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Eid EEM, Alshehade SA, Almaiman AA, Kamran S, Lee VS, Alshawsh MA. Enhancing the Anti-Leukemic Potential of Thymoquinone/Sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBE-β-CD) Inclusion Complexes. Biomedicines 2023; 11:1891. [PMID: 37509531 PMCID: PMC10377214 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11071891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Leukemia, a condition characterized by the abnormal proliferation of blood cells, poses significant challenges in cancer treatment. Thymoquinone (TQ), a bioactive compound derived from black seed, has demonstrated anticancer properties, including telomerase inhibition and the induction of apoptosis. However, TQ's poor solubility and limited bioavailability hinder its clinical application. This study explored the use of Sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBE-β-CD), a cyclodextrin derivative, to enhance the solubility and stability of TQ for leukemia treatment. SBE-β-CD offers low hemolytic activity and has been successfully employed in controlled drug release systems. The study investigated the formation of inclusion complexes between TQ and SBE-β-CD and evaluated their effects on leukemia cell growth and telomerase activity. The results indicated that the TQ/SBE-β-CD complex exhibited improved solubility and enhanced cytotoxic effects against K-562 leukemia cells compared to TQ alone, suggesting the potential of SBE-β-CD as a drug delivery system for TQ. The annexin V-FITC assay demonstrated increased apoptosis, while the qPCR quantification assay revealed reduced telomerase activity in leukemia cells treated with TQ/SBE-β-CD, supporting its anti-leukemic potential. The molecular docking analysis indicated a strong binding affinity between TQ and telomerase. However, further research is needed to optimize the apoptotic effects and minimize necrosis induction. In conclusion, TQ/SBE-β-CD shows promise as a novel strategy for leukemia treatment by inhibiting telomerase and enhancing the cytotoxic effects of TQ, offering a potential solution to overcome the limitations of TQ's poor solubility and bioavailability.
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- Eltayeb E M Eid
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah 51911, Saudi Arabia
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- Unit of Scientific Research, Applied College, Qassim University, Unaizah 51911, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
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Telomerase: A prominent oncological target for development of chemotherapeutic agents. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 249:115121. [PMID: 36669398 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) responsible for the maintenance of chromosomal integrity by stabilizing telomere length. Telomerase is a widely expressed hallmark responsible for replicative immortality in 80-90% of malignant tumors. Cancer cells produce telomerase which prevents telomere shortening by adding telomeres sequences beyond Hayflick's limit; which enables them to divide uncontrollably. The activity of telomerase is relatively low in somatic cells and absent in normal cells, but the re-activation of this RNP in normal cells suppresses p53 activity which leads to the avoidance of senescence causing malignancy. Here, we have focused explicitly on various anti-telomerase therapies and telomerase-inhibiting molecules for the treatment of cancer. We have covered molecules that are reported in developmental, preclinical, and clinical trial stages as potent telomerase inhibitors. Apart from chemotherapy, we have also included details of immunotherapy, gene therapy, G-quadruplex stabilizers, and HSP-90 inhibitors. The purpose of this work is to discuss the challenges behind the development of novel telomerase inhibitors and to identify various perspectives for designing anti-telomerase compounds.
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Kumar Rathod P, Krishnaveni K, Leelavathi P. A facile synthesis of benzimidazole-fused oxazepinoquinolines via Pd-catalysed C N cross-coupling. Tetrahedron Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.154028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Farajpour B, Alizadeh A. Recent advances in the synthesis of cyclic compounds using α,α-dicyanoolefins as versatile vinylogous nucleophiles. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:8366-8394. [DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01551j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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This article provides a review of the applications of α,α-dicyanoolefins as versatile vinylogous nucleophiles in the synthesis of various cyclic compounds, covering the literature from the past 13 years.
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- Behnaz Farajpour
- Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran
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Molecular modelling of quinoline derivatives as telomerase inhibitors through 3D-QSAR, molecular dynamics simulation, and molecular docking techniques. J Mol Model 2021; 27:30. [PMID: 33415518 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-04648-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Rising mortality due to cancer has led to the development and identification of newer targets and molecules to cure the disease. Telomerase is one of the attractive targets for design of many chemotherapeutic drugs. This research highlights the designing of novel telomerase inhibitors using ligand-based (3D-QSAR) and structure-based (molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation) approaches. For the development of the 3D-QSAR model, 37 synthetic molecules reported earlier as telomerase inhibitors were selected from diversified literature. Three different alignment methods were explored; among them, distill alignment was found to be the best method with good statistical results and was used for the generation of QSAR model. Statistically significant CoMSIA model with a correlation coefficient (r2ncv) value of 0.974, leave one out (q2) value of 0.662 and predicted correlation coefficient (r2pred) value of 0.560 was used for the analysis of QSAR. For the MDS study, A-chain of telomerase was stabilised for 50 ns with respect to 1-atm pressure, with an average temperature of 299.98 k and with potential energy of 1,145,336 kJ/m converged in 997 steps. Furthermore, the behaviour study of variants towards the target revealed that active variable gave better affinity without affecting amino acid sequences and dimensions of protein which was accomplished through RMSD, RMSF and Rg analysis. Results of molecular docking study supported the outcomes of QSAR contour maps as ligand showed similar interactions with surrounded amino acids which were identified in contour map analysis. The results of the comprehensive study might be proved valuable for the development of potent telomerase inhibitors.
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Metronidazole-conjugates: A comprehensive review of recent developments towards synthesis and medicinal perspective. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 210:112994. [PMID: 33234343 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Nitroimidazoles based compounds remain a hot topic of research in medicinal chemistry due to their numerous biological activities. Moreover, many clinical candidates based on this chemical core have been reported to be valuable in the treatment of human diseases. Metronidazole (MTZ) derived conjugates demonstrated a potential application in medicinal chemistry research over the last decade. In this review, we summarize the synthesis, key structure-activity-relationship (SAR) and associated biological activities such as antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-HIV and anti-parasitic (Anti-trichomonas, antileishmanial, antiamoebic and anti-giardial) of explored MTZ-conjugates. The molecular docking analysis is also presented simultaneously, which will assist in developing an understanding towards designing of new MTZ-conjugates for target-based drug discovery against multiple disease areas.
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Zhang YL, Deng CX, Zhou WF, Zhou LY, Cao QQ, Shen WY, Liang H, Chen ZF. Synthesis and in vitro antitumor activity evaluation of copper(II) complexes with 5-pyridin-2-yl-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinoline derivatives. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 201:110820. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Raising the bar in anticancer therapy: recent advances in, and perspectives on, telomerase inhibitors. Drug Discov Today 2019; 24:1370-1388. [PMID: 31136800 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2019.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Telomerase is a ribonucleic reverse transcriptase enzyme that uses an integral RNA component as a template to add tandem telomeric DNA repeats, TTAGGG, at the 3' end of the chromosomes. 85-90% of human tumors and their derived cell lines predominantly express high levels of telomerase, therefore contributing to cancer cell development. However, in normal cells, telomerase activity is almost always absent except in germ cells and stem cells. This differential expression has been exploited to develop highly specific and potent cancer therapeutics. In this review, we outline recent advances in the development of telomerase inhibitors as anticancer agents.
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Zhang H, Zhao Z, Chen J, Bai X, Wang H. Tricycloalternarene Analogs from a Symbiotic Fungus Aspergillus sp. D and Their Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Effects. Molecules 2018; 23:E855. [PMID: 29642523 PMCID: PMC6017176 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23040855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bioassay-guided fractionation of the crude extract of fermentation broth of one symbiotic strain Aspergillus sp. D from the coastal plant Edgeworthia chrysantha Lindl. led to isolation of one new meroterpenoid, tricycloalternarene 14b (1), together with four known analogs (2-5), tricycloalternarenes 2b (2), 3a (3), 3b (4), and ACTG-toxin F (5). Their chemical structures were unambiguously established on the basis of NMR, mass spectrometry, and optical rotation data analysis, as well as by comparison with literature data. Biological assays indicated that compound 2 exhibited potent in vitro cytotoxicity against human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cell line with an IC50 value of 2.91 μM, and compound 5 had a moderate inhibitory effect on Candida albicans, with an MIC value of 15.63 μM. The results indicated that this symbiotic strain D is an important producer of tricycloalternarene derivatives, with potential therapeutic application in treatment of cancer and pathogen infection.
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- Huawei Zhang
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310038, China.
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China.
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Yao YF, Wang ZC, Wu SY, Li QF, Yu C, Liang XY, Lv PC, Duan YT, Zhu HL. Identification of novel 1-indolyl acetate-5-nitroimidazole derivatives of combretastatin A-4 as potential tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Biochem Pharmacol 2017; 137:10-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2017.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Liu CK, Yang Z, Zeng Y, Guo K, Fang Z, Li B. Sodium nitrite-promoted aerobic oxidative coupling of aryl methyl ketones with ammonium under metal-free conditions: a facile access to polysubstitution imidazoles. Org Chem Front 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7qo00247e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A sodium nitrite-promoted aerobic oxidative synthesis of polysubstitution imidazoles from aryl methyl ketones under metal-free conditions has been developed.
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- Cheng-Kou Liu
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Engineering
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing
- China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing
- China
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Nanjing Tech University
- Nanjing
- China
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- Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co
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- Haerbin
- China
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Design, Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of Novel link-bridge and B-Ring Modified Combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) Analogues as Potent Antitubulin Agents. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25387. [PMID: 27138035 PMCID: PMC4853715 DOI: 10.1038/srep25387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A series of 12 novel acylhydrazone, chalcone and amide–bridged analogues of combretastatin A-4 were designed and synthesized toward tubulin. All these compounds were determined by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, and MS. Among them, compound 7 with acylhydrazone-bridge, bearing a benzyl at the indole-N position, was identified as a potent antiproliferative agent against a panel of cancer cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 0.08 to 35.6 μM. In contrast, its cytotoxic effects on three normal human cells were minimal. Cellular studies have revealed that the induction of apoptosis by compound 7 was associated with a collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential, accumulation of reactive oxygen species, alterations in the expression of some cell cycle-related proteins (Cyclin B1, Cdc25c, Cdc2, P21) and some apoptosis-related proteins (Bax, PARP, Bcl-2, Caspase3). The docking mode showed the binding posture of CA-4 and compound 7 are similar in the colchicine-binding pocket of tubulin, as confirmed by colchicine-tubulin competitive binding assay, tubulin polymerization inhibitory activity, extracellular protein expression determination assay and confocal immunofluorescence microscopy. In vivo study, compound 7 effectively inhibited A549 xenograft tumor growth without causing significant loss of body weight suggesting that compound 7 is a promising new antimitotic agent with clinical potential.
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Synthesis of 5,6-dihydroquinolines and succinates via the reaction of α,α-dicyanoolefins and acetylenic esters in a ratio of 2:1. Tetrahedron 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nazar MF, Abdullah MI, Badshah A, Mahmood A, Rana UA, Khan SUD. Synthesis, structure–activity relationship and molecular docking of cyclohexenone based analogous as potent non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. J Mol Struct 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.12.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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