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Thakur A, Faujdar C, Sharma R, Sharma S, Malik B, Nepali K, Liou JP. Glioblastoma: Current Status, Emerging Targets, and Recent Advances. J Med Chem 2022; 65:8596-8685. [PMID: 35786935 PMCID: PMC9297300 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant
brain tumor characterized
by a heterogeneous population of genetically unstable and highly infiltrative
cells that are resistant to chemotherapy. Although substantial efforts
have been invested in the field of anti-GBM drug discovery in the
past decade, success has primarily been confined to the preclinical
level, and clinical studies have often been hampered due to efficacy-,
selectivity-, or physicochemical property-related issues. Thus, expansion
of the list of molecular targets coupled with a pragmatic design of
new small-molecule inhibitors with central nervous system (CNS)-penetrating
ability is required to steer the wheels of anti-GBM drug discovery
endeavors. This Perspective presents various aspects of drug discovery
(challenges in GBM drug discovery and delivery, therapeutic targets,
and agents under clinical investigation). The comprehensively covered
sections include the recent medicinal chemistry campaigns embarked
upon to validate the potential of numerous enzymes/proteins/receptors
as therapeutic targets in GBM.
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- Amandeep Thakur
- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida 201307, India
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- Department of Sterile Product Development, Research and Development-Unit 2, Jubiliant Generics Ltd., Noida 201301, India
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wuxing Street, Taipei 11031, Taiwan
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Yuan P, Gu X, Ni X, Qi Y, Shao X, Xu X, Liu J, Qian X. Non-alkylator anti-glioblastoma agents induced cell cycle G2/M arrest and apoptosis: Design, in silico physicochemical and SAR studies of 2-aminoquinoline-3-carboxamides. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 51:128371. [PMID: 34534673 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Malignant gliomas are the most common brain tumors, with generally dismal prognosis, early clinical deterioration and high mortality. Recently, 2-aminoquinoline scaffold derivatives have shown pronounced activity in central nervous system disorders. We herein reported a series of 2-aminoquinoline-3-carboxamides as novel non-alkylator anti-glioblastoma agents. The synthesized compounds showed comparable activity to cisplatin against glioblastoma cell line U87 MG in vitro. Among them, we found that 6a displayed good inhibitory activity against A172 and U118 MG glioblastoma cell lines and induced cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase and apoptosis in U87 MG by flow cytometry analysis. Additionally, 6a displayed low cytotoxicity to several normal human cell lines. In silico study showed 6a had promising physicochemical properties and was predicted to cross the blood-brain barrier. Moreover, preliminary structure-activity relationships are also investigated, shedding light on further modifications towards more potent agents on this series of compounds. Our results suggest this compound has a promising potential as an anti-glioblastoma agent with a differential effect between tumor and non-malignant cells.
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- Pengtao Yuan
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of New Drug Design, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China; School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
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Panada J, Klopava V, Kulahava T, Frolova N, Faletrov Y, Shkumatov V. New 3β-hydroxysteroid-indolamine conjugates: Design, synthesis and inhibition of C6 glioma cell proliferation. Steroids 2020; 164:108728. [PMID: 32931809 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2020.108728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Four novel indole steroids based on dehydroepiandrosterone (IS-1), estrone (IS-2) and pregnenolone (IS-3) were obtained and studied for their ability to inhibit C6 glioma proliferation. A reduction in cell proliferation by 52 ± 13% was observed for IS-1 at 10 μM, whereas IS-3 and abiraterone acetate at 10 μM caused a 36 ± 8% decrease. Surprisingly, the cellular effects reported for abiraterone, namely, cytochrome P450 CYP17A1 inhibition and endoplasmic reticulum stress were not detected for IS-1. However, both abiraterone and IS-1 significantly increased glutathione levels. Docking studies predicted good affinity of IS-1 to liver X receptors and regulatory protein Keap1, which are proposed to be involved in the compounds' antiproliferative activity.
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- Jan Panada
- Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; Chemistry Faculty of Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Biophysics, Physics Faculty of Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Department of Biophysics, Physics Faculty of Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; Institute for Nuclear Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; Chemistry Faculty of Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus
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- Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; Chemistry Faculty of Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus.
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Sherer C, Prabhu S, Adams D, Hayes J, Rowther F, Tolaymat I, Warr T, Snape TJ. Towards identifying potent new hits for glioblastoma. MEDCHEMCOMM 2018; 9:1850-1861. [PMID: 30568753 DOI: 10.1039/c8md00436f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Glioblastoma is a devastating disease of the brain and is the most common malignant primary brain tumour in adults. The prognosis for patients is very poor with median time of survival after diagnosis measured in months, due in part to the tumours being highly aggressive and often resistant to chemotherapies. Alongside the ongoing research to identify key factors involved in tumour progression in glioblastoma, medicinal chemistry approaches must also be used in order to rapidly establish new and better treatments for brain tumour patients. Using a computational similarity search of the ZINC database, alongside traditional analogue design by medicinal chemistry intuition to improve the breadth of chemical space under consideration, six new hit compounds (14, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 22) were identified possessing low micromolar activity against both established cell lines (U87MG and U251MG) and patient-derived cell cultures (IN1472, IN1528 and IN1760). Each of these scaffolds provides a new platform for future development of a new therapy in this area, with particular promise shown against glioblastoma subtypes that are resistant to conventional chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Chris Sherer
- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences , University of Central Lancashire , Preston , Lancashire PR1 2HE , UK .
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- School of Pharmacy , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7TJ , UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences , University of Central Lancashire , Preston , Lancashire PR1 2HE , UK .
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- School of Physical Sciences and Computing , University of Central Lancashire , Preston , Lancashire PR1 2HE , UK
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- Brain Tumour Research Centre , University of Wolverhampton , Wulfruna Street , Wolverhampton , WV1 1LY , UK
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- Faculty of Medical Science , Anglia Ruskin University , Bishop Hall Lane , Chelmsford , Essex CM1 1SQ , UK
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- Brain Tumour Research Centre , University of Wolverhampton , Wulfruna Street , Wolverhampton , WV1 1LY , UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences , University of Central Lancashire , Preston , Lancashire PR1 2HE , UK .
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Preliminary SAR on indole-3-carbinol and related fragments reveals a novel anticancer lead compound against resistant glioblastoma cells. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:1561-1565. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hoque MM, Halim MA, Sarwar MG, Khan MW. Palladium-catalyzed cyclization of 2-alkynyl-N
-ethanoyl anilines to indoles: synthesis, structural, spectroscopic, and mechanistic study. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.3477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mohammad Mazharol Hoque
- Department of Chemistry; Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh
- Bangladesh Institute of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry; 38 Green Road West Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
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- Bangladesh Institute of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry; 38 Green Road West Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh
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- Department of Chemistry; The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla CA 92037 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh
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Subedi M, Chen J, Kang E, Kim KI, Byun Y. Facile Synthesis of 2-(4-Hydroxybiphenyl-3-yl)-1 H-indoles from Anilines and 5′-Bromo-2′-hydroxyacetophenone. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2015.1043390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Milan Subedi
- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, South Korea
- Biomedical Research Center, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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Sherer C, Snape TJ. Heterocyclic scaffolds as promising anticancer agents against tumours of the central nervous system: Exploring the scope of indole and carbazole derivatives. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 97:552-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Revised: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 11/03/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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