scholarly journals Design, Synthesis and In-Vitro Biological Evaluation of Antofine and Tylophorine Prodrugs as Hypoxia-Targeted Anticancer Agents

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3327
Author(s):  
Ziad Omran ◽  
Chris P. Guise ◽  
Linwei Chen ◽  
Cyril Rauch ◽  
Ashraf N. Abdalla ◽  
...  

Phenanthroindolizidines, such as antofine and tylophorine, are a family of natural alkaloids isolated from different species of Asclepiadaceas. They are characterized by interesting biological activities, such as pronounced cytotoxicity against different human cancerous cell lines, including multidrug-resistant examples. Nonetheless, these derivatives are associated with severe neurotoxicity and loss of in vivo activity due to the highly lipophilic nature of the alkaloids. Here, we describe the development of highly polar prodrugs of antofine and tylophorine as hypoxia-targeted prodrugs. The developed quaternary ammonium salts of phenanthroindolizidines showed high chemical and metabolic stability and are predicted to have no penetration through the blood–brain barrier. The designed prodrugs displayed decreased cytotoxicity when tested under normoxic conditions. However, their cytotoxic activity considerably increased when tested under hypoxic conditions.

Author(s):  
Asma D. Ambekari ◽  
Shrinivas K. Mohite

Series of novel substituted Synthesis of N-{[5-(substituted)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-yl] carbamothioyl} derivatives containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole moiety were synthesized by microwave as a green chemistry method and conventional method by using pyridine 3- carboxylic acid as a starting material. The structures of the synthesized compounds were characterized by physicochemical data, IR, Mass spectra and 1HNMR. All the newly synthesized compound screened for their antimicrobial and In-vivo and In-vitro Anti-inflammatory studies. Anti-inflammatory studies revealed that compound 4f showed significant in-vivo and in-vitro anti-inflammatory activity as well potent antimicrobial activity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 2247-2255
Author(s):  
Qifan Zhou ◽  
Lina Jia ◽  
Fangyu Du ◽  
Xiaoyu Dong ◽  
Wanyu Sun ◽  
...  

A novel series of pyrrole-3-carboxamides targeting EZH2 have been designed and synthesized. The structure–activity relationships were summarized by combining with in vitro biological activity assay and docking results.


Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 2281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ran An ◽  
Zhuang Hou ◽  
Jian-Teng Li ◽  
Hao-Nan Yu ◽  
Yan-Hua Mou ◽  
...  

Herein, fifteen new compounds containing coumarin, 1,2,3-triazole and benzoyl- substituted arylamine moieties were designed, synthesized and tested in vitro for their anticancer activity. The results showed that all tested compounds had moderate antiproliferative activity against MDA-MB-231, a human breast cancer cell line, under both normoxic and hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, the 4-substituted coumarin linked with benzoyl 3,4-dimethoxyaniline through 1,2,3-triazole (compound 5e) displayed the most prominent antiproliferative activities with an IC50 value of 0.03 μM, about 5000 times stronger than 4-hydroxycoumarin (IC50 > 100 μM) and 20 times stronger than doxorubicin (IC50 = 0.60 μM). Meanwhile, almost all compounds revealed general enhancement of proliferation-inhibiting activity under hypoxia, contrasted with normoxia. A docking analysis showed that compound 5e had potential to inhibit carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX).


2019 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 514-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Morigi ◽  
Alessandra Locatelli ◽  
Alberto Leoni ◽  
Mirella Rambaldi ◽  
Roberta Bortolozzi ◽  
...  

1996 ◽  
Vol 74 (9) ◽  
pp. 1704-1708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Lear ◽  
Tony Durst

Several C-4 carbon-substituted analogues of podophyllotoxin, 1, were prepared by treatment of 1 with allyltrimethylsilane or trimethylsilylcyanide in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate. Alternatively, carbon substituents were introduced via additions to the carbobenzyloxy-protected C-4′-dimethylated podophyllotoxone. These 4′-dimethylated derivatives showed promising in vitro antitumour activity and were equally active against human colon cell line HT116 and two multidrug resistant cell lines. The alcohol 6 was evaluated in vivo but was found to be inactive. Key words: podophyllotoxin analogues, podophyllotox-4-one, C4 carbon substituted podophyllotoxins.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259008
Author(s):  
Leandro da Costa Clementino ◽  
Guilherme Felipe Santos Fernandes ◽  
Igor Muccilo Prokopczyk ◽  
Wilquer Castro Laurindo ◽  
Danyelle Toyama ◽  
...  

Leishmaniasis is a neglected disease that affects 12 million people living mainly in developing countries. Herein, 24 new N-oxide-containing compounds were synthesized followed by in vitro and in vivo evaluation of their antileishmanial activity. Compound 4f, a furoxan derivative, was particularly remarkable in this regard, with EC50 value of 3.6 μM against L. infantum amastigote forms and CC50 value superior to 500 μM against murine peritoneal macrophages. In vitro studies suggested that 4f may act by a dual effect, by releasing nitric oxide after biotransformation and by inhibiting cysteine protease CPB (IC50: 4.5 μM). In vivo studies using an acute model of infection showed that compound 4f at 7.7 mg/Kg reduced ~90% of parasite burden in the liver and spleen of L. infantum-infected BALB/c mice. Altogether, these outcomes highlight furoxan 4f as a promising compound for further evaluation as an antileishmanial agent.


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