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Gourdon-Grünewaldt L, Blacque O, Gasser G, Cariou K. Towards Copper(I) Clusters for Photo-Induced Oxidation of Biological Thiols in Living Cells. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300496. [PMID: 37752096 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
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The cell redox balance can be disrupted by the oxidation of biological peptides, eventually leading to cell death, which provides opportunities to develop cytotoxic drugs. With the aim of developing compounds capable of specifically inducing fatal redox reactions upon light irradiation, we have developed a library of copper compounds. This metal is abundant and considered essential for human health, making it particularly attractive for the development of new anticancer drugs. Copper(I) clusters with thiol ligands (including 5 novel ones) have been synthesized and characterized. Structures were elucidated by X-ray diffraction and showed that the compounds are oligomeric clusters. The clusters display high photooxidation capacity towards cysteine - an essential amino acid - upon light irradiation in the visible range (450 nm), while remaining completely inactive in the dark. This photoredox activity against a biological thiol is very encouraging for the development of anticancer photoredox drugs.The in vitro assay on murine colorectal cancer cells (CT26) did not show any toxicity - whether in the dark or when exposed to 450 nm light, likely because of the poor solubility of the complexes in biological medium.
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- Lisa Gourdon-Grünewaldt
- Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, Laboratory for Inorganic Chemical Biology, Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, Laboratory for Inorganic Chemical Biology, Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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- Institute of Chemistry for Life and Health Sciences, Laboratory for Inorganic Chemical Biology, Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005, Paris, France
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Sánchez-Sancho F, Escolano M, Gaviña D, Csáky AG, Sánchez-Roselló M, Díaz-Oltra S, del Pozo C. Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydropyrimidin(thio)one Containing Scaffold: Biginelli-like Reactions. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15080948. [PMID: 36015096 PMCID: PMC9413519 DOI: 10.3390/ph15080948] [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: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The interest in 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-(thio)ones is increasing every day, mainly due to their paramount biological relevance. The Biginelli reaction is the classical approach to reaching these scaffolds, although the product diversity suffers from some limitations. In order to overcome these restrictions, two main approaches have been devised. The first one involves the modification of the conventional components of the Biginelli reaction and the second one refers to the postmodification of the Biginelli products. Both strategies have been extensively revised in this manuscript. Regarding the first one, initially, the modification of one of the components was covered. Although examples of modifications of the three of them were described, by far the modification of the keto ester counterpart was the most popular approach, and a wide variety of different enolizable carbonylic compounds were used; moreover, changes in two or the three components were also described, broadening the substitution of the final dihydropyrimidines. Together with these modifications, the use of Biginelli adducts as a starting point for further modification was also a very useful strategy to decorate the final heterocyclic structure.
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, University of Valencia, Avda Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Valencia, Spain; (M.E.); (D.G.); (M.S.-R.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, University of Valencia, Avda Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Valencia, Spain; (M.E.); (D.G.); (M.S.-R.)
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- Instituto Pluridisciplinar, Universidad Complutense, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Moncloa, Paseo de Juan XXIII, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, University of Valencia, Avda Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Valencia, Spain; (M.E.); (D.G.); (M.S.-R.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, University of Valencia, Avda Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Valencia, Spain; (M.E.); (D.G.); (M.S.-R.)
- Correspondence: (S.D.-O.); (C.d.P.)
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, University of Valencia, Avda Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Valencia, Spain; (M.E.); (D.G.); (M.S.-R.)
- Correspondence: (S.D.-O.); (C.d.P.)
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Perużyńska M, Borzyszkowska-Ledwig A, Sośnicki JG, Struk Ł, Idzik TJ, Maciejewska G, Skalski Ł, Piotrowska K, Łukasik P, Droździk M, Kurzawski M. Synthesis and Anticancer Activity of Mitotic-Specific 3,4-Dihydropyridine-2(1 H)-thiones. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2462. [PMID: 33671106 PMCID: PMC7957618 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Most anticancer drugs target mitosis as the most crucial and fragile period of rapidly dividing cancer cells. However the limitations of classical chemotherapeutics drive the search for new more effective and selective compounds. For this purpose structural modifications of the previously characterized pyridine aalog (S1) were incorporated aiming to obtain an antimitotic inhibitor of satisfactory and specific anticancer activity. Structure-activity relationship analysis of the compounds against a panel of cancer cell lines allowed to select a compound with a thiophene ring at C5 of a 3,4-dihydropyridine-2(1H)-thione (S22) with promising antiproliferative activity (IC50 equal 1.71 ± 0.58 µM) and selectivity (SI = 21.09) against melanoma A375 cells. Moreover, all three of the most active compounds from the antiproliferative study, namely S1, S19 and S22 showed better selectivity against A375 cells than reference drug, suggesting their possible lower toxicity and wider therapeutic index. As further study revealed, selected compounds inhibited tubulin polymerization via colchicine binding site in dose dependent manner, leading to aberrant mitotic spindle formation, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Summarizing, the current study showed that among obtained mitotic-specific inhibitors analogue with thiophene ring showed the highest antiproliferative activity and selectivity against cancer cells.
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- Magdalena Perużyńska
- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstanców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (Ł.S.); (M.D.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Al. Piastów 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland; (A.B.-L.); (J.G.S.); (Ł.S.); (T.J.I.)
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- Department of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Al. Piastów 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland; (A.B.-L.); (J.G.S.); (Ł.S.); (T.J.I.)
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- Department of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Al. Piastów 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland; (A.B.-L.); (J.G.S.); (Ł.S.); (T.J.I.)
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- Department of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Al. Piastów 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland; (A.B.-L.); (J.G.S.); (Ł.S.); (T.J.I.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland;
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstanców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (Ł.S.); (M.D.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Physiology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstanców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstanców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstanców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (Ł.S.); (M.D.); (M.K.)
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstanców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland; (Ł.S.); (M.D.); (M.K.)
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(E)-3-(2,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-{[4-(2,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-6-((E)-2,5-dimethoxystyryl)-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-5-yl]}prop-2-en-1-one and (E)-3-(2,5-Dimethoxyphenyl)-1-{[4-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-5-yl]}prop-2-en-1-one. MOLBANK 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/m1063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Dihydropyrimidine derivatives possess great potential to be used as a precursor for the synthesis of wide diverse dihydropyrimidine-like derivatives. In this research, the title compounds were synthesized through the reaction between 5-acetyl-4-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-thione and 2,5-dimethoxybenzladehyde under aldol condensation condition. The title compound, (E)-3-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-{[(4-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-((E)-2,5-dimethoxystyryl)-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-5-yl)]}prop-2-en-1-one (yield 15%), was obtained as major product, whereas (E)-3-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-{[(4-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro pyrimidin-5-yl)]}prop-2-en-1-one (yield 8%) as side product through vinylogous aldol condensation.
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Razzaghi-Asl N, Kamrani-Moghadam M, Farhangi B, Vahabpour R, Zabihollahi R, Sepehri S. Design, synthesis and evaluation of cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and anti-HIV-1 activities of new 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine derivatives. Res Pharm Sci 2019; 14:155-166. [PMID: 31620192 PMCID: PMC6791171 DOI: 10.4103/1735-5362.253363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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A series of new 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine (THPM) derivatives were designed and synthesized within a one-pot three component Biginelli reaction. The structures of compounds were characterized by FT-IR, 1HNMR, mass spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. All synthesized derivatives were screened for their cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and anti-HIV activities. Due to significant cytotoxic and antimicrobial effects of 1,2,3,4-THPM scaffold, in this study, cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities of synthesized derivatives were evaluated on two cell lines and four bacterial strains. Compounds 4e and 4k showed highest cytotoxic activity against HeLa and MCF-7 cell lines. In addition, 4c and 4d were most active against MCF-7 and HeLa cell lines, respectively. Among the compounds, 4e revealed high antimicrobial activity against four strains. According to the results, 4e possessing m-bromophenyl group at C-4 position of THPM exhibited the highest cytotoxic and antimicrobial effects. Also, all the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their anti-HIV-1 assay. Compounds 4l and 4a indicated remarkable anti-HIV-1 activity. It is concluded from cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and anti-HIV-1 activities that the 1,2,3,4-tertahydropyrimidines may serve as hit compounds for development of new anticancer small-molecules.
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- Nima Razzaghi-Asl
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, I.R. Iran
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- Medical Lab Technology Department, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Hepatitis and AIDS, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, I.R. Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, I.R. Iran
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Comparative evaluation of new dihydropyrimidine and dihydropyridine derivatives perturbing mitotic spindle formation. Future Med Chem 2018; 10:2395-2410. [PMID: 30325216 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2018-0094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIM The mitotic spindle plays a key role in cell division which makes it an important target in cancer therapy. In the present study the antiproliferative activity of 4-benzyl-5-phenyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thione (1) and its pyridine bioisoster (2) were evaluated and compared with monastrol (MON), the first known cell-permeable small molecule which disrupts bipolar spindle formation by inhibiting Eg5-kinesin activity. RESULTS Our data revealed that compound 2 showed higher antiproliferative activity than MON against MCF7 and A375 cell lines and comparable reversible cell cycle inhibition in G2/M phase. However, compound 2 produced distinct phenotype from monoastral spindles, and did not affect Eg5 ATPase activity. CONCLUSION The activity of compound 2 may suggest its new promising anticancer mechanism (different than MON), targeting other component required for spindle bipolarity.
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Rathwa SK, Vasava MS, Bhoi MN, Borad MA, Patel HD. Recent advances in the synthesis of C-5-substituted analogs of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-ones: A review. SYNTHETIC COMMUN 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/00397911.2017.1423503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Sanjay K. Rathwa
- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
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Screening of pharmacokinetic properties of fifty dihydropyrimidin(thi)one derivatives using a combo of in vitro and in silico assays. Eur J Pharm Sci 2017; 109:334-346. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2017.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Matos LHS, Masson FT, Simeoni LA, Homem-de-Mello M. Biological activity of dihydropyrimidinone (DHPM) derivatives: A systematic review. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 143:1779-1789. [PMID: 29133039 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.10.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dihydropyrimidinones are heterocycles with a pyrimidine moiety in the ring nucleus, which, in recent decades, have aroused interest in medicinal chemistry due to alleged versatile biological activity. In this systematic review, we describe the currently published activities of dihydropyrimidinone derivatives. Between 1990 and December 31st, 2016, 115 articles outlined biological activities or toxicity of DHPM derivatives, 12 of those involved in vivo experiments. The main activities associated with this class of compounds are antitumoral (43 articles), anti-inflammatory (12 articles), antibacterial (20 articles) and calcium channel antagonism/inhibition (14 articles). Antitumoral activity is the main biological property evaluated, since the main representative compound of this class (monastrol) is a known Eg5 kinesin inhibitor. This review depicts a variety of other pharmacological activities associated with DHPM derivatives, but the main findings are essentially in vitro characteristics of the substances. This review presents the current state of the art of DHPM biological activities and demonstrates that there is still a need for further in vivo studies to better delineate the pharmacological potential of this class of substances.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences School, University of Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences School, University of Brasilia, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences School, University of Brasilia, Brazil.
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Ethyl 4-[5-(methoxymethyl)furan-2-yl]-6-methyl-2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate. MOLBANK 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/m954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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de Moraes MM, Treptow TGM, Teixeira WKO, Piovesan LA, D'Oca MGM, Votto APDS. Fatty-monastrol derivatives and its cytotoxic effect against melanoma cell growth. Bioorg Chem 2017; 72:148-155. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2017.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Matias M, Campos G, Silvestre S, Falcão A, Alves G. Early preclinical evaluation of dihydropyrimidin(thi)ones as potential anticonvulsant drug candidates. Eur J Pharm Sci 2017; 102:264-274. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2017.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Biological potential of pyrimidine derivatives in a new era. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-016-2525-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Matias M, Campos G, Santos AO, Falcão A, Silvestre S, Alves G. Potential antitumoral 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-(1H)-ones: synthesis, in vitro biological evaluation and QSAR studies. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra14596e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The search for novel anticancer agents with higher selectivity and lower toxicity remains a medical need.
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- Mariana Matias
- CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre
- University of Beira Interior
- 6201-001 Covilhã
- Portugal
- CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
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- CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre
- University of Beira Interior
- 6201-001 Covilhã
- Portugal
- CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
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- CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre
- University of Beira Interior
- 6201-001 Covilhã
- Portugal
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- CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
- University of Coimbra
- 3004-517 Coimbra
- Portugal
- Pharmacology Department
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- CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre
- University of Beira Interior
- 6201-001 Covilhã
- Portugal
- CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
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- CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre
- University of Beira Interior
- 6201-001 Covilhã
- Portugal
- CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
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Zhang MJ, Li HX, Li HY, Lang JP. Copper(i) 5-phenylpyrimidine-2-thiolate complexes showing unique optical properties and high visible light-directed catalytic performance. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:17759-17769. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt03721f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Copper(i) 5-phenylpyrimidine-2-thiolate complexes exhibit intriguing luminescence properties and excellent visible light-directed catalytic activity towards aerobic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids.
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- Meng-Juan Zhang
- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
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González-Ballesteros N, Pérez-Álvarez D, Henriques M, Nascimento B, Laranjo M, Santos K, Casalta-Lopes J, Abrantes A, Botelho M, Pineiro M, Paixão J, Rodríguez-Argüelles M. Copper(I) complexes of methyl 4-aryl-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-thione-5-carboxylates. Synthesis, characterization and activity in human breast cancer cells. Inorganica Chim Acta 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2015.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Guido BC, Ramos LM, Nolasco DO, Nobrega CC, Andrade BYG, Pic-Taylor A, Neto BAD, Corrêa JR. Impact of kinesin Eg5 inhibition by 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one derivatives on various breast cancer cell features. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:283. [PMID: 25885813 PMCID: PMC4411898 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1274-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Breast cancer is a complex heterogeneous disease and is one of the leading causes of death among women. In addressing the need for treatments of this life-threatening illness, we studied 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (or thione) derivatives (DHPMs), a class of inhibitor molecules of the Eg5 motor spindle protein that shows pronounced antitumor activity against several cancer cell lines. Methods An in vitro screening was performed for identification of DHPMs with potent antitumor effects on MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells and the selected DHPMs were evaluated for their inhibitory activity on Eg5 both in silico, using Molecular dynamics, and in vitro Eg5 inhibition assays. Analysis of cell death induction, proliferation, cell cycle and cancer stem cells (CSC) profile were performed by flow cytometry to assess the influence of the selected DPHMs on these important tumor features. Finally, the effects of DHPM treatment on tube formation were evaluated in vitro using HUVEC cells, and in vivo using a model on chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of fertilized eggs. Results We identified five DHPMs with pronounced inhibitory activity on Eg5 motor protein interfering with the proper mitotic spindle assembly during cell division. These compounds impair the correct conclusion of cell cycle of the breast cancer cells and showed to be selective for tumor cells. Moreover, DHPMs modulate the CD44+/CD24− phenotype leading to a decrease in the CSC population in MDA-MB-231 cells, an important effect since CSC are resistant to many conventional cancer therapies and play a pivotal role in tumor initiation and maintenance. This observation was confirmed by the results which demonstrated that DHPM treated cells had impaired proliferation and were unable to sustain angiogenesis events. Finally, the DHMP treated cells were induced to apoptosis, which is one of the most pursued goals in drug development. Conclusions The results of our study strongly suggest that DHPMs inhibit important tumorigenic features of breast cancer cells leading them to death by apoptosis. These findings firmly point to DHPM molecular architecture as a promising alternative against breast cancer. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12885-015-1274-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Bruna C Guido
- Department of Cell Biology, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University of Brasília (IB-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília (IQ-UnB), Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. .,Physics Course, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University of Brasília (IB-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University of Brasília (IB-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Embryology and Developmental Biology, Genetics and Morphology Department, University of Brasília (IB-UnB), Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Medicinal and Technological Chemistry, University of Brasília (IQ-UnB), Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, University of Brasília (IB-UnB), Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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Vitório F, Pereira TM, Castro RN, Guedes GP, Graebin CS, Kümmerle AE. Synthesis and mechanism of novel fluorescent coumarin–dihydropyrimidinone dyads obtained by the Biginelli multicomponent reaction. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4nj02155j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Coumarin-β-ketoesters were used to synthesize new blue-fluorescent compounds exhibiting ICT. The Knoevenagel intermediate suggests that our Biginelli reaction passing by this mechanistic way is unlikely.
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- Felipe Vitório
- Laboratório de Diversidade Molecular e Química Medicinal (LaDMol-QM
- Molecular Diversity and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory)
- Departament of Chemistry
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro
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- Laboratório de Diversidade Molecular e Química Medicinal (LaDMol-QM
- Molecular Diversity and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory)
- Departament of Chemistry
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro
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- Programa de Pós-Gradução em Química (PPGQ)
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Gradução em Química (PPGQ)
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil
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- Laboratório de Diversidade Molecular e Química Medicinal (LaDMol-QM
- Molecular Diversity and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory)
- Departament of Chemistry
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro
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- Laboratório de Diversidade Molecular e Química Medicinal (LaDMol-QM
- Molecular Diversity and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory)
- Departament of Chemistry
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro
- Rio de Janeiro
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Scope and limitations of the synthesis of functionalized quinolizidinones and related compounds by a simple precursor approach via addition of lithium allylmagnesates to 2-pyridones and RCM as key steps. Tetrahedron 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.09.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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