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Wu F, Wang T, Tang X, Dong S, Luo L, Luo C, Ma J, Hu Y. AILDE Computer-Aided Discovery of Novel Ibuprofen-Coumarin Antitumor Lead Compounds Targeting Cyclooxygenase-2. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:41021-41031. [PMID: 39371992 PMCID: PMC11447854 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2024] [Revised: 09/05/2024] [Accepted: 09/12/2024] [Indexed: 10/08/2024]
Abstract
Starting from three ibuprofen-coumarin hit compounds, we designed 18 derivative compounds targeting cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) by introducing different substituents onto them by using the computational auto in silico ligand directing evolution (AILDE) method. After synthesizing and testing the activity, we found that 6 representative compounds have micromolar enzyme inhibitory activity against COX-2. Additionally, 16 compounds have shown certain inhibitory activity in cervical cancer cells. Among these compounds, 6c (IC50 = 0.606 μM, HeLa) and 7g (IC50 = 0.783 μM, HeLa) have exhibited excellent activity, which is approximately 10 times better than the commercial drug gefitinib. According to molecular simulation results, the halogen atoms of 6c and 7g on the coumarin ring can form halogen bonds with COX-2, which significantly improves their activity compared to their hit compounds 6a and 7a. However, the key interactions were lost in binding with COX-1. The calculation results revealed that the two compounds are selective COX-2 inhibitors, with potential selectivity indexes of 6-fold and 5-fold, respectively. The cell-based activity of compounds 6c and 7g toward HEK293 cells demonstrates that our compounds possess an acceptable safety toward normal cells. The results indicate that 6c and 7g can serve as potential lead compounds for further lucubrate.
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- Fengxu Wu
- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Taihe
Hospital, China Anti-aging Center of Affiliated Hospital of Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- School
of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei University
of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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- School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, Hubei
University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
- Hubei
Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan 442000, China
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Mafra CADCC, Vasconcelos RC, de Medeiros CACX, Leitão RFDC, Brito GADC, Costa DVDS, Guerra GCB, de Araújo RF, Medeiros AC, de Araújo AA. Gliclazide Prevents 5-FU-Induced Oral Mucositis by Reducing Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and P-Selectin Adhesion Molecules. Front Physiol 2019; 10:327. [PMID: 30971955 PMCID: PMC6445135 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Oral mucositis (OM) is one of the main side effects of the head and neck cancer treatment, particularly radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. OM is characterized by ulcers, erythema, dysphagia, xerostomia, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections. In the perspective of finding pharmacological therapies to prevent inflammation and ulceration of OM, the investigation of the pleiotropic effect of commercial drugs is needed, among them gliclazide, an antidiabetic drug. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of gliclazide in an experimental OM model induced by 5-fluorouracil. Male hamsters were pre-treated with oral gliclazide (1, 5, or 10 mg/kg) for 10 days. Cheek pouch samples were subjected to histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis (COX2, iNOS, MMP-2, NFκB P65, GPx) and imunofluorescence (P-selectin). IL-1β and TNF-α levels, Myeloperoxidase activity (MPO) and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels were investigated by ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy analysis. NFκB NLS P50 protein levels were analyzed by western blotting. The group treated with gliclazide at a dose of 10 mg/kg showed presence of erythema, no evidence of erosion, and absence of mucosal ulceration with a score of 1 (1–2) (p < 0.01). Histopathological data for the group treated with gliclazide 10 mg/kg showed re-epithelialization, discrete mononuclear inflammatory infiltrate and absence of hemorrhage, edema, ulcers and abscesses with a score of 1 (1–1) (p < 0.01). Treatment with gliclazide 10 mg/kg reduced MPO activity (p < 0.001), MDA levels (p < 0.001) and NFκB NLS P50 (p < 0.05) protein levels, resulting in low immunostaining to Cox-2, iNOS (p < 0.05), NFκB P65 (p < 0.05), and negative immunoreaction to MMP-2 (p < 0.001). However, it appeared that for Gpx1, the staining was restored in the GLI 10-FUT group compared with 5FUT/saline (p < 0.05). Immunofluorescence revealed decreased levels of P-selectin (p < 0.001) after treatment with gliclazide 10 mg/kg (p < 0.05). In summary, gliclazide accelerated mucosal recovery and reduced oxidative stress and inflammation in the 5-FU-induced OM in hamsters.
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- Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology, UFRN, Natal, Brazil.,Postgraduate Program in Biological Science and Rede Nordeste de Biotecnologia/Renorbio, Federal University of Rio Grande Norte, Natal, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programs in Pharmacology and Morphology, Department of Morphology/Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programs in Pharmacology and Morphology, Department of Morphology/Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programs in Pharmacology and Morphology, Department of Morphology/Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programs in Postgraduate Program in Biological Science/Pharmaceutical Science, Department of Biophysical and Pharmacology, UFRN, Natal, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programs in Functional and Structural Biology and Health Science, Department of Morphology, UFRN, Natal, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programs in Health Science, Department of Surgery, UFRN, Natal, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Oral Science, Postgraduate Programs in Pharmaceutical Science, Department of Biophysics and Pharmacology, Federal University of Rio Grande Norte, Natal, Brazil
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Jeucken A, Brouwers JF. High-Throughput Screening of Lipidomic Adaptations in Cultured Cells. Biomolecules 2019; 9:E42. [PMID: 30682837 PMCID: PMC6407004 DOI: 10.3390/biom9020042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
High-throughput screening of biologically active substances in cell cultures remains challenging despite great progress in contemporary lipidomic techniques. These experiments generate large amounts of data that are translated into lipid fingerprints. The subsequent visualization of lipidomic changes is key to meaningful interpretation of experimental results. As a demonstration of a rapid and versatile pipeline for lipidomic analysis, we cultured HeLa cells in 96-well format for four days in the presence or absence of various inhibitors of lipid metabolic pathways. Visualization of the data by principle component analysis revealed a high reproducibility of the method, as well as drug specific changes to the lipidome. Construction of heatmaps and networks revealed the similarities and differences between the effects of different drugs at the lipid species level. Clusters of related lipid species that might represent distinct membrane domains emerged after correlation analysis of the complete dataset. Taken together, we present a lipidomic platform for high-throughput lipidomic analysis of cultured cell lines.
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- Aike Jeucken
- Membrane Enzymology, Groningen Biomolecular and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584CM Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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