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Pacheco DF, Alonso D, Ceballos LG, Castro AZ, Brown Roldán S, García Díaz M, Villa Testa A, Wagner SF, Piloto-Ferrer J, García YC, Olea AF, Espinoza L. Synthesis of Four Steroidal Carbamates with Antitumor Activity against Mouse Colon Carcinoma CT26WT Cells: In Vitro and In Silico Evidence. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23158775. [PMID: 35955909 PMCID: PMC9369283 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23158775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most lethal cancers worldwide. If detected on time, surgery can expand life expectations of patients up to five more years. However, if metastasis has grown deliberately, the use of chemotherapy can play a crucial role in CRC control. Moreover, the lack of selectivity of current anticancer drugs, plus mutations that occur in cancerous cells, demands the development of new chemotherapeutic agents. Several steroids have shown their potentiality as anticancer agents, while some other compounds, such as Taxol and its derivatives bearing a carbamate functionality, have reached the market. In this article, the synthesis, characterization, and antiproliferative activity of four steroidal carbamates on mouse colon carcinoma CT26WT cells are described. Carbamate synthesis occurred via direct reaction between diosgenin, its B-ring modified derivative, and testosterone with phenyl isocyanate under a Brønsted acid catalysis. All obtained compounds were characterized by 1H and 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), High Resolution Mass Spectroscopy (HRMS); their melting points are also reported. Results obtained from antiproliferative activity assays indicated that carbamates compounds have inhibitory effects on the growth of this colon cancer cell line. A molecular docking study carried out on Human Prostaglandin E Receptor (EP4) showed a high affinity between carbamates and protein, thus providing a valuable theoretical explanation of the in vitro results.
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- Daylin Fernández Pacheco
- Center for Natural Product Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Zapata and G, Havana 10400, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Synthetic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Havana 10400, Cuba
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- Laboratory of Synthetic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Havana 10400, Cuba
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- Center for Natural Product Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Zapata and G, Havana 10400, Cuba
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- Center for Natural Product Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Zapata and G, Havana 10400, Cuba
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- Center for Natural Product Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Havana, Zapata and G, Havana 10400, Cuba
- Correspondence: (Y.C.G.); (L.E.); Tel.: +53-52952050 (Y.C.G.); +56-32-2654225 (L.E.)
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- Grupo QBAB, Instituto de Ciencias Químicas Aplicadas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Llano Subercaseaux 2801, San Miguel, Santiago 7500912, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile
- Correspondence: (Y.C.G.); (L.E.); Tel.: +53-52952050 (Y.C.G.); +56-32-2654225 (L.E.)
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Motamed HR, Shariati M, Ahmadi R, Khatamsaz S, Mokhtari M. The apoptotic effects of progesterone on breast cancer (MCF-7) and human osteosarcoma (MG-636) cells. Physiol Int 2020; 107:406-418. [PMID: 33074834 DOI: 10.1556/2060.2020.00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Purpose Progesterone has been reported to inhibit the proliferation of breast cancer and osteosarcoma cells; however, its inhibitory mechanism has not yet been clarified. The aim of the present study was to clarify the effects of progesterone on apoptosis in breast cancer (MCF-7) and human osteosarcoma (MG-63) cells. Materials and methods In this experimental study the cytotoxic effect of progesterone was measured in MCF-7 and MG-63 cells exposed to different concentrations of progesterone using MTT assay, and effective concentrations were identified. The expression levels of the Bax, P53 and Bcl-2 genes were evaluated by real-time PCR, and caspase-3, 8 and 9 activity levels were determined using a colorimetric method. Hoechst staining and flow cytometry were used to confirm apoptosis. The data were statistically analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and independent-samples t-test. Results Compared to the control group, we observed a significant increase in the expression levels of the Bax and P53 genes and the activity levels of caspase-3 and 9, and a significant decrease in the expression level of the Bcl-2 gene in MCF-7 and MG-63 treated with effective concentration of progesterone. The caspase-8 activity level did not change significantly in treated MG-63 but increased in treated MCF-7 cells. Hoechst staining and flow cytometry results confirmed apoptosis in the cells exposed to effective concentration of progesterone. Conclusions The cytotoxic effect of progesterone on breast cancer and osteosarcoma cells was mediated by apoptotic pathways. In this context, progesterone triggers the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways in MCF-7 cells and induces the intrinsic apoptotic pathway in MG-63 cells.
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- H R Motamed
- 1Department of Biology, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- 1Department of Biology, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- 2Department of Biology, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.,3Avicenna International College, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1Department of Biology, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- 1Department of Biology, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Cai D, Zhang Z, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Sun Y, Gong Y. Exploring New Structural Features of the 18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Scaffold for the Inhibition of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24193631. [PMID: 31597403 PMCID: PMC6803848 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24193631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Novel 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives possessing a carbamate moiety and structurally similar ester derivatives were developed and evaluated for their efficacy as antitumor inhibitors. In the cellular assays, most of the N-substituted carbamate derivatives at the C3-position exhibited potent activities. The results of SAR investigation revealed that the introduction of the morpholine group at the C30-COOH led to a significant loss of the inhibitory potency. Among the ester derivatives, the ester group at C3-position also determined a noticeable reduction in the efficacy. Compound 3j exhibited the most prominent antiproliferative activity against six human cancer cells (A549, HT29, HepG2, MCF-7, PC-3, and Karpas299). Furthermore, compound 3j exerted a moderate inhibiting effect on the ALK. The results of molecular docking analyses suggested that it could bind well to the active site of the receptor ALK, which was consistent with the biological data. These results might inspire further structural optimization of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid aiming at the development of potent antitumor agents. The structures 4d, 4g, 4h, 4j, and 4n were studied by X-ray crystallographic analyses.
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- Dong Cai
- College of Public Basic Sciences, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, China.
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, China.
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- School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Liaoning University of Technology, Jinzhou 121001, China.
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- College of Public Basic Sciences, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121001, China.
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Levina IS, Kulikova LE, Semeikin AV, Zavarzin IV. Synthesis of 4-hetero-16α,17α-cyclohexanopregnanes and evaluation of their cytotoxicity against the HeLa cell line. Russ Chem Bull 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-018-2336-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Chávez-Riveros A, Cruz Noriega A, Ramírez Apan MT, Miranda LD, Bratoeff E. Synthesis and cytotoxic effect of pregnenolone derivatives with one or two α,β-unsaturated carbonyls and an ester moiety at C-21 or C-3. Steroids 2018; 131:37-45. [PMID: 29360536 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2018.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Revised: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Four series of pregnenolone derivatives having one or two α,β-unsaturated carbonyls and an ester moiety at C-21 or C-3 were synthetized to compare their cytotoxicity effect. The final compounds were evaluated on three human cancer cell lines: PC-3 (prostate cancer), MCF-7 (breast cancer), SKLU-1 (lung cancer) and a noncancerous cell line HGF (human gingival fibroblast). Two steroids with a 4-fluorinated benzoic acid ester at C-21 were the most active against lung cancer cell line with IC50 of 13.1 ± 1.2 and 12.8 ± 0.5 μM and showed a low percentage of cytotoxicity for noncancerous cells (27.63 ± 2.3 and 18.39 ± 1.2% in the screening at 50 μM).
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- Alejandra Chávez-Riveros
- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Cd.Mx., Mexico.
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 04510 Cd.Mx., Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Cd.Mx., Mexico
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- Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Cd.Mx., Mexico
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, 04510 Cd.Mx., Mexico
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Shahsavari S, Gooding J, Wigstrom T, Fang S. Formation of Hindered Arylcarbamates using Alkyl Aryl Carbonates under Highly Reactive Conditions. ChemistrySelect 2017; 2:3959-3963. [PMID: 29098174 PMCID: PMC5662102 DOI: 10.1002/slct.201700364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hindered O-tert-alkyl N-arylcarbamates were conveniently prepared by treating arylamines with aryl tert-alkyl carbonates in the presence of a strong base. The new method avoids the use of sensitive and difficult-to-access dialkyl dicarbonates and isocyanates, which are most commonly used in known methods. Instead, the stable and readily accessible alkyl aryl carbonates are used. Therefore, the new method is particularly suitable for the synthesis of N-arylcarbamates that contain a complex O-alkyl moiety. Using the method, electron-rich and electron-poor, and primary and secondary arylamines can all be conveniently converted to their carbamates with acceptable yields. The method was also found equally effective for the synthesis of the less hindered O-secondary and O-primary alkyl N-arylcarbamates.
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- Shahien Shahsavari
- Department of Chemistry Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
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- Department of Chemistry Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
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- Department of Chemistry Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
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- Department of Chemistry Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI 49931
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Synthesis of 17β-N-arylcarbamoylandrost-4-en-3-one derivatives and their anti-proliferative effect on human androgen-sensitive LNCaP cell line. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 121:737-746. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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