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Biswas S, Roy A, Duari S, Maity S, Elsharif AM, Biswas S. Brønsted acid-catalyzed regioselective ring opening of 2 H-azirines by 2-mercaptopyridines and related heterocycles; one pot access to imidazo[1,2- a]pyridines and imidazo[2,1- b]thiazoles. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:4697-4703. [PMID: 38775270 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00410h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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A catalytic and versatile synthetic method for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines has been developed. Brønsted acid-catalysis plays a major role in the regioselective ring opening of 2H-azirines. Nucleophilic attack via the N-centre of mercaptopyridines and their analogues, followed by cyclisation by cleaving the C-S bond, allowed a library of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and related heterocycles to be built. The reaction protocol has been applied to various 2H-azirines, 2-mercaptopyridines, and thiazole-2-thiols, illustrating the generality of reaction conditions. The practical applications include the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, such as anti-tumor agents. This study introduces a novel approach to the synthesis of functional molecules with extensive potential.
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- Subrata Biswas
- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata - 700 009, West Bengal, India.
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata - 700 009, West Bengal, India.
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata - 700 009, West Bengal, India.
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata - 700 009, West Bengal, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata - 700 009, West Bengal, India.
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Bose C, Das U, Kuilya TK, Mondal J, Bhadra J, Banerjee P, Goswami RK, Sinha S. Cananginone Abrogates EMT in Breast Cancer Cells through Hedgehog Signaling. Chem Biodivers 2022; 19:e202100823. [PMID: 35298074 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202100823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cananginones, a family of linear acetogenins found as secondary metabolites in the plant kingdom, show cytotoxicity against several types of cancer cells. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of cananginone and its mechanism as an anti-cancer agent. Our initial screening of Cananginone against HepG2, PC3, A549, and MCF7 cells showed anti-cancer activities and is more potent against MCF7 cells, consistent with the previous report. Next, cell-based assays have revealed that cananginone abrogates cancer stem cell renewal as well as Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and increased the ROS level beyond the threshold level thus reducing the viability of cancer cells. In the connection of Hh-Gli to EMT, our study indicated that cananginone inhibits Gli1 in a non-canonical pathway. Presumably, this is the first report on the inhibitory activity of cananginone in the Hh pathway and is different from Hh-antagonists cyclopamine and GANT 61 considering the mechanism.
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- Chandra Bose
- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- School of Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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Lima MLSO, Braga CB, Becher TB, Odriozola‐Gimeno M, Torrent‐Sucarrat M, Rivilla I, Cossío FP, Marsaioli AJ, Ornelas C. Fluorescent Imidazo[1,2‐
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]pyrimidine Compounds as Biocompatible Organic Photosensitizers that Generate Singlet Oxygen: A Potential Tool for Phototheranostics. Chemistry 2021; 27:6213-6222. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Maria L. S. O. Lima
- Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas—Unicamp Campinas 13083-861 Sao Paulo Brazil
- Present address: Instituto Federal da Bahia IFBA—Campus Juazeiro 48918-900 Juazeiro, BA Brasil
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- Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas—Unicamp Campinas 13083-861 Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas—Unicamp Campinas 13083-861 Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I Centro de Innovación en Quimica Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Po Manuel Lardizabal 3 20018 Donostia/San Sebastián Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I Centro de Innovación en Quimica Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Po Manuel Lardizabal 3 20018 Donostia/San Sebastián Spain
- Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science Ma Diaz de Haro 3 Bilbao 48013 Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I Centro de Innovación en Quimica Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Po Manuel Lardizabal 3 20018 Donostia/San Sebastián Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I Centro de Innovación en Quimica Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA) Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), and Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) Po Manuel Lardizabal 3 20018 Donostia/San Sebastián Spain
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- Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas—Unicamp Campinas 13083-861 Sao Paulo Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas—Unicamp Campinas 13083-861 Sao Paulo Brazil
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Iqbal MA, Husain A, Alam O, Khan SA, Ahmad A, Haider MR, Alam MA. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of imidazopyridine-linked thiazolidinone as potential anticancer agents. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2020; 353:e2000071. [PMID: 32627909 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202000071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In this study, two series of imidazopyridine-linked thiazolidinone rings (5a-h and 6a-h) constituting 16 new compounds were synthesized and tested for their antiproliferative activity against a panel of three human cancer cell lines, that is, MCF-7 (human breast cancer), A549 (human lung cancer), and DU145 (human prostate cancer). Three compounds, 5h, 6f, and 6h, exhibited remarkable results against all three cell lines, but compound 6h was found to be the most active one against the breast cancer cell line. Among all the synthesized compounds, 6h displayed the highest antioxidant results. Furthermore, the potent compounds 5h, 6f, and 6h showed no signs of toxicity at doses ranging from 50 to 500 mg/kg of animal body weight. The biochemical parameters (SGOT and SGPT) of compound 6h nearly matched the control in hepatotoxicity studies. The molecular docking and MM-GBSADG binding studies are in agreement with the in vitro anticancer and antioxidant activity results. The most promising compound 6h was found to have the highest docking score and binding energy, and its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) parameters are in the acceptable range. Thus, it can be concluded that 6h, an imidazopyridine derivative endowed with a thiazolidinone ring system, has the potential to be developed as an anticancer agent.
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- Md Azhar Iqbal
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- College of Pharmacy, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
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- Department of Health Information Technology, Jeddah Community College, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India
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Khatra H, Khan PP, Pattanayak S, Bhadra J, Rather B, Chakrabarti S, Saha T, Sinha S. Hedgehog Antagonist Pyrimidine-Indole Hybrid Molecule Inhibits Ciliogenesis through Microtubule Destabilisation. Chembiochem 2018; 19:723-735. [PMID: 29363254 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700631] [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: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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One of the crucial regulators of embryonic patterning and tissue development is the Hedgehog-glioma (Hh-Gli) signalling pathway; its uncontrolled activation has been implicated in different types of cancer in adult tissues. Primary cilium is one of the important factors required for the activation of Hh signalling, as it brings the critical components together for key protein-protein interactions required for Hh pathway regulation. Most of the synthetic and natural small molecule modulators of the pathway primarily antagonise Smoothened (Smo) or other effectors like Hh ligand or Gli. Here, we report a previously described Hh antagonist, with a pyrimidine-indole hybrid (PIH) core structure, as an inhibitor of ciliogenesis. The compound is unique in its mode of action, as it shows perturbation of microtubule dynamics in both cell-based assays and in vivo systems (zebrafish embryos). Further studies revealed that the probable targets are α-tubulin and its acetylated form, found in the cytoplasm and primary cilia. PIH also showed axonal defasiculation in developing zebrafish embryos. We thus propose that PIH antagonises Hh signalling by repressing cilia biogenesis and disassembling α-tubulin from its stabilised form.
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- Harleen Khatra
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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- Structural Biology and Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700 032, India
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- Structural Biology and Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700 032, India
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata, 700 009, India
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, 700032, India
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Park J, Oh S, Park SB. Discovery and Target Identification of an Antiproliferative Agent in Live Cells Using Fluorescence Difference in Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012; 51:5447-51. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Park J, Oh S, Park SB. Discovery and Target Identification of an Antiproliferative Agent in Live Cells Using Fluorescence Difference in Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201200609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Peukert S, Miller-Moslin K. Small-molecule inhibitors of the hedgehog signaling pathway as cancer therapeutics. ChemMedChem 2010; 5:500-12. [PMID: 20229564 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201000011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Inhibitors of the Hedgehog (Hh) molecular signaling pathway have emerged in recent years as a promising new class of potential therapeutics for cancer treatment. Numerous drug discovery efforts have resulted in the identification of a wide variety of small molecules that target different members of this pathway, including Smoothened (Smo), Sonic hedgehog protein (Shh), and Gli1. Several Smo inhibitors have now entered human clinical trials, and successful proof-of-concept studies have been carried out in patients with defined genetic mutations in the Hh pathway. This review provides a general overview of three main topics in this rapidly expanding area: 1) the various types of biological assays and in vivo models that have been employed for the identification and optimization of Hh pathway inhibitors; 2) Smo inhibitors reported to date, including recent clinical results where available; and 3) efforts toward the identification and characterization of inhibitors of other members of the Hh pathway.
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- Stefan Peukert
- Department of Global Discovery Chemistry, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, 250 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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