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Lv L, Song K, Xiao Y, Zheng J, Zhang W, Li L, Wei Y, Chen H, He Y, Guo Z, Nie S. Design, synthesis and anticancer activity of β-carboline based pseudo-natural products by inhibiting AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. Bioorg Chem 2024; 151:107648. [PMID: 39032406 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 07/12/2024] [Accepted: 07/14/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer and remains the leading cause of cancer deaths. Much progress has been made to treat NSCLC, however, only limited patients can benefit from current treatments. Thus, more efforts are needed to pursue novel molecular modalities for NSCLC treatment. It was demonstrated that pseudo-natural products (PNP) are a critical source for antitumor drug discovery. Herein, we describe a CH activation protocol for the expedient construction of a focused library utilizing the PNP rational design strategy. This protocol features a rhodium-catalyzed CH activation/ [4+2] annulation reaction between N-OAc-indole-2-carboxamide and alkynyl quinols, enabling facile access to diverse quinol substituted β-carboline derivatives (31 examples). The anticancer activities were assessed in vitro against NSCLC cell line A549, yielding a potent antiproliferative β-carboline derivative (8r) with an IC50 value of 0.8 ± 0.1 µM. Further investigation revealed that this compound could decrease the expression of Caspase 3, and increase the expression of autophagic protein Cyclin B1, thus markedly inducing autophagy and apoptosis. Mechanistic study suggested that 8r could be a potent anti-NSCLC agent through the AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in A549 cells. Moreover, the anticancer activities were also assessed against three other cancer cell lines, and 8r exhibits a broader inhibitory effect on cell proliferation in all cancer cell lines tested. These results indicated that carboline-based PNPs show great potential to induce cell autophagy and apoptosis, which serve as good leads for further drug discovery.
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- Lijie Lv
- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Molecular Imaging Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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- Basic Medicine Research and Innovation Center for Novel Target and Therapeutic Intervention (Ministry of Education), Institute of Life Sciences & Department of Urology, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China; College of Pharmacy, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
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Zhi D, An Z, Li L, Zheng C, Yuan X, Lan Y, Zhang J, Xu Y, Ma H, Li N, Wang J. 3-Amide-β-carbolines block the cell cycle by targeting CDK2 and DNA in tumor cells potentially as anti-mitotic agents. Bioorg Chem 2024; 145:107216. [PMID: 38387396 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 02/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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β-Carboline alkaloids are natural and synthetic products with outstanding antitumor activity. C3 substituted and dimerized β-carbolines exert excellent antitumor activity. In the present research, 37 β-carboline derivatives were synthesized and characterized. Their cytotoxicity, cell cycle, apoptosis, and CDK2- and DNA-binding affinity were evaluated. β-Carboline monomer M3 and dimer D4 showed selective activity and higher cytotoxicity in tumor cells than in normal cells. Structure-activity relationships (SAR) indicated that the amide group at C3 enhanced the antitumor activity. M3 blocked the A549 (IC50 = 1.44 ± 1.10 μM) cell cycle in the S phase and inhibited A549 cell migration, while D4 blocked the HepG2 (IC50 = 2.84 ± 0.73 μM) cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase, both of which ultimately induced apoptosis. Furthermore, associations of M3 and D4 with CDK2 and DNA were proven by network pharmacology analysis, molecular docking, and western blotting. The expression level of CDK2 was downregulated in M3-treated A549 cells and D4-treated HepG2 cells. Moreover, M3 and D4 interact with DNA and CDK2 at sub-micromolar concentrations in endothermic interactions caused by entropy-driven adsorption processes, which means that the favorable entropy change (ΔS > 0) overcomes the unfavorable enthalpy change (ΔH > 0) and drives the spontaneous reaction (ΔG < 0). Overall, these results clarified the antitumor mechanisms of M3 and D4 through disrupting the cell cycle by binding DNA and CDK2, which demonstrated the potential of M3 and D4 as novel antiproliferative drugs targeting mitosis.
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- Dongming Zhi
- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China
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- College of Chemistry and Life Science, Chifeng University, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.
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- College of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China.
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Ma L, Chen X, Zhu S, Chen W, Ma Q, Fan W, Zhang J, Guo L. New β-carboline derivatives containing imidazolium as potential VEGFR2 inhibitors: synthesis, X-ray structure, antiproliferative evaluations, and molecular modeling. RSC Med Chem 2022; 13:1064-1076. [PMID: 36324492 PMCID: PMC9491354 DOI: 10.1039/d2md00065b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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A series of new β-carboline derivatives containing an imidazolium moiety were designed and synthesized via the reaction of β-carboline-1-carboxaldehydes, acetyl chloride, primary amine, and formaldehyde. The antitumor activity of the synthesized compounds was examined against lung carcinoma (A549), gastric carcinoma (BGC-823), murine colon carcinoma (CT-26), liver carcinoma (Bel-7402) and breast carcinoma (MCF-7) cells. The results indicated that most compounds exhibited significant antiproliferative activity, in some cases greater than that of cisplatin, and compound 3z was found to be the most potent antiproliferative agent against A549, BGC823, CT-26, Bel-7402 and MCF-7 cell lines with an IC50 value of 2.7 ± 0.4, 2.7 ± 0.6, 2.4 ± 0.2, 3.2 ± 0.2, and 5.6 ± 0.3 μM, respectively. Combined with favorable in vitro potency, the antitumor efficacies of the selected compounds in mice were also evaluated. Compound 3z exhibited potent antitumor activity with a tumor inhibition rate of 48.6% in sarcoma 180 models. Preliminary investigations on the mechanisms of action revealed that compound 3z could dramatically inhibit EA.hy926 cell tube formation in a dose-dependent manner. Further investigation of the preliminary mechanism of action demonstrated that compound 3z had obvious angiogenesis inhibitory effects in the chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay. The results of the docking study showed a good fitting of the new compounds 3o and 3z to the active site of VEGFR-2 with a docking score energy of -11.31 kcal per mole and -11.26 kcal per mole, respectively.
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- Ling Ma
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University Shihezi China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University Shihezi China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University Shihezi China
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- XinJiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd. Urumqi China
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- XinJiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd. Urumqi China
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- XinJiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Research Co. Ltd. Urumqi China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University Shihezi China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of XinJiang Bingtuan, Shihezi University Shihezi China
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Design, synthesis and mechanism of action of novel 1,9-disubstituted β-carboline derivatives as antitumor agents. Biomed Pharmacother 2022; 153:113494. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2022.113494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Jiang W, Qin Q, Xiao X, Tan Y. Diorganotin(IV) complexes based on tridentate ONO ligands as potential anticancer agents. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 232:111808. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Paramanik K, Bandopadhyay N, Debnath R, Roy S, Kotakonda M, Adak MK, Biswas B, Sankar Das H. A hemilabile 2-(2′-pyridyl)-imidazole based nickel( ii) complex: proton-coupled-electron-transfer, bactericidal and cytotoxicity studies. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj03063b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This study deals with the synthesis, structural characterization, proto-coupled-electron-transfer, bactericidal and cytotoxicity study of a hemilabile and water-soluble 2-(2′-pyridyl)-imidazole nickel(ii) complex.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 734013, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 734013, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 734013, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, 110016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 734013, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, 734013, India
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A comprehensive overview of β-carbolines and its derivatives as anticancer agents. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 224:113688. [PMID: 34332400 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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β-Carboline alkaloids are a family of natural and synthetic products with structural diversity and outstanding antitumor activities. This review summarizes research developments of β-carboline and its derivatives as anticancer agents, which focused on both natural and synthetic monomers as well as dimers. In addition, the structure-activity relationship (SAR) analysis of β-carboline monomers and dimers are summarized and mechanism of action of β-carboline and its derivatives are also presented. A few possible research directions, suggestions and clues for future work on the development of novel β-carboline-based anticancer agents with improved expected activities and lesser toxicity are also provided.
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Sousa LM, Souza WA, Paixão DA, Fazzi RB, Tezuka DY, Lopes CD, Carneiro ZA, Moreira MB, Pivatto M, Netto AV, de Albuquerque S, Ferreira FB, De Oliveira RJ, Resende JA, Lino RC, De Oliveira Júnior RJ, Da Costa Ferreira AM, Guerra W. DNA binding, cleavage, apoptosis and cytotoxicity studies of three heteroleptic nickel complexes bearing β-diketones. Inorganica Chim Acta 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Wang Z, Yu Z, Yao Y, Zhang Y, Xiao X, Wang B. A practical synthesis of β-carbolines by tetra-n-butylammonium bromide (TBAB)-mediated cycloaromatization reaction of aldehydes with tryptophan derivatives. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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