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Kostin RK, Marshavin AS. Pyrazoles, isoxazoles, and 1,2,3-triazoles as analogs of the natural cytostatic combretastatin A-4: efficient routes of synthesis, tubulin inhibition, and cytotoxicity. Chem Heterocycl Compd (N Y) 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10593-021-03025-y] [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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A novel ALK inhibitor ZYY inhibits Karpas299 cell growth in vitro and in a mouse xenograft model and induces protective autophagy. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2019; 383:114781. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and cocrystal structures with tubulin of chiral β -lactam bridged combretastatin A-4 analogues as potent antitumor agents. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 144:817-842. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Methyl 5-[(1H-indol-3-yl)selanyl]-1H-benzoimidazol-2-ylcarbamate (M-24), a novel tubulin inhibitor, causes G2/M arrest and cell apoptosis by disrupting tubulin polymerization in human cervical and breast cancer cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2017; 42:139-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zuo D, Pang L, Shen J, Guan Q, Bai Z, Zhang H, Li Y, Lu G, Zhang W, Wu Y. 5-(Furan-2-yl)-4-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-3H-1,2-dithiol-3-one oxime (6f), a new synthetic compound, causes human fibrosarcoma HT-1080 cell apoptosis by disrupting tubulin polymerisation and inducing G2/M arrest. Int J Oncol 2017; 50:2069-2078. [PMID: 28440465 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2017.3963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
In the current study, we synthesized a series of new compounds targeting tubulin and tested their anti-proliferative activities. Among these new synthetic com-pounds, 5-(furan-2-yl)-4-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-3H-1,2-dithiol-3-one oxime (6f) exhibited significant anti-proliferative activity against different human cancer cell lines including human gastric adenocarcinoma SGC-7901, human non-small cell lung cancer A549, and human fibrosarcoma HT-1080. As a result, 6f was selected to further test the sensitivity to different cancer cell lines including human cervical cancer cell line HeLa, human breast cancer cell line MCF-7, non-small cell lung cancer cell line A549, human liver carcinoma cell line HepG-2, human oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines KB, SGC-7901 and HT-1080. Among these cell lines, HT-1080 and HeLa are the most sensitive. Therefore, HT-1080 was selected to further explore the properties of anti-proliferative activity and the underlying mechanisms. Our data proved that 6f exhibited strong anti-proliferative effects against HT-1080 cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner. We showed that the growth inhibitory effect of 6f in HT-1080 cells was related with microtubule depolymerisation. Molecular docking studies revealed that 6f interacted and bound efficiently with the colchicine-binding site of tubulin. In addition, 6f treatment induced G2/M cell cycle arrest dose-dependently and subsequently induced cell apoptosis. Western blot study indicated that upregulation of cyclin B1 and p-cdc2 was related with G2/M arrest. 6f-induced cell apoptosis was associated with both mitochondrial and death receptor pathway. In conclusion, our data showed that 6f, among the newly synthetic compounds, exhibited highest anti-proliferative activity by disrupting the microtubule polymerisation, causing G2/M arrest and subsequently inducing cell apoptosis in HT-1080 cells. Hence, 6f is a promising microtubule depolymerising agent for the treatment of various cancers especially human fibrosarcoma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daiying Zuo
- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, The Sixth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, Sichuan 610051, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Cai D, Qiu Z, Yao W, Liu Y, Huang H, Liao S, Luo Q, Xie L, Lin Z. YSL-12, a novel microtubule-destabilizing agent, exerts potent anti-tumor activity against colon cancer in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2016; 77:1217-29. [DOI: 10.1007/s00280-016-3036-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 04/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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2-Methoxy-5((3,4,5-trimethosyphenyl)seleninyl) phenol (SQ0814061), a novel microtubule inhibitor, evokes G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human breast cancer cells. Biomed Pharmacother 2016; 78:308-321. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2016.01.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sun J, Chen L, Liu C, Wang Z, Zuo D, Pan J, Qi H, Bao K, Wu Y, Zhang W. Synthesis and Biological Evaluations of 1,2-Diaryl Pyrroles as Analogues of Combretastatin A-4. Chem Biol Drug Des 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jun Sun
- Clinical Pharmacology Laboratory; Henan Province People's Hospital; Zhengzhou University People's Hospital; 7 Weiwu Road Jinshui District Zhengzhou 450003 China
- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery; Ministry of Education; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery; Ministry of Education; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery; Ministry of Education; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery; Ministry of Education; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery; Ministry of Education; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
- Division of Hematology/Oncology; Department of Medicine; Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School; Boston MA 02215 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery; Ministry of Education; Shenyang Pharmaceutical University; 103 Wenhua Road Shenhe District Shenyang 110016 China
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Greene LM, Meegan MJ, Zisterer DM. Combretastatins: more than just vascular targeting agents? J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2015; 355:212-27. [PMID: 26354991 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.115.226225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Several prodrugs of the naturally occurring combretastatins have undergone extensive clinical evaluation as vascular targeting agents (VTAs). Their increased selectivity toward endothelial cells together with their innate ability to rapidly induce vascular shutdown and inhibit tumor growth at doses up to 10-fold less than the maximum tolerated dose led to the clinical evaluation of combretastatins as VTAs. Tubulin is well established as the molecular target of the combretastatins and the vast majority of its synthetic derivatives. Furthermore, tubulin is a highly validated molecular target of many direct anticancer agents routinely used as front-line chemotherapeutics. The unique vascular targeting properties of the combretastatins have somewhat overshadowed their development as direct anticancer agents and the delineation of the various cell death pathways and anticancer properties associated with such chemotherapeutics. Moreover, the ongoing clinical trial of OXi4503 (combretastatin-A1 diphosphate) together with preliminary preclinical evaluation for the treatment of refractory acute myelogenous leukemia has successfully highlighted both the indirect and direct anticancer properties of combretastatins. In this review, we discuss the development of the combretastatins from nature to the clinic. The various mechanisms underlying combretastatin-induced cell cycle arrest, mitotic catastrophe, cell death, and survival are also reviewed in an attempt to further enhance the clinical prospects of this unique class of VTAs.
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- Lisa M Greene
- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (L.M.G., D.M.Z.), and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology (M.J.M.), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (L.M.G., D.M.Z.), and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology (M.J.M.), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (L.M.G., D.M.Z.), and School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology (M.J.M.), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Tang J, Zhang C, Sun J, Zhao L, Zhang W, Liu Z, Sun L, Chen X. Application of an ultra-performance liquid chromatography method with tandem mass spectrometry to pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and excretion in the study of DAT-230, a novel tubulin-binding agent candidate, in rats. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2015; 110:49-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2014.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 08/31/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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3-(3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenylselenyl)-1H-indoles and their selenoxides as combretastatin A-4 analogs: Microwave-assisted synthesis and biological evaluation. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 90:184-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2014] [Revised: 11/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Qi H, Zuo DY, Bai ZS, Xu JW, Li ZQ, Shen QR, Wang ZW, Zhang WG, Wu YL. COH-203, a novel microtubule inhibitor, exhibits potent anti-tumor activity via p53-dependent senescence in hepatocellular carcinoma. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 455:262-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Wang JB, Dong DF, Gao K, Wang MDE. Mechanisms underlying the biological changes induced by isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 mutation in glioma cells. Oncol Lett 2014; 7:651-657. [PMID: 24520288 PMCID: PMC3919947 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.1806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) mutation has been reported to be associated with an increased overall survival in patients with glioma in a number of studies. Previous studies have focused on the mutation rate and possible metabolic pathways of the mutated IDH1 gene. However, the effects of IDH1 mutation on the biological behavior of glioma cells and the associated mechanisms, as well as the possible effects they may have on clinical therapy, have not been studied. In the present study, three eukaryotic expression vectors were constructed and transfected into the U87 cell line, specifically, a wild-type form of the IDH1 gene with the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene, a mutated IDH1 gene with the EGFP gene and the EGFP gene only. The three stable cell lines were selected using the G418 antibiotic. The biological behaviors of the cell lines were studied and the mechanisms underlying the biological differences between the cell lines were further investigated. The present study confirmed that IDH1 mutation induced cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase and reduced the proportion of the G2/M phase, by downregulating cell division control protein 2 homolog levels, increasing bromodomain-containing protein 2 levels and markedly limiting cell proliferation. IDH1 mutation had no effect on the apoptosis rate under routine culture conditions. Serum chemotaxis assays showed that IDH1 mutation was markedly associated with a significantly reduced invasion ability, by reducing the levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9. From this study, it may be concluded that IDH1 mutation improves prognosis in glioma patients by altering the cell cycle, inhibiting cell proliferation and downregulating cell invasion ability. The results may provide a partial explanation for the improved prognosis of patients with mutated forms of the IDH1 gene.
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- Ju-Bo Wang
- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of the Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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Tubulin-interactive stilbene derivatives as anticancer agents. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2013; 18:368-97. [PMID: 23818224 PMCID: PMC6275897 DOI: 10.2478/s11658-013-0094-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Microtubules are dynamic polymers that occur in eukaryotic cells and play important roles in cell division, motility, transport and signaling. They form during the process of polymerization of α- and β-tubulin dimers. Tubulin is a significant and heavily researched molecular target for anticancer drugs. Combretastatins are natural cis-stilbenes that exhibit cytotoxic properties in cultured cancer cells in vitro. Combretastatin A-4 (3′-hydroxy-3,4,4′, 5-tetramethoxy-cis-stilbene; CA-4) is a potent cytotoxic cis-stilbene that binds to β-tubulin at the colchicine-binding site and inhibits tubulin polymerization. The prodrug CA-4 phosphate is currently in clinical trials as a chemotherapeutic agent for cancer treatment. Numerous series of stilbene analogs have been studied in search of potent cytotoxic agents with the requisite tubulin-interactive properties. Microtubule-interfering agents include numerous CA-4 and transresveratrol analogs and other synthetic stilbene derivatives. Importantly, these agents are active in both tumor cells and immature endothelial cells of tumor blood vessels, where they inhibit the process of angiogenesis. Recently, computer-aided virtual screening was used to select potent tubulin-interactive compounds. This review covers the role of stilbene derivatives as a class of antitumor agents that act by targeting microtubule assembly dynamics. Additionally, we present the results of molecular modeling of their binding to specific sites on the α- and β-tubulin heterodimer. This has enabled the elucidation of the mechanism of stilbene cytotoxicity and is useful in the design of novel agents with improved anti-mitotic activity. Tubulin-interactive agents are believed to have the potential to play a significant role in the fight against cancer.
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