polymerization assays and immunofluorescence assays elucidated that compound 6j could significantly inhibit tubulin polymerization and disrupt the intracellular microtubule network. A molecular docking study provided insight into the binding mode of compound 6j in the colchicine site of tubulin. In addition, compound 6j was found to induce apoptosis of SMMC-7721 cells, an increase of intracellular ROS level and a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in a dose-dependent manner. These findings provided new molecular scaffolds for the further development of novel antitumor agents targeting tubulin polymerization.
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- Ting-Ting Miao
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Lab for the Chemistry and Utilization of Agro-forest Biomass, Jiangsu Key Lab of Biomass-based Green Fuels and Chemicals, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing 210037 P. R. China
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Mangiatordi GF, Trisciuzzi D, Iacobazzi R, Denora N, Pisani L, Catto M, Leonetti F, Alberga D, Nicolotti O. Automated identification of structurally heterogeneous and patentable antiproliferative hits as potential tubulin inhibitors. Chem Biol Drug Des 2018; 92:1161-1170. [PMID: 29633572 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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By employing a recently developed hierarchical computational platform, we identified 37 novel and structurally diverse tubulin targeting compounds. In particular, hierarchical molecular filters, based on molecular shape similarity, structure-based pharmacophore, and molecular docking, were applied on a large chemical collection of commercial compounds to identify unexplored and patentable microtubule-destabilizing candidates. The herein proposed 37 novel hits, showing new molecular scaffolds (such as 1,3,3a,4-tetraaza-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroindene or dihydropyrrolidin-2-one fused to a chromen-4-one), are provided with antiproliferative activity in the μm range toward MCF-7 (human breast cancer lines). Importantly, there is a likely causative relationship between cytotoxicity and the inhibition of tubulin polymerization at the colchicine binding site, assessed through fluorescence polymerization assays.
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy
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Naret T, Bignon J, Bernadat G, Benchekroun M, Levaique H, Lenoir C, Dubois J, Pruvost A, Saller F, Borgel D, Manoury B, Leblais V, Darrigrand R, Apcher S, Brion JD, Schmitt E, Leroux FR, Alami M, Hamze A. A fluorine scan of a tubulin polymerization inhibitor isocombretastatin A-4: Design, synthesis, molecular modelling, and biological evaluation. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 143:473-490. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Photoresponsive azo-combretastatin A-4 analogues. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 143:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 10/25/2017] [Accepted: 11/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Naret T, Bzeih T, Retailleau P, Alami M, Hamze A. One-Pot Selective Functionalization of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles with N
-tosylhydrazones and Amines. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201701374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Timothée Naret
- BioCIS; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre Le Cancer; Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS; University Paris-Saclay Châtenay-Malabry 92290 France
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- BioCIS; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre Le Cancer; Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS; University Paris-Saclay Châtenay-Malabry 92290 France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; UPR 2301; CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette 91198 France
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- BioCIS; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre Le Cancer; Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS; University Paris-Saclay Châtenay-Malabry 92290 France
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- BioCIS; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre Le Cancer; Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS; University Paris-Saclay Châtenay-Malabry 92290 France
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Zhang Z, Xiao X, Su T, Wu J, Ren J, Zhu J, Zhang X, Cao R, Du R. Synthesis, structure-activity relationships and preliminary mechanism of action of novel water-soluble 4-quinolone-3-carboxamides as antiproliferative agents. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 140:239-251. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Song MY, Cao CY, He QR, Dong QM, Li D, Tang JJ, Gao JM. Constructing novel dihydrofuran and dihydroisoxazole analogues of isocombretastatin-4 as tubulin polymerization inhibitors through [3+2] reactions. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:5290-5302. [PMID: 28803799 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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[3+2] reactions play a key role in constructing various pharmaceutical moleculars. In this study, using Mn(OAc)3 mediated and 1,3-dipolar [3+2] cyclization reactions, 38 novel dihydrofuran and dihydroisoxazole analogues of isoCA-4 were synthesized as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization. Among them, compound 6g was found to be the most potent cytotoxic agents against PC-3 cells with IC50 value of 0.47μM, and compound 5p exhibted highest activity on HeLa cells with IC50 vaule of 2.32µM. Tubulin polymerization assay revealed that 6g was a dose-dependent and effective inhibitor of tubulin assembly. Immunohistochemistry studies and cell cycle distribution analysis indicated that 6g severely disrupted microtubule network and significantly arrested most cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle in PC-3 cells. In addition, molecular docking studies showed that two chiral isomers of 6g can bind efficiently and similarly at colchicine binding site of tubulin.
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- Ming-Yu Song
- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China.
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- Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Natural Products & Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China.
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Tubulin inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site: a perspective of privileged structures. Future Med Chem 2017; 9:1765-1794. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2017-0100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The vital roles of microtubule in mitosis and cell division make it an attractive target for antitumor therapy. Colchicine binding site of tubulin is one of the most important pockets that have been focused on to design tubulin-destabilizing agents. Over the past few years, a large number of colchicine binding site inhibitors (CBSIs) have been developed inspired by natural products or synthetic origins, and many moieties frequently used in these CBSIs are structurally in common. In this review, we will classify the CBSIs into classical CBSIs and nonclassical CBSIs according to their spatial conformations and binding modes with tubulin, and highlight the privileged structures from these CBSIs in the development of tubulin inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site.
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Zhou P, Huang L, Zhou J, Jiang B, Zhao Y, Deng X, Zhao Q, Li F. Discovery of novel 4(1H)-quinolone derivatives as potential antiproliferative and apoptosis inducing agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:4185-4189. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2017] [Revised: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Zhou Y, Yan W, Cao D, Shao M, Li D, Wang F, Yang Z, Chen Y, He L, Wang T, Shen M, Chen L. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-anilinoquinoline derivatives as novel potent tubulin depolymerization agents. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 138:1114-1125. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mangiatordi GF, Trisciuzzi D, Alberga D, Denora N, Iacobazzi RM, Gadaleta D, Catto M, Nicolotti O. Novel chemotypes targeting tubulin at the colchicine binding site and unbiasing P-glycoprotein. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 139:792-803. [PMID: 28863359 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Retrospective validation studies carried out on three benchmark databases containing a small fraction (that is 2.80%) of known tubulin binders permitted us to develop a computational platform very effective in selecting easier manageable subsets showing by far higher percentages of actives (about 25%). These studies relied on the hierarchical application of multilayer in silico screenings employing filters implying molecular shape similarity; a structure-based pharmacophore model and molecular docking campaigns. Building on this validated approach, we performed intensive prospective studies to screen a large chemical collection, including up to 3.7 millions of commercial compounds, to across an unexplored and patent space in the search of novel colchicine binding site inhibitors. Our investigation was successful in identifying a pool of 31 initial hits showing new molecular scaffolds (such as 4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazol-6-one and pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine). This panel of new hits resulted antiproliferative activity in the low μM range towards MCF-7 human breast cancer, HepG2 human liver cancer, HeLa human ovarian cancer and SHSY5Y human glioblastoma cell lines as well as interesting concentration-dependent inhibition of tubulin polymerization assessed through fluorescence polymerization assays. Unlike typical tubulin inhibitors, a satisfactorily low sensitivity towards P-gp was also measured in bi-directional transport studies across MDCKII-MDR1 cells for a selected subset of seven compounds.
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- Giuseppe Felice Mangiatordi
- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia-Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Bari 'AldoMoro', Via Orabona, 4, 70126, Bari, Italy.
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