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Singh A, Singh K, Kaur K, Singh A, Sharma A, Kaur K, Kaur J, Kaur G, Kaur U, Kaur H, Singh P, Bedi PMS. Coumarin as an Elite Scaffold in Anti-Breast Cancer Drug Development: Design Strategies, Mechanistic Insights, and Structure-Activity Relationships. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1192. [PMID: 38927399 PMCID: PMC11200728 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12061192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Currently, it poses a significant threat to the healthcare system due to the emerging resistance and toxicity of available drug candidates in clinical practice, thus generating an urgent need for the development of new potent and safer anti-breast cancer drug candidates. Coumarin (chromone-2-one) is an elite ring system widely distributed among natural products and possesses a broad range of pharmacological properties. The unique distribution and pharmacological efficacy of coumarins attract natural product hunters, resulting in the identification of numerous natural coumarins from different natural sources in the last three decades, especially those with anti-breast cancer properties. Inspired by this, numerous synthetic derivatives based on coumarins have been developed by medicinal chemists all around the globe, showing promising anti-breast cancer efficacy. This review is primarily focused on the development of coumarin-inspired anti-breast cancer agents in the last three decades, especially highlighting design strategies, mechanistic insights, and their structure-activity relationship. Natural coumarins having anti-breast cancer efficacy are also briefly highlighted. This review will act as a guideline for researchers and medicinal chemists in designing optimum coumarin-based potent and safer anti-breast cancer agents.
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- Atamjit Singh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State Cancer Institute, CH72, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- University School of Business Management, Chandigarh University, Gharuan 140413, Mohali, India;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (H.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (H.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
- Drug and Pollution Testing Laboratory, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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Koley M, Han J, Soloshonok VA, Mojumder S, Javahershenas R, Makarem A. Latest developments in coumarin-based anticancer agents: mechanism of action and structure-activity relationship studies. RSC Med Chem 2024; 15:10-54. [PMID: 38283214 PMCID: PMC10809357 DOI: 10.1039/d3md00511a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Many researchers around the world are working on the development of novel anticancer drugs with different mechanisms of action. In this case, coumarin is a highly promising pharmacophore for the development of novel anticancer drugs. Besides, the hybridization of this moiety with other anticancer pharmacophores has emerged as a potent breakthrough in the treatment of cancer to decrease its side effects and increase its efficiency. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent development of coumarin derivatives and their application as novel anticancer drugs. Herein, we highlight and describe the largest number of research works reported in this field from 2015 to August 2023, along with their mechanisms of action and structure-activity relationship studies, making this review different from the other review articles published on this topic to date.
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- Manankar Koley
- CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata India
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, University of the Basque Country San Sebastián Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University Urmia Iran
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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Abdulrahman FG, Abulkhair HS, Zidan RA, Alwakeel AI, Al-Karmalawy AA, Husseiny EM. Novel benzochromenes: design, synthesis, cytotoxicity, molecular docking and mechanistic investigations. Future Med Chem 2024; 16:105-123. [PMID: 38226455 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2023-0198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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Aim: A novel series of fused benzochromenes with expected cytotoxicity and HIF-1α inhibition was identified. Materials & methods: A bioisosterism-aided approach was applied to design new benzochromenes and assess their cytotoxicity against three cancer cell lines. The probable mechanistic effect and the in silico docking and pharmacokinetic profiles of the most effective derivatives were evaluated. Results: Compounds 3, 4, 5, 8 and 11 showed potent antiproliferative activity and excellent selectivity. Compound 8 showed significant HIF-1α inhibition with an IC50 value of 3.372 μM. It also enhanced apoptosis and arrested the HepG2 cell cycle at both the G0/G1 and S stages. Conclusion: Compound 8 was identified as a new potential anticancer candidate.
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- Fatma G Abdulrahman
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, 11754, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, 11884, Cairo, Egypt
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Horus University-Egypt, International Coastal Road, New Damietta, 34518, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Horus University-Egypt, International Coastal Road, New Damietta, 34518, Egypt
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Ahram Canadian University, Giza, 12566, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, 11754, Cairo, Egypt
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Terrazas P, Salamanca E, Dávila M, Manner S, Giménez A, Sterner O. SAR:s for the Antiparasitic Plant Metabolite Pulchrol. 1. The Benzyl Alcohol Functionality. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25133058. [PMID: 32635469 PMCID: PMC7412453 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25133058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pulchrol (1) is a natural benzochromene isolated from the roots of Bourreria pulchra, shown to possess potent antiparasitic activity towards both Leishmania and Trypanozoma species. As it is not understood which molecular features of 1 are important for the antiparasitic activity, several analogues were synthesized and assayed. The ultimate goal is to understand the structure–activity relationships (SAR:s) and create a QSAR model that can be used for the development of clinically useful antiparasitic agents. In this study, we have synthesized 25 2-methoxy-6,6-dimethyl-6H-benzo[c]chromen analogues of 1 and its co-metabolite pulchral (5a), by semi-synthetic procedures starting from the natural product pulchrol (1) itself. All 27 compounds, including the two natural products 1 and 5a, were subsequently assayed in vitro for antiparasitic activity against Trypanozoma cruzi, Leishmania brasiliensis and Leishmania amazoniensis. In addition, the cytotoxicity in RAW cells was assayed, and a selectivity index (SI) for each compound and each parasite was calculated. Several compounds are more potent or equi-potent compared with the positive controls Benznidazole (Trypanozoma) and Miltefosine (Leishmania). The compounds with the highest potencies as well as SI-values are esters of 1 with various carboxylic acids.
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- Paola Terrazas
- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden; (P.T.); (S.M.)
- Centre of Agroindustrial Technology, San Simón University, 3299 Cochabamba, Bolivia;
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- Institute for Pharmacological and Biochemical Sciences, San Andrés University, 3299 La Paz, Bolivia; (E.S.); (A.G.)
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- Centre of Agroindustrial Technology, San Simón University, 3299 Cochabamba, Bolivia;
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden; (P.T.); (S.M.)
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- Institute for Pharmacological and Biochemical Sciences, San Andrés University, 3299 La Paz, Bolivia; (E.S.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden; (P.T.); (S.M.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +46-70-5306649
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Durgapal SD, Soni R, Umar S, Suresh B, Soman SS. 3-Aminomethyl pyridine chalcone derivatives: Design, synthesis, DNA binding and cytotoxic studies. Chem Biol Drug Des 2018; 92:1279-1287. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.13189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Sunil Dutt Durgapal
- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; The M. S. University of Baroda; Vadodara India
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; The M. S. University of Baroda; Vadodara India
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- Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; The M. S. University of Baroda; Vadodara India
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- Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; The M. S. University of Baroda; Vadodara India
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; The M. S. University of Baroda; Vadodara India
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