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Wu H, Bierbach U. Chemosensitivity-Gene Expression Correlations and Functional Enrichment Analysis Provide Insight into the Mechanism of Action of a Platinum-Acridine Anticancer Agent. ChemMedChem 2022; 17:e202200331. [PMID: 35902361 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202200331] [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: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
NCI-60 growth inhibition and gene expression profiles were analyzed using Pearson correlation and functional enrichment computational tools to demonstrate critical mechanistic differences between a nucleolus-targeting platinum-acridine anticancer agent (PA) and other DNA-directed chemotherapies. The results support prior experimental data and are consistent with DNA being a major target of the hybrid agent based on the negative correlations observed between its potency and expression levels of genes implicated in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. Gene ontology terms related to RNA processing, including ribosome biogenesis, are also negatively enriched, suggesting a mechanism by which these processes render cancer cells more resistant to the highly cytotoxic agent. The opposite trend is observed for oxaliplatin and other DNA-targeted drugs. Significant functional interactions exist between genes/gene products involved in ribosome biogenesis and DSB repair, including the ribosomal protein (RPL5)-MDM2-p53 surveillance pathway, as a response to the nucleolar stress produced by PAs.
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- Haoqing Wu
- Wake Forest University, Chemistry, UNITED STATES
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- Wake Forest University, Chemistry, 1834 Wake Forest Rd, 27109, Winston-Salem, UNITED STATES
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Morawietz CM, Peter Ventura AM, Grevelding CG, Haeberlein S, Spengler B. Spatial visualization of drug uptake and distribution in Fasciola hepatica using high-resolution AP-SMALDI mass spectrometry imaging. Parasitol Res 2022; 121:1145-1153. [PMID: 35067744 PMCID: PMC8986696 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07388-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Understanding drug penetration, distribution, and metabolization is fundamental for understanding drug efficacy. This also accounts for parasites during antiparasitic treatment. Recently, we established matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) in blood flukes and liver flukes. This label-free technique is capable of visualizing the molecular distribution of endogenous and exogenous molecules, such as drug compounds. Here, we conducted atmospheric-pressure scanning microprobe MALDI MSI (AP-SMALDI MSI) of tissue sections of adult Fasciola hepatica that have been treated in vitro with 100 µM of triclabendazole (TCBZ), the drug of choice for treatment of fasciolosis, and its main metabolite triclabendazole sulfoxide (TCBZ-SO). Measurements covered an m/z mass range of 250–1,000 and provided a high spatial resolution using a pixel size of 10 µm. To support the interpretation of drug distribution, we first identified endogenous lipids that mark characteristic tissues such as the gastrodermis, the tegument, and the parenchyma. The obtained results suggested an early tegumental route of TCBZ uptake within 20 min, followed by spreading throughout the parasite after 4 h, and an even distribution in most tissues after 12 h. This coincided with a strong reduction of parasite vitality. TCBZ-SO treatment demonstrated the accumulation of this metabolite in the same tissues as the parent drug compound. These data demonstrate the auspicious potential of MALDI MSI to visualize uptake and distribution patterns of drugs or drug-candidate compounds in parasites, which might contribute to preclinical drug discovery in liver fluke research and beyond.
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- Carolin M Morawietz
- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biomedical Research Center Seltersberg (BFS), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
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Ding S, Hackett CL, Liu F, Hackett RG, Bierbach U. Evaluation of a Platinum-Acridine Anticancer Agent and Its Liposomal Formulation in an in vivo Model of Lung Adenocarcinoma. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:412-419. [PMID: 32975041 PMCID: PMC8057267 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Liposomal formulations have been developed for a highly cytotoxic platinum-acridine agent, [PtCl(pn)(C18 H21 N4 )](NO3 )2 (PA, pn=propane-1,3-diamine), and fully characterized. Nanoliposomes consisting of hydrogenated soybean phosphatidylcholine (HSPC), 1,2-dihexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (DPPG), and polyethylene glycol-2000-distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DSPE-mPEG2k ) were able to stably encapsulate PA at payload-to-lipid ratios of 2-20 %. The fusogenic properties of the liposomes promote efficient cellular uptake of PA across the plasma membrane, which results in vesicular transport of payload to the nucleus in cultured lung cancer cells. Unencapsulated PA and one of the newly designed liposomal formulations show promising tumor growth inhibition in tumor xenografts derived from A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells of 76 % and 72 %, respectively. Cisplatin showed no significant efficacy at a 10-fold higher dose. These findings underscore the utility of platinum-acridine agents for treating aggressive, chemoresistant forms of cancer and validate nanoliposomes as a biocompatible, expandable platform for their intravenous delivery and other potential routes of administration.
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- Song Ding
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
- Department of Chemistry - Wake Downtown, Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, Wake Forest University, 455 Vine Street, Winston-Salem, NC, 27101, USA
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Busemann A, Araman C, Flaspohler I, Pratesi A, Zhou XQ, van Rixel VHS, Siegler MA, Messori L, van Kasteren SI, Bonnet S. Alkyne Functionalization of a Photoactivated Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex for Click-Enabled Serum Albumin Interaction Studies. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:7710-7720. [PMID: 32396371 PMCID: PMC7268191 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
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Studying metal-protein
interactions is key for understanding the
fate of metallodrugs in biological systems. When a metal complex is
not emissive and too weakly bound for mass spectrometry analysis,
however, it may become challenging to study such interactions. In
this work a synthetic procedure was developed for the alkyne functionalization
of a photolabile ruthenium polypyridyl complex, [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(Hmte)](PF6)2, where tpy = 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine,
bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, and Hmte = 2-(methylthio)ethanol. In
the functionalized complex [Ru(HCC-tpy)(bpy)(Hmte)](PF6)2, where HCC-tpy = 4′-ethynyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine,
the alkyne group can be used for bioorthogonal ligation to an azide-labeled
fluorophore using copper-catalyzed “click” chemistry.
We developed a gel-based click chemistry method to study the interaction
between this ruthenium complex and bovine serum albumin (BSA). Our
results demonstrate that visualization of the interaction between
the metal complex and the protein is possible, even when this interaction
is too weak to be studied by conventional means such as UV–vis
spectroscopy or ESI mass spectrometry. In addition, the weak metal
complex-protein interaction is controlled by visible light irradiation, i.e., the complex and the protein do not interact in the
dark, but they do interact via weak van der Waals
interactions after light activation of the complex, which triggers
photosubstitution of the Hmte ligand. A “clickable”
and photosubstitutionally active
ruthenium complex has been prepared that bears a terminal alkyne group.
In the dark, the saturated coordination sphere of the complex prevents
it from interacting with serum albumin. Upon photosubstitution of
one ligand, the complex interacts with the protein via weak interactions that were visualized using copper-catalyzed “click”
chemistry postfunctionalization with an azide fluorophore on polyacrylamide
gel electrophoresis. These studies demonstrate that the metal-protein
interaction is triggered by light irradiation.
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- Anja Busemann
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Via Giuseppe Moruzzi 13, 56124 Pisa, Italy
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Small Molecule X-ray Facility, Department of Chemistry, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Laboratory of Metals in Medicine (MetMed), Department of Chemistry 'Ugo Schiff', University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Moodie LWK, Hubert M, Zhou X, Albers MF, Lundmark R, Wanrooij S, Hedberg C. Photoactivated Colibactin Probes Induce Cellular DNA Damage. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 58:1417-1421. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201812326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Integrative Medical Biology; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Integrative Medical Biology; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
- Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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Moodie LWK, Hubert M, Zhou X, Albers MF, Lundmark R, Wanrooij S, Hedberg C. Photoactivated Colibactin Probes Induce Cellular DNA Damage. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201812326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Integrative Medical Biology; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Integrative Medical Biology; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
- Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics; Umeå University; 90187 Umeå Sweden
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Benhamou RI, Bibi M, Berman J, Fridman M. Localizing Antifungal Drugs to the Correct Organelle Can Markedly Enhance their Efficacy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:6230-6235. [PMID: 29575397 PMCID: PMC7035955 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201802509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
A critical aspect of drug design is optimal target inhibition by specifically delivering the drug molecule not only to the target tissue or cell but also to its therapeutically active site within the cell. This study demonstrates, as a proof of principle, that drug efficacy can be increased considerably by a structural modification that targets it to the relevant organelle. Specifically, by varying the fluorescent dye segment an antifungal azole was directed from the fungal cell mitochondria to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the organelle that harbors the drug target. The ER-localized azole displayed up to two orders of magnitude improved antifungal activity and also dramatically reduced the growth of drug-tolerant fungal subpopulations in a panel of Candida species, which are the most prevalent causes of serious human fungal infections. The principle underlying the "target organelle localization" approach provides a new paradigm to improve drug potency and replenish the limited pipeline of antifungal drugs.
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- Raphael I Benhamou
- School of Chemistry, Raymond&Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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- School of Chemistry, Raymond&Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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Benhamou RI, Bibi M, Berman J, Fridman M. Localizing Antifungal Drugs to the Correct Organelle Can Markedly Enhance their Efficacy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Raphael I. Benhamou
- School of Chemistry, Raymond&Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 6997801 Israel
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- Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 6997801 Israel
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- Dept. of Molecular Microbiology & Biotechnology George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 6997801 Israel
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- School of Chemistry, Raymond&Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 6997801 Israel
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Lefebvre J, Guetta C, Poyer F, Mahuteau-Betzer F, Teulade-Fichou MP. Copper-Alkyne Complexation Responsible for the Nucleolar Localization of Quadruplex Nucleic Acid Drugs Labeled by Click Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:11365-11369. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201703783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Joël Lefebvre
- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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Lefebvre J, Guetta C, Poyer F, Mahuteau-Betzer F, Teulade-Fichou MP. Copper-Alkyne Complexation Responsible for the Nucleolar Localization of Quadruplex Nucleic Acid Drugs Labeled by Click Reactions. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201703783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Joël Lefebvre
- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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- Research unit “Chemistry, Modelling and Imaging for Biology”, CNRS/UMR9187-INSERM/U1196; Institut Curie, Centre de recherché; Campus universitaire Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay France
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Zacharioudakis E, Agarwal P, Bartoli A, Abell N, Kunalingam L, Bergoglio V, Xhemalce B, Miller KM, Rodriguez R. Chromatin Regulates Genome Targeting with Cisplatin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201701144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Emmanouil Zacharioudakis
- Institut Curie; PSL Research University; Chemical Cell Biology Group; 26 Rue d'Ulm 75248 Paris Cedex 05 France
- CNRS UMR3666; 75005 Paris France
- INSERM U1143; 75005 Paris France
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; UPR2301; 1 Avenue de la Terrasse 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences; Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology; University of Texas at Austin; 2506 Speedway Stop A5000 Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Institut Curie; PSL Research University; Chemical Cell Biology Group; 26 Rue d'Ulm 75248 Paris Cedex 05 France
- CNRS UMR3666; 75005 Paris France
- INSERM U1143; 75005 Paris France
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; UPR2301; 1 Avenue de la Terrasse 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences; Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology; University of Texas at Austin; 2506 Speedway Stop A5000 Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Institut Curie; PSL Research University; Chemical Cell Biology Group; 26 Rue d'Ulm 75248 Paris Cedex 05 France
- CNRS UMR3666; 75005 Paris France
- INSERM U1143; 75005 Paris France
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; UPR2301; 1 Avenue de la Terrasse 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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- CRCT; University of Toulouse; INSERM, CNRS, UPS; Avenue Hubert Curien 31037 Toulouse France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences; Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology; University of Texas at Austin; 2506 Speedway Stop A5000 Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences; Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology; University of Texas at Austin; 2506 Speedway Stop A5000 Austin TX 78712 USA
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- Institut Curie; PSL Research University; Chemical Cell Biology Group; 26 Rue d'Ulm 75248 Paris Cedex 05 France
- CNRS UMR3666; 75005 Paris France
- INSERM U1143; 75005 Paris France
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; UPR2301; 1 Avenue de la Terrasse 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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Zacharioudakis E, Agarwal P, Bartoli A, Abell N, Kunalingam L, Bergoglio V, Xhemalce B, Miller KM, Rodriguez R. Chromatin Regulates Genome Targeting with Cisplatin. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:6483-6487. [PMID: 28474855 PMCID: PMC5488169 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201701144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Cisplatin derivatives can form various types of DNA lesions (DNA‐Pt) and trigger pleiotropic DNA damage responses. Here, we report a strategy to visualize DNA‐Pt with high resolution, taking advantage of a novel azide‐containing derivative of cisplatin we named APPA, a cellular pre‐extraction protocol and the labeling of DNA‐Pt by means of click chemistry in cells. Our investigation revealed that pretreating cells with the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor SAHA led to detectable clusters of DNA‐Pt that colocalized with the ubiquitin ligase RAD18 and the replication protein PCNA. Consistent with activation of translesion synthesis (TLS) under these conditions, SAHA and cisplatin cotreatment promoted focal accumulation of the low‐fidelity polymerase Polη that also colocalized with PCNA. Remarkably, these cotreatments synergistically triggered mono‐ubiquitination of PCNA and apoptosis in a RAD18‐dependent manner. Our data provide evidence for a role of chromatin in regulating genome targeting with cisplatin derivatives and associated cellular responses.
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- Emmanouil Zacharioudakis
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Chemical Cell Biology Group, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France.,CNRS UMR3666, 75005, Paris, France.,INSERM U1143, 75005, Paris, France.,Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2506 Speedway Stop A5000, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Chemical Cell Biology Group, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France.,CNRS UMR3666, 75005, Paris, France.,INSERM U1143, 75005, Paris, France.,Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2506 Speedway Stop A5000, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Chemical Cell Biology Group, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France.,CNRS UMR3666, 75005, Paris, France.,INSERM U1143, 75005, Paris, France.,Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- CRCT, University of Toulouse, INSERM, CNRS, UPS, Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2506 Speedway Stop A5000, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2506 Speedway Stop A5000, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Chemical Cell Biology Group, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75248, Paris Cedex 05, France.,CNRS UMR3666, 75005, Paris, France.,INSERM U1143, 75005, Paris, France.,Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Fung SK, Zou T, Cao B, Lee PY, Fung YME, Hu D, Lok CN, Che CM. Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Engage Multiple Anti-Cancer Molecular Targets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201612583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Sin Ki Fung
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; Institute of Molecular Functional Materials; Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong China
- HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation; Shenzhen 518053 China
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Fung SK, Zou T, Cao B, Lee PY, Fung YME, Hu D, Lok CN, Che CM. Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes Containing N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands Engage Multiple Anti-Cancer Molecular Targets. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:3892-3896. [PMID: 28247451 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Metal N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes are a promising class of anti-cancer agents displaying potent in vitro and in vivo activities. Taking a multi-faceted approach employing two clickable photoaffinity probes, herein we report the identification of multiple molecular targets for anti-cancer active pincer gold(III) NHC complexes. These complexes display potent and selective cytotoxicity against cultured cancer cells and in vivo anti-tumor activities in mice bearing xenografts of human cervical and lung cancers. Our experiments revealed the specific engagement of the gold(III) complexes with multiple cellular targets, including HSP60, vimentin, nucleophosmin, and YB-1, accompanied by expected downstream mechanisms of action. Additionally, PtII and PdII analogues can also bind the cellular proteins targeted by the gold(III) complexes, uncovering a distinct pincer cyclometalated metal-NHC scaffold in the design of anti-cancer metal medicines with multiple molecular targets.
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- Sin Ki Fung
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Chemical Biology Centre and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.,HKU Shenzhen Institute of Research and Innovation, Shenzhen, 518053, China
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Zheng Y, Fahrenholtz CD, Hackett CL, Ding S, Day CS, Dhall R, Marrs GS, Gross MD, Singh R, Bierbach U. Large-Pore Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Drug Delivery Vector for a Highly Cytotoxic Hybrid Platinum-Acridine Anticancer Agent. Chemistry 2017; 23:3386-3397. [PMID: 28122141 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201604868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Large-pore mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) were prepared and functionalized to serve as a highly robust and biocompatible delivery platform for platinum-acridine (PA) anticancer agents. The material showed a high loading capacity for the dicationic, hydrophilic hybrid agent [PtCl(en)(N-[acridin-9-ylaminoethyl]-N-methylpropionamidine)] dinitrate salt (P1A1) and virtually complete retention of payload at neutral pH in a high-chloride buffer. In acidic media mimicking the pH inside the cell lysosomes, rapid, burst-like release of P1A1 from the nanoparticles is observed. Coating of the materials in phospholipid bilayers resulted in nanoparticles with greatly improved colloidal stability. The lipid and carboxylate-modified nanoparticles containing 40 wt % drug caused S-phase arrest and inhibited cell proliferation in pancreatic cancer cells at submicromolar concentrations similar to carrier-free P1A1. The most striking feature of nanoparticle-delivered P1A1 was that the payload did not escape from the acidified lysosomal vesicles into the cytoplasm, but was shuttled to the nuclear membrane and released into the nucleus.
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- Ye Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Analytical Instrumentation Facility, Monteith Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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Hu D, Liu Y, Lai YT, Tong KC, Fung YM, Lok CN, Che CM. Anticancer Gold(III) Porphyrins Target Mitochondrial Chaperone Hsp60. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:1387-91. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Di Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Hu D, Liu Y, Lai YT, Tong KC, Fung YM, Lok CN, Che CM. Anticancer Gold(III) Porphyrins Target Mitochondrial Chaperone Hsp60. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201509612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Di Hu
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Chemical Biology Center, and Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Pokfulam Road Hong Kong Hong Kong
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Pickard AJ, Liu F, Bartenstein TF, Haines LG, Levine KE, Kucera GL, Bierbach U. Redesigning the DNA-targeted chromophore in platinum-acridine anticancer agents: a structure-activity relationship study. Chemistry 2014; 20:16174-87. [PMID: 25302716 PMCID: PMC4244275 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Platinum-acridine hybrid agents show low-nanomolar potency in chemoresistant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but high systemic toxicity in vivo. To reduce the promiscuous genotoxicity of these agents and improve their pharmacological properties, a modular build-click-screen approach was used to evaluate a small library of twenty hybrid agents containing truncated and extended chromophores of varying basicities. Selected derivatives were resynthesized and tested in five NSCLC cell lines representing large cell, squamous cell, and adenocarcinomas. 7-Aminobenz[c]acridine was identified as a promising scaffold in a hybrid agent (P1-B1) that maintained submicromolar activity in several of the DNA-repair proficient and p53-mutant cancer models, while showing improved tolerability in mice by 32-fold compared to the parent platinum-acridine (P1-A1). The distribution and DNA/RNA adduct levels produced by the acridine- and benz[c]acridine-based analogues in NCI-H460 cells (confocal microscopy, ICP-MS), and their ability to bind G-quadruplex forming DNA sequences (CD spectroscopy, HR-ESMS) were studied. P1-B1 emerges as a less genotoxic, more tolerable, and potentially more target-selective hybrid agent than P1-A1.
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- Amanda J. Pickard
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109 (USA)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Hematology and Oncology Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem, NC 27157 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109 (USA)
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An Alkyne-Appended, Click-Ready PtIIComplex with an Unusual Arrangement in the Solid State. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 54:1032-5. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201409853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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White JD, Guzman LE, Zakharov LN, Haley MM, DeRose VJ. An Alkyne-Appended, Click-Ready PtIIComplex with an Unusual Arrangement in the Solid State. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201409853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Tercel M, McManaway SP, Liyanage HDS, Pruijn FB. Preparation and properties of clickable amino analogues of the duocarmycins: factors that affect the efficiency of their fluorescent labelling of DNA. ChemMedChem 2014; 9:2193-206. [PMID: 25044224 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201402169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Herein we report the synthesis of three DNA-alkylating amino analogues of the duocarmycins that carry an alkyne functional group suitable for copper-catalysed click chemistry. The alkyne-containing substituents are connected via a side chain position which projects away from the minor groove, and have only a small effect on DNA alkylation and cytotoxicity. The efficiency of click reactions with fluorophore azides was studied using alkylated ctDNA by analysing the adenine adducts produced after thermal depurination. Click reactions "on DNA" were sensitive to steric effects (tether length to the alkyne) and, surprisingly, to the nature of the fluorophore azide. With the best combination of click partners and reagents, adducts could be detected in the nuclei of treated cells by microscopy or flow cytometry, provided that an appropriate detergent (Triton X-100 and not Tween 20) was used for permeabilisation. The method is sensitive enough to detect adducts at physiologically relevant concentrations, and could have application in the development of nitro analogues of the duocarmycins as hypoxia-activated anticancer prodrugs.
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- Moana Tercel
- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142 (New Zealand), Fax: (+64) 9373-7502.
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Montagner D, Yap SQ, Ang WH. A Fluorescent Probe for Investigating the Activation of Anticancer Platinum(IV) Prodrugs Based on the Cisplatin Scaffold. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201305734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Montagner D, Yap SQ, Ang WH. A fluorescent probe for investigating the activation of anticancer platinum(IV) prodrugs based on the cisplatin scaffold. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:11785-9. [PMID: 24105908 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Diego Montagner
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore (Singapore)
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Pickard AJ, Bierbach U. The cell's nucleolus: an emerging target for chemotherapeutic intervention. ChemMedChem 2013; 8:1441-9. [PMID: 23881648 PMCID: PMC3893319 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201300262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The transient nucleolus plays a central role in the up-regulated synthesis of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) to sustain ribosome biogenesis, a hallmark of aberrant cell growth. This function, in conjunction with its unique pathohistological features in malignant cells and its ability to mediate apoptosis, renders this sub-nuclear structure a potential target for chemotherapeutic agents. In this Minireview, structurally and functionally diverse small molecules are discussed that have been reported to either interact with the nucleolus directly or perturb its function indirectly by acting on its dynamic components. These molecules include all major classes of nucleic-acid-targeted agents, antimetabolites, kinase inhibitors, anti-inflammatory drugs, natural product antibiotics, oligopeptides, as well as nanoparticles. Together, these molecules are invaluable probes of structure and function of the nucleolus. They also provide a unique opportunity to develop novel strategies for more selective and therefore better-tolerated chemotherapeutic intervention. In this regard, inhibition of RNA polymerase-I-mediated rRNA synthesis appears to be a promising mechanism for killing cancer cells. The recent development of molecules targeted at G-quadruplex-forming rRNA gene sequences, which are currently undergoing clinical trials, seems to attest to the success of this approach.
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- Amanda J. Pickard
- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109 (USA)
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