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Darwish MIM, Moustafa AM, Youssef AM, Mansour M, Yousef AI, El Omri A, Shawki HH, Mohamed MF, Hassaneen HM, Abdelhamid IA, Oishi H. Novel Tetrahydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4- a]isoquinoline Chalcones Suppress Breast Carcinoma through Cell Cycle Arrests and Apoptosis. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083338. [PMID: 37110575 PMCID: PMC10144155 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Chalcones are interesting anticancer drug candidates which have attracted much interest due to their unique structure and their extensive biological activity. Various functional modifications in chalcones have been reported, along with their pharmacological properties. In the current study, novel chalcone derivatives with the chemical base of tetrahydro-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a]isoquinolin-3-yl)-3-arylprop-2-en-1-one were synthesized, and the structure of their molecules was confirmed through NMR spectroscopy. The antitumor activity of these newly synthesized chalcone derivatives was tested on mouse (Luc-4T1) and human (MDA-MB-231) breast cancer cell lines. The antiproliferative effect was evaluated through SRB screening and the MTT assay after 48 h of treatment at different concentrations. Interestingly, among the tested chalcone derivatives, chalcone analogues with a methoxy group were found to have significant anticancer activity and displayed gradient-dependent inhibition against breast cancer cell proliferation. The anticancer properties of these unique analogues were examined further by cytometric analysis of the cell cycle, quantitative PCR, and the caspases-Glo 3/7 assay. Chalcone methoxy derivatives showed the capability of cell cycle arrest and increased Bax/Bcl2 mRNA ratios as well as caspases 3/7 activity. The molecular docking analysis suggests that these chalcone methoxy derivatives may inhibit anti-apoptotic proteins, particularly cIAP1, BCL2, and EGFRK proteins. In conclusion, our findings confirm that chalcone methoxy derivatives could be considered to be potent drug candidates against breast cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mahmoud I M Darwish
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt
- Department of Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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- Department of Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
- Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt
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- Department of Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
- Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt
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- Molecular Physiology Division, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62511, Egypt
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- Surgical Research Section, Department of Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
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- Department of Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
- National Gene Bank of Egypt, Giza 12916, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Comparative and Experimental Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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Daressy F, Malard F, Seguy L, Guérineau V, Apel C, Dumontet V, Robert A, Groo AC, Litaudon M, Bignon J, Desrat S, Malzert-Fréon A, Wiels J, Lescop E, Roussi F. Drimane Derivatives as the First Examples of Covalent BH3 Mimetics that Target MCL-1. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:1788-1797. [PMID: 33665938 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
Drimane sesquiterpenoid dialdehydes are natural compounds with antiproliferative properties. Nevertheless, their mode of action has not yet been discovered. Herein, we demonstrate that various drimanes are potent inhibitors of MCL-1 and BCL-xL, two proteins of the BCL-2 family that are overexpressed in various cancers, including lymphoid malignancies. Subtle changes in their structure significantly modified their activity on the target proteins. The two most active compounds are MCL-1 selective and bind in the BH3 binding groove of the protein. Complementary studies by NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry analyses, but also synthesis, showed that they covalently inhibit MCL-1 though the formation of a pyrrole adduct. In addition, cytotoxic assays revealed that these two compounds show a cytotoxic selectivity for BL2, a MCL-1/BCL-xL-dependent cell line and induce apoptosis.
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- Florian Daressy
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.,Institut Gustave Roussy, CNRS UMR8126, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif Cedex, France.,UMR9018 CNRS, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur le Médicament de Normandie (CERMN), UNICAEN, Normandie Université, Boulevard Becquerel, 14032, Caen Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, CNRS UMR8126, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif Cedex, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Institut Gustave Roussy, UMR1279, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur le Médicament de Normandie (CERMN), UNICAEN, Normandie Université, Boulevard Becquerel, 14032, Caen Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur le Médicament de Normandie (CERMN), UNICAEN, Normandie Université, Boulevard Becquerel, 14032, Caen Cedex, France
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, CNRS UMR8126, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif Cedex, France.,UMR9018 CNRS, Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805, Villejuif, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, Avenue de la terrasse, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Pawlak A, Henklewska M, Hernández Suárez B, Łużny M, Kozłowska E, Obmińska-Mrukowicz B, Janeczko T. Chalcone Methoxy Derivatives Exhibit Antiproliferative and Proapoptotic Activity on Canine Lymphoma and Leukemia Cells. Molecules 2020; 25:E4362. [PMID: 32977440 PMCID: PMC7582533 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25194362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Chalcones are interesting candidates for anti-cancer drugs due to the ease of their synthesis and their extensive biological activity. The study presents antitumor activity of newly synthesized chalcone analogues with a methoxy group on a panel of canine lymphoma and leukemia cell lines. The antiproliferative effect of the 2'-hydroxychalcone and its methoxylated derivatives was evaluated in MTT assay after 48 h of treatment in different concentrations. The proapoptotic activity was studied by cytometric analysis of cells stained with Annexin V/FITC and propidium iodide and by measure caspases 3/7 and 8 activation. The DNA damage was evaluated by Western blot analysis of phosphorylated histone H2AX. The new compounds had selective antiproliferative activity against the studied cell lines, the most effective were the 2'-hydroxy-2″,5″-dimethoxychalcone and 2'-hydroxy-4',6'-dimethoxychalcone. 2'-Hydroxychalcone and the two most active derivatives induced apoptosis and caspases participation, but some percentage of necrotic cells was also observed. Comparing phosphatidylserine externalization after treatment with the different compounds it was noted that the addition of two methoxy groups increased the proapoptotic potential. The most active compounds triggered DNA damage even in the cell lines resistant to chalcone-induced apoptosis. The results confirmed that the analogues could have anticancer potential in the treatment of canine lymphoma or leukemia.
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- Aleksandra Pawlak
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C.K. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.H.); (B.H.S.); (B.O.-M.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C.K. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.H.); (B.H.S.); (B.O.-M.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C.K. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.H.); (B.H.S.); (B.O.-M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.Ł.); (E.K.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.Ł.); (E.K.); (T.J.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, C.K. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.H.); (B.H.S.); (B.O.-M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 25, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland; (M.Ł.); (E.K.); (T.J.)
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Gapil Tiamas S, Daressy F, Abou Samra A, Bignon J, Steinmetz V, Litaudon M, Fourneau C, Hoong Leong K, Ariffin A, Awang K, Desrat S, Roussi F. Pro-apoptotic carboxamide analogues of natural fislatifolic acid targeting Mcl-1 and Bcl-2. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127003. [PMID: 32035700 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
A library of 26 novel carboxamides deriving from natural fislatifolic acid has been prepared. The synthetic strategy involved a bio-inspired Diels-Alder cycloaddition, followed by functionalisations of the carbonyl moiety. All the compounds were evaluated on Bcl-xL, Mcl-1 and Bcl-2 proteins. In this series of cyclohexenyl chalcone analogues, six compounds behaved as dual Bcl-xL/Mcl-1 inhibitors in micromolar range and one exhibited sub-micromolar affinities toward Mcl-1 and Bcl-2. The most potent compounds evaluated on A549 and MCF7 cancer cell lines showed moderate cytotoxicities.
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- Shelly Gapil Tiamas
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Université Paris-Saclay, UMR CNRS 8126, Institut Gustave Roussy, 114 rue Edouard-Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, BioCIS, Faculté de Pharmacie de Châtenay-Malabry, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, UPR 2301, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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