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Wu Z, Han Y, Li X, Zhang Q, Deng R, Ren H, He W, Wu X, Guo H, Zhu D. Design, synthesis and anticancer evaluation of polymethoxy aurones as potential cell cycle inhibitors. Heliyon 2023; 9:e21054. [PMID: 37886750 PMCID: PMC10597867 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Background Cancer is the most fatal disease in humans and the aberrant activity of various cell cycle proteins results in uncontrolled tumor cell proliferation, thus, regulating the cell cycle is an attractive target in cancer therapy. Objectives Aurone is a naturally occurring active compound with a wide range of biological activities, of which 3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl (TMP) is an important microtubule targeting pharmacophore. Based on the pharmacophore combination principle, we incorporate the TMP pharmacophore into the aurone structure and design a novel polymethoxy derivative that is expected to inhibit tumor cell proliferation through regulating the cell cycle. Methods By introducing different substituents on C-4' and C-3', a series of new 4, 5, 6-trimethoxy aurone derivatives have been designed and synthesized. DU145, MCF-7 and H1299 cell lines were selected to evaluate their anticancer activity. The compound with the best cytotoxicity was then selected and the anticancer mechanisms were investigated by network pharmacology, flow cytometry, Western blot, and cell heat transfer assay. ADMET prediction evaluated the draggability of aurone derivatives. Results Aurones 1b and 1c have selective anti-proliferative activity against DU145 cells. Among them, the compound 1c have better cytotoxicity against DU145. Compound 1c could bind the active cavity of CyclinB1/CDK1/CKS complex protein and induced G2/M phase arrest of DU145 cells by regulating the expression of CyclinB1 and p21. Compound 1c satisfies the Lipinski rule, is suitable for the absorption and metabolism index, and has a lower risk of cardiac toxicity. Conclusions Polymethoxy aurones 1c might function as a CyclinB1/CDK1 inhibitor that deserved to be further developed for the treatment of prostate cancer.
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- Zheng Wu
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
- Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education & Center for Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
- Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education & Center for Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education & Center for Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
- Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education & Center for Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
- Key Laboratory of Longevity and Aging-related Diseases of Chinese Ministry of Education & Center for Translational Medicine, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bioactive Molecules Research and Evaluation & Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Antigeriatric Drugs, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, 530021, China
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Huang Z, Li Y, Zhou J, Zhang Y, Wu J, Wu Y, Zhang F, Fang Z, Li Y. Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation for General Synthesis of Aurones Using CO 2. CHEMSUSCHEM 2023; 16:e202202365. [PMID: 36737418 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202202365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The carbonylation of alkynes using CO2 to generate aurones is to date unknown. In this study, a palladium-catalyzed carbonylation of terminal aromatic alkynes and the waste hydrosilane, poly(methylhydrosiloxane) (PMHS), is carried out with 2-iodophenol using CO2 to produce aurones. A variety of terminal alkynes and substituted 2-iodophenols are transformed into aurones in good yields. Preliminary mechanistic studies indicate that silyl formate, generated from CO2 and PMHS, plays a crucial role in the carbonylation reaction.
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- Zijun Huang
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Waste Recycling, College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Institute of Engineering, 411104, Xiangtan, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R. China
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Akber Aisa H, Niu C, Wu H, Maimaitijiang A, Tang D, Xie B. Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of Heterocylic Aurone and Its Analogue Indanone Derivatives. HETEROCYCLES 2023. [DOI: 10.3987/com-22-14764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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One-Pot Synthesis of ( E)-2-(3-Oxoindolin-2-ylidene)-2-arylacetonitriles. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27092808. [PMID: 35566159 PMCID: PMC9099830 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27092808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A highly efficient and expeditious one-pot approach towards 2-(3-oxoindolin-2-yl)acetonitriles was designed, which involves a base-assisted aldol reaction of ortho-nitroacetophenones, followed by hydrocyanation, triggering an unusual reductive cyclization reaction.
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Exploring the structure-activity relationship of benzylidene-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one compared to benzofuran-3(2H)-one derivatives as inhibitors of tau amyloid fibers. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 231:114139. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Kobayashi H, Nishimura H, Kudo N, Osada H, Yoshida M. A novel GSK3 inhibitor that promotes self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2020; 84:2113-2120. [PMID: 32640867 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2020.1789445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Small molecules that regulate cell stemness have the potential to make a major contribution to regenerative medicine. In the course of screening for small molecules that affect stemness in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), we discovered that NPD13432, an aurone derivative, promoted self-renewal of mESCs. Normally, mESCs start to differentiate upon withdrawal of 2i/LIF. However, cells treated with the compound continued to express endogenous Nanog, a pluripotency marker protein essential for sustaining the undifferentiated state, even in the absence of 2i/LIF. Biochemical characterization revealed that NPD13432 inhibited GSK3α and GSK3β with IC50 values of 92 nM and 310 nM, respectively, suggesting that the compound promotes self-renewal in mESCs by inhibiting GSK3. The chemical structure of the compound is unique among known molecules with this activity, providing an opportunity to develop new inhibitors of GSK3, as well as chemical tools for investigating cell stemness.
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- Hiroki Kobayashi
- Drug Discovery Seed Compounds Exploratory Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) , Saitama, Japan
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- Drug Discovery Seed Compounds Exploratory Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) , Saitama, Japan
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- Chemical Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) , Saitama, Japan
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- Chemical Biology Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) , Saitama, Japan
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- Drug Discovery Seed Compounds Exploratory Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) , Saitama, Japan.,Chemical Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) , Saitama, Japan.,Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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Aksenov NA, Aksenov DA, Arutiunov NA, Aksenova DS, Aksenov AV, Rubin M. Unexpected cyclization of ortho-nitrochalcones into 2-alkylideneindolin-3-ones. RSC Adv 2020; 10:18440-18450. [PMID: 35517232 PMCID: PMC9053718 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03520c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An original, facile, and highly efficient method for the preparation of 2-(3-oxoindolin-2-ylidene)acetonitriles from ortho-nitrochalcones is described. The featured transformation is a triggered Michael addition of the cyanide anion to the chalcone followed by a cascade cyclization mechanistically related to the Baeyer–Drewson reaction. Highly efficient cascade involving Michael addition and Baeyer–Drewson reaction is triggered by cyanide anion and transforms ortho-nitrochalcones into 2-(3-oxoindolin-2-ylidene)acetonitriles.![]()
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- Nicolai A. Aksenov
- Department of Chemistry
- North Caucasus Federal University
- Stavropol 355009
- Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry
- North Caucasus Federal University
- Stavropol 355009
- Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry
- North Caucasus Federal University
- Stavropol 355009
- Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry
- North Caucasus Federal University
- Stavropol 355009
- Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry
- North Caucasus Federal University
- Stavropol 355009
- Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry
- North Caucasus Federal University
- Stavropol 355009
- Russian Federation
- Department of Chemistry
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Alqahtani FM, Arivett BA, Taylor ZE, Handy ST, Farone AL, Farone MB. Chemogenomic profiling to understand the antifungal action of a bioactive aurone compound. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0226068. [PMID: 31825988 PMCID: PMC6905557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Every year, more than 250,000 invasive candidiasis infections are reported with 50,000 deaths worldwide. The limited number of antifungal agents necessitates the need for alternative antifungals with potential novel targets. The 2-benzylidenebenzofuran-3-(2H)-ones have become an attractive scaffold for antifungal drug design. This study aimed to determine the antifungal activity of a synthetic aurone compound and characterize its mode of action. Using the broth microdilution method, aurone SH1009 exhibited inhibition against C. albicans, including resistant isolates, as well as C. glabrata, and C. tropicalis with IC50 values of 4-29 μM. Cytotoxicity assays using human THP-1, HepG2, and A549 human cell lines showed selective toxicity toward fungal cells. The mode of action for SH1009 was characterized using chemical-genetic interaction via haploinsufficiency (HIP) and homozygous (HOP) profiling of a uniquely barcoded Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant collection. Approximately 5300 mutants were competitively treated with SH1009 followed by DNA extraction, amplification of unique barcodes, and quantification of each mutant using multiplexed next-generation sequencing. Barcode post-sequencing analysis revealed 238 sensitive and resistant mutants that significantly (FDR P values ≤ 0.05) responded to aurone SH1009. The enrichment analysis of KEGG pathways and gene ontology demonstrated the cell cycle pathway as the most significantly enriched pathway along with DNA replication, cell division, actin cytoskeleton organization, and endocytosis. Phenotypic studies of these significantly enriched responses were validated in C. albicans. Flow cytometric analysis of SH1009-treated C. albicans revealed a significant accumulation of cells in G1 phase, indicating cell cycle arrest. Fluorescence microscopy detected abnormally interrupted actin dynamics, resulting in enlarged, unbudded cells. RT-qPCR confirmed the effects of SH1009 in differentially expressed cell cycle, actin polymerization, and signal transduction genes. These findings indicate the target of SH1009 as a cell cycle-dependent organization of the actin cytoskeleton, suggesting a novel mode of action of the aurone compound as an antifungal inhibitor.
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- Fatmah M. Alqahtani
- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
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VB1 Promoted Green Synthesis of Chalcones and its Neuroprotection Potency Evaluation. Processes (Basel) 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/pr7040236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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For the first time, thiamine hydrochloride (VB1) has been employed as a catalyst for the synthesis of chalcones by metal-free Claisen–Schmidt condensation. Such an environmentally benign approach has several advantages such as a wide range of functional groups tolerance, a high yield of products, and the recoverability of this catalyst. Moreover, this unprecedented methodology enables the synthesis of the pharmaceutically important molecule 2′,4′-dihydroxy-6′-methoxy-3′,5′-dimethylchalcone (3f) and its derivatives. Moreover, 3f and its derivatives were screened for their preliminary in vitro neuroprotective activity against oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R)-induced apoptosis in SH-SY5Y cell lines. Most of the compounds exhibited the neuroprotective activity, and one of the prepared chalcones (3s), which incorporates prenyl moiety, showed the most potency by decreasing the expression of cleaved caspase-3, cleaved caspase-9, Bax, and p53 protein.
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Xie Y, Kril LM, Yu T, Zhang W, Frasinyuk MS, Bondarenko SP, Kondratyuk KM, Hausman E, Martin ZM, Wyrebek PP, Liu X, Deaciuc A, Dwoskin LP, Chen J, Zhu H, Zhan CG, Sviripa VM, Blackburn J, Watt DS, Liu C. Semisynthetic aurones inhibit tubulin polymerization at the colchicine-binding site and repress PC-3 tumor xenografts in nude mice and myc-induced T-ALL in zebrafish. Sci Rep 2019; 9:6439. [PMID: 31015569 PMCID: PMC6478746 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-42917-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Structure-activity relationships (SAR) in the aurone pharmacophore identified heterocyclic variants of the (Z)-2-benzylidene-6-hydroxybenzofuran-3(2H)-one scaffold that possessed low nanomolar in vitro potency in cell proliferation assays using various cancer cell lines, in vivo potency in prostate cancer PC-3 xenograft and zebrafish models, selectivity for the colchicine-binding site on tubulin, and absence of appreciable toxicity. Among the leading, biologically active analogs were (Z)-2-((2-((1-ethyl-5-methoxy-1H-indol-3-yl)methylene)-3-oxo-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-6-yl)oxy)acetonitrile (5a) and (Z)-6-((2,6-dichlorobenzyl)oxy)-2-(pyridin-4-ylmethylene)benzofuran-3(2H)-one (5b) that inhibited in vitro PC-3 prostate cancer cell proliferation with IC50 values below 100 nM. A xenograft study in nude mice using 10 mg/kg of 5a had no effect on mice weight, and aurone 5a did not inhibit, as desired, the human ether-à-go-go-related (hERG) potassium channel. Cell cycle arrest data, comparisons of the inhibition of cancer cell proliferation by aurones and known antineoplastic agents, and in vitro inhibition of tubulin polymerization indicated that aurone 5a disrupted tubulin dynamics. Based on molecular docking and confirmed by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry studies, aurone 5a targets the colchicine-binding site on tubulin. In addition to solid tumors, aurones 5a and 5b strongly inhibited in vitro a panel of human leukemia cancer cell lines and the in vivo myc-induced T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in a zebrafish model.
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- Yanqi Xie
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0093, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0093, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, 02094, Ukraine
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Center for Drug Innovation and Discovery, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050024, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
- Molecular Modeling and Pharmaceutical Center, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
- Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0093, USA
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA.
- Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Innovation, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA.
- Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0093, USA.
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0596, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0509, USA.
- Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40536-0093, USA.
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Sachs J, Döhl K, Weber A, Bonus M, Ehlers F, Fleischer E, Klinger A, Gohlke H, Pietruszka J, Schmitt L, Teusch N. Novel 3,4-Dihydroisocoumarins Inhibit Human P-gp and BCRP in Multidrug Resistant Tumors and Demonstrate Substrate Inhibition of Yeast Pdr5. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:400. [PMID: 31040786 PMCID: PMC6476959 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Multidrug resistance (MDR) in tumors and pathogens remains a major problem in the efficacious treatment of patients by reduction of therapy options and subsequent treatment failure. Various mechanisms are described to be involved in the development of MDR with overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters reflecting the most extensively studied. These membrane transporters translocate a wide variety of substrates utilizing energy from ATP hydrolysis leading to decreased intracellular drug accumulation and impaired drug efficacy. One treatment strategy might be inhibition of transporter-mediated efflux by small molecules. Isocoumarins and 3,4-dihydroisocoumarins are a large group of natural products derived from various sources with great structural and functional variety, but have so far not been in the focus as potential MDR reversing agents. Thus, three natural products and nine novel 3,4-dihydroisocoumarins were designed and analyzed regarding cytotoxicity induction and inhibition of human ABC transporters P-glycoprotein (P-gp), multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (MRP1) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) in a variety of human cancer cell lines as well as the yeast ABC transporter Pdr5 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Dual inhibitors of P-gp and BCRP and inhibitors of Pdr5 were identified, and distinct structure-activity relationships for transporter inhibition were revealed. The strongest inhibitor of P-gp and BCRP, which inhibited the transporters up to 80 to 90% compared to the respective positive controls, demonstrated the ability to reverse chemotherapy resistance in resistant cancer cell lines up to 5.6-fold. In the case of Pdr5, inhibitors were identified that prevented substrate transport and/or ATPase activity with IC50 values in the low micromolar range. However, cell toxicity was not observed. Molecular docking of the test compounds to P-gp revealed that differences in inhibition capacity were based on different binding affinities to the transporter. Thus, these small molecules provide novel lead structures for further optimization.
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- Julia Sachs
- Bio-Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Technische Hochschule Köln, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf im Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Bio-Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Technische Hochschule Köln, Leverkusen, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,John von Neumann Institute for Computing, Jülich Supercomputing Centre and Institute for Complex Systems - Structural Biochemistry, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf im Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.,IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Bio-Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences, Technische Hochschule Köln, Leverkusen, Germany
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A novel thermophilic laccase-like multicopper oxidase from Thermothelomyces thermophila and its application in the oxidative cyclization of 2′,3,4-trihydroxychalcone. N Biotechnol 2019; 49:10-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 12/02/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Alsayari A, Muhsinah AB, Hassan MZ, Ahsan MJ, Alshehri JA, Begum N. Aurone: A biologically attractive scaffold as anticancer agent. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 166:417-431. [PMID: 30739824 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.01.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Aurones are very simple, promising anticancer lead molecules containing three rings (A, B and C). A very slight structural variation in the aurones elicits diverse affinity and specificity towards different molecular targets. The present review discusses the design, discovery and development of natural and synthetic aurones as small molecule anticancer agents. Detailed structure-activity relationship and intermolecular interactions at different targets are also discussed. Due to their rare occurrence in nature and minimal mention in literature, the anticancer potential of aurones is rather recent but in constant progress.
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- College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, 62529, Saudi Arabia
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Guillade L, Sarno F, Tarhonskaya H, Nebbioso A, Alvarez S, Kawamura A, Schofield CJ, Altucci L, de Lera ÁR. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Tripartin, a Putative KDM4 Natural Product Inhibitor, and 1-Dichloromethylinden-1-ol Analogues. ChemMedChem 2018; 13:1949-1956. [PMID: 30047603 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The natural product tripartin has been reported to inhibit the N-methyl-lysine histone demethylase KDM4A. A synthesis of tripartin starting from 3,5-dimethoxyphenylacrylic acid was developed, and the enantiomers were separated by chiral HPLC. We observed that both tripartin enantiomers manifested an apparent increase in H3K9me3 levels when dosed in cells, as measured by western blot analysis. Thus, there is no enantiomeric discrimination toward this natural product in terms of its effects on cellular histone methylation status. Interestingly, tripartin did not inhibit isolated KDM4A-E under our assay conditions (IC50 >100 μm). Tripartin analogues with a dichloromethylcarbinol group derived from the indanone scaffold were synthesized and found to be inactive against isolated recombinant KDM4 enzymes and in cell-based assays. Although the precise cellular mode of action of tripartin is unclear, our evidence suggests that it may affect histone methylation status via a mechanism other than direct inhibition of the KDM4 histone demethylases.
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- Lucía Guillade
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, CINBIO and IBIV, Universidade de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Vico L. De Crecchio 7, 80138, Napoli, Italy
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Vico L. De Crecchio 7, 80138, Napoli, Italy
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, CINBIO and IBIV, Universidade de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Vico L. De Crecchio 7, 80138, Napoli, Italy
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultade de Química, CINBIO and IBIV, Universidade de Vigo, Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende, 36310, Vigo, Spain
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Brandão P, Loureiro JB, Carvalho S, Hamadou MH, Cravo S, Moreira J, Pereira D, Palmeira A, Pinto M, Saraiva L, Cidade H. Targeting the MDM2-p53 protein-protein interaction with prenylchalcones: Synthesis of a small library and evaluation of potential antitumor activity. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 156:711-721. [PMID: 30041135 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Prenylation of several bioactive scaffolds is a very interesting strategy used in Medicinal Chemistry in order to improve biological/pharmacological effects. A small library of prenylchalcones was synthesized and evaluated for the ability to inhibit the MDM2-p53 interaction using a yeast-based assay. The capacity of all synthesized prenylchalcones and their non-prenylated precursors to inhibit the growth of human colon tumor HCT116 cells was also evaluated. The obtained results led to the identification of a hit compound, prenylchalcone 2e, which behaved as potential inhibitor of the MDM2-p53 interaction in yeast, and showed improved cytotoxicity against human tumor cells expressing wild-type p53, including liver hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2, breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7, and malignant melanoma A375 cells. In colon cancer cells, it was also shown that the growth inhibitory effect of prenylchalcone 2e was associated with the induction of cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and increased protein expression levels of p53 transcriptional targets. Moreover, computational docking studies were performed in order to predict docking poses and residues involved in the MDM2-p53 potential interaction.
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- Pedro Brandão
- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/nm, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/nm, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/nm, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal
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- LAQV/REQUIMTE, Laboratório de Microbiologia, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal.
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- Laboratório de Química Orgânica e Farmacêutica, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313, Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Av. General Norton de Matos s/nm, 4450-208, Matosinhos, Portugal.
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Volpe DA, Qosa H. Challenges with the precise prediction of ABC-transporter interactions for improved drug discovery. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2018; 13:697-707. [PMID: 29943645 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2018.1493454] [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] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Given that membrane efflux transporters can influence a drug's pharmacokinetics, efficacy and safety, identifying potential substrates and inhibitors of these transporters is a critical element in the drug discovery and development process. Additionally, it is important to predict the inhibition potential of new drugs to avoid clinically significant drug interactions. The goal of preclinical studies is to characterize a new drug as a substrate or inhibitor of efflux transporters. Areas covered: This article reviews preclinical systems that are routinely utilized to determine whether a new drug is substrate or inhibitor of efflux transporters including in silico models, in vitro membrane and cell assays, and animal models. Also included is an examination of studies comparing in vitro inhibition data to clinical drug interaction outcomes. Expert opinion: While a number of models are employed to classify a drug as an efflux substrate or inhibitor, there are challenges in predicting clinical drug interactions. Improvements could be made in these predictions through a tier approach to classify new drugs, validation of preclinical assays, and refinement of threshold criteria for clinical interaction studies.
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- Donna A Volpe
- a Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research , Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring , MD , USA
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- a Office of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research , Food and Drug Administration , Silver Spring , MD , USA
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Zhang M, Li T, Qian M, Li K, Qin Y, Zhao T, Yang LQ. Synthesis and Biological Activities of 1-Azaaurone Derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.3190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Min Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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Efficient synthesis of aurone Mannich bases and evaluation of their antineoplastic activity in PC-3 prostate cancer cells. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2018; 72:2443-2456. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-018-0485-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Pervaram S, Ashok D, Reddy CVR, Sarasija M, Rao BA. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of (Z)-3-{[3-Oxobenzofuran-2(3H)-ylidene]methyl}-4H-chromen-4-one Derivatives. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070363218030283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Yatabe T, Jin X, Mizuno N, Yamaguchi K. Unusual Olefinic C–H Functionalization of Simple Chalcones toward Aurones Enabled by the Rational Design of a Function-Integrated Heterogeneous Catalyst. ACS Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b00727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Elhennawy MG, Lin HS. Dose- and time-dependent pharmacokinetics of apigenin trimethyl ether. Eur J Pharm Sci 2018; 118:96-102. [PMID: 29574080 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2018.03.022] [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: 01/03/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Apigenin trimethyl ether (5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone, ATE), one of the key polymethoxyflavones present in black ginger (rhizome of Kaempferia parviflora) possesses various health-promoting activities. To optimize its medicinal application, the pharmacokinetics of ATE was assessed in Sprague-Dawley rats with emphases to identify the impacts from dose and repeated dosing on its major pharmacokinetic parameters. Plasma ATE levels were monitored by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method. Upon single intravenous administration (2 mg/kg), plasma levels of ATE declined through an apparent first-order process while dose-escalation to 4 and 8 mg/kg led to its non-linear disposition, which could be described by the Michaelis-Menten model. Similarly, dose-dependent oral pharmacokinetics was confirmed and when the dose was escalated from 5 to 15 and 45 mg/kg, much longer mean residence time (MRT0→last), higher dose-normalized maximal plasma concentration (Cmax/Dose) and exposure (AUC/Dose) were observed at 15 and/or 45 mg/kg. One-week daily oral administration of ATE at 15 mg/kg caused its accelerated elimination and the plasma exposure (AUC) after intravenous (2 mg/kg) and oral administration (15 mg/kg) dropped ~40 and 60%, respectively. As ATE displayed both dose- and time-dependent pharmacokinetics, caution is needed in the medicinal applications of ATE and/or black ginger.
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Hwang W, Kim H, Choi H, Kim J, Jeon WH, Lee PH, Lee K. Synthesis of Aurones through Silver-catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization from o
-Alkynonylphenols. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.11384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Woonsang Hwang
- Department of Bio-Health Technology; Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio-Health Technology; Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio-Health Technology; Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry; Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bio-Health Technology; Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Kangwon National University; Chuncheon 24341 Republic of Korea
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Elhennawy MG, Lin HS. Quantification of apigenin trimethyl ether in rat plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: Application to a pre-clinical pharmacokinetic study. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2017; 142:35-41. [PMID: 28494337 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2017.03.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Apigenin trimethyl ether (5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone, ATE) is a naturally occurring polymethoxyflavone with a wide range of health-promoting activities. In this study, a sensitive liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the quantification of ATE in rat plasma. Protein precipitation was applied as plasma clean-up procedure; the electrospray ionization was operated in its positive ion mode while ATE and formononetin (internal standard) were measured by multiple reactions monitoring (ATE: m/z 313.1→298.1; formononetin: 269.2→213.3). This LC-MS/MS method displayed good selectivity, sensitivity (lower limit of quantification=2.5ng/ml), accuracy (both intra- and inter-day analytical recovery within 100±10%) and precision (both intra- and inter-day RSD <10%). The matrix effect was found to be insignificant. The pharmacokinetic profiles of ATE were subsequently examined in Sprague-Dawley rats after single oral administration (10mg/kg). When given in an aqueous suspension, ATE was slowly absorbed with quite low plasma exposure (AUC). Fasting further attenuated its oral absorption and led to ∼70% drops in average maximal plasma concentration (Cmax) and AUC. When dosed in a solution formulated with 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin, the oral absorption of ATE was substantially improved with ∼500% increases in average Cmax and AUC. Clearly, aqueous solubility has been identified as a barrier to the oral absorption of ATE. The information obtained from this study will facilitate further medicinal exploration on ATE.
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- Mai Gamal Elhennawy
- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, 119260, Singapore.
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Ashok D, Rangu K, Gundu S, Lakkadi A, Tigulla P. Microwave-assisted synthesis, molecular docking, and biological evaluation of 2-arylidene-2H-furo[2,3-f]chromen-3(7H)-ones as antioxidant and antimicrobial agents. Med Chem Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-017-1834-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Baddeley TC, Gomes LR, Low JN, Skakle JM, Turner AB, Wardell JL, Watson GJ. Structural studies of ( E)-2-(benzylidene)- 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one derivatives: crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analysis. Z KRIST-CRYST MATER 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/zkri-2016-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Crystal structures are reported of (E)-2-(4-hydroxybenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 1, (E)-2-(4-dimethylaminobenzylidene)-2,3- dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 2, (E)-2-(4-cyanobenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 3, and monoclinic-(E)- 2-(3-nitrobenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, monoclinic-4, all from data collected at 100 K and (E)-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylbenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indan-1-one, 6, from data collected at 299 K. An earlier triclinic form of 4 has been reported. Also reported herein are the Hirshfeld suface calculations for these five compounds, as well as that of 2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one, 5,whose crystal structure has been previously reported. The three rings in each of the compounds, 1–4 and 6, are essentially planar, including the five-membered ring containing a formally hydridized sp3 atom. The molecules exhibit slight deviations from overall planarity as shown by the dihedral angles, >8.15(6)° between the 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one fragments and the phenyl fragments. The main intermolecular interactions in compounds 1 and are classical O–H···O1(carbonyl) hydrogen bonds. The carbonyl oxygen atom in compounds 1–4 are involved in non-classical C–H···O intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Intermolecular C–H---π interactions are present in 2, 3 and 6, while π···π are present in 2–4 and 6. As noted in the structure determinations of these compounds, different π···π motifs are possible. The Hirshfeld surface calculations, while generally concurring with the intermolecular interactions indicated by PLATON analyses, also reveal significant interactions, which fall below the PLATON radar.
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- Thomas C. Baddeley
- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
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- FP-ENAS-Faculdade de Ciências de Saúde, Escola Superior de Saúde da UFP, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Rua Carlos da Maia, 296, P-4200-150 Porto, Portugal
- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, P-4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
- Instituto de Tecnologia em Fármacos e Farmanguinhos, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 21041-250 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UE, UK
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Reinvestigation of dimerization of Z-N-alkylarylmethylideneindoxyls upon exposure to UV-vis radiation. Russ Chem Bull 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-017-1739-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Menezes JCJMDS. Arylidene indanone scaffold: medicinal chemistry and structure–activity relationship view. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra28613e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Arylidene indanone (AI) scaffolds are considered as the rigid cousins of chalcones, incorporating the α,β-unsaturated ketone system of chalcones forming a cyclic 5 membered ring.
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Peña-Solórzano D, Stark SA, König B, Sierra CA, Ochoa-Puentes C. ABCG2/BCRP: Specific and Nonspecific Modulators. Med Res Rev 2016; 37:987-1050. [PMID: 28005280 DOI: 10.1002/med.21428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells is the development of resistance to a variety of structurally and functionally nonrelated anticancer drugs. This phenomenon has become a major obstacle to cancer chemotherapy seriously affecting the clinical outcome. MDR is associated with increased drug efflux from cells mediated by an energy-dependent mechanism involving the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, mainly P-glycoprotein (ABCB1), the MDR-associated protein-1 (ABCC1), and the breast cancer resistance protein (ABCG2). The first two transporters have been widely studied already and reviews summarized the results. The ABCG2 protein has been a subject of intense study since its discovery as its overexpression has been detected in resistant cell lines in numerous types of human cancers. To date, a long list of modulators of ABCG2 exists and continues to increase. However, little is known about the clinical consequences of ABCG2 modulation. This makes the design of novel, potent, and nontoxic inhibitors of this efflux protein a major challenge to reverse MDR and thereby increase the success of chemotherapy. The aim of the present review is to describe and highlight specific and nonspecific modulators of ABCG2 reported to date based on the selectivity of the compounds, as many of them are effective against one or more ABC transport proteins.
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- Diana Peña-Solórzano
- Grupo de Investigación en Macromoléculas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, 5997, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Grupo de Investigación en Macromoléculas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, 5997, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Macromoléculas, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, 5997, Bogotá, Colombia
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Chavan SP, Bishwa Bidita Varadwaj G, Parida KM, Bhanage BM. Solvent-Switchable Regioselective Synthesis of Aurones and Flavones Using Palladium-Supported Amine-Functionalized Montmorillonite as a Heterogeneous Catalyst. ChemCatChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201600549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Sujit P. Chavan
- Department of Chemistry; Institute of Chemical Technology, N. Parekh Marg, Matunga; Mumbai- 400019 India
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- Centre for Nano Science and Nano Technology; ITER, SOA University, Jagamohan Nagar; Bhubaneswar- 751 030, Odisha India
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- Centre for Nano Science and Nano Technology; ITER, SOA University, Jagamohan Nagar; Bhubaneswar- 751 030, Odisha India
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- Department of Chemistry; Institute of Chemical Technology, N. Parekh Marg, Matunga; Mumbai- 400019 India
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Schwarz T, Montanari F, Cseke A, Wlcek K, Visvader L, Palme S, Chiba P, Kuchler K, Urban E, Ecker GF. Subtle Structural Differences Trigger Inhibitory Activity of Propafenone Analogues at the Two Polyspecific ABC Transporters: P-Glycoprotein (P-gp) and Breast Cancer Resistance Protein (BCRP). ChemMedChem 2016; 11:1380-94. [PMID: 26970257 PMCID: PMC4949556 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201500592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The transmembrane ABC transporters P‐glycoprotein (P‐gp) and breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) are widely recognized for their role in cancer multidrug resistance and absorption and distribution of compounds. Furthermore, they are linked to drug–drug interactions and toxicity. Nevertheless, due to their polyspecificity, a molecular understanding of the ligand‐transporter interaction, which allows designing of both selective and dual inhibitors, is still in its infancy. This study comprises a combined approach of synthesis, in silico prediction, and in vitro testing to identify molecular features triggering transporter selectivity. Synthesis and testing of a series of 15 propafenone analogues with varied rigidity and basicity of substituents provide first trends for selective and dual inhibitors. Results indicate that both the flexibility of the substituent at the nitrogen atom, as well as the basicity of the nitrogen atom, trigger transporter selectivity. Furthermore, inhibitory activity of compounds at P‐gp seems to be much more influenced by logP than those at BCRP. Exploiting these differences further should thus allow designing specific inhibitors for these two polyspecific ABC‐transporters.
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- Theresa Schwarz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medical University Vienna, Währingerstraße 10, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Medical University Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9/2, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Itoh Y, Suzuki M, Matsui T, Ota Y, Hui Z, Tsubaki K, Suzuki T. False HDAC Inhibition by Aurone Compound. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2016; 64:1124-8. [DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c16-00123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Yukihiro Itoh
- Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Graduate School for Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
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- Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Graduate School for Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University
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- Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Bao YT, Zhang M, Li T, Xiao HF, Zhao T, Xu XH, Yang LQ. Synthesis and Biological Activities of 6-Hydroxyaurone Derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.2497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Yong-Tuan Bao
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry; Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu China
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Metal-free methodology for the preparation of sterically hindered alkynoylphenols and its application to the synthesis of flavones and aurones. Tetrahedron Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.05.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Blood–brain barrier permeable anticholinesterase aurones: Synthesis, structure–activity relationship, and drug-like properties. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 94:195-210. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.02.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lucas SD, Carrasco MP, Gonçalves LM, Moreira R, Guedes RC. Discovery of C-shaped aurone human neutrophil elastase inhibitors. MEDCHEMCOMM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5md00164a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aurones were discovered as sub-micromolar HNE inhibitors. The activity is rationalized by a C-shape conformation that allows tight binding to HNE S1 and S2 pockets.
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- S. D. Lucas
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa)
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1649-003 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa)
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1649-003 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa)
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1649-003 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa)
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1649-003 Lisboa
- Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa)
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Universidade de Lisboa
- 1649-003 Lisboa
- Portugal
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Zhang M, Chen GY, Li T, Liu B, Deng JY, Zhang L, Yang LQ, Xu XH. Synthesis and Herbicidal Evaluation of 4,6-Dimethoxyaurone Derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.2298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Min Zhang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Jiangsu University; Zhenjiang 212013 Jiangsu People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 People's Republic of China
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Aurones as histone deacetylase inhibitors: identification of key features. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:5497-501. [PMID: 25455492 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In this study, a total of 22 flavonoids were tested for their HDAC inhibitory activity using fluorimetric and BRET-based assays. Four aurones were found to be active in both assays and showed IC50 values below 20 μM in the enzymatic assay. Molecular modelling revealed that the presence of hydroxyl groups was responsible for good compound orientation within the isoenzyme catalytic site and zinc chelation.
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Carrasco MP, Newton AS, Gonçalves L, Góis A, Machado M, Gut J, Nogueira F, Hänscheid T, Guedes RC, dos Santos DJVA, Rosenthal PJ, Moreira R. Probing the aurone scaffold against Plasmodium falciparum: design, synthesis and antimalarial activity. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 80:523-34. [PMID: 24813880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.04.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A library comprising 44 diversely substituted aurones derivatives was synthesized by straightforward aldol condensation reactions of benzofuranones and the appropriately substituted benzaldehydes. Microwave enhanced synthesis using palladium catalyzed protocols was introduced as a powerful strategy for extending the chemical space around the aurone scaffold. Additionally, Mannich-base derivatives, containing a 7-aminomethyl-6-hydroxy substitution pattern at ring A, were also prepared. Screening against the chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum W2 strain identified novel aurones with IC50 values in the low micromolar range. The most potent compounds contained a basic moiety, with the ability to accumulate in acidic digestive vacuole of the malaria parasite. However, none of those aurones revealed significant activity against hemozoin formation and falcipain-2, two validated targets expressed during the blood stage of P. falciparum infection and functional in digestive vacuole of the parasite. Overall, this study highlight (i) the usefulness of aurones as platforms for synthetic procedures using palladium catalyzed protocols to rapidly deliver lead compounds for further optimization and (ii) the potential of novel aurone derivatives as promising antimalarial compounds.
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- Marta P Carrasco
- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Unidade de Microbiologia Molecular e Infecção, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Malária e outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0811, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Centro de Malária e outras Doenças Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Unidade de Microbiologia Molecular e Infecção, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0811, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Weng Y, Chen Q, Su W. Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular Tandem Reaction of (2-Halogenphenyl)(3-phenyloxiran-2-yl)methanones: Synthesis of (Z)-Aurones. J Org Chem 2014; 79:4218-24. [DOI: 10.1021/jo500483u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yiyi Weng
- Collaborative Innovation
Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation
Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation
Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, P. R. China
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Ding YL, Shih YH, Tsai FY, Leong MK. In silico prediction of inhibition of promiscuous breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP/ABCG2). PLoS One 2014; 9:e90689. [PMID: 24614353 PMCID: PMC3948701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer resistant protein has an essential role in active transport of endogenous substances and xenobiotics across extracellular and intracellular membranes along with P-glycoprotein. It also plays a major role in multiple drug resistance and permeation of blood-brain barrier. Therefore, it is of great importance to derive theoretical models to predict the inhibition of both transporters in the process of drug discovery and development. Hitherto, very limited BCRP inhibition predictive models have been proposed as compared with its P-gp counterpart. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS An in silico BCRP inhibition model was developed in this study using the pharmacophore ensemble/support vector machine scheme to take into account the promiscuous nature of BCRP. The predictions by the PhE/SVM model were found to be in good agreement with the observed values for those molecules in the training set (n= 22, r2 =0.82, qCV2=0.73, RMSE= 0.40, s = 0.24), test set (n =97, q2=0.75-0.89, RMSE= 0.31, s= 0.21), and outlier set (n= 16, q2 =0.72-0.91, RMSE= 0.29, s=0.17). When subjected to a variety of statistical validations, the developed PhE/SVM model consistently met the most stringent criteria. A mock test by HIV protease inhibitors also asserted its predictivity. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE It was found that this accurate, fast, and robust PhE/SVM model can be employed to predict the BCRP inhibition of structurally diverse molecules that otherwise cannot be carried out by any other methods in a high-throughput fashion to design therapeutic agents with insignificant drug toxicity and unfavorable drug-drug interactions mediated by BCRP to enhance clinical efficacy and/or circumvent drug resistance.
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- Yi-Lung Ding
- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien, Taiwan
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- Center for General Education, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Life Science and Institute of Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research and Teaching, Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
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Shu C, Li L, Xiao XY, Yu YF, Ping YF, Zhou JM, Ye LW. Flexible and practical synthesis of 3-oxyindoles through gold-catalyzed intermolecular oxidation of o-ethynylanilines. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:8689-92. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03565h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel gold-catalyzed intermolecular oxidation of o-ethynylanilines has been developed, which provides a reliable access to synthetically useful 3-oxyindoles. Importantly, this gold-catalyzed oxidative process outcompetes the typical indole formation.
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- Chao Shu
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces
- The Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province and Department of Chemistry
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Xiamen University
- Xiamen, P. R. China
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Multidrug Resistance in Cancer: A Tale of ABC Drug Transporters. RESISTANCE TO TARGETED ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7070-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Aurones: a promising heterocyclic scaffold for the development of potent antileishmanial agents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2012; 2012:196921. [PMID: 25374683 PMCID: PMC4207450 DOI: 10.1155/2012/196921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A series of (Z)-2-benzylidenebenzofuran-3-(2H)-ones (aurones) bearing a variety of substituents on rings A and B were synthesized and evaluated for their antiparasitic activity against the intracellular amastigote form of Leishmania infantum and their cytotoxicity against human THP1-differentiated macrophages. In general, aurones bearing no substituents on ring A (compounds 4a–4f) exhibit higher toxicity than aurones with 4,6-dimethoxy substitution (compounds 4g–4l). Among the latter, two aurones possessing a 2′-methoxy or a 2′-methyl group (compounds 4i and 4j) exhibit potent antileishmanial activity (IC50 = 1.3 ± 0.1 μM and IC50 = 1.6 ± 0.2 μM, resp.), comparable to the activity of the reference drug Amphotericin B, whereas they present significantly lower cytotoxicity than Amphotericin B as deduced by the higher selectivity index.
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Manjulatha K, Srinivas S, Mulakayala N, Rambabu D, Prabhakar M, Arunasree KM, Alvala M, Basaveswara Rao MV, Pal M. Ethylenediamine diacetate (EDDA) mediated synthesis of aurones under ultrasound: their evaluation as inhibitors of SIRT1. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:6160-5. [PMID: 22929231 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Revised: 07/29/2012] [Accepted: 08/02/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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An improved synthesis of functionalized aurones has been accomplished via the reaction of benzofuran-3(2H)-one with a range of benzaldehydes in the presence of a mild base EDDA under ultrasound. A number of aurones were synthesized (within 5-30min) and the molecular structure of a representative compound determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction study confirmed Z-geometry of the C-C double bond present within the molecule. Some of the compounds synthesized have shown SIRT1 inhibiting as well as anti proliferative properties against two cancer cell lines in vitro. Compound 3a [(Z)-2-(5-bromo-2-hydroxybenzylidene) benzofuran-3(2H)-one] was identified as a potent inhibitor of SIRT1 (IC(50)=1μM) which showed a dose dependent increase in the acetylation of p53 resulting in induction of apoptosis.
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- Khanapur Manjulatha
- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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Sim HM, Wu CP, Ambudkar SV, Go ML. In vitro and in vivo modulation of ABCG2 by functionalized aurones and structurally related analogs. Biochem Pharmacol 2011; 82:1562-71. [PMID: 21855533 PMCID: PMC3733550 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 08/01/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Over-expression of ABCG2 is linked to multidrug resistance in cancer chemotherapy. We have previously shown that functionalized aurones effectively reduced the efflux of pheophorbide A (an ABCG2 substrate) from ABCG2 over-expressing MDA-MB-231/R ("R") cells. In the present report, we investigated the functional relevance of this observation and the mechanisms by which it occurs. Aurones and related analogs were investigated for re-sensitization of R cells to mitoxantrone (MX, a chemotherapeutic substrate of ABCG2) in cell-based assays, accumulation of intracellular MX by cell cytometry, interaction with ABCG2 by biochemical assays and in vivo efficacy in MX resistant nude mice xenografts. We found that methoxylated aurones interacted directly with ABCG2 to inhibit efflux activity, possibly by competing for occupancy of one of the substrate binding sites on ABCG2. The present evidence suggests that they are not transported by ABCG2 although they stimulate ABCG2-ATPase activity. Alteration of ABCG2 protein expression was also discounted. One member was found to re-sensitize R cells to MX in both in vitro and in vivo settings. Our study identified methoxylated aurones as promising compounds associated with low toxicities and potent modulatory effects on the ABCG2 efflux protein. Thus, they warrant further scrutiny as lead templates for development as reversal agents of multidrug resistance.
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- Hong-May Sim
- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37, Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 37, Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543
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