scholarly journals A new class of prophylactic metallo-antibiotic possessing potent anti-cancer and anti-microbial properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (24) ◽  
pp. 8578-8593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziga Ude ◽  
Kevin Kavanagh ◽  
Brendan Twamley ◽  
Milan Pour ◽  
Nicholas Gathergood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Patients ◽  
General Formula ◽  
Microbial Properties ◽  
New Class ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic

A family of metallo-antibiotics of general formula [Cu(N,N)(CipA)Cl] where N,N is a phenanthrene ligand and CipA is a derivative of the clinically used fluoroquinolone antibiotic ciprofloxacin – targeting immunocompromised cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

scholarly journals ECG Scoring for the Evaluation of Therapy-Naïve Cancer Patients to Predict Cardiotoxicity

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1197
Author(s):  
Julia Pohl ◽  
Raluca-Ileana Mincu ◽  
Simone M. Mrotzek ◽  
Reza Wakili ◽  
Amir A. Mahabadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Cardiac Biomarkers ◽  
Cancer Therapies ◽  
University Hospitals ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Risk Patients ◽  
Qrs Duration ◽  
Ecg Score

Objective: To evaluate a new electrocardiographic (ECG) score reflecting domains of electrical and structural alterations in therapy-naïve cancer patients to assess their risk of cardiotoxicity. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 134 therapy-naïve consecutive cancer patients in our two university hospitals concerning four ECG score parameters: Contiguous Q-waves, markers of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, QRS duration and JTc prolongation. Cardiotoxicity was assessed after a short-term follow-up (up to 12 months). Results: Of all the patients (n = 25), 19% reached 0 points, 50% (n = 67) reached 1 point, 25% (n = 33) reached 2 points, 5% (n = 7) reached 3 points and 0.7% reached 4 or 5 points (n = 1 respectively). The incidence of cardiotoxicity (n = 28 [21%]) increased with the ECG score, with 0 points at 0%, 1 point 7.5%, 2 points 55%, 3 points 71% and ≥3 points 50%. In the ROC (Receiver operating curves) analysis, the best cut-off for predicting cardiotoxicity was an ECG score of ≥2 points (sensitivity 82%, specificity 82%, AUC 0.84, 95% CI 0.77–0.92, p < 0.0001) which was then defined as a high-risk score. High-risk patients did not differ concerning their age, LV ejection fraction, classical cardiovascular risk factors or cardiac biomarkers compared to those with a low-risk ECG score. Conclusion: ECG scoring prior to the start of anti-cancer therapies may help to identify therapy-naïve cancer patients at a higher risk for the development of cardiotoxicity.

scholarly journals A theorized new class of polyhedral hydrocarbons of molecular formula CnHn and their bottom-up scaffold expansions into hyperstructures

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila M. B. Machado ◽  
Nathalia B. D. Lima ◽  
Sóstenes L. S. Lins ◽  
Alfredo M. Simas
Keyword(s):  
General Formula ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Molecular Formula ◽  
Fusion Reactions ◽  
3D Scaffold ◽  
3D Scaffolds ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
New Class ◽  
Euler’S Theorem ◽  
2D And 3D

AbstractWe address the use of Euler's theorem and topological algorithms to design 18 polyhedral hydrocarbons of general formula CnHn that exist up to 28 vertexes containing four- and six-membered rings only; compounds we call “nuggets”. Subsequently, we evaluated their energies to verify the likelihood of their chemical existence. Among these compounds, 13 are novel systems, of which 3 exhibit chirality. Further, the ability of all nuggets to perform fusion reactions either through their square faces, or through their hexagonal faces was evaluated. Indeed, they are potentially able to form bottom-up derived molecular hyperstructures with great potential for several applications. By considering these fusion abilities, the growth of the nuggets into 1D, 2D, and 3D-scaffolds was studied. The results indicate that nugget24a (C24H24) is predicted to be capable of carrying out fusion reactions. From nugget24a, we then designed 1D, 2D, and 3D-scaffolds that are predicted to be formed by favorable fusion reactions. Finally, a 3D-scaffold generated from nugget24a exhibited potential to be employed as a voxel with a chemical structure remarkably similar to that of MOF ZIF-8. And, such a voxel, could in principle be employed to generate any 3D sculpture with nugget24a as its level of finest granularity.

N-(Fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl)amino Acid Amide Derivatives as a New Class of Anti-cancer Agents

2009 ◽  
pp. 465-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lajos Gera ◽  
Daniel C. Chan ◽  
Vitalija Simkeviciene ◽  
Paul A. Jr Bunn ◽  
John M. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Acid Amide ◽  
Amino Acid Amide ◽  
New Class ◽  
Amide Derivatives ◽  
Anti Cancer

The Molecular Diversity Scope of Oxindole derivatives in Organic Synthesis.

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghodsi Mohammadi Ziarani ◽  
Fatemeh Javadi ◽  
Fatemeh Mohajer
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Organic Synthesis ◽  
Molecular Diversity ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Organic Reactions ◽  
Microbial Properties ◽  
Anti Cancer

: The role of oxindole derivatives is discussed as starting materials in diverse organic reactions including two and more components between the years 2014 until 2020. Oxindoles are famous because of their biological properties for instance chromanone-fused polycyclic pyrrolidinyl-dispirooxindoles, functionalized polycyclic spiro-fused carbocyclicoxindole, and 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles have anti-cancer, anti-tumor, and anti-microbial properties, respectively. Therefore, various methods for synthesizing the oxindole structures have received more attention in organic chemistry.

Thioethers: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
M İhsan Han ◽  
Ş. Güniz Küçükgüzel
Keyword(s):  
Heterocyclic Compounds ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Cancer Development ◽  
Cancer Disease ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
New Class ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Patent Literature

: Spreading rapidly in recent years, cancer has become the cause of one of the highest mortality rates after cardiovascular diseases. The reason for cancer development is still not clearly understood despite enormous research activities in this area. Scientists are now working on the biology of cancer, especially on the root cause of cancer development. The aim is to treat the cancer disease, and thus cure the patients. The continuing efforts on the development of novel molecules as potential anti-cancer agents are essential for this purpose. The main aim of this review was to present a survey on the medicinal chemistry of thioethers and to provide practical data on their cytotoxicities against various cancer cell lines. The research articles published between 2001-2020 were consulted in the preparation of this review article, though patent literature was not included here. The thioether-containing heterocyclic compounds may emerge as a new class of potent and effective anti-cancer agents soon.

Can Intratumoral neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) be a prognostic biomarker in breast cancer patients?

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e12573-e12573
Author(s):  
Yoshihisa Tokumaru ◽  
Masanori Oshi ◽  
Vijayashree Murthy ◽  
Eriko Katsuta ◽  
Nobuhisa Matsuhashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
T Cells ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Immune Cells ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Immune Microenvironment ◽  
High Group ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Tumor Immune Microenvironment ◽  
Er Positive

e12573 Background: In breast cancer patients, it is well known that the elevation of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in the blood are reported to associate with poor prognosis based on the notion that neutrophils represent pro-cancer, and lymphocytes represent anti-cancer immune cells. Tumor immune microenvironment has been demonstrated to play critical roles in the outcome of breast cancer patients. However, there is scarce evidence on the clinical relevance of intratumoral NLR in breast cancer patients. In the current study, we hypothesized that intratumoral NLR high tumors are associated with worse survival particularly in TNBC that is known to have high immune cell infiltration. Methods: A total of 1904 breast cancer patients’ data from METABRIC (Molecular Taxonomy of Breast Cancer International Consortium) and analyzed. NLR was calculated by the gene expressions of CD66b (CEACAM8) and CD8 (CD8A). NLR high and low were divided by the median. Overall Survival (OS) and Disease-Free Survival were calculated utilizing Kaplan Meier method between intratumoral NLR high and low groups. xCell algorithm was used to analyze the infiltrated immune cells within the tumor immune microenvironment as we have previously published. Results: Intratumoral NLR high group was associated with worse OS in whole, ER-positive/HER2-negative, and triple negative (TN) subtypes, in agreement with the previous studies. TN subtype alone demonstrated worse DFS of NLR high group. Surprisingly, gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) demonstrated no gene set enrichment to NLR high group, which implicates that there is no distinctive mechanism that associate with worse survival. Whereas, immune response-related gene sets significantly enriched to NLR low group in TN subtype. This enrichment was consistent in ER-positive/HER2-negative. Compared with ER-positive/HER2-negative subtype, anti-cancer immune cells such as CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, M1 macrophage, and helper T helper type 1 cells were significantly infiltrated in TN patients (p < 0.001 for all genes), where M2 macrophages and neutrophils were less and regulatory T cells and T helper type 2 cells were more infiltrated in TN subtype. Furthermore, intratumoral NLR was significantly lower in TN compared with ER-positive/HER2-negative subtype (p < 0.001). These results suggest that intratumoral NLR low group is associated with better survival due to favorable tumor immune microenvironment in TN subtype rather than NLR high group has worse survival. Conclusions: Intratumoral NLR low tumor demonstrated more favorable OS and more favorable DFS in TN patients. Intratumoral NLR low breast cancer was associated with enhanced immune response and higher infiltration of anti-cancer immune cells were observed in TN subtype compared to ER-positive/HER2-negative which may contribute to the favorable outcome of in TN breast cancer.

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