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Iwanov I, Rossi A, Montesi M, Doytchinova I, Sargsyan A, Momekov G, Panseri S, Naydenova E. Peptide-based targeted cancer therapeutics: design, synthesis and biological evaluation. Eur J Pharm Sci 2022; 176:106249. [PMID: 35779821 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2022.106249] [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: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Cancer is the leading cause for human mortality together with cardiovascular diseases. Abl (Abelson) tyrosine kinases play a fundamental role in transducing various signals that control proliferation, survival, migration and invasion in several cancers such as Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), breast cancer and brain cancer. For these reasons Abl tyrosine kinases are considered important biological targets in drug discovery. In this study a series of lysine-based oligopeptides with expected Abl inhibitory activity were designed resembling the binding of FDA-approved drugs (i.e. of Imatinib and Nilotinib), synthesized, purified by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), analyzed by mass spectrometry (MS) and biologically tested in vitro in CML (AR-230 and K-562), breast cancers (MDA-MB 231 and MDA-MB 468) and glioblastoma cell lines (U87 and U118). The solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) by Fmoc (9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl) chemistry was used to synthesize target compounds. AutoDock Vina was applied for simulation binding to Abl. The biological activities were measured evaluating cytotoxic effect, induction of apoptosis and inhibition of cancer cells migration. The new peptides exhibited different concentration-dependent antiproliferative effect against the tumor cell lines after 72 h treatment. The most promising results were obtained with the U87 glioblastoma cell line where a significant reduction of the migration ability was detected with one compound (H-Lys1-Lys2-Lys3-NH2).
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Affiliation(s)
- Iwan Iwanov
- University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Blvd. Kliment Ohridski, 1756, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, via Granarolo 64, Faenza (RA), Italy; University of Messina, Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, Piazza Pugliatti 1, Messina (ME), Italy
| | - Monica Montesi
- Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, via Granarolo 64, Faenza (RA), Italy
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- Scientific and Production Center "Armbiotechnology" NAS RA, 14 Gyurjyan str., Yerevan, 0056, Armenia
| | - Georgi Momekov
- Medical University of Sofia, 2 Dunav st., Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
| | - Silvia Panseri
- Institute of Science and Technology for Ceramics, National Research Council of Italy, via Granarolo 64, Faenza (RA), Italy.
| | - Emilia Naydenova
- University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Blvd. Kliment Ohridski, 1756, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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