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Kokot M, Minovski N. Dynamic Profiling and Binding Affinity Prediction of NBTI Antibacterials against DNA Gyrase Enzyme by Multidimensional Machine Learning and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:18278-18295. [PMID: 38680300 PMCID: PMC11044241 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2024] [Revised: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
Abstract
Bacterial type II topoisomerases are well-characterized and clinically important targets for antibacterial chemotherapy. Novel bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors (NBTIs) are a newly disclosed class of antibacterials. Prediction of their binding affinity to these enzymes would be beneficial for de novo design/optimization of new NBTIs. Utilizing in vitro NBTI experimental data, we constructed two comprehensive multidimensional DNA gyrase surrogate models for Staphylococcus aureus (q2 = 0.791) and Escherichia coli (q2 = 0.806). Both models accurately predicted the IC50s of 26 NBTIs from our recent studies. To investigate the NBTI's dynamic profile and binding to both targets, 10 selected NBTIs underwent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The analysis of MD production trajectories confirmed key hydrogen-bonding and hydrophobic contacts that NBTIs establish in both enzymes. Moreover, the binding free energies of selected NBTIs were computed by the linear interaction energy (LIE) method employing an in-house derived set of fitting parameters (α = 0.16, β = 0.029, γ = 0.0, and intercept = -1.72), which are successfully applicable to DNA gyrase of Gram-positive/Gram-negative pathogens. Both methods offer accurate predictions of the binding free energies of NBTIs against S. aureus and E. coli DNA gyrase. We are confident that this integrated modeling approach could be valuable in the de novo design and optimization of efficient NBTIs for combating resistant bacterial pathogens.
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- Maja Kokot
- Laboratory
for Cheminformatics, Theory Department, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Laboratory
for Cheminformatics, Theory Department, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Gawali R, Bhosale R, Nagesh N, Masand VH, Jadhav S, Zaki MEA, Al-Hussain SA. Design, synthesis, docking studies and biological screening of 2-pyrimidinyl-2, 3-dihydro-1 H-naphtho [1, 2- e][1, 3] oxazines as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-18. [PMID: 37811783 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2266766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
A series of novel substituted 2-pyrimidinyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-naphtho[1,2-e][1, 3]oxazine analogs have been designed and synthesized based on structure-activity relationships from 2-naphthol, substituted pyrimidinyl amines and formalin through ring closure by one-pot three component reaction. These derivatives were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity, cell cycle assay and their inhibitory effect on tubulin polymerization. From the MTT assay, it is clear that most of the synthesized compounds displayed potent cytotoxic activities on HeLa (cervical cancer) and B16F10 (melanoma) cancerous cell lines. The compounds 6b and 6k were found to be more effective against HeLa cell lines and exhibited significant cytotoxicity (with IC50 values 1.26 ± 0.12 µM and 1.16 ± 0.27 µM respectively), accumulation of HeLa cells in G2/M phase and exhibiting induced apoptosis. The immunohistochemistry and fluorescence assays showed that these compounds 6b and 6k inhibited the microtubule assembly in human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) at 2 µM concentration. Furthermore, molecular docking studies of these molecules revealed their better-fit potential as anticancer molecules and have a high affinity for colchicine binding site, indicating more inhibitory potential at the cellular level. Our studies suggest that the newly synthesized compounds may become promising leads for the development of new anti-cancer agents.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Rakhi Gawali
- Department of Chemistry, D.B.F. Dayanand College of Arts & Science, Solapur, India
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- Organic Chemistry Research Laboratory, School of Chemical Sciences, P. A. H. Solapur University, Solapur, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Medical Biotechnology Complex, ANNEX II, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Vidya Bharati Mahavidyalaya, Amravati, India
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- Department of Chemistry, D.B.F. Dayanand College of Arts & Science, Solapur, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Pochampally S, Hartman KL, Wang R, Wang J, Yun MK, Parmar K, Park H, Meibohm B, White SW, Li W, Miller DD. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Pyrimidine Dihydroquinoxalinone Derivatives as Tubulin Colchicine Site-Binding Agents That Displayed Potent Anticancer Activity Both In Vitro and In Vivo. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci 2023; 6:526-545. [PMID: 37082747 PMCID: PMC10111625 DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.2c00108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
Abstract
Polymerization of tubulin dimers to form microtubules is one of the key events in cell proliferation. The inhibition of this event has long been recognized as a potential treatment option for various types of cancer. Compound 1e was previously developed by our team as a potent inhibitor of tubulin polymerization that binds to the colchicine site. To further improve the potency and therapeutic properties of compound 1e, we hypothesized based on the X-ray crystal structure that modification of the pyrimidine dihydroquinoxalinone scaffold with additional hetero-atom (N, O, and S) substituents could allow the resulting new compounds to bind more tightly to the colchicine site and display greater efficacy in cancer therapy. We therefore synthesized a series of new pyrimidine dihydroquinoxalinone derivatives, compounds 10, 12b-c, 12e, 12h, and 12j-l, and evaluated their cytotoxicity and relative ability to inhibit proliferation, resulting in the discovery of new tubulin-polymerization inhibitors. Among these, the most potent new inhibitor was compound 12k, which exhibited high cytotoxic activity in vitro, a longer half-life than the parental compound in liver microsomes (IC50 = 0.2 nM, t 1/2 = >300 min), and significant potency against a wide range of cancer cell lines including those from melanoma and breast, pancreatic, and prostate cancers. High-resolution X-ray crystal structures of the best compounds in this scaffold series, 12e, 12j, and 12k, confirmed their direct binding to the colchicine site of tubulin and revealed their detailed molecular interactions. Further evaluation of 12k in vivo using a highly taxane-resistant prostate cancer xenograft model, PC-3/TxR, demonstrated the strong tumor growth inhibition at the low dose of 2.5 mg/kg (i.v., twice per week). Collectively, these results strongly support further preclinical evaluations of 12k as a potential candidate for development.
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- Satyanarayana Pochampally
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, United States
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Wang J, Miller DD, Li W. Molecular interactions at the colchicine binding site in tubulin: An X-ray crystallography perspective. Drug Discov Today 2022; 27:759-776. [PMID: 34890803 PMCID: PMC8901563 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2021.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Tubulin is an important cancer drug target. Compounds that bind at the colchicine site in tubulin have attracted significant interest as they are generally less affected by multidrug resistance than other potential drugs. Modeling is useful in understanding the interactions between tubulin and colchicine binding site inhibitors (CBSIs), but because the colchicine binding site contains two flexible loops whose conformations are highly ligand-dependent, modeling has its limitations. X-ray crystallography provides experimental pictures of tubulin-ligand interactions at this challenging colchicine site. Since 2004, when the first X-ray structure of tubulin in complex with N-deacetyl-N-(2-mercaptoacetyl)-colchicine (DAMA-colchicine) was published, many X-ray crystal structures have been reported for tubulin complexes involving the colchicine binding site. In this review, we summarize the crystal structures of tubulin in complexes with various CBSIs, aiming to facilitate the discovery of new generations of tubulin inhibitors.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
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Matsuzaka Y, Uesawa Y. A Deep Learning-Based Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship System Construct Prediction Model of Agonist and Antagonist with High Performance. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042141. [PMID: 35216254 PMCID: PMC8877122 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Molecular design and evaluation for drug development and chemical safety assessment have been advanced by quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) using artificial intelligence techniques, such as deep learning (DL). Previously, we have reported the high performance of prediction models molecular initiation events (MIEs) on the adverse toxicological outcome using a DL-based QSAR method, called DeepSnap-DL. This method can extract feature values from images generated on a three-dimensional (3D)-chemical structure as a novel QSAR analytical system. However, there is room for improvement of this system’s time-consumption. Therefore, in this study, we constructed an improved DeepSnap-DL system by combining the processes of generating an image from a 3D-chemical structure, DL using the image as input data, and statistical calculation of prediction-performance. Consequently, we obtained that the three prediction models of agonists or antagonists of MIEs achieved high prediction-performance by optimizing the parameters of DeepSnap, such as the angle used in the depiction of the image of a 3D-chemical structure, data-split, and hyperparameters in DL. The improved DeepSnap-DL system will be a powerful tool for computer-aided molecular design as a novel QSAR system.
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- Yasunari Matsuzaka
- Department of Medical Molecular Informatics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose 204-8588, Japan;
- Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, Division of Molecular and Medical Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato City 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Medical Molecular Informatics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose 204-8588, Japan;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-42-495-8983
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Synthesis and characterization of novel combretastatin analogues of 1,1-diaryl vinyl sulfones, with antiproliferative potential via in-silico and in-vitro studies. Sci Rep 2022; 12:1901. [PMID: 35115623 PMCID: PMC8814031 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-05958-6] [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: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Novel 1,1-diaryl vinyl-sulfones analogues of combretastatin CA-4 were synthesized via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling method and screened for in-vitro antiproliferative activity against four human cancer cell lines: MDA-MB 231(breast cancer), HeLa (cervical cancer), A549 (lung cancer), and IMR-32 (neuroblast cancer), along with a normal cell line HEK-293 (human embryonic kidney cell) by employing 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The compounds synthesised had better cytotoxicity against the A549 and IMR-32 cell lines compared to HeLa and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. The synthesized compounds also showed significant activity on MDA-MB-231 cancer cell line with IC50 of 9.85-23.94 µM, and on HeLa cancer cell line with IC50 of 8.39-11.70 µM relative to doxorubicin having IC50 values 0.89 and 1.68 µM respectively for MDA-MB-231 and HeLa cell lines. All the synthesized compounds were not toxic to the growth of normal cells, HEK-293. They appear to have a higher binding affinity for the target protein, tubulin, PDB ID = 5LYJ (beta chain), relative to the reference compounds, CA4 (- 7.1 kcal/mol) and doxorubicin (- 7.2 kcal/mol) except for 4E, 4M, 4N and 4O. The high binding affinity for beta-tubulin did not translate into enhanced cytotoxicity but the compounds (4G, 4I, 4J, 4M, 4N, and 4R, all having halogen substituents) that have a higher cell permeability (as predicted in-silico) demonstrated an optimum cytotoxicity against the tested cell lines in an almost uniform manner for all tested cell lines. The in-silico study provided insight into the role that cell permeability plays in enhancing the cytotoxicity of this class of compounds and as potential antiproliferative agents.
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Al‐Rifai NM, Mubarak MS. α‐Substituted Chalcones: A Key Review. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nafisah M. Al‐Rifai
- Pharmaceutical and chemical engineering department School of Medical Sciences German-Jordanian University, P.O. Box 35247 Amman 111800 Jordan
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López-López E, Cerda-García-Rojas CM, Medina-Franco JL. Tubulin Inhibitors: A Chemoinformatic Analysis Using Cell-Based Data. Molecules 2021; 26:2483. [PMID: 33923169 PMCID: PMC8123128 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26092483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Inhibiting the tubulin-microtubules (Tub-Mts) system is a classic and rational approach for treating different types of cancers. A large amount of data on inhibitors in the clinic supports Tub-Mts as a validated target. However, most of the inhibitors reported thus far have been developed around common chemical scaffolds covering a narrow region of the chemical space with limited innovation. This manuscript aims to discuss the first activity landscape and scaffold content analysis of an assembled and curated cell-based database of 851 Tub-Mts inhibitors with reported activity against five cancer cell lines and the Tub-Mts system. The structure-bioactivity relationships of the Tub-Mts system inhibitors were further explored using constellations plots. This recently developed methodology enables the rapid but quantitative assessment of analog series enriched with active compounds. The constellations plots identified promising analog series with high average biological activity that could be the starting points of new and more potent Tub-Mts inhibitors.
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- Edgar López-López
- Departamento de Química y Programa de Posgrado en Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado 14-740, Mexico City 07000, Mexico;
- DIFACQUIM Research Group, Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Química y Programa de Posgrado en Farmacología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Apartado 14-740, Mexico City 07000, Mexico;
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- DIFACQUIM Research Group, Department of Pharmacy, School of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico
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Ghanaat J, Khalilzadeh MA, Zareyee D. Molecular docking studies, biological evaluation and synthesis of novel 3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole derivatives. Mol Divers 2020; 25:223-232. [PMID: 32067134 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-020-10050-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Synthesis of bioactive heterocyclic compounds having effective biological activity is an essential research area for wide-ranging applications. In this study, a conventional methodology has been developed for the synthesis of a series of new 3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole derivatives 4a-f. The purity and structure of the synthesized molecules were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and elemental analysis. In addition, the prepared compounds were screened for their anti-proliferative activity against three human cancer cell lines including A549 (lung cancer), MCF7 (breast cancer) and SKOV3 (ovarian cancer) using MTT reduction assay. All the tested compounds demonstrated remarkable cytotoxic activity with IC50 values ranging from 3.02 to 15.37 µM. The heterocyclic compound bearing 3,4,5-trimethoxy moiety was found to be the most effective among the series displaying an IC50 of 3.02 µM specifically against the ovarian carcinoma cancer cell line (SKOV3). Moreover, Annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide staining assay indicated that this compound can induce apoptosis in SKOV3 cells. Furthermore, cell cycle assay showed a significant cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase in a dose-dependent manner for this compound. The molecular docking results was showed binding modes of potent compound 4d perfectly corroborated the suggestion of binding to the colchicine site. The entire results conclude that 3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole derivatives can be synthesized by a green method for biological and pharmacological applications. New analogs of 3-mercapto-1,2,4-triazole potential derivatives for anti-proliferative activity were synthesized. Cytotoxic activity of all synthesized compounds was evaluated against tree human cancer cell lines: lung (A549), breast (MCF7) and ovarian (SKOV3).
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- Javad Ghanaat
- Department of Chemistry, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
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Cáceres-Castillo D, Carballo RM, Quijano-Quiñones R, Mirón-López G, Graniel-Sabido M, Moo-Puc RE, Mena-Rejón GJ. Synthesis, in vitro antigiardial activity, SAR analysis and docking study of substituted chalcones. Med Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-019-02492-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arylcinnamido-propionone conjugates as tubulin polymerization inhibitors and apoptotic inducers. ARAB J CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2016.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Ansari M, Shokrzadeh M, Karima S, Rajaei S, Hashemi SM, Mirzaei H, Fallah M, Emami S. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of flexible and rigid analogs of 4H-1,2,4-triazoles bearing 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl moiety as new antiproliferative agents. Bioorg Chem 2019; 93:103300. [PMID: 31586708 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Several flexible and rigid analogs of 4H-1,2,4-triazoles (compounds 8a-g and 9a-g) bearing trimethoxyphenyl pharmacophoric unit, were designed and synthesized as potential anticancer agents. The in vitro cytotoxic assay indicated that both flexible and rigid analogs (8 and 9, respectively) can potentially inhibit the growth of cancerous cells (A549, MCF7, and SKOV3), with IC50 values less than 5.0 µM. Furthermore, compounds 10a-l as regional isomers of compounds 9 exhibited remarkable cytotoxic activity with IC50 values ranging from 0.30 to 5.0 µM. The rigid analogs 9a, 10h and 10k were significantly more potent than etoposide against MCF7, SKOV3 and A549 cells, respectively. These compounds showed high selectivity towards cancer cells over normal cells, as they had no significant cytotoxicity against L929 cells. In addition, the representative compounds 9a and 10h could inhibit the tubulin polymerization at micro-molar levels. By determining changes in the colchicine-tubulin fluorescence, it was suggested that compound 10h could bind to the tubulin at the colchicine pocket. The molecular docking study further confirmed the inhibitory activity of promising compounds 9a, 10h and 10k on tubulin polymerization through binding to the colchicine-binding site.
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- Mahsa Ansari
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
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Corradi S, Mazzoccanti G, Ghirga F, Quaglio D, Nevola L, Massera C, Ugozzoli F, Giannini G, Ciogli A, D’Acquarica I. Synthesis of Bromoundecyl Resorc[4]arenes and Applications of the Cone Stereoisomer as Selector for Liquid Chromatography. J Org Chem 2018; 83:7683-7693. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Silvia Corradi
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Center For Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
- IDP Discovery Pharma, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale, Università di Parma and INSTM UdR Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 17/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
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- Corporate R&D, Alfasigma S.p.A., Via Pontina km 30,400, 00071 Pomezia, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Ranjan P, Athar M, Jha PC, Krishna KV. Probing the opportunities for designing anthelmintic leads by sub-structural topology-based QSAR modelling. Mol Divers 2018; 22:669-683. [PMID: 29611020 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-018-9825-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A quantitative structure-activity (QSAR) model has been developed for enriched tubulin inhibitors, which were retrieved from sequence similarity searches and applicability domain analysis. Using partial least square (PLS) method and leave-one-out (LOO) validation approach, the model was generated with the correlation statistics of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] of 0.68 and 0.69, respectively. The present study indicates that topological descriptors, viz. BIC, CH_3_C, IC, JX and Kappa_2 correlate well with biological activity. ADME and toxicity (or ADME/T) assessment showed that out of 260 molecules, 255 molecules successfully passed the ADME/T assessment test, wherein the drug-likeness attributes were exhibited. These results showed that topological indices and the colchicine binding domain directly influence the aetiology of helminthic infections. Further, we anticipate that our model can be applied for guiding and designing potential anthelmintic inhibitors.
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- Prabodh Ranjan
- CCG@CUG, School of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Sector-30, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382030, India
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- CCG@CUG, School of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Sector-30, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382030, India
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- CCG@CUG, Centre for Applied Chemistry, Central University of Gujarat, Sector-30, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382030, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India
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New indole-based chalconoids as tubulin-targeting antiproliferative agents. Bioorg Chem 2017; 75:86-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2017.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Lindamulage IK, Vu HY, Karthikeyan C, Knockleby J, Lee YF, Trivedi P, Lee H. Novel quinolone chalcones targeting colchicine-binding pocket kill multidrug-resistant cancer cells by inhibiting tubulin activity and MRP1 function. Sci Rep 2017; 7:10298. [PMID: 28860494 PMCID: PMC5578999 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10972-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Agents targeting colchicine-binding pocket usually show a minimal drug-resistance issue, albeit often associated with high toxicity. Chalcone-based compounds, which may bind to colchicine-binding site, are found in many edible fruits, suggesting that they can be effective drugs with less toxicity. Therefore, we synthesized and examined 24 quinolone chalcone compounds, from which we identified ((E)-3-(3-(2-Methoxyphenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-enyl) quinolin-2(1H)-one) (CTR-17) and ((E)-6-Methoxy-3-(3-(2-methoxyphenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-enyl) quinolin-2(1H)-one) (CTR-20) as promising leads. In particular, CTR-20 was effective against 65 different cancer cell lines originated from 12 different tissues, largely in a cancer cell-specific manner. We found that both CTR-17 and CTR-20 reversibly bind to the colchicine-binding pocket on β-tubulin. Interestingly however, both the CTRs were highly effective against multidrug-resistant cancer cells while colchicine, paclitaxel and vinblastine were not. Our study with CTR-20 showed that it overcomes multidrug-resistance through its ability to impede MRP1 function while maintaining strong inhibition against microtubule activity. Data from mice engrafted with the MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer cells showed that both CTR-17 and CTR-20 possess strong anticancer activity, alone or in combination with paclitaxel, without causing any notable side effects. Together, our data demonstrates that both the CTRs can be effective and safe drugs against many different cancers, especially against multidrug-resistant tumors.
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- I Kalhari Lindamulage
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada.,Biomolecular Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Airport Bypass Rd, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, M.P, India
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Airport Bypass Rd, Gandhi Nagar, Bhopal, M.P, India
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- Health Sciences North Research Institute, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 5J1, Canada. .,Biomolecular Sciences, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2C6, Canada. .,Departments of Medicine, the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 5M8, Canada.
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Zhuang C, Zhang W, Sheng C, Zhang W, Xing C, Miao Z. Chalcone: A Privileged Structure in Medicinal Chemistry. Chem Rev 2017; 117:7762-7810. [PMID: 28488435 PMCID: PMC6131713 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 754] [Impact Index Per Article: 107.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Privileged structures have been widely used as an effective template in medicinal chemistry for drug discovery. Chalcone is a common simple scaffold found in many naturally occurring compounds. Many chalcone derivatives have also been prepared due to their convenient synthesis. These natural products and synthetic compounds have shown numerous interesting biological activities with clinical potentials against various diseases. This review aims to highlight the recent evidence of chalcone as a privileged scaffold in medicinal chemistry. Multiple aspects of chalcone will be summarized herein, including the isolation of novel chalcone derivatives, the development of new synthetic methodologies, the evaluation of their biological properties, and the exploration of the mechanisms of action as well as target identification. This review is expected to be a comprehensive, authoritative, and critical review of the chalcone template to the chemistry community.
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- Chunlin Zhuang
- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China
- School of Pharmacy, Ningxia Medical University, 1160 Shengli Street, Yinchuan 750004, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive,
Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, China
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Bukhari SNA, Kumar GB, Revankar HM, Qin HL. Development of combretastatins as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Bioorg Chem 2017; 72:130-147. [PMID: 28460355 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2017.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Revised: 03/22/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The combretastatins are isolated from South African tree combretum caffrum kuntze. The lead compound combretastatin A-4 has displayed remarkable cytotoxic effect in a wide variety of preclinical tumor models and inhibits tubulin polymerization by interacting at colchicine binding site of microtubule. However, the structural simplicity of C A-4 is favorable for synthesis of various derivatives projected to induce rapid and selective vascular shutdown in tumors. Majority of the molecules have shown excellent antiproliferative activity and are able to inhibit tubulin polymerization as well as possible mechanisms of action have been investigated. In this review article, the synthesis and structure-activity relationships of C A-4 and immense number of its synthetic derivatives with various modifications on the A, B-rings, bridge carbons and their anti mitotic activities are discussed.
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- Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari
- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Aljouf University, Aljouf, Sakaka 2014, Saudi Arabia.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Sabina XJ, Karthikeyan J, Velmurugan G, Tamizh MM, Shetty AN. Design and in vitro biological evaluation of substituted chalcones synthesized from nitrogen mustards as potent microtubule targeted anticancer agents. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7nj00265c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Six chalcones were synthesized and their structures determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction studies. They exhibited enhanced anticancer activity and tubulin inhibition.
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- X. Janet Sabina
- Department of Chemistry
- Sathyabama University
- Chennai – 600119
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Sathyabama University
- Chennai – 600119
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Siddha Central Research Institute
- Central Council for Research in Siddha
- Chennai – 600106
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology Karnataka
- Mangalore – 575025
- India
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Yadava U, Yadav VK, Yadav RK. Novel anti-tubulin agents from plant and marine origins: insight from a molecular modeling and dynamics study. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra00370f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The screening of a variety of botanical species and marine organisms provided satisfactory novel tubulin binding agents (TBAs).
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- Umesh Yadava
- Department of Physics
- Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University
- Gorakhpur 273009
- India
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- Institute for Computational Molecular Science
- Temple University
- Philadelphia
- USA
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Hamzeh-Mivehroud M, Sokouti B, Dastmalchi S. An Introduction to the Basic Concepts in QSAR-Aided Drug Design. Oncology 2017. [DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0549-5.ch002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The need for the development of new drugs to combat existing and newly identified conditions is unavoidable. One of the important tools used in the advanced drug development pipeline is computer-aided drug design. Traditionally, to find a drug many ligands were synthesized and evaluated for their effectiveness using suitable bioassays and if all other drug-likeness features were met, the candidate(s) would possibly reach the market. Although this approach is still in use in advanced format, computational methods are an indispensable component of modern drug development projects. One of the methods used from very early days of rationalizing the drug design approaches is Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR). This chapter overviews QSAR modeling steps by introducing molecular descriptors, mathematical model development for relating biological activities to molecular structures, and model validation. At the end, several successful cases where QSAR studies were used extensively are presented.
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran & School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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Antúnez-Mojica M, Rodríguez-Salarichs J, Redondo-Horcajo M, León A, Barasoain I, Canales Á, Cañada FJ, Jiménez-Barbero J, Alvarez L, Díaz JF. Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Interaction of Tubulin with Potent Natural Analogues of Podophyllotoxin. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2016; 79:2113-2121. [PMID: 27518758 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b00428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Four natural analogues of podophyllotoxin obtained from the Mexican medicinal plant Bursera fagaroides, namely, acetyl podophyllotoxin (2), 5'-desmethoxy-β-peltatin A methyl ether (3), 7',8'-dehydro acetyl podophyllotoxin (4), and burseranin (5), have been characterized, and their interactions with tubulin have been investigated. Cytotoxic activity measurements, followed by immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry studies, demonstrated that these compounds disrupt microtubule networks in cells and cause cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase in the A549 cell line. A tubulin binding assay showed that compounds 1-4 were potent assembly inhibitors, displaying binding to the colchicine site with Kb values ranging from 11.75 to 185.0 × 10(5) M(-1). In contrast, burseranin (5) was not able to inhibit tubulin assembly. From the structural perspective, the ligand-binding epitopes of compounds 1-3 have been mapped using STD-NMR, showing that B and E rings are the major points for interaction with the protein. The obtained results indicate that the inhibition of tubulin assembly of this family of compounds is more effective when there are at least two methoxyl groups at the E ring, along with a trans configuration of the lactone ring in the aryltetralin lignan core.
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- Mayra Antúnez-Mojica
- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos , Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, México
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos , Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, México
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- CIC bioGUNE Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Edif. 801A-1°, 48160 Derio-Bizkaia, Spain, and Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science , Maria Diaz de Haro 3, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
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- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas-IICBA, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos , Cuernavaca, Morelos 62209, México
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas , Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Mirzaei H, Emami S. Recent advances of cytotoxic chalconoids targeting tubulin polymerization: Synthesis and biological activity. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 121:610-639. [PMID: 27318983 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.05.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Revised: 05/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Since microtubules have an important role in mitosis and other vital cellular functions, tubulin-targeting chemotherapy has been received growing attention in anticancer drug design and development. It was found that a number of naturally occurring compounds including distinct chalcones exert their effect by inhibition of tubulin polymerization. After the identification of tubulin polymerization as potential target for chalcone-type compounds, extensive researches have been made to design and synthesis of new anti-tubulin chalconoids. Although diverse chalcones have found to be potent anticancer agents but in the present review, we focused on the recently reported tubulin polymerization inhibitors from chalcone origin and related synthetic compounds, and their detailed synthetic methods and biological activities.
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- Hassan Mirzaei
- Student Research Committee, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
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Zhou B, Jiang P, Lu J, Xing C. Characterization of the Fluorescence Properties of 4-Dialkylaminochalcones and Investigation of the Cytotoxic Mechanism of Chalcones. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2016; 349:539-52. [PMID: 27214789 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201500434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Understanding the mechanisms responsible for the various biological activities of chalcones, particularly the direct cellular targets, presents an unmet challenge. Here, we prepared a series of fluorescent chalcone derivatives as chemical probes for their mechanistic investigation. Upon systematic physicochemical characterization, we explored their potential to elucidate the mode of action of chalcones' cytotoxicity. The fluorescence of the chalcones was found to be highly sensitive to structural and environmental factors. Structurally, a 4-dialkylamino group on the B ring, suitable electronic properties of the A ring substituents, and the planar conformation of the chalcone's core structure were essential for optimal fluorescence. Environmental factors influencing fluorescence included solvent polarity, pH, and the interactions of the chalcones with proteins and detergents. It was found that 18 chalcones showed a fluorescent brightness greater than 6000 M(-1) cm(-1) in DMSO. However, water dramatically quenched the fluorescence, although it could be partially recovered in the presence of BSA or detergents. As expected, these fluorescent chalcones showed a sharp structure-activity relationship in their cellular cytotoxicity, leading to the identification of structurally similar cytotoxic and non-cytotoxic fluorescent chalcones as chemical probes. Confocal microscopy results revealed the co-localization of the cytotoxic probe C8 and tubulin in cells, supporting tubulin as the direct cellular target responsible for the cytotoxicity of chalcones.
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- Bo Zhou
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, TX, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Natural or synthetic chalcones with different substituents have revealed a variety of biological activities that may benefit human health. The underlying mechanisms of action, particularly with respect to the direct cellular targets and the modes of interaction with the targets, have not been rigorously characterized, which imposes challenges to structure-guided rational development of therapeutic agents or chemical probes with acceptable target-selectivity profile. This review summarizes literature evidence on chalcones’ direct molecular targets in the context of their biological activities.
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- Bo Zhou
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
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Li DD, Qin YJ, Zhang X, Yin Y, Zhu HL, Zhao LG. Combined Molecular Docking, 3D-QSAR, and Pharmacophore Model: Design of Novel Tubulin Polymerization Inhibitors by Binding to Colchicine-binding Site. Chem Biol Drug Des 2015; 86:731-45. [DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2014] [Revised: 01/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Dong-Dong Li
- College of Chemical Engineering; Nanjing Forestry University; Nanjing 210073 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; School of Life Sciences; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210093 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; School of Life Sciences; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210093 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; School of Life Sciences; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210093 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology; School of Life Sciences; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210093 China
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- College of Chemical Engineering; Nanjing Forestry University; Nanjing 210073 China
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Semenov VV, Semenova MN. Polyalkoxyflavonoids as inhibitors of cell division. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2015. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hamzeh-Mivehroud M, Sokouti B, Dastmalchi S. An Introduction to the Basic Concepts in QSAR-Aided Drug Design. QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS IN DRUG DESIGN, PREDICTIVE TOXICOLOGY, AND RISK ASSESSMENT 2015. [DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8136-1.ch001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The need for the development of new drugs to combat existing and newly identified conditions is unavoidable. One of the important tools used in the advanced drug development pipeline is computer-aided drug design. Traditionally, to find a drug many ligands were synthesized and evaluated for their effectiveness using suitable bioassays and if all other drug-likeness features were met, the candidate(s) would possibly reach the market. Although this approach is still in use in advanced format, computational methods are an indispensable component of modern drug development projects. One of the methods used from very early days of rationalizing the drug design approaches is Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR). This chapter overviews QSAR modeling steps by introducing molecular descriptors, mathematical model development for relating biological activities to molecular structures, and model validation. At the end, several successful cases where QSAR studies were used extensively are presented.
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- Maryam Hamzeh-Mivehroud
- Biotechnology Research Center & School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center & School of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Kumar D, Maruthi Kumar N, Tantak MP, Ogura M, Kusaka E, Ito T. Synthesis and identification of α-cyano bis(indolyl)chalcones as novel anticancer agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:5170-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.09.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Revised: 09/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ethiraj KR, Aranjani JM, Khan FRN. Synthesis of methoxy-substituted chalcones and in vitro evaluation of their anticancer potential. Chem Biol Drug Des 2014; 82:732-42. [PMID: 23834620 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Methoxy-substituted chalcones, 3 were obtained using simple, efficient method from 2-naphtylethanone, 1 and aromatic aldehydes, 2. The in vitro cytotoxicity activities of the chalcones against a panel of three human cancer cell lines were explored. The tested compounds were found to possess significant cytotoxic activity. The DNA strand break and damage was quantified through alkaline comet assay, flow cytometric analysis, and chromatin condensation studies, which revealed the apoptotic nature of the compounds. Compound 3c, (3-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1-(2-naphthyl) prop-2-en-1-one) showed highest cytotoxicity of 0.019 μm against HeLa, 0.020 μm against HCT15 and 0.022 μm against A549. Compound 3e, (3-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-(2-naphthyl) prop-2-en-1-one) showed better IC50 values against all the three cell lines employed for the study.
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- Kannatt Radhakrishnan Ethiraj
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Division, School of Advance Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632 014, India; Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, School of Advance Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632 014, India
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Goodarzi M, Saeys W, de Araujo MCU, Galvão RKH, Vander Heyden Y. Binary classification of chalcone derivatives with LDA or KNN based on their antileishmanial activity and molecular descriptors selected using the Successive Projections Algorithm feature-selection technique. Eur J Pharm Sci 2014; 51:189-95. [PMID: 24090733 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2013.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2013] [Revised: 09/14/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Chalcones are naturally occurring aromatic ketones, which consist of an α-, β-unsaturated carbonyl system joining two aryl rings. These compounds are reported to exhibit several pharmacological activities, including antiparasitic, antibacterial, antifungal, anticancer, immunomodulatory, nitric oxide inhibition and anti-inflammatory effects. In the present work, a Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) study is carried out to classify chalcone derivatives with respect to their antileishmanial activity (active/inactive) on the basis of molecular descriptors. For this purpose, two techniques to select descriptors are employed, the Successive Projections Algorithm (SPA) and the Genetic Algorithm (GA). The selected descriptors are initially employed to build Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) models. An additional investigation is then carried out to determine whether the results can be improved by using a non-parametric classification technique (One Nearest Neighbour, 1NN). In a case study involving 100 chalcone derivatives, the 1NN models were found to provide better rates of correct classification than LDA, both in the training and test sets. The best result was achieved by a SPA-1NN model with six molecular descriptors, which provided correct classification rates of 97% and 84% for the training and test sets, respectively.
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- Mohammad Goodarzi
- Department of Biosystems, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KULeuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 30, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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Csuk R, Albert S, Siewert B. Synthesis and Radical Scavenging Activities of Resveratrol Analogs. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2013; 346:504-10. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201300081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2013] [Revised: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- René Csuk
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Bereich Organische Chemie; Halle (Saale); Germany
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- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Bereich Organische Chemie; Halle (Saale); Germany
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- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Bereich Organische Chemie; Halle (Saale); Germany
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Berhanu WM, Pillai GG, Oliferenko AA, Katritzky AR. Quantitative Structure-Activity/Property Relationships: The Ubiquitous Links between Cause and Effect. Chempluschem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201200038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Synthesis and anticancer activity of 2-benzylidene indanones through inhibiting tubulin polymerization. Bioorg Med Chem 2012; 20:3049-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 02/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tozatti CSS, Khodyuk RGD, da Silva AO, dos Santos EDA, de Lima MSDAEDP, Hamel E. SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF BIARYL ANALOGS OF ANTITUBULIN COMPOUNDS. QUIM NOVA 2012; 35:1758-1762. [PMID: 23087491 PMCID: PMC3472429 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-40422012000900010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This paper reports the synthesis of methanones and esters bearing different substitution patterns as spacer groups between aromatic rings. This series of compounds can be considered phenstatin analogs. Two of the newly synthesized compounds, 5a and 5c, strongly inhibited tubulin polymerization and the binding of [(3)H] colchicine to tubulin, suggesting that, akin to phenstatin and combretastatin A-4, they can bind to tubulin at the colchicine site.
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- Camila Santos Suniga Tozatti
- Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande - MS, Brasil
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- Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande - MS, Brasil
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- Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande - MS, Brasil
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- Centro de Ciências Exatas e Tecnologia, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Senador Filinto Müller, 1555, 79074-460 Campo Grande - MS, Brasil
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- Screening Technologies Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Brien KA, Bandi RK, Behera AK, Mishra BK, Majumdar P, Satam V, Savagian M, Tzou S, Lee M, Zeller M, Robles AJ, Mooberry S, Pati H, Lee M. Design, synthesis and cytotoxicity of novel chalcone analogs derived from 1-cyclohexylpyrrolidin-2-one and 2,3-dihydrobenzo[f]chromen-1-one. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2011; 345:341-8. [PMID: 22076705 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201100265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2011] [Revised: 10/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Two divergent series of novel chalcone analogs, one derived from 1-cyclohexylpyrrolidin-2-one and the other derived from 1-benzo[f]chromanone, were designed, synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxicity against two murine cancer cell lines. Two 1-benzo[f]chromanone analogs, 4g and 4j yielded moderate toxicity against both melanoma B16 and lymphoma L1210 cell lines with IC(50) values between the range of 5 and 6 µM. With an IC(50) value of 3.4 µM, compound 4g was also active against human MDA-MB-435 melanoma cells. X-ray structures of the β-hydroxy ketone product (4a) and the α,β-unsaturated ketone (4h) were collected, and confirm the syn-configuration between the carbonyl moiety and the β-vinylic proton in 4h. X-ray structures of two 1-cyclohexylpyrrolidin-2-one derivatives were also obtained, and both showed an E-configuration for the double bond.
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- Kimberly A Brien
- Division of Natural Sciences and Department of Chemistry, Hope College, Holland, MI, USA
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Stanton RA, Gernert KM, Nettles JH, Aneja R. Drugs that target dynamic microtubules: a new molecular perspective. Med Res Rev 2011; 31:443-81. [PMID: 21381049 DOI: 10.1002/med.20242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 387] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Microtubules have long been considered an ideal target for anticancer drugs because of the essential role they play in mitosis, forming the dynamic spindle apparatus. As such, there is a wide variety of compounds currently in clinical use and in development that act as antimitotic agents by altering microtubule dynamics. Although these diverse molecules are known to affect microtubule dynamics upon binding to one of the three established drug domains (taxane, vinca alkaloid, or colchicine site), the exact mechanism by which each drug works is still an area of intense speculation and research. In this study, we review the effects of microtubule-binding chemotherapeutic agents from a new perspective, considering how their mode of binding induces conformational changes and alters biological function relative to the molecular vectors of microtubule assembly or disassembly. These "biological vectors" can thus be used as a spatiotemporal context to describe molecular mechanisms by which microtubule-targeting drugs work.
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Álvarez R, López V, Mateo C, Medarde M, Peláez R. New para-para Stilbenophanes: Synthesis by McMurry Coupling, Conformational Analysis and Inhibition of Tubulin Polymerisation. Chemistry 2011; 17:3406-19. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Replacement of the double bond of antitubulin chalcones with triazoles and tetrazoles: Synthesis and biological evaluation. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011; 21:764-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.11.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2010] [Revised: 11/23/2010] [Accepted: 11/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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LIN IHUNG, HSU CHENGCHANG, WANG SHIHHONG, HSIEH HSINGPANG, SUN YINGCHIEH. COMPARATIVE MOLECULAR FIELD ANALYSIS OF ANTI-TUBULIN AGENTS WITH INDOLE RING BINDING AT THE COLCHICINE BINDING SITE. JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL & COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY 2010. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219633610005657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A 3D-QSAR study using comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) was carried out on anti-tubulin agents with indole as a nucleus core. The structures of the compounds were obtained using docking calculations, and were then subjected to alignment procedures. CoMFA calculations for the 42 ligands that were examined as the training set gave a q2 value of 0.623 in correlation with experimental IC50 values for the inhibition of MKN-45 gastric cancer cells. Calculation for the test set of 17 ligands resulted in an r2 value of 0.714. The calculated results suggest that the R3 functional group site (see structure in Fig. 1) favored bulky groups while R1, R2, and R4 sites favored the opposite. At the R5 and R6 sites, parts of the region favored bulky groups while other parts favored the opposite. As for the electrostatic aspect, the R3 site was found to favor groups with a negative partial charge. At the R2 site, part of the region favored the group with a negative partial charge while other regions favored groups with a positive partial charge. The R4 and R5 sites favored groups with negative and positive partial charges, respectively, with a less favorable magnitude when compared with the R2 and R3 sites. The R1 and R6 sites did not exhibit significant electrostatic favor. Correlation of the results with IC50 values of ligands were analyzed and discussed.
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- I-HUNG LIN
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, TingChow, Road Section 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, TingChow, Road Section 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, TingChow, Road Section 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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- Division of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, 88, TingChow, Road Section 4, Taipei 116, Taiwan
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Abdel Bar FM, Khanfar MA, Elnagar AY, Badria FA, Zaghloul AM, Ahmad KF, Sylvester PW, El Sayed KA. Design and pharmacophore modeling of biaryl methyl eugenol analogs as breast cancer invasion inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 18:496-507. [PMID: 20034800 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2009] [Revised: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 12/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cell invasion and migration are required for the parent solid tumor cells to metastasize to distant organs. Microtubules form a polarized network, enabling organelle and protein movement throughout the cell. Cytoskeletal elements coordinately regulate cell's motility, adhesion, migration, exocytosis, endocytosis, and division. Thus, microtubule disruption can be a useful target to control cancer cell invasion and metastasis. The phenolic ether methyl eugenol (1), the major component of the essential oil of the leaves of Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. (Myrtaceae), was used as a starting scaffold to design eleven new and three known anti-tubulin agents 2-15 using carbon-carbon coupling reactions. A computer-assisted approach was used to design these new biaryl derivatives using colchicine-binding site of tubulin as the molecular target and colchicine as an active ligand. Several derivatives showed potent inhibitory activity against MDA-MB-231 cell migration at the 1-4microM dose range. The Z isomers, 4 and 15 were more active as invasion inhibitors compared to their structurally related E isomers, 2 and 14. The cytotoxic activities of compounds 2-15 against two breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 were evaluated. Anti-invasive activity of the semisynthetic derivatives is not due to a direct cytotoxic effect on MDA-MB-231. Analogs 2-15 may promote their anti-invasive activity through the induction of changes in cell morphology. A pharmacophore model was generated involving seven essential features for activity, which was consistent with a previously generated colchicine site inhibitors model.
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- Fatma M Abdel Bar
- Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 700 University Avenue, Monroe, LA 71209, USA
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Ducki S, Rennison D, Woo M, Kendall A, Chabert JFD, McGown AT, Lawrence NJ. Combretastatin-like chalcones as inhibitors of microtubule polymerization. Part 1: Synthesis and biological evaluation of antivascular activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:7698-710. [PMID: 19837593 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Sylvie Ducki
- Department of Chemistry, UMIST, Manchester M60 1QD, UK.
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Ducki S, Mackenzie G, Greedy B, Armitage S, Chabert JFD, Bennett E, Nettles J, Snyder JP, Lawrence NJ. Combretastatin-like chalcones as inhibitors of microtubule polymerisation. Part 2: Structure-based discovery of alpha-aryl chalcones. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:7711-22. [PMID: 19837594 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/21/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tubulin is an important molecular target in cancer chemotherapy. Antimitotic agents able to bind to the protein are currently under study, commonly used in the clinic to treat a variety of cancers and/or exploited as probes to investigate the protein's structure and function. Here we report the binding modes for a series of colchicinoids, combretastatin A4 and chalcones established from docking studies carried out on the structure of tubulin in complex with colchicine. The proposed models, in agreement with published biochemical data, show that combretastatin A4 binds to the colchicine site of beta-tubulin and that chalcones assume an orientation similar to that of podophyllotoxin. The models can be used to design a new class of podophyllotoxin mimics, the alpha-aryl chalcones, capable of binding to the colchicine-binding site of beta-tubulin with higher affinity.
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- Sylvie Ducki
- Department of Chemistry, UMIST, Manchester M60 1QD, UK.
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Chiang YK, Kuo CC, Wu YS, Chen CT, Coumar MS, Wu JS, Hsieh HP, Chang CY, Jseng HY, Wu MH, Leou JS, Song JS, Chang JY, Lyu PC, Chao YS, Wu SY. Generation of ligand-based pharmacophore model and virtual screening for identification of novel tubulin inhibitors with potent anticancer activity. J Med Chem 2009; 52:4221-33. [PMID: 19507860 DOI: 10.1021/jm801649y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A pharmacophore model, Hypo1, was built on the basis of 21 training-set indole compounds with varying levels of antiproliferative activity. Hypo1 possessed important chemical features required for the inhibitors and demonstrated good predictive ability for biological activity, with high correlation coefficients of 0.96 and 0.89 for the training-set and test-set compounds, respectively. Further utilization of the Hypo1 pharmacophore model to screen chemical database in silico led to the identification of four compounds with antiproliferative activity. Among these four compounds, 43 showed potent antiproliferative activity against various cancer cell lines with the strongest inhibition on the proliferation of KB cells (IC(50) = 187 nM). Further biological characterization revealed that 43 effectively inhibited tubulin polymerization and significantly induced cell cycle arrest in G(2)-M phase. In addition, 43 also showed the in vivo-like anticancer effects. To our knowledge, 43 is the most potent antiproliferative compound with antitubulin activity discovered by computer-aided drug design. The chemical novelty of 43 and its anticancer activities make this compound worthy of further lead optimization.
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- Yi-Kun Chiang
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, Republic of China
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James C, Pettit GR, Nielsen OF, Jayakumar VS, Joe IH. Vibrational spectra and ab initio molecular orbital calculations of the novel anti-cancer drug combretastatin A-4 prodrug. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2008; 70:1208-1216. [PMID: 18248845 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2007.10.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The NIR-FT Raman and FT-IR spectral studies of the novel antineoplastic and antiangiogenesis substance comprestatin A-4 prodrug (CA4P) were carried out. The equilibrium geometry, various bonding features and harmonic vibrational frequencies of CA4P have been investigated with the help of B3LYP density functional theory (DFT) method. The most preferred cis-configuration for its bioactivity has been demonstrated on the basis of torsional potential energy surface (PES) scan studies. Stability of the molecule arising from hyperconjugative interactions leading to its bioactivity, charge delocalization and mesomeric effects have been analyzed using natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis. Detailed assignments of the vibrational spectra have been made with the aid of theoretically predicted vibrational frequencies. The optimized geometry shows near-planarity of phenyl rings and perpendicular conformation of meta substituted methoxy group. The vibrational analysis confirms the differently acting ring modes, steric repulsion, pi conjugation and back-donation.
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- C James
- Centre for Molecular and Biophysics Research, Department of Physics, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram 695015, Kerala, India
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Hall JJ, Sriram M, Strecker TE, Tidmore JK, Jelinek CJ, Kumar GDK, Hadimani MB, Pettit GR, Chaplin DJ, Trawick ML, Pinney KG. Design, synthesis, biochemical, and biological evaluation of nitrogen-containing trifluoro structural modifications of combretastatin A-4. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:5146-9. [PMID: 18710804 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Revised: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/16/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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A new trifluorinated amino-combretastatin analogue, (Z)-2-(4'-methoxy-3'-aminophenyl)-1-(3,4,5-trifluorophenyl)ethene, prepared by chemical synthesis, was found to be a potent inhibitor of tubulin assembly (IC(50)=2.9 microM), and cytotoxic against selected human cancer cell lines. This new lead compound is among the most active from a group of related structural modifications.
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- John J Hall
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798-7348, USA
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Odlo K, Hentzen J, dit Chabert JF, Ducki S, Gani OA, Sylte I, Skrede M, Flørenes VA, Hansen TV. 1,5-Disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles as cis-restricted analogues of combretastatin A-4: Synthesis, molecular modeling and evaluation as cytotoxic agents and inhibitors of tubulin. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:4829-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2007] [Revised: 03/12/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Alloatti D, Giannini G, Cabri W, Lustrati I, Marzi M, Ciacci A, Gallo G, Tinti MO, Marcellini M, Riccioni T, Guglielmi MB, Carminati P, Pisano C. Synthesis and Biological Activity of Fluorinated Combretastatin Analogues. J Med Chem 2008; 51:2708-21. [DOI: 10.1021/jm701362m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Domenico Alloatti
- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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- R&D, Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A., Via Pontina Km 30.400, 00040 Pomezia, Italy
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Cianci J, Baell JB, Flynn BL, Gable RW, Mould JA, Paul D, Harvey AJ. Synthesis and biological evaluation of chalcones as inhibitors of the voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:2055-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.01.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 01/25/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Molecular modeling approaches to study the binding mode on tubulin of microtubule destabilizing and stabilizing agents. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2008; 286:279-328. [PMID: 23563616 DOI: 10.1007/128_2008_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Tubulin targeting agents constitute an important class of anticancer drugs. By acting either as microtubule stabilizers or destabilizers, they disrupt microtubule dynamics, thus inducing mitotic arrest and, ultimately, cell death by apoptosis. Three different binding sites, whose exact location on tubulin has been experimentally detected, have been identified so far for antimitotic compound targeting microtubules, namely the taxoid, the colchicine and the vinka alkaloid binding site. A number of ligand- and structure-based molecular modeling studies in this field has been reported over the years, aimed at elucidating the binding modes of both stabilizing and destabilizing agent, as well as the molecular features responsible for their efficacious interaction with tubulin. Such studies are described in this review, focusing on information provided by different modeling approaches on the structural determinants of antitubulin agents and the interactions with the binding pockets on tubulin emerged as fundamental for antitumor activity.To describe molecular modeling approaches applied to date to molecules known to bind microtubules, this paper has been divided into two main parts: microtubule destabilizing (Part 1) and stabilizing (Part 2) agents. The first part includes structure-based and ligand-based approaches to study molecules targeting colchicine (1.1) and vinca alkaloid (1.2) binding sites, respectively. In the second part, the studies performed on microtubule-stabilizing antimitotic agents (MSAA) are described. Starting from the first representative compound of this class, paclitaxel, molecular modeling studies (quantitative structure-activity relationships - QSAR - and structure-based approaches), performed on natural compounds acting with the same mechanism of action and temptative common pharmacophoric hypotheses for all of these compounds, are reported.
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