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Yu FC, Lin XR, Liu ZC, Zhang JH, Liu FF, Wu W, Ma YL, Qu WW, Yan SJ, Lin J. Beyond the Antagonism: Self-Labeled Xanthone Inhibitors as Modeled "Two-in-One" Drugs in Cancer Therapy. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:873-889. [PMID: 30023617 PMCID: PMC6044579 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Self-labeled inhibitors (SLIs) are promising for creating links, ranging from cancer therapy and metastatic pathways to mechanistic elucidation. In this study, a new category of "two-in-one" fluorescent xanthone inhibitors was developed for the systematic evaluation of anticancer activity and the selective imaging of cytoplasm in vitro. These xanthone inhibitors presented high fluorescent brightness, working over a wide pH range enabled by a "switchable reaction" of the heterocyclic backbone. The strength and nature of fluorescence were probed via spectroscopic methods and density functional theory calculations on the molecular level, respectively. Along with the potent anticancer activity, which was demonstrated using MTT and clonogenic assays with high fluorescent brightness in the cytoplasm, SLI 3fd could be established as a modeled self-monitoring drug in cancer therapy.
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- Fu-Chao Yu
- Key
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Ministry of
Education), Yunnan Provincial Engineering Research Center in University
for Crude Drugs and Pharmaceutical Intermediates, School of Chemical
Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P. R. China
- Faculty of Life Science
and Technology and Faculty of Science, Kunming University
of Science and Technology, Kunming 650504, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of
Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States
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- Key
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Ministry of
Education), Yunnan Provincial Engineering Research Center in University
for Crude Drugs and Pharmaceutical Intermediates, School of Chemical
Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P. R. China
- Faculty of Life Science
and Technology and Faculty of Science, Kunming University
of Science and Technology, Kunming 650504, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Life Science
and Technology and Faculty of Science, Kunming University
of Science and Technology, Kunming 650504, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Life Science
and Technology and Faculty of Science, Kunming University
of Science and Technology, Kunming 650504, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Life Science
and Technology and Faculty of Science, Kunming University
of Science and Technology, Kunming 650504, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Ministry of
Education), Yunnan Provincial Engineering Research Center in University
for Crude Drugs and Pharmaceutical Intermediates, School of Chemical
Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P. R. China
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- Faculty of Life Science
and Technology and Faculty of Science, Kunming University
of Science and Technology, Kunming 650504, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Ministry of
Education), Yunnan Provincial Engineering Research Center in University
for Crude Drugs and Pharmaceutical Intermediates, School of Chemical
Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P. R. China
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- Key
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Ministry of
Education), Yunnan Provincial Engineering Research Center in University
for Crude Drugs and Pharmaceutical Intermediates, School of Chemical
Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P. R. China
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MacNevin CJ, Toutchkine A, Marston DJ, Hsu CW, Tsygankov D, Li L, Liu B, Qi T, Nguyen DV, Hahn KM. Ratiometric Imaging Using a Single Dye Enables Simultaneous Visualization of Rac1 and Cdc42 Activation. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:2571-5. [PMID: 26863024 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b09764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Biosensors that report endogenous protein activity in vivo can be based on environment-sensing fluorescent dyes. The dyes can be attached to reagents that bind selectively to a specific conformation of the targeted protein, such that binding leads to a fluorescence change. Dyes that are sufficiently bright for use at low, nonperturbing intracellular concentrations typically undergo changes in intensity rather than the shifts in excitation or emission maxima that would enable precise quantitation through ratiometric imaging. We report here mero199, an environment-sensing dye that undergoes a 33 nm solvent-dependent shift in excitation. The dye was used to generate a ratiometric biosensor of Cdc42 (CRIB199) without the need for additional fluorophores. CRIB199 was used in the same cell with a FRET sensor of Rac1 activation to simultaneously observe Cdc42 and Rac1 activity in cellular protrusions, indicating that Rac1 but not Cdc42 activity was reduced during tail retraction, and specific protrusions had reduced Cdc42 activity. A novel program (EdgeProps) used to correlate localized activation with cell edge dynamics indicated that Rac1 was specifically reduced during retraction.
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- Christopher J MacNevin
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Yang M, Jiang X, Shi ZJ. Direct amidation of the phenylalanine moiety in short peptides via Pd-catalyzed C–H activation/C–N formation. Org Chem Front 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4qo00282b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The direct amidation of dipeptides through direct aryl C–H transformation of the phenylalanine residue via Pd catalysis.
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- Mingyu Yang
- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Green Chemistry Center
- Peking University
- Beijing
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Green Chemistry Center
- Peking University
- Beijing
- China
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- Beijing National Laboratory of Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education
- College of Chemistry and Green Chemistry Center
- Peking University
- Beijing
- China
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King M, Wagner A. Developments in the Field of Bioorthogonal Bond Forming Reactions—Past and Present Trends. Bioconjug Chem 2014; 25:825-39. [DOI: 10.1021/bc500028d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Mathias King
- Laboratory of Functional
Chemo-Systems (UMR 7199), Labex Medalis, University of Strasbourg - CNRS, 74 Route du Rhin, BP 60024, 67401 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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- Laboratory of Functional
Chemo-Systems (UMR 7199), Labex Medalis, University of Strasbourg - CNRS, 74 Route du Rhin, BP 60024, 67401 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
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