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Huszár B, Szolga R, Bősze S, Oláhné Szabó R, Simon A, Karaghiosoff K, Czugler M, Drahos L, Keglevich G. Synthesis and Anticancer Activity of Phosphinoylated and Phosphonoylated N-Heterocycles Obtained by the Microwave-Assisted Palladium Acetate-Catalyzed Hirao Reaction. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302465. [PMID: 37711077 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302465] [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: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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A literature survey showed that different derivatives with the 9-phenyl-9H-carbazole or the dihydroindoline scaffold may be of biological activity including cytotoxic effect. Driven by this experience, P-functionalized derivatives of these N-heterocycles were synthesized. Three N-heterocycles, 9-(4-bromophenyl)-9H-carbazole, 3-bromo-9-phenyl-9H-carbazole and 1-(5-bromoindolin-1-yl)ethan-1-one, were coupled with dialkyl phosphites and diarylphosphine oxides using Pd(OAc)2 (10 %) as the catalyst precursor and triethylamine as the base in ethanol under microwave irradiation. The excess of the Y2 P(O)H reagent (Y=alkoxy, aryl) (30 %) served as the P-ligand in its trivalent tautomeric form (Y2 POH), hence there was no need for the usual P-ligands meaning cost and environmental burden. Hence, the presented method is a "green" approach that proved to be more efficient than the preparation by the traditional method. The products, dialkyl phosphonates and tertiary phosphine oxides obtained in 58-84 % yields were characterized, one of them also by single crystal X-ray analysis, and were subjected to in vitro biological activity evaluation. A (carbazol)yl-phenylphosphonate, an N-phenyl-(carbazol)yl-phosphonate, a (carbazol)yl-phenylphosphine oxide and an N-phenyl-(carbazol)ylphosphine oxide revealed a significant cytotoxic activity on A549 human non-small-cell lung carcinoma and MonoMac-6 acute monocytic leukemia cancer cells. The cytotoxic effect was significant as compared to that of the reference compounds.
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- Bianka Huszár
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary
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- Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
- Department of Genetics, Cell-and Immunobiology, Semmelweis University, 1089, Budapest, Nagyvárad tér 4, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat München, 81377, München, Butenandtstr. 5-13, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary
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- MS Proteomics Research Group, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, 1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary
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Willems S, Ohrndorf J, Kilu W, Heering J, Merk D. Fragment-like Chloroquinolineamines Activate the Orphan Nuclear Receptor Nurr1 and Elucidate Activation Mechanisms. J Med Chem 2021; 64:2659-2668. [PMID: 33629841 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The ligand-activated transcription factor nuclear receptor related-1 (Nurr1) exhibits great potential for neurodegenerative disease treatment, but potent Nurr1 modulators to further probe and validate the nuclear receptor as a therapeutic target are lacking. We have systematically studied the structure-activity relationship of the 4-amino-7-chloroquinoline scaffold contained in Nurr1 activators amodiaquine and chloroquine and discovered fragment-like analogues that activated Nurr1 in several cellular settings. The most active descendants promoted the transcriptional activity of Nurr1 on human response elements as monomer, homodimer, and heterodimer and markedly enhanced Nurr1-dependent gene expression in human astrocytes. As a tool to elucidate mechanisms involving in Nurr1 activation, these Nurr1 agonists induced robust recruitment of NCoR1 and NCoR2 co-regulators to the Nurr1 ligand binding domain and promoted Nurr1 dimerization. These findings provide important insights in Nurr1 regulation. The fragment-sized Nurr1 agonists are appealing starting points for medicinal chemistry and valuable early Nurr1 agonist tools for pharmacology and chemical biology.
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- Sabine Willems
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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Janda E, Nepveu F, Calamini B, Ferry G, Boutin JA. Molecular Pharmacology of NRH:Quinone Oxidoreductase 2: A Detoxifying Enzyme Acting as an Undercover Toxifying Enzyme. Mol Pharmacol 2020; 98:620-633. [DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.120.000105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Cuff S, Lewis RD, Chinje E, Jaffar M, Knox R, Weeks I. An improved cell-permeable fluorogenic substrate as the basis for a highly sensitive test for NAD(P)H quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) in living cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2018; 116:141-148. [PMID: 29325897 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) is a flavoenzyme upregulated in response to oxidative stress and in some cancers. Its upregulation by compounds has been used as an indicator of their potential anti-cancer properties. In this study we have designed, produced and tested a fluorogenic coumarin conjugate which selectively releases highly fluorescent 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) in the presence of NQO1. It was found that measuring 4-MU release rapidly and specifically quantitated NQO1 levels in vitro and in live cells. Both the substrate and its products freely perfused through cell membranes and were non-toxic. The substrate was very specific with low background, and the assay itself could be done in less than 10minutes. This is the first assay to allow the quantitation of NQO1 in live cells which can then be retained for further experiments.
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- Simone Cuff
- Innovation Hub, Cardiff University School of Medicine, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK.
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- Innovation Hub, Cardiff University School of Medicine, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Morvus Technology, Aberllech, Pentre Bach, Brecon LD3 8UB, UK
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- Morvus Technology, Aberllech, Pentre Bach, Brecon LD3 8UB, UK
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- Morvus Technology, Aberllech, Pentre Bach, Brecon LD3 8UB, UK
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- Innovation Hub, Cardiff University School of Medicine, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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Guo T, Liu Y, Zhao YH, Zhang PK, Han SL, Liu HM. Palladium-catalyzed external-oxidant-free coupling reactions between isoquinoline/quinoline N-oxides with olefins. Tetrahedron Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.07.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Leung KKK, Shilton BH. Binding of DNA-Intercalating Agents to Oxidized and Reduced Quinone Reductase 2. Biochemistry 2015; 54:7438-48. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Kevin K. K. Leung
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C1
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Hussain BM, Hassam K, Ooi QX, Bryce RA. On the preferred structure of dicoumarol and implications for enzyme binding: A quantum chemical analysis. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nolan KA, Dunstan MS, Caraher MC, Scott KA, Leys D, Stratford IJ. In silico screening reveals structurally diverse, nanomolar inhibitors of NQO2 that are functionally active in cells and can modulate NF-κB signaling. Mol Cancer Ther 2011; 11:194-203. [PMID: 22090421 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-11-0543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The National Cancer Institute chemical database has been screened using in silico docking to identify novel nanomolar inhibitors of NRH:quinone oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2). The inhibitors identified from the screen exhibit a diverse range of scaffolds and the structure of one of the inhibitors, NSC13000 cocrystalized with NQO2, has been solved. This has been used to aid the generation of a structure-activity relationship between the computationally derived binding affinity and experimentally measured enzyme inhibitory potency. Many of the compounds are functionally active as inhibitors of NQO2 in cells at nontoxic concentrations. To show this, advantage was taken of the NQO2-mediated toxicity of the chemotherapeutic drug CB1954. The toxicity of this drug is substantially reduced when the function of NQO2 is inhibited, and many of the compounds achieve this in cells at nanomolar concentrations. The NQO2 inhibitors also attenuated TNFα-mediated, NF-кB-driven transcriptional activity. The link between NQO2 and the regulation of NF-кB was confirmed by using short interfering RNA to NQO2 and by the observation that NRH, the cofactor for NQO2 enzyme activity, could regulate NF-кB activity in an NQO2-dependent manner. NF-кB is a potential therapeutic target and this study reveals an underlying mechanism that may be usable for developing new anticancer drugs.
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- Karen A Nolan
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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Dunstan MS, Barnes J, Humphries M, Whitehead RC, Bryce RA, Leys D, Stratford IJ, Nolan KA. Novel Inhibitors of NRH:Quinone Oxidoreductase 2 (NQO2): Crystal Structures, Biochemical Activity, and Intracellular Effects of Imidazoacridin-6-ones. J Med Chem 2011; 54:6597-611. [DOI: 10.1021/jm200416e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Mark S. Dunstan
- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, §School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and ∥School of Chemistry, University of Manchester and Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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