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Lu Y, Sheng X, Liu C, Liang Z, Wang X, Liu L, Wen Z, Yang Z, Du Q, Liu W. SERD-NHC-Au(I) complexes for dual targeting ER and TrxR to induce ICD in breast cancer. Pharmacol Res 2023; 190:106731. [PMID: 36933755 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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The development of selective estrogen receptor degraders (SERDs) has brought new ideas for the clinical treatment of ER-positive advanced breast cancer. The successful application of combinational therapy inspired the exploration of other targets to prevent breast cancer progression. Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) is an important enzyme that can regulate redox balance in cells and it was considered as a potential target for anticancer treatment. In this study, we firstly combine a clinical SERD candidate--G1T48 (NCT03455270), with a TrxR inhibitor--N-heterocyclic carbene gold(I) [NHC-Au(I)] to form dual targeting complexes that can regulate both signaling pathways. The most efficacious complex 23 exhibited significant antiproliferative profile through degrading ER and inhibiting TrxR activity. Interestingly, it can induce immunogenic cell death (ICD) caused by ROS. This is the first evidence to elucidate the role of ER/TrxR-ROS-ICD axis in ER positive breast cancer and this research may inspire new drug development with novel mechanisms. The in vivo xenograft study demonstrated that complex 23 had excellent antiproliferative activity toward MCF-7 cells in mice model.
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- Yunlong Lu
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, PR China; School of Basic Medicine & Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Entomological Biopharmaceutical R&D, Dali University, Dali 671000, PR China
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- General Clinical Research Center, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210006, PR China; School of Basic Medicine & Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, PR China.
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resources Industrialization, School of Medicine & Holistic Integrative Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, PR China; State key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Hoskin JF, Sorensen EJ. A Concise Synthesis of Pleurotin Enabled by a Nontraditional C-H Epimerization. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:14042-14046. [PMID: 35900919 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An 8-step synthesis of a known pentacyclic intermediate toward the natural product pleurotin (1) is described. Pleurotin and related benzoquinone natural products are of great interest for their powerful anticancer and antibiotic activities. The route features a regio- and diastereoselective intermolecular photoenolization/Diels-Alder cycloaddition and an alkoxy-radical-induced hydrogen atom transfer-mediated C-H epimerization to construct pleurotin's carbon framework with appropriate relative stereochemical relationships. The synthesis concludes with a ring-forming benzylic C-H oxidation to deliver oxepane 19.
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- John F Hoskin
- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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Quintanilha DB, Santos HFD. Analysis of Pleurotin binding to human thioredoxin reductase using docking and molecular dynamics simulation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022:1-14. [PMID: 35758249 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2092553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) has been considered a potential target for cancer chemotherapy. It acts by controlling the redox homeostasis of human cells and, therefore, interfering in its function may trigger apoptosis, which is a crucial tumor suppression mechanism. Despite the great effort in the search for TrxR inhibitors, none was approved for human therapy. In the present study a virtual screening for natural organic compounds is discussed for a set of 72 compounds with known IC-50 for TrxR inhibition. The results suggest the Pleurotin, a naphthoquinone obtained from Hohenbuehelia grisea fungus, as a potential TrxR inhibitor, which acts by binding to the active site of the enzyme, between the N- and C-terminal domains. The presence of the ligand blocks the approximation of the C-terminal arm to the N-terminal, which is an essential step of the enzyme function. Besides, the two equivalent binding sites of TrxR were explored, by docking two ligands simultaneously. The results indicate that both sites have an allosteric correlation and, the presence of the ligand in one site may interfere, or even prevent, the binding of the second ligand at the other site. All these findings are quantitatively discussed based on the analysis of long molecular dynamics trajectories, which provides a full description of the ligand-receptor binding modes, average binding energies and conformational changes.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Daniel B Quintanilha
- NEQC: Núcleo de Estudos em Química Computacional, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- NEQC: Núcleo de Estudos em Química Computacional, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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Expanding the armory for treating lymphoma: Targeting redox cellular status through thioredoxin reductase inhibition. Pharmacol Res 2022; 177:106134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The mammalian thioredoxin system is driven by NADPH through the activities of isoforms of the selenoprotein thioredoxin reductase (TXNRD, TrxR), which in turn help to keep thioredoxins (TXN, Trx) and further downstream targets reduced. Due to a wide range of functions in antioxidant defense, cell proliferation, and redox signaling, strong cellular aberrations are seen upon the targeting of TrxR enzymes by inhibitors. However, such inhibition can nonetheless have rather unexpected consequences. Accumulating data suggest that inhibition of TrxR in normal cells typically yields a paradoxical effect of increased antioxidant defense, with metabolic pathway reprogramming, increased cellular proliferation, and altered cellular differentiation patterns. Conversely, inhibition of TrxR in cancer cells can yield excessive levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) resulting in cell death and thus anticancer efficacy. The observed increases in antioxidant capacity upon inhibition of TrxR in normal cells are in part dependent upon activation of the Nrf2 transcription factor, while exaggerated ROS levels in cancer cells can be explained by a non-oncogene addiction of cancer cells to TrxR1 due to their increased endogenous production of ROS. These separate consequences of TrxR inhibition can be utilized therapeutically. Importantly, however, a thorough knowledge of the molecular mechanisms underlying effects triggered by TrxR inhibition is crucial for the understanding of therapy outcomes after use of such inhibitors. The mammalian thioredoxin system is driven by thioredoxin reductases (TXNRD, TrxR), which keeps thioredoxins (TXN, Trx) and further downstream targets reduced. In normal cells, inhibition of TrxR yields a paradoxical effect of increased antioxidant defense upon activation of the Nrf2 transcription factor. In cancer cells, however, inhibition of TrxR yields excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels resulting in cell death and thus anticancer efficacy, which can be explained by a non-oncogene addiction of cancer cells to TrxR1 due to their increased endogenous production of ROS. These separate consequences of TrxR inhibition can be utilized therapeutically.
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- Elias S J Arnér
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. .,Department of Selenoprotein Research, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary.
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Tanii S, Arisawa M, Yamaguchi M. Acid-catalyzed synthesis of condensed polycyclic diaryl ethers from arenols. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:14078-14080. [PMID: 31696874 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc07172e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Diaryl ethers containing condensed polycyclic aryl groups were synthesized from arenols in the presence of a catalytic amount of p-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid. Symmetrical binaphthyl, biphenanthryl, and bipyrenyl ethers were obtained in high yields. Unsymmetrical derivatives were also synthesized from 9-phenanthrol and arenols, using combinations of reactive and unreactive substrates.
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- Saori Tanii
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.
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Bian M, Fan R, Zhao S, Liu W. Targeting the Thioredoxin System as a Strategy for Cancer Therapy. J Med Chem 2019; 62:7309-7321. [PMID: 30963763 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) participates in the regulation of redox reactions in organisms. It works mainly via its substrate molecule, thioredoxin, to maintain the redox balance and regulate signal transduction, which controls cell proliferation, differentiation, death, and other important physiological processes. In recent years, increasing evidence has shown that the overactivation of TrxR is related to the development of tumors. The exploration of TrxR-targeted antitumor drugs has attracted wide attention and is expected to provide new therapies for cancer treatment. In this perspective, we highlight the specific relationship between TrxR and apoptotic signaling pathways. The cytoplasm and mitochondria both contain TrxR, resulting in the activation of apoptosis. TrxR activity influences reactive oxygen species (ROS) and further regulates the inflammatory signaling pathway. In addition, we discuss representative TrxR inhibitors with anticancer activity and analyze the challenges in developing TrxR inhibitors as anticancer drugs.
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- Mianli Bian
- Institute of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China.,Institute of New Medicine Research , Nanjing Hicin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. , Nanjing 210046 , P. R. China
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- Institute of Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmacy , Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine , Nanjing 210023 , P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines , China Pharmaceutical University , Nanjing 210009 , P. R. China
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Xing L, Zhang Y, Du Y. Hypervalent Iodine-Mediated Synthesis of Spiroheterocycles via Oxidative Cyclization. CURR ORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1385272822666181211122802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hypervalent iodine reagents have been widely used in the construction of many important building blocks and privileged scaffolds of bioactive natural products. This review article aims to briefly discuss strategies that have used hypervalent iodine reagents as oxidants to synthesize spiroheterocyclic compounds and to stimulate further study for novel syntheses of spiroheterocyclic core structures using hypervalent iodine reagents under metal-free conditions.
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- Linlin Xing
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Singh FV, Kole PB, Mangaonkar SR, Shetgaonkar SE. Synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds using hypervalent iodine reagents. Beilstein J Org Chem 2018; 14:1778-1805. [PMID: 30112083 PMCID: PMC6071689 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.14.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Hypervalent iodine reagents have been developed as highly valuable reagents in synthetic organic chemistry during the past few decades. These reagents have been identified as key replacements of various toxic heavy metals in organic synthesis. Various synthetically and biologically important scaffolds have been developed using hypervalent iodine reagents either in stoichiometric or catalytic amounts. In addition, hypervalent iodine reagents have been employed for the synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds via dearomatization processes. In this review, various approaches for the synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds using hypervalent iodine reagents are covered including their stereoselective synthesis. Additionally, the applications of these reagents in natural product synthesis are also covered.
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- Fateh V Singh
- Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Chennai Campus, Chennai-600 127, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Chennai Campus, Chennai-600 127, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Chennai Campus, Chennai-600 127, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences (SAS), VIT University, Chennai Campus, Chennai-600 127, Tamil Nadu, India
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Antioxidant enzymes and their contributions to biological control potential of fungal insect pathogens. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:4995-5004. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9033-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 04/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The cytosolic selenoprotein thioredoxin reductase 1 (TrxR1, encoded in human by TXNRD1) is implied to have several different roles in relation to cancer. Its physiologic functions may protect normal cells from carcinogenesis, but may also promote cancer progression if carcinogenesis nonetheless occurs. With distinct links to Nrf2 signaling, ribonucleotide reductase-dependent production of deoxyribonucleotides and its support of several antioxidant systems counteracting oxidative stress, the metabolic pathways regulated, and affected by TrxR1, are altogether of crucial importance in cancer. These pathways and causal relationships are at the same time highly intricate. In spite of the complexity in the cellular redox networks, several observations discussed in this chapter suggest that specific targeting of TrxR1 may be promising as a mechanistic principle for anticancer therapy.
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Siridechakorn I, Yue Z, Mittraphab Y, Lei X, Pudhom K. Identification of spirobisnaphthalene derivatives with anti-tumor activities from the endophytic fungus Rhytidhysteron rufulum AS21B. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 25:2878-2882. [PMID: 28274675 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.02.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The cultivation of the mangrove-derived fungus Rhytidhysteron rufulum AS21B in acidic condition changed its secondary metabolite profile. Investigation of the culture broth extract led to the isolation and identification of two new spirobisnaphthalenes (1 and 2) together with eleven known compounds (3-13) from the crude extract of the fungus grown under an acidic condition as well as six known compounds (4, 10, 14-17) were isolated from the crude extract of the fungus grown under a neutral condition. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data. The isolated compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxicity against two human cancer cell lines, Ramos lymphoma and drug resistant NSCLC H1975. Compounds 2 and 10 displayed the most promising anti-tumor activity against both cancer cell lines.
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- Ittipon Siridechakorn
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Bioassay-guided isolation of dehydrocostus lactone from Saussurea lappa: A new targeted cytosolic thioredoxin reductase anticancer agent. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 607:20-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Tsukamoto H, Hanada S, Kumasaka K, Kagaya N, Izumikawa M, Shin-ya K, Doi T. Synthesis of Spiromamakone A Benzo Analogues via Double Oxa-Michael Addition of 1,8-Dihydroxynaphthalene. Org Lett 2016; 18:4848-4851. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b02328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hirokazu Tsukamoto
- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aza-aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aza-aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aza-aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-4-7 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aza-aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Distinct roles of two cytoplasmic thioredoxin reductases (Trr1/2) in the redox system involving cysteine synthesis and host infection of Beauveria bassiana. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:10363-10374. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7688-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Liang B, Shao W, Zhu C, Wen G, Yue X, Wang R, Quan J, Du J, Bu X. Mitochondria-Targeted Approach: Remarkably Enhanced Cellular Bioactivities of TPP2a as Selective Inhibitor and Probe toward TrxR. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:425-34. [PMID: 26653078 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A mitochondria-targeted approach was developed to increase the cellular bioactivities of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) inhibitors. By being conjugated with a triphenylphosphine (TPP) motif to a previously found TrxR inhibitor 2a, the resulted compound TPP2a can target subcellular mitochondria and efficiently inhibit cellular TrxR, leading to remarkably increased cellular ROS level and mitochondrial apoptosis of HeLa cancer cells. The cellular bioactivities of TPP2a, including its cytotoxicity against a panel of cancer cell lines, dramatically elevated compared with its parental compound 2a. The selectively and covalently interaction of TPP2a with subcellular mitochondrial TrxR was validated by fluorescent microscopy. Moreover, a nonspecific signal quenching coupled strategy was proposed based on the environmentally sensitive fluorescence of TPP2a, which makes it possible to label TrxR by removing the nonspecific backgrounds caused by TPP2a under complex biosettings such as cellular lysates and living cells, implicating a potential of TPP2a for TrxR-specific labeling.
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- Baoxia Liang
- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Laboratory
of Chemical Genomics, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Gocer H, Aslan A, Gülçin İ, Supuran CT. Spirobisnaphthalenes effectively inhibit carbonic anhydrase. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2015; 31:503-7. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2015.1043298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Zhang LB, Tang L, Ying SH, Feng MG. Subcellular localization of six thioredoxins and their antioxidant activity and contributions to biological control potential in Beauveria bassiana. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 76:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Liu Z, Jing Y, Yin J, Mu J, Yao T, Gao L. Downregulation of thioredoxin reductase 1 expression in the substantia nigra pars compacta of Parkinson's disease mice. Neural Regen Res 2014; 8:3275-83. [PMID: 25206649 PMCID: PMC4145943 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.35.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Because neurons are susceptible to oxidative damage and thioredoxin reductase 1 is extensively distributed in the central nervous system and has antioxidant properties, we speculated that the enzyme may be involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. A Parkinson's disease model was produced by intraperitoneal injection of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine into C57BL/6 mice. Real-time reverse transcription-PCR, western blot analysis and colorimetric assay showed that the levels of thioredoxin reductase 1 mRNA and protein were decreased, along with a significant reduction in thioredoxin reductase activity, in the midbrain of Parkinson's disease mice compared with normal mice. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that the number of thioredoxin reductase 1-positive neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta of Parkinson's disease mice was significantly decreased compared with normal mice. These experimental findings suggest that the expression of thioredoxin reductase 1 in the substantia nigra pars compacta of Parkinson's disease mice is significantly decreased, and that the enzyme may be associated with disease onset.
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- Zihua Liu
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China ; Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China ; Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
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Pudhom K, Teerawatananond T. Rhytidenones A-F, Spirobisnaphthalenes from Rhytidhysteron sp. AS21B, an Endophytic Fungus. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2014; 77:1962-6. [PMID: 25083555 DOI: 10.1021/np500068y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Rhytidenone A (1), a unique spirobisnaphthalene with a 1,7-dioxaspiro[4,4]nonan-2-one motif, and five new spirobisnaphthalenes, rhytidenones B-F (2-6), were isolated from the extract of a cultured fungal endophyte, Rhytidhysteron sp. AS21B. Their structures were elucidated mainly by analysis of NMR spectroscopic data. The structure and configuration of 1 were further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Compounds 3 and 4 exhibited significant inhibitory activity against nitric oxide production from activated macrophages with IC50 values of 0.31 and 3.60 μM, respectively.
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- Khanitha Pudhom
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok 10330 Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok 10330 Thailand
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Spirobisnaphthalenes from the mangrove-derived fungus Rhytidhysteron sp. AS21B. Mar Drugs 2014; 12:1271-80. [PMID: 24663115 PMCID: PMC3967209 DOI: 10.3390/md12031271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Three new spirobisnaphthalenes (1-3) were isolated from the mangrove-derived fungus Rhytidhysteron sp., together with five known derivatives (4-8). The structures of the compounds were established on the basis of extensive spectroscopic data, and the relative configurations of their stereogenic carbons were determined by a single-crystal X-ray crystallographic analysis. Compounds 3-5 displayed cytotoxicity against both cancer cell lines, MCF-7 and CaSki, while 2 was active only on CaSKi cells.
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Zhang J, Yin Z, Leonard P, Wu J, Sioson K, Liu C, Lapo R, Zheng S. A Variation of the Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201207533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhang J, Yin Z, Leonard P, Wu J, Sioson K, Liu C, Lapo R, Zheng S. A Variation of the Fischer Indolization Involving Condensation of Quinone Monoketals and Aliphatic Hydrazines. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:1753-7. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Curcumin targeting the thioredoxin system elevates oxidative stress in HeLa cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2012; 262:341-8. [PMID: 22634334 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2012] [Revised: 05/14/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The thioredoxin system, composed of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), thioredoxin (Trx), and NADPH, is ubiquitous in all cells and involved in many redox-dependent signaling pathways. Curcumin, a naturally occurring pigment that gives a specific yellow color in curry food, is consumed in normal diet up to 100mg per day. This molecule has also been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of diseases. Curcumin has numerous biological functions, and many of these functions are related to induction of oxidative stress. However, how curcumin elicits oxidative stress in cells is unclear. Our previous work has demonstrated the way by which curcumin interacts with recombinant TrxR1 and alters the antioxidant enzyme into a reactive oxygen species (ROS) generator in vitro. Herein we reported that curcumin can target the cytosolic/nuclear thioredoxin system to eventually elevate oxidative stress in HeLa cells. Curcumin-modified TrxR1 dose-dependently and quantitatively transfers electrons from NADPH to oxygen with the production of ROS. Also, curcumin can drastically down-regulate Trx1 protein level as well as its enzyme activity in HeLa cells, which in turn remarkably decreases intracellular free thiols, shifting the intracellular redox balance to a more oxidative state, and subsequently induces DNA oxidative damage. Furthermore, curcumin-pretreated HeLa cells are more sensitive to oxidative stress. Knockdown of TrxR1 sensitizes HeLa cells to curcumin cytotoxicity, highlighting the physiological significance of targeting TrxR1 by curcumin. Taken together, our data disclose a previously unrecognized prooxidant mechanism of curcumin in cells, and provide a deep insight in understanding how curcumin works in vivo.
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Cai W, Zhang L, Song Y, Wang B, Zhang B, Cui X, Hu G, Liu Y, Wu J, Fang J. Small molecule inhibitors of mammalian thioredoxin reductase. Free Radic Biol Med 2012; 52:257-65. [PMID: 22064364 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.10.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 10/13/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Mammalian thioredoxin reductases (TrxRs) are a family of NADPH-dependent flavoproteins with a penultimate selenocysteine residue at the carboxy-terminus. Besides their native substrate thioredoxins (Trx), the enzymes show a broad substrate specificity, at least partially, because of the C-terminal redox-active site that is easily accessible in the reduced form. TrxRs are ubiquitous in all kinds of cells and have a critical role in regulating intracellular redox signaling. In recent years, a wealth of evidence has revealed that overactivation/dysfunction of TrxRs is closely related to various diseases, especially in tumor development, and thus the past decades have witnessed an expanding interest in finding TrxRs inhibitors, which might be promising agents for cancer chemotherapy. Herein we reviewed the small molecule inhibitors of mammalian TrxRs, with an emphasis on those that have potential anticancer activity. This review includes the nonpatent references up to 2010 that deal with mammalian TrxR inhibitors.
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- Wenqing Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China
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Kłossowski S, Muchowicz A, Firczuk M, Świech M, Redzej A, Golab J, Ostaszewski R. Studies toward Novel Peptidomimetic Inhibitors of Thioredoxin–Thioredoxin Reductase System. J Med Chem 2011; 55:55-67. [DOI: 10.1021/jm201359d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Szymon Kłossowski
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224
Warsaw, Poland
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- Department
of Immunology, Center
of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1A, F building, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department
of Immunology, Center
of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1A, F building, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department
of Immunology, Center
of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1A, F building, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224
Warsaw, Poland
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- Department
of Immunology, Center
of Biostructure Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1A, F building, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224
Warsaw, Poland
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Yan C, Siegel D, Newsome J, Chilloux A, Moody CJ, Ross D. Antitumor indolequinones induced apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells via inhibition of thioredoxin reductase and activation of redox signaling. Mol Pharmacol 2011; 81:401-10. [PMID: 22147753 DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.076091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Indolequinones (IQs) were developed as potential antitumor agents against human pancreatic cancer. IQs exhibited potent antitumor activity against the human pancreatic cancer cell line MIA PaCa-2 with growth inhibitory IC(50) values in the low nanomolar range. IQs were found to induce time- and concentration-dependent apoptosis and to be potent inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase 1 (TR1) in MIA PaCa-2 cells at concentrations equivalent to those inducing growth-inhibitory effects. The mechanism of inhibition of TR1 by the IQs was studied in detail in cell-free systems using purified enzyme. The C-terminal selenocysteine of TR1 was characterized as the primary adduction site of the IQ-derived reactive iminium using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis. Inhibition of TR1 by IQs in MIA PaCa-2 cells resulted in a shift of thioredoxin-1 redox state to the oxidized form and activation of the p38/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway. Oxidized thioredoxin is known to activate apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1, an upstream activator of p38/JNK in the MAPK signaling cascade and this was confirmed in our study providing a potential mechanism for IQ-induced apoptosis. These data describe the redox and signaling events involved in the mechanism of growth inhibition induced by novel inhibitors of TR1 in human pancreatic cancer cells.
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- Chao Yan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Hammill JT, Contreras-García J, Virshup AM, Beratan D, Yang W, Wipf P. Synthesis and chemical diversity analysis of bicyclo[3.3.1]non-3-en-2-ones. Tetrahedron 2010; 66:5852-5862. [PMID: 20798897 PMCID: PMC2925319 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.04.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Functionalized bicyclo[3.3.1]non-3-en-2-ones are obtained from commercially available phenols by a hypervalent iodine oxidation, enone epoxidation, epoxide thiolysis, and intramolecular aldol reaction sequence. Reaction optimization studies identified room temperature as well as microwave-mediated procedures, providing moderate to good yields (57%-88%) in the thiophenol-mediated epoxide opening and intramolecular aldol reaction. In addition, the isolation of a key intermediate and in situ NMR studies supported the mechanistic hypothesis. The bicyclic ring products occupy novel chemical space according to ChemGPS and Chemaxon chemical diversity and cheminformatics analyses.
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- Jared T Hammill
- Center for Chemical Methodologies and Library Development, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Cai YS, Guo YW, Krohn K. Structure, bioactivities, biosynthetic relationships and chemical synthesis of the spirodioxynaphthalenes. Nat Prod Rep 2010; 27:1840-70. [PMID: 21038061 DOI: 10.1039/c0np00031k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- You-Sheng Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zu Chong Zhi Rd. 555, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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Cai X, Shan T, Li P, Huang Y, Xu L, Zhou L, Wang M, Jiang W. Spirobisnaphthalenes from the Endophytic Fungus Dzf12 of Dioscorea zingiberensis and Their Antimicrobial Activities. Nat Prod Commun 2009. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0900401105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Five spirobisnaphthalenes, namely palmarumycin CP17 (1), diepoxin κ (2), diepoxin η (3), diepoxin ζ (4), and diepoxin γ (5), were isolated from the endophytic fungus Dzf12 associated with the medicinal plant Dioscorea zingiberensis C. H. Wright. Their structures were identified by physicochemical and spectrometric analysis. Among these spirobisnaphthalenes, 2 was found to have antibacterial activity, and the mixture of 3 and 4 was detected to have both antibacterial and antifungal activities.
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- Xiaoyue Cai
- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
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Cragg GM, Grothaus PG, Newman DJ. Impact of natural products on developing new anti-cancer agents. Chem Rev 2009; 109:3012-43. [PMID: 19422222 DOI: 10.1021/cr900019j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 887] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Gordon M Cragg
- Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, NCI-Frederick, Fairview Center, Suite 206, P.O. Box B, Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201, USA
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Yan C, Shieh B, Reigan P, Zhang Z, Colucci MA, Chilloux A, Newsome JJ, Siegel D, Chan D, Moody CJ, Ross D. Potent activity of indolequinones against human pancreatic cancer: identification of thioredoxin reductase as a potential target. Mol Pharmacol 2009; 76:163-72. [PMID: 19364812 DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.055855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The indolequinone ES936 {5-methoxy-1,2-dimethyl-3-[(4-nitrophenoxy)methyl]indole-4,7-dione} was previously developed in our lab as an antitumor agent against pancreatic cancer. The objective of this study was to identify indolequinones with improved potency against pancreatic cancer and to define their mechanisms of action. Pancreatic cancer cell lines PANC-1, MIA PaCa-2, and BxPC-3 were used in in vitro assays [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (MTT) and clonogenic assays]; indolequinones displayed potent cytotoxicity against all three cell lines, and two specific classes of indolequinone were particularly potent agents. These indolequinones induced caspase-dependent apoptosis but no redox cycling or oxidative stress in MIA PaCa-2 and BxPC-3 cells. Selected indolequinones were also screened against the NCI-60 cell line panel and were found to be particularly effective against colon, renal, and melanoma cancer cells. A potential target of these indolequinones was identified as thioredoxin reductase. Indolequinones were found to be potent inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase activity both in pancreatic cancer cells and in cell-free systems. The mechanism of action of the indolequinones was shown to involve metabolic reduction, loss of a leaving group to generate a reactive electrophile resulting in alkylation of the selenocysteine residue in the active site of thioredoxin reductase. In vivo efficacy of the indolequinones was also tested in the MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic tumor xenograft in nude mice, and lead indolequinones demonstrated high efficacy and low toxicity. Inhibition of thioredoxin reductase represents a potential novel target in pancreatic cancer and may provide a biomarker of effect of lead indolequinones in this type of cancer.
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- Chao Yan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Liu Z, Huang SL, Li MM, Huang ZS, Lee KS, Gu LQ. Inhibition of thioredoxin reductase by mansonone F analogues: Implications for anticancer activity. Chem Biol Interact 2009; 177:48-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2008] [Revised: 08/27/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Murillo C, Albertazzi FJ, Carranza J, Lumbsch HT, Tamayo G. Molecular data indicate that Rhytidhysteron rufulum (ascomycetes, Patellariales) in Costa Rica consists of four distinct lineages corroborated by morphological and chemical characters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 113:405-16. [PMID: 18930137 DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2008.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/04/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Rhytidhysteron rufulum is a poorly known, common, pantropical species, capable of utilizing different substrata and occupying diverse habitats, and is the only species of its genus in Costa Rica. We have employed molecular, morphological, and chemical data to assess the variability and differentiation of R. rufulum in Costa Rica, including sites from the Pacific and Atlantic coast. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ITS rDNA sequences revealed the presence of four distinct lineages in the R. rufulum complex. Re-examination of the morphology and anatomy showed differences between these lineages in ascomatal, ascal, and ascospore size that have previously been regarded as intraspecific variations. In addition, there was a correlation between molecular phylogenies and chemical components as determined by hplc and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Two lineages (clades I and II) produced the palmarumycins MK-3018, CJ-12372, and CR(1), whereas clade III produced dehydrocurvularin, and clade IV unidentified compounds. Our results based on a polyphasic approach contradict previous taxonomic interpretations of one morphologically variable species.
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- Catalina Murillo
- Unidad Estratégica de Bioprospección, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), 22-3100 Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica.
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Nigro P, Dal Piaz F, Gallotta D, De Tommasi N, Belisario MA. Inhibition of the thioredoxin system is a basis for the antileukemic potential of 13-hydroxy-15-oxo-zoapatlin. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:875-84. [PMID: 18638547 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Revised: 05/28/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The mammalian thioredoxin (Trx) system, composed of Trx, Trx reductase (TrxR), and NADPH, is the most important thiol system involved in the redox control of signaling and regulatory proteins in apoptosis and cell proliferation. Here we addressed the inhibition of the Trx system by 13-hydroxy-15-oxo-zoapatlin (OZ), a nor-kaurane diterpene previously shown to possess proapoptotic potential and to cause cell cycle arrest in leukemia cells. OZ was found, by both biochemical and mass spectrometry-based approaches, to target Trx1 and TrxR in a cell-free system. In particular, the formation of reversible OZ adducts to Trx1 Cys35, Cys62, and Cys73 was demonstrated. We next showed that OZ efficiently inhibited Trx and TrxR catalytic activity in Molt4 cells. The occurrence of oxidative modifications of Trx molecules was assessed by "redox Western blot" analyses. OZ-mediated Trx oxidation resulted in apoptosis signaling kinase-1 release and activation of downstream JNK and p38 pathways. By means of specific inhibitors of these two stress-activated protein kinases, we demonstrated that the JNK pathway plays a major role in determining the apoptotic fate of OZ-exposed cells, whereas p38 activation seems to be involved mainly in OZ-induced G2/M block.
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- Patrizia Nigro
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
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Synthesis and evaluation of curcumin analogues as potential thioredoxin reductase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:8035-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.07.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2008] [Revised: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 07/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Macías-Rubalcava ML, Hernández-Bautista BE, Jiménez-Estrada M, González MC, Glenn AE, Hanlin RT, Hernández-Ortega S, Saucedo-García A, Muria-González JM, Anaya AL. Naphthoquinone spiroketal with allelochemical activity from the newly discovered endophytic fungus Edenia gomezpompae. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2008; 69:1185-1196. [PMID: 18234248 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 12/03/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Chemical investigation of the mycelium of Edenia gomezpompae, a newly discovered endophytic fungus isolated from the leaves of Callicarpa acuminata (Verbenaceae) collected from the ecological reserve El Eden, Quintana Roo, Mexico, resulted in the isolation of four naphthoquinone spiroketals, including three new compounds and palmarumycin CP2 (4). We elucidated the structures of the metabolites by extensive NMR spectroscopy studies, including DEPT, COSY, NOESY, HSQC, HMBC, and chiroptical methods. The trivial names proposed for these compounds are preussomerin EG1 (1), preussomerin EG2 (2) and preussomerin EG3 (3). In addition, the X-ray data for 4 were obtained. The bioactivity of the mycelial organic extracts and the pure compounds was tested against three endophytic fungi (Colletotrichum sp., Phomopsis sp., and Guignardia manguifera) isolated from the same plant species (C. acuminata, Verbenaceae) and against four economically important phytopathogenic microorganisms (two fungoid oomycetes, Phythophtora capsici and Phythophtora parasitica, and the fungi Fusarium oxysporum and Alternaria solani). Spiroketals 1-3 displayed significant growth inhibition against all the phytopathogens. IC50 values for the four phytopathogens were from 20 to 170 microg/ml. Palmarumycin CP2 (4) was not bioactive against any of the fungi tested. Compound 1 showed the strongest bioactivity. The acetylated derivatives of preussomerin EG1 (1), 1a and 1b, were obtained and their biological activity was tested on endophytes and phytopathogens. Preussomerin EG1 1, 1a and 1b exhibited significant bioactivity against all microorganisms tested with the exception of Alternaria solani. This is the first report of allelochemicals with antifungal activity from the newly discovered endophytic fungus E. gomezpompae.
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- Martha L Macías-Rubalcava
- Instituto de Ecología, Departamento de Ecología Funcional, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-275, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico DF, Mexico
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Mays JR, Restituyo JA, Katzenberger RJ, Wassarman DA, Rajski SR. Cyclic Disulfides as Functional Mimics of the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor FK-228. Tetrahedron Lett 2007; 48:4579-4583. [PMID: 18575573 PMCID: PMC2084391 DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.04.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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FK-228 is a potent histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor with tremendous therapeutic potential against a wide array of human cancers. We describe the development of analogs that share FK-228's novel mechanism of activation and HDAC inhibition.
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- Jared R Mays
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53705
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Oxidative rearrangement of cyclic enol ethers leads to alpha-alkoxyesters. In the presence of a neighboring spiroether, this approach provides a stereoselective access to spiroketals. A modified proposal for the biosynthesis of acutumine is presented.
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- David L Waller
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Thioredoxin reductase (TrxR)-as part of a major thiol regulating system-allows redox metabolism to adjust to cellular requirements. Therefore, changes at the redox level reflect as a pars pro toto changes concerning the entire cell. Three different TrxR isoenzymes, TrxR1 as cytosolic, TrxR2 as mitochondrial, and TrxR3 as testis-specific thiol regulator are known. All three enzymes contain a reactive and solvent accessible selenocysteine residue which is located on a flexible C-terminal arm of the protein. This selenocysteine is essentially involved in the catalytic cycle of TrxR and thus represents an attractive binding site for inhibitors. Many tumor cells have elevated TrxR levels and TrxR has been shown to play a major role in drug resistance. Inhibition of TrxR and its related redox reactions may thus contribute to a successful single, combinatory or adjuvant cancer therapy. A great number of effective natural and synthetic TrxR inhibitors are now available possessing antitumor potential ranging from induction of oxidative stress to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. This article summarizes the present knowledge on the potential of TrxR inhibitors and TrxR as anticancer drug target.
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- Sabine Urig
- Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IFZ), Nutritional Biochemistry, Justus-Liebig-University, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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Thioredoxin (Trx), NADPH and thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) comprise a thioredoxin system which exists in nearly all living cells. It functions in thiol-dependent thiol-disulfide exchange reactions crucial to control of the reduced intracellular redox environment, cellular growth, defense against oxidative stress or control of apoptosis and has multi-facetted roles in mammalian cells including implications in cancer. Eg reduced Trx activates DNA binding of transcription factors and is involved in antioxidant defense through repair of oxidatively damaged proteins or as an electron donor to peroxiredoxins. The Trx system functions in synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides for DNA synthesis, both replication and repair, by ribonucleotide reductase. Trx and truncated Trx (Trx80) act in modulation of immune cell function. TrxR isoforms in the cytosol and the mitochondria are essential selenoenzymes with a selenocysteine in the active site. These enzymes display a remarkably broad substrate specificity but are also targets for existing chemotherapeutic drugs. Mammalian TrxR enzymes are linked to selenium metabolism as a result of being selenoproteins, but can also directly reduce low molecular selenium compounds like selenite and have been implicated in the chemoprevention effects of selenium against cancer. Numerous scientific reports describe higher expression of Trx and TrxR in some, but not all tumors. Some data suggest that high Trx could be linked to resistance to chemotherapies while others suggest that high Trx and TrxR may induce apoptosis and reduce the mitotic index of certain tumors linked to the p53 dependent cell death. Recent data suggest that TrxR is essential for the carcinogenic process and invasive phenotype of cancer. Both Trx and TrxR have been regarded as interesting targets for chemotherapy.
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- Elias S J Arnér
- Medical Nobel Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Burke-Gaffney A, Callister MEJ, Nakamura H. Thioredoxin: friend or foe in human disease? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2006; 26:398-404. [PMID: 15990177 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2005.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2004] [Revised: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 06/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
Thioredoxin (Trx), a small, ubiquitous thiol [sulfydryl (-SH)] protein, is one of the most important regulators of reduction-oxidation (redox) balance and, thus, redox-controlled cell functions. Although Trx was discovered 40 years ago in bacteria, the number and diversity of processes that Trx influences in human cells have only been appreciated recently. Processes influenced by Trx include the control of cellular redox balance, the promotion of cell growth, the inhibition of apoptosis and the modulation of inflammation. Not surprisingly, the role of Trx in a wide range of human diseases and conditions, including cancer, viral disease, ischaemia-reperfusion injury, cardiac conditions, aging, premature birth and newborn physiology, is subject to intense investigation. However, whether Trx contributes to or prevents the pathology of a particular condition is not always clear. In this article, we review the role of Trx in human disease and relate this to its redox activity and biological properties, and discuss the development and use of therapies that either inhibit or augment Trx activity.
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- Anne Burke-Gaffney
- Unit of Critical Care, National Heart and Lung Institute Division, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6LY, UK.
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Powis G, Wipf P, Lynch SM, Birmingham A, Kirkpatrick DL. Molecular pharmacology and antitumor activity of palmarumycin-based inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase. Mol Cancer Ther 2006; 5:630-6. [PMID: 16546977 PMCID: PMC1462925 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-05-0487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The cytosolic thioredoxin redox system composed of thioredoxin-1 and the NADPH-dependent thioredoxin reductase-1 reductase is an important regulator of cell growth and survival. Thioredoxin-1 is overexpressed in many human tumors where it is associated with increased cell proliferation, decreased apoptosis, and decreased patient survival. We hypothesized that thioredoxin reductase-1 provides a target to inhibit the activity of overexpressed thioredoxin-1 for the development of novel anticancer agents. We found that the naphthoquinone spiroketal fungal metabolite palmarumycin CP1 is a potent inhibitor of thioredoxin reductase-1, but attempts to exploit the activity of palmarumycin CP1 analogues as antitumor agents in vivo were hampered by their insolubility. We have therefore developed PX-916, a water-soluble prodrug of a palmarumycin CP1 analogue. PX-916 rapidly releases the parent compound at physiologic pH and in plasma but is stable at acid pH, allowing its i.v. administration. PX-916 is a potent inhibitor of purified human thioredoxin reductase-1 and of thioredoxin reductase-1 activity in cells and tumor xenografts when given to mice and inhibits the downstream targets of thioredoxin-1 signaling, hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha, and vascular endothelial growth factor in tumors. PX-916 showed excellent antitumor activity against several animal tumor models with some cures. Thus, the study shows that water-soluble inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase-1, such as PX-916, can block thioredoxin-1 signaling in tumors producing marked inhibition of tumor growth.
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- Garth Powis
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, FC-6.3044, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA.
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Miyashita K, Imanishi T. Syntheses of Natural Products Having an Epoxyquinone Structure. Chem Rev 2005; 105:4515-36. [PMID: 16351052 DOI: 10.1021/cr040613k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Kazuyuki Miyashita
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Kato M, Yamamoto H, Okamura TA, Maoka N, Masui R, Kuramitsu S, Ueyama N. Inhibition of Thermus thermophilus HB8 thioredoxin activity by platinum(II). Dalton Trans 2005:1023-6. [PMID: 15739003 DOI: 10.1039/b419119f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A 1:1 thioredoxin-Pt(bpy) complex was prepared by adding [Pt(bpy)(en)]Cl(2)(bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, en = ethylenediamine) to Thermus thermophilus HB8 thioredoxin in pH 8 phosphate buffer. Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and UV spectra of indicate the formation of Pt(bpy)(cys-Ala-Pro-cys-containing peptide fragment). These findings suggest that the Pt(bpy)(2+) unit binds to the active site of thioredoxin. The thioredoxin-platinum complex has no catalytic activity for the reduction of glutathione disulfide in the presence of NADPH and thioredoxin reductase, so that the platinum complex functions as an inhibitor.
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- Masahiro Kato
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Wipf P, Lynch SM, Powis G, Birmingham A, Englund EE. Synthesis and biological activity of prodrug inhibitors of the thioredoxin–thioredoxin reductase system. Org Biomol Chem 2005; 3:3880-2. [PMID: 16240002 DOI: 10.1039/b510718k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of palmarumycin prodrugs and water-soluble analogs has been synthesized and assayed for inhibition of the thioredoxin-thioredoxin reductase system. Increased aqueous solubility led to an improved in vivo activity profile.
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- Peter Wipf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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