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Vorontsova SK, Zavarzin IV, Shirinian VZ, Bozhenko EI, Andreeva OE, Sorokin DV, Scherbakov AM, Minyaev ME. Synthesis and crystal structures of D-annulated pentacyclic steroids: looking within and beyond AR signalling in prostate cancer. CrystEngComm 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01417j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carbocyclic steroids D-annulated at 16α and 17α positions with a 5-membered ring E are easily accessible via the interrupted Nazarov cyclization. Three steroid series have been structurally studied: chlorine-containing D-annulated...
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Du Z, Li G, Ge H, Zhou X, Zhang J. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Steroidal Glycoconjugates as Potential Antiproliferative Agents. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:1488-1498. [PMID: 33476082 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To systematically evaluate the impact of neoglycosylation upon the anticancer activities and selectivity of steroids, four series of neoglycosides of diosgenin, pregnenolone, dehydroepiandrosterone and estrone were designed and synthesized according to the neoglycosylation approach. The structures of all the products were elucidated by NMR analysis, and the stereochemistry of C20-MeON-pregnenolone was confirmed by crystal X-ray diffraction. The compounds' cytotoxicity on five human cancer cell lines was evaluated using a Cell Counting Kit-8 assay, and structure-activity relationships (SAR) are discussed. 2-deoxy-d-glucoside 5 k displayed the most potent antiproliferative activities against HepG2 cells with an IC50 value of 1.5 μM. Further pharmacological experiments on compound 5 k on HepG2 cells revealed that it could cause morphological changes and cell-cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase and then induced the apoptosis, which might be associated with the enhanced expression of high-mobility group Box 1 (HMGB1). Taken together, these findings prove that the neoglycosylation of steroids could be a promising strategy for the discovery of potential antiproliferative agents.
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- Zhichao Du
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Huzhou University, Huzhou, Zhejiang, 313000, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210009, P. R. China.,ZhenPing Expert Workstation for Zhang Jian Zhenping, Ankang, Shaanxi, 725699, P. R. China
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Mohareb RM, Samir EM, Halim PA. Synthesis, and anti-proliferative, Pim-1 kinase inhibitors and molecular docking of thiophenes derived from estrone. Bioorg Chem 2018; 83:402-413. [PMID: 30415021 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2018.10.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Heterocyclization of steroids were reported to give biologically active products where ring D modification occured. Estrone (1) was used as a template to develop new heterocyclic compounds. Ring D modification of 1 through its reaction with cyanoacetylhydrazine and elemental sulfur gave the thiophene derivative 3. The latter compound reacted with acetophenone derivatives 4a-c to give the hydrazide-hydrazone derivatives 5a-c, respectively. In addition, compound 3 formed thiazole derivatives through its first reaction with phenylisothiocyanate to give the thiourea derivative 9 followed by the reaction of the later with α-halocarbonyl compounds. In the present work a series of novel estrone derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro biological activities against c-Met kinase, and six typical cancer cell lines (A549, H460, HT-29, MKN-45, U87MG and SMMC-7721). The most promising compounds 5b, 5c, 11a, 13c, 15b, 15c, 15d, 17a and 17b were further investigated against the five tyrosine kinases c-Kit, Flt-3, VEGFR-2, EGFR, and PDGFR. Compounds 5b, 15d, 17a and 17b were selected to examine their Pim-1 kinase inhibition activity where compounds 15d and 17b showed high activities. Molecular docking of some of the most potent compounds was demonstrated.
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- Rafat M Mohareb
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
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- National Organization for Drug Control & Research, P.O. 29, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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Mohareb RM, Zaki MY, Abbas NS. Synthesis, anti-inflammatory and anti-ulcer evaluations of thiazole, thiophene, pyridine and pyran derivatives derived from androstenedione. Steroids 2015; 98:80-91. [PMID: 25759119 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2014] [Revised: 02/21/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The reaction of androstenedione with bromine gave the 16-bromo derivative 2. The latter reacted with either cyanothioacetamide or thiourea to give the 2-cyanomethylthiazole derivative 4 and the 2-aminothiazole derivative 13. Compound 4 and 13 were used underwent some condensation, coupling and heterocyclization reactions to give thiophene, pyridine and pyran derivatives. The anti-inflammatory and anti-ulcer evaluations of the newly synthesized products were evaluated and the results showed that 23f showed the maximum antiulcer activity. In addition, toxicity of the most active compounds was studied against shrimp larvae and showed that compounds 2, 23c and 23f showed non-toxicity against the tested organisms.
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- Rafat M Mohareb
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
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- National Organization for Drug Control & Research (NODCAR), P.O. 29, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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Maurya HK, Hasanain M, Kumar CP, Vasudeva PG, Sarkar J, Chandrasekharam M, Gupta A. Synthesis, photophysical and anticancer study of D-ring extended estrone analogues. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra11112a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A concise route for highly substituted ring extended estrone analogues has been developed. The photophysical and biological study of these compounds revealed their efficacy as possible fluorescence probes in cancer chemotherapy.
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- Hardesh K. Maurya
- Medicinal Chemistry Department
- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- Lucknow-226015
- India
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- Division of Biochemistry
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow
- India
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- I&PC Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad-500 607
- India
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- Metabolic & Structural Biology Department
- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- Lucknow-226015
- India
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- Division of Biochemistry
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute
- Lucknow
- India
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- I&PC Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
- Hyderabad-500 607
- India
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department
- CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
- Lucknow-226015
- India
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Mohareb RM, Abbas NS, Abdelaziz MA. Heterocyclic ring extension of androstenedione: synthesis and cytotoxicity of fused pyran, pyrimidine and thiazole derivatives. Steroids 2014; 86:45-55. [PMID: 24793334 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2014.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The reaction of androstenedione with either malononitrile or ethyl cyanoacetate and aromatic aldehydes 2a-c gave the pyran derivatives 4a-f, respectively. On the other hand, the reaction of androstenedione with thiourea and the aromatic aldehydes 2a-c gave the pyrimidine derivatives 6a-c, respectively. Compound 6b reacted with 2-bromo-1-arylethanone derivatives 7a-d to give the indeno[2,1-e]thiazole derivatives 8a-d. Some of the produced compounds were used for further heterocyclization reactions. The cytotoxicity of the newly obtained products was evaluated against some cancer cell lines and a normal cell line.
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- Rafat M Mohareb
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tabuk University, P.O. Box 741, Tabuk 71491, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Basic Science Department, Modern Academy For Engineering and Technology in Maadi, Egypt
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Mohareb RM, Al-Omran F, Azzam RA. Heterocyclic ring extension of estrone: synthesis and cytotoxicity of fused pyran, pyrimidine and thiazole derivatives. Steroids 2014; 84:46-56. [PMID: 24686206 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 03/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The one pot reaction of estrone with the aromatic aldehydes 2a-c and either of malononitrile or ethyl cyanoacetate afforded the fused pyran derivatives 4a-f. On the other hand, carrying the same reaction using thiourea instead of the cyanomethylene reagent gave the fused pyrimidine derivatives 6a-c. The latter compounds reacted with phenacyl bromide to give the thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives 8a-c. The reaction of the title compound with bromine gave the monobromo derivative 13 which in turn reacted with either thiourea or cyanothioacetamide to give the thiazole derivatives 14 and 16, respectively. The cytotoxicity of the newly synthesized products was evaluated against six human cancer and normal cell lines where the results showed that compounds 4c, 4f, 6b, 8b, 8c, 10, 13, 16, 18c and 19c exhibited optimal cytotoxic effect against the cancer cell lines, with IC50's in the nM range.
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- Rafat M Mohareb
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, A.R., Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 5969, 13060 Safat, Kuwait
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, A.R., Egypt
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Kotora M, Hessler F, Eignerová B. Transition‐Metal‐Mediated or ‐Catalyzed Syntheses of Steroids and Steroid‐Like Compounds. European J Org Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201100921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Martin Kotora
- Dept. of Organic and Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Praha 2, Czech Republic, Fax: +420‐221‐951‐326
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic
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- Dept. of Organic and Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Praha 2, Czech Republic, Fax: +420‐221‐951‐326
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- Dept. of Organic and Nuclear Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 8, 12843 Praha 2, Czech Republic, Fax: +420‐221‐951‐326
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Oh CH, Karmakar S. Au(I)-Catalyzed Hydrative Rearrangement of 1,1-Diethynylcarbinol Acetates to Functionalized Cyclopentenones and Allenones. J Org Chem 2008; 74:370-4. [DOI: 10.1021/jo802103g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Chang Ho Oh
- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Sungdong-Gu, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Sungdong-Gu, Seoul 133-791, South Korea
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Development of intermolecular additive free Pauson–Khand reactions for estrone E-ring extension using microwaves. Tetrahedron 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.08.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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