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Darwish DG, El-Sherief HAM, Abdel-Aziz SA, Abuo-Rahma GEDA. A decade's overview of 2-aminothiophenes and their fused analogs as promising anticancer agents. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2024; 357:e2300758. [PMID: 38442316 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202300758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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Over the past decades, cancer has been a challenging domain for medicinal chemists as it is an international health concern. In association, small molecules such as 2-aminothiophenes and their derivatives showed significant antitumor activity through variable modes of action. Therefore, this article aims to review the advances regarding these core scaffolds over the past 10 years, where 2-aminothiophenes and their fused analogs are classified and discussed according to their biological activity and mode of action, in the interest of boosting new design pathways for medicinal chemists to develop targeted antitumor candidates.
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- Donia G Darwish
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New Minia, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New Minia, Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New Minia, Minia, Egypt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New Minia, Minia, Egypt
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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Rani JMS, Akkarshana P, Neelaveni V, Mohan S, Rekha PD, Rao RM, Muthulakshmi L. Evaluation of the inhibitory potential of bioactive compounds against SARS-CoV-2 by in silico approach. J Mol Model 2024; 30:60. [PMID: 38321299 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-024-05858-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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CONTEXT The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 19) pandemic brought on by the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) has stimulated the exploration of various available chemical compounds that could be used to treat the infection. This has driven numerous researchers to investigate the antiviral potential of several bioactive compounds from medicinal plants due to their reduced adverse effects compared to chemicals. Some of the bioactive compounds used in folklore treatment strategies are reported as effective inhibitors against the proliferative and infective cycles of SARS-CoV-2. The secondary metabolites from plants are generally used to treat various diseases due to their intact medicinal properties. The present study analyzes the inhibitory potential of phytochemicals from medicinal plants like Sphaeranthus indicus, Lantana camara, and Nelumbo nucifera against SARS-CoV-2 by molecular docking. METHODS Ten druggable protein targets from SARS-CoV-2 are docked against the phytochemicals from the selected medicinal plants. The phytocompounds astragalin, isoquercetin, and 5-hydroxy-7-methoxy-6-c-glycosy flavone were found to have lower binding energy depicting their inhibitive potential compared with the reported inhibitors that are used in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The phytocompounds found to have the least binding energy were selected for further analyses. To assess the compounds' potential as drugs, their ADMET characteristics were also examined. Sphaeranthus indicus, Lantana camara, and Nelumbo nucifera six possible compounds were separately screened for ADME and toxicity characteristics; then, the results were analyzed. To assess the impact of the phytocompound binding on the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 ribonuclease protein NSP15, microsecond-level all atomistic molecular dynamics simulations were performed, and their dynamics were analyzed. Microsecond-level molecular dynamics simulations of both the ligands complexed with NSP15 revealed that the ligand induces allosteric effects on NSP15, which could lead to destabilization of NSP15 hexameric interface and loss of RNA binding. The low binding energy exhibited by the phytochemicals from Lantana camera, Sphaeranthus indicus, and Nelumbo nucifera against the protein targets of SARS-CoV-2 showed inhibitory potential by the selected molecules. Their predicted interference of the enzymes involved in the molecular mechanisms aiding the proliferation of SARS-CoV-2 indicated the inhibitive ability of the phytochemicals.
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- J Mariya Sneha Rani
- Department of Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Product Development Laboratory, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, 626126, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Product Development Laboratory, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, 626126, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Product Development Laboratory, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, 626126, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Product Development Laboratory, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, 626126, India
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- Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangaluru, 575018, India
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- Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to Be University), Mangaluru, 575018, India.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Biomaterials and Product Development Laboratory, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, 626126, India.
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El-Zoghbi MS, El-Sebaey SA, AL-Ghulikah HA, Sobh EA. Design, synthesis, docking, and anticancer evaluations of new thiazolo[3,2- a] pyrimidines as topoisomerase II inhibitors. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2023; 38:2175209. [PMID: 36776024 PMCID: PMC9930781 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2023.2175209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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New thiazolopyrimidine derivatives 2, 3a-d, 4a-c, 5, 6a-c, and 7a,b were synthesised. All prepared compounds were evaluated by MTT cytotoxicity assay against three human tumour cell lines. Compounds 3c, 3d, 4c, 6a, 6b, and 7b exhibited potent to strong anticancer activity that was nearly comparable or superior to Doxorubicin. Compounds exhibiting significant cytotoxicity were further selected to study their inhibitory activity on the Topo II enzyme. Compound 4c was the most potent Topo II inhibitor with an IC50 value of 0.23 ± 0.01 µM, which was 1.4-fold and 3.6-fold higher than the IC50 values of Etoposide and Doxorubicin. Furthermore, compound 4c showed significant cell cycle disruption and apoptosis on A549 cells compared to control cells. Molecular docking of the most active compounds illustrated proper fitting to the Topo II active site, suggesting that our designed compounds are promising candidates for the development of effective anticancer agents acting through Topo II inhibition.
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- Mona S. El-Zoghbi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt,CONTACT Mona S. El-Zoghbi
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt,Samiha A. El-Sebaey
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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Ismail MMF, Shawer TZ, Ibrahim RS, Abusaif MS, Kamal MM, Allam RM, Ammar YA. Novel quinoxaline-3-propanamides as VGFR-2 inhibitors and apoptosis inducers. RSC Adv 2023; 13:31908-31924. [PMID: 37915441 PMCID: PMC10616755 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra05066a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 is a vital target for therapeutic mediation in various types of cancer. This study was aimed at exploring the cytotoxic activity of seventeen novel quinoxaline-3-propanamides against colon cancer (HCT-116) and breast cancer (MCF-7) using MTT assay. Results revealed that compounds 8, 9, and 14 elicited higher cytotoxicity than the reference drugs, doxorubicin (DOX) and sorafenib. Interestingly, they are more selective for HCT-116 (SI 11.98-19.97) and MCF-7 (SI 12.44-23.87) compared to DOX (SI HCT-116 0.72 and MCF-7 0.9). These compounds effectively reduced vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2; among them, compound 14 displayed similar VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity to sorafenib (IC50 0.076 M). The ability of 14 to inhibit angiogenesis was demonstrated by a reduction in VEGF-A level compared to control. Furthermore, it induced a significant increase in the percentage of cells at pre-G1 phase by almost 1.38 folds (which could be indicative of apoptosis) and an increase in G2/M by 3.59 folds compared to the control experiment. A flow cytometry assay revealed that compound 14 triggered apoptosis via the programmed cell death and necrotic pathways. Besides, it caused a remarkable increase in apoptotic markers, i.e., caspase-3 p53 and BAX. When compared to the control, significant increase in the expression levels of caspase-3 from 47.88 to 423.10 and p53 from 22.19 to 345.83 pg per ml in MCF-7 cells. As well, it increased the proapoptotic protein BAX by 4.3 times while lowering the antiapoptotic marker BCL2 by 0.45 fold. Docking studies further supported the mechanism, where compound 14 showed good binding to the essential amino acids in the active site of VEGFR-2. Pharmacokinetic properties showed the privilege of these hits over sunitinib: they are not substrates of P-gp protein; this suggests that they have less chance to efflux out of the cell, committing maximum effect; and in addition, they do not allow permeation to the BBB.
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- Magda M F Ismail
- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University Cairo 11754 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University Cairo 11754 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University Cairo 11754 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University Cairo 11754 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), 11754 Al-Azhar University Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical and Clinical Research Institute, National Research Centre 12622 Dokki Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University Cairo 11754 Egypt
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Ismail MMF, Shawer TZ, Ibrahim RS, Allam RM, Ammar YA. Novel quinoxaline-based VEGFR-2 inhibitors to halt angiogenesis. Bioorg Chem 2023; 139:106735. [PMID: 37531818 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 is a dynamic target for therapeutic intervention in various types of cancer. This study was aimed at exploring the VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity of a novel library of quinoxalin-2-one derivatives such as 3-furoquinoxaline carboxamides, 3-pyrazolylquinoxalines, and 3-pyridopyrimidyl-quinoxalines. Among them, 6c, 7a, and 7d-f produced remarkable cytotoxicity against HCT-116 (IC50's 4.28-9.31 µM) and MCF-7 (IC50's 3.57-7.57 µM) cell lines using the MTT assay and doxorubicin (DOX) as a reference standard. Interestingly, results of cytotoxicity towards the human fibroblast cell line WI38 revealed that these hits demonstrated higher selectivity indices towards both HCT-116 (SI 8.69-23.19) and MCF-7 (SI 9.48-27.80) than DOX, SI 0.72 and 0.90, respectively. Then, these hits were subjected to a mechanistic study; they showed direct inhibition of VEGFR-2. Impressively, compound 7f displayed 1.2 times the VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity of sorafenib. The antiangiogenic potential of 7f was proved via lowering the level of VEGF-A, than that of control. It as well, exhibited scratch closure percent of 61.8%, compared with 74.5% of control at 48 hrs, indicating the potential anti-migratory effect of the compound 7f. It significantly increased the expression of tumor suppressor gene (p53) on MCF-7 cells by almost 18 folds and upregulated the caspase-3 level by 10.7 folds, compared to the control. Cell cycle analysis revealed cell cycle arrest at G2/M together with a PreG increase which indicated apoptosis induction potential. Annexin V-FITC apoptosis results proposed the two modes of cell death (apoptosis and necrosis) as an inherent mechanism of cytotoxicity of compound 7f. Molecular docking further supported the mechanism showing the affinity of target compounds for VEGFR-2 active site. Moreover, physicochemical and drug-like properties were assessed from the ADME properties.
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- Magda M F Ismail
- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), 11754 Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), 11754 Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), 11754 Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Medical and Clinical Research Institute, National Research Centre, 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, 11754 Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Rogova A, Gorbunova IA, Karpov TE, Sidorov RY, Rubtsov AE, Shipilovskikh DA, Muslimov AR, Zyuzin MV, Timin AS, Shipilovskikh SA. Synthesis of thieno[3,2-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives and their precursors containing 2-aminothiophenes fragments as anticancer agents for therapy of pulmonary metastatic melanoma. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 254:115325. [PMID: 37084598 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/23/2023]
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The design and synthesis of new promising compounds based on thienopyrimidine scaffold containing 2-aminothiophene fragments with good safety and favorable drug-like properties are highly relevant for chemotherapy. In this study, a series of 14 variants of thieno[3,2-e]pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives (11aa-oa) and their precursors (31 compounds) containing 2-aminothiophenes fragments (9aa-mb, 10aa-oa) were synthesized and screened for their cytotoxicity against B16-F10 melanoma cells. The selectivity of the developed compounds was assessed by determining the cytotoxicity using normal mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF NF2 cells). The lead compounds 9cb, 10ic and 11jc with the most significant antitumor activity and minimum cytotoxicity on normal non-cancerous cells were chosen for further in vivo experiments. Additional in vitro experiments with compounds 9cb, 10ic and 11jc showed that apoptosis was the predominant mechanism of death in B16-F10 melanoma cells. With support from in vivo studies, compounds 9cb, 10ic and 11jc demonstrated the biosafety to healthy mice and significant inhibition of the metastatic nodules in pulmonary metastatic melanoma mouse model. Histological analysis detected no abnormal changes in the main organs (the liver, spleen, kidneys, and heart) after the therapy. Thus, the developed compounds 9cb, 10ic and 11jc demonstrate high efficiency in the treatment of pulmonary metastatic melanoma and can be recommended for further preclinical investigation of the melanoma treatment.
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- Anna Rogova
- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, St. Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation; Laboratory of nano- and microencapsulation of biologically active compounds, Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russian Federation
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- Perm State University, Perm, Bukireva 15, Perm, 614990, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, St. Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation; Laboratory of nano- and microencapsulation of biologically active compounds, Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russian Federation
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- Perm State University, Perm, Bukireva 15, Perm, 614990, Russian Federation; Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Perm Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Goleva 13, Perm, 614081, Russian Federation
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- Perm State University, Perm, Bukireva 15, Perm, 614990, Russian Federation; Perm National Research Polytechnic University, 29 Komsomolsky prospekt, Perm, 614990, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of nano- and microencapsulation of biologically active compounds, Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, St. Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, St. Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation; Laboratory of nano- and microencapsulation of biologically active compounds, Peter The Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg, 195251, Russian Federation.
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- School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Lomonosova 9, St. Petersburg, 191002, Russian Federation; Perm State University, Perm, Bukireva 15, Perm, 614990, Russian Federation.
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Bakchi B, Krishna AD, Sreecharan E, Ganesh VBJ, Niharika M, Maharshi S, Puttagunta SB, Sigalapalli DK, Bhandare RR, Shaik AB. An overview on applications of SwissADME web tool in the design and development of anticancer, antitubercular and antimicrobial agents: A medicinal chemist's perspective. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Duvauchelle V, Meffre P, Benfodda Z. Recent contribution of medicinally active 2-aminothiophenes: A privileged scaffold for drug discovery. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 238:114502. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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