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Green Process for the Synthesis of 3-Amino-2-methyl-quinazolin-4(3H)-one Synthones and Amides Thereof:DNA Photo-Disruptive and Molecular Docking Studies. Processes (Basel) 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/pr10020384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Eleven 3-amino-2-methyl-quinazolin-4(3H)-ones have been synthesized, in good to excellent yields, via their corresponding benzoxazinones using an efficient tandem microwave-assisted green process. Representative acetamides have been thermally derived from their functional free 3-amino group, whereas for the synthesis of various arylamides, a novel green microwave-assisted protocol has been developed, which involved the attack of hydrazides on benzoxazinones. Eight out of the eleven 3-amino-2-methyl-quinazolin-4(3H)-ones were found photo-active towards plasmid DNA under UVB, and four under UVA irradiation. Amongst all acetamides, only the 6-nitro derivative retained activity both under UVB and UVA irradiation, whereas the 6-bromo-substituted one was active only under UVB. 3-arylamido-6-bromo derivatives exhibited dramatically decreased photo-activity; however, all 3-arylamido-6-nitro compounds developed extraordinary activity, even at concentrations as low as 1μM, which was enhanced compared to their parent 3-amino-2-methyl-6-nitro-quinazolinone. Molecular docking studies were indicative of satisfactory binding to DNA and correlated to the presented photo-activity. Since quinazolinones are known “privileged” pharmacophores for anticancer and antimicrobial activities, the present study gives information on turning “on” and “off” photosensitization on various derivatives which are often used as synthones for drug development, when chromophores and auxochromes are incorporated or being functionalized. Thus, certain compounds may lead to the development of novel photo-chemo or photodynamic therapeutics.
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Panagopoulos A, Balalas T, Mitrakas A, Vrazas V, Katsani KR, Koumbis AE, Koukourakis MI, Litinas KE, Fylaktakidou KC. 6-Nitro-Quinazolin-4(3H)-one Exhibits Photodynamic Effects and Photodegrades Human Melanoma Cell Lines. A Study on the Photoreactivity of Simple Quinazolin-4(3H)-ones. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 97:826-836. [PMID: 33386640 DOI: 10.1111/php.13376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Photochemo and photodynamic therapies are minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of cancers and powerful weapons for competing bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Synthetic and naturally occurring quinazolinones are considered privileged anticancer and antibacterial agents, with several of them to have emerged as commercially available drugs. In the present study, applying a single-step green microwave irradiation mediated protocol we have synthesized eleven quinazolinon-4(3H)-ones, from cheap readily available anthranilic acids, in very good yields and purity. These products were irradiated in the presence of pBR322 plasmid DNA under UVB, UVA and visible light. Four of the compounds proved to be very effective DNA photocleavers, at low concentrations, being time and concentration dependent as well as pH independent. Participation of reactive oxygen species was related to the substitution of quinazolinone derivatives. 6-Nitro-quinazolinone in combination with UVA irradiation was found to be in vitro photodestructive for three cell lines; glioblastoma (U87MG and T98G) and mainly melanoma (A-375). Thus, certain appropriately substituted quinazolinones may serve as new lead photosensitizers for the development of promising biotechnological applications and as novel photochemo and photodynamic therapeutics.
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- Anastasios Panagopoulos
- Laboratory of Organic, Bioorganic and Natural Product Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Radiotherapy/Oncology, Democritus University of Thrace/University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Virology, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Virology, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Radiotherapy/Oncology, Democritus University of Thrace/University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Organic, Bioorganic and Natural Product Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Dragana, Alexandroupolis, Greece.,Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Preparation of 4(3H)-quinazolinones from aryldiazonium salt, nitriles and 2-aminobenzoate via a cascade annulation. Tetrahedron 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2018.12.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Jantová S, Melušová M, Pánik M, Brezová V, Barbieriková Z. UVA-induced effects of 2,6-disubstituted 4-anilinoquinazolines on cancer cell lines. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2016; 154:77-88. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tokura Y, Ogai M, Yagi H, Takigawa M. Afloqualone photosensitivity: immunogenicity of afloqualone-photomodified epidermal cells. Photochem Photobiol 1994; 60:262-7. [PMID: 7972379 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1994.tb05102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Afloqualone (AQ) is an oral muscle relaxant and evokes ultraviolet A (UVA)-induced photosensitivity dermatitis as a side effect. Histologic observations of the skin eruption suggest that AQ photosensitivity is mediated not only by phototoxic but also by photoallergic mechanisms. To address the immunological mechanisms of AQ photosensitivity, we examined the immunogenicity of AQ-photomodified epidermal cells in mice. Afloqualone was covalently coupled with bovine serum albumin by irradiation with UVA but not UVB. Because of this ability of AQ to photobind to protein, murine epidermal cells were easily modified with AQ by exposure to UVA. Subcutaneous inoculation of AQ-photomodified epidermal cells successfully induced an antigen-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity in mice. These findings suggest that AQ-photoderivatized epidermal cells are highly immunogenic and that photomodification of epidermal cells with AQ is an initial event to evoke AQ photosensitivity dermatitis.
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- Y Tokura
- Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Fujita H, Matsuo I. UV-A induced DNA nicking activities of skin photosensitive drugs: phenothiazines, benzothiadiazines and afloqualone. Chem Biol Interact 1988; 66:27-36. [PMID: 3383286 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(88)90038-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Plasmid pBR 322 was subjected to UV-A irradiation in the presence of photosensitive drugs, i.e., phenothiazines [chlorpromazine hydrochloride (CPZ), promethazine hydrochloride (PMZ) and mequitazine (MQZ)], benzothiadiazines [penflutizide (PFZ), hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) and methyclothiazide (MCT)] and afloqualone (AQ). The distribution of the closed-circular and the open-circular form of the plasmid DNA was analyzed by means of neutral agarose gel electrophoresis. All the drugs used induced more or less DNA nicking to yield the open-circular form. The nicking activities of the phenothiazines were in the order: CPZ greater than PMZ greater than MQZ. CPZ elicited extensive degradation of the DNA by photosensitization. The nicking activities of the benzothiadiazines and AQ were much weaker than CPZ and PMZ.
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- H Fujita
- Department of Molecular Biology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
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