Enhancement of antiproliferative activity by phototautomerization of anthrylphenols
作者:Marijeta Kralj、Lidija Uzelac、Yu-Hsuan Wang、Peter Wan、Martina Tireli、Kata Mlinarić-Majerski、Ivo Piantanida、Nikola Basarić
DOI:10.1039/c5pp00099h
日期:2015.6
An antiproliferative investigation was conducted on 3 human cancer cell lines, HCT 116 (colon), MCF-7 (breast), and H 460 (lung), on a series of 4 anthrylphenols in the dark and upon exposure to light (350 nm). 9-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)anthracene (1) moderately inhibited proliferation, but irradiation considerably enhanced the effect. The other anthracenes 4–6 exhibited antiproliferative activity in the dark, which was not enhanced upon irradiation. The enhancement of the antiproliferative effect on the irradiation of 1 was rationalized as being due to the formation of quinone methide (QM 2) by excited state proton transfer. QM 2 acts as an electrophilic species capable of reacting with biological molecules. Although QM 2 reacts with nucleotides, the adducts could not be isolated. On the contrary, cysteine adduct 8 was isolated and characterized, whereas the adducts with glycine, serine and tripeptide glutathione were characterized by MS. Non-covalent binding of 1 to DNA and bovine serum albumin was demonstrated by UV-vis, fluorescence and CD spectroscopy. However, a straightforward conclusion regarding the DNA or protein alkylating (damaging) ability of 2 could not be drawn. The results obtained by the irradiation of 1 in the presence of DNA, amino acids and peptides, cell cycle perturbation analysis, and in vitro translation of GFP suggest that the effect is not only due to the damage of DNA but also due to the impact on the cellular proteins. Considering that to date all QM agents were assumed to target DNA dominantly, this is an important finding with an impact on the further development of anticancer agents based on QMs.
在黑暗中和光照(350 nm)下,对3个人类癌细胞系(HCT 116(结肠癌)、MCF-7(乳腺癌)和H 460(肺癌))进行了一系列4种蒽酚的抗增殖研究。9-(2-羟基苯基)蒽(1)适度抑制增殖,但辐照可显著增强其效果。其他蒽类化合物4-6在黑暗中表现出抗增殖活性,但辐照后效果并未增强。1的抗增殖效果在辐照后增强,这可以归因于激发态质子转移形成的醌甲烷(QM 2)。QM 2是一种亲电物质,能够与生物分子发生反应。虽然QM 2与核苷酸发生反应,但无法分离出加合物。相反,分离并鉴定了半胱氨酸加合物8,并通过质谱鉴定了与甘氨酸、丝氨酸和三肽谷胱甘肽的加合物。紫外-可见光、荧光和CD光谱法证明了1与DNA和牛血清白蛋白的非共价结合。然而,无法直接得出2对DNA或蛋白质烷基化(破坏)能力的结论。在DNA、氨基酸和肽存在的情况下辐照1、细胞周期扰动分析和GFP体外翻译获得的结果表明,这种效果不仅归因于DNA