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Angulo-Elizari E, Henriquez-Figuereo A, Morán-Serradilla C, Plano D, Sanmartín C. Unlocking the potential of 1,4-naphthoquinones: A comprehensive review of their anticancer properties. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 268:116249. [PMID: 38458106 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116249] [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: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
Abstract
Cancer encompasses a group of pathologies with common characteristics, high incidence, and prevalence in all countries. Although there are treatments available for this disease, they are not always effective or safe, often failing to achieve the desired results. This is why it is necessary to continue the search for new therapies. One of the strategies for obtaining new antitumor drugs is the use of 1,4-naphthoquinone as a scaffold in synthetic or natural products with antitumor activity. This review focuses on compiling studies related to the antitumor activity of 1,4-naphthoquinone and its natural and synthetic derivatives over the last 10 years. The work describes the main natural naphthoquinones with antitumor activity and classifies the synthetic naphthoquinones based on the structural modifications made to the scaffold. Additionally, the formation of metal complexes using naphthoquinones as a ligand is considered. After a thorough review, 197 synthetic compounds with potent biological activity against cancer have been classified according to their chemical structures and their mechanisms of action have been described.
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- Eduardo Angulo-Elizari
- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdisNA), 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
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- University of Navarra, School of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irunlarrea 1, 31008, Pamplona, Spain; Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdisNA), 31008, Pamplona, Spain.
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Benites J, Valderrama JA, Contreras Á, Enríquez C, Pino-Rios R, Yáñez O, Buc Calderon P. Discovery of New 2-Phenylamino-3-acyl-1,4-naphthoquinones as Inhibitors of Cancer Cells Proliferation: Searching for Intra-Cellular Targets Playing a Role in Cancer Cells Survival. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114323. [PMID: 37298798 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114323] [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: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
Abstract
A series of 2-phenylamino-3-acyl-1,4-naphtoquinones were evaluated regarding their in vitro antiproliferative activities using DU-145, MCF-7 and T24 cancer cells. Such activities were discussed in terms of molecular descriptors such as half-wave potentials, hydrophobicity and molar refractivity. Compounds 4 and 11 displayed the highest antiproliferative activity against the three cancer cells and were therefore further investigated. The in silico prediction of drug likeness, using pkCSM and SwissADME explorer online, shows that compound 11 is a suitable lead molecule to be developed. Moreover, the expressions of key genes were studied in DU-145 cancer cells. They include genes involved in apoptosis (Bcl-2), tumor metabolism regulation (mTOR), redox homeostasis (GSR), cell cycle regulation (CDC25A), cell cycle progression (TP53), epigenetic (HDAC4), cell-cell communication (CCN2) and inflammatory pathways (TNF). Compound 11 displays an interesting profile because among these genes, mTOR was significantly less expressed as compared to control conditions. Molecular docking shows that compound 11 has good affinity with mTOR, unraveling a potential inhibitory effect on this protein. Due to the key role of mTOR on tumor metabolism, we suggest that impaired DU-145 cells proliferation by compound 11 is caused by a reduced mTOR expression (less mTOR protein) and inhibitory activity on mTOR protein.
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- Julio Benites
- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
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- Núcleo de Investigación en Data Science, Facultad de Ingeniería y Negocios, Universidad de las Américas, Santiago 7500000, Chile
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- Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique 1100000, Chile
- Research Group in Metabolism and Nutrition, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université Catholique de Louvain, 73 Avenue E. Mounier, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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Navarro-Tovar G, Vega-Rodríguez S, Leyva E, Loredo-Carrillo S, de Loera D, López-López LI. The Relevance and Insights on 1,4-Naphthoquinones as Antimicrobial and Antitumoral Molecules: A Systematic Review. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:ph16040496. [PMID: 37111253 PMCID: PMC10144089 DOI: 10.3390/ph16040496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Natural product derivatives are essential in searching for compounds with important chemical, biological, and medical applications. Naphthoquinones are secondary metabolites found in plants and are used in traditional medicine to treat diverse human diseases. Considering this, the synthesis of naphthoquinone derivatives has been explored to contain compounds with potential biological activity. It has been reported that the chemical modification of naphthoquinones improves their pharmacological properties by introducing amines, amino acids, furan, pyran, pyrazole, triazole, indole, among other chemical groups. In this systematic review, we summarized the preparation of nitrogen naphthoquinones derivatives and discussed their biological effect associated with redox properties and other mechanisms. Preclinical evaluation of antibacterial and/or antitumoral naphthoquinones derivatives is included because cancer is a worldwide health problem, and there is a lack of effective drugs against multidrug-resistant bacteria. The information presented herein indicates that naphthoquinone derivatives could be considered for further studies to provide drugs efficient in treating cancer and multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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- Gabriela Navarro-Tovar
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí 78210, Mexico; (G.N.-T.); (S.V.-R.); (E.L.); (S.L.-C.)
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT), Mexico City 03940, Mexico
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí 78210, Mexico; (G.N.-T.); (S.V.-R.); (E.L.); (S.L.-C.)
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí 78210, Mexico; (G.N.-T.); (S.V.-R.); (E.L.); (S.L.-C.)
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí 78210, Mexico; (G.N.-T.); (S.V.-R.); (E.L.); (S.L.-C.)
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí 78210, Mexico; (G.N.-T.); (S.V.-R.); (E.L.); (S.L.-C.)
- Correspondence: (D.d.L.); (L.I.L.-L.)
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- Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luís Potosí 78377, Mexico
- Correspondence: (D.d.L.); (L.I.L.-L.)
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Highly Efficient Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationships of a Small Library of Substituted 1,4-Naphthoquinones. European J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201800207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Valderrama JA, Cabrera M, Benites J, Ríos D, Inostroza-Rivera R, Muccioli GG, Calderon PB. Synthetic approaches and in vitro cytotoxic evaluation of 2-acyl-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyanilino)-1,4-naphthoquinones. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03238b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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2-Acyl-1,4-naphthoquinones react with 3,4,5-trimethoxyaniline, under aerobic conditions, to give benzophenanthridinequinone, benzocarbazole and 2-acyl-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyanilino)-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives.
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- Jaime A. Valderrama
- Instituto de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (ICEN)
- Universidad Arturo Prat
- Iquique 1100000
- Chile
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
- Universidad Arturo Prat
- Iquique 1100000
- Chile
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- Instituto de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (ICEN)
- Universidad Arturo Prat
- Iquique 1100000
- Chile
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
- Universidad Arturo Prat
- Iquique 1100000
- Chile
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- Bioanalysis and Pharmacology of Bioactive Lipids Laboratory
- Louvain Drug Research Institute
- Université catholique de Louvain
- 1200 Brussels
- Belgium
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
- Universidad Arturo Prat
- Iquique 1100000
- Chile
- Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group
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Zhang Q, Chang CWT. Divergent and facile Lewis acid-mediated synthesis of N-alkyl 2-aminomethylene-1,3-indanediones and 2-alkylamino-1,4-naphthoquinones. Tetrahedron Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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