Cytotoxic effect of novel dehydroepiandrosterone derivatives on different cancer cell lines
摘要:
The aim of this study was to determine the cytotoxic effect of human cancer cells on three series of novel dehydroepiandrosterone derivatives containing triazole or pyrazole rings at C-17 and an ester moiety at C-3 of the androstane skeleton. The panel cancer cells used in this study were the following: PC-3, MCF-7 and SKLU-1.The results from this study indicated that the steroidal derivatives 4a-4e and 4f-4k showed the highest cytotoxic potency. This difference in this activity could be attributed to the ability of the triazole (three nitrogen atoms) to form stronger hydrogen bonds with the active site of the cell as compared to the pyrazole group having two nitrogen atoms.Compounds 4f-4k having an aromatic ester at C-3 showed an enhanced cytotoxic activity as compared to their aliphatic counterparts 4a-4e. Apparently the electronegative phenyl ring increased the polarity of the molecule, thus increasing the dipole dipole association of the steroidal molecule with the reactive site of the cell. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
prostate cytosol. Steroids 1-12 containing different substituents in the phenyl group of the ester moiety in C-3 reduced the flank organs and inhibited the activity of 5α-R type1; however only steroids1 and 2 inhibited 5α-R type2. 1-12 did not bind to the AR. The modification of one atom of the substituents in the phenyl group of the ester moiety in C-3 changed their biological potency (IC50).
Umpolung Ala
<sup>B</sup>
Reagents for the Synthesis of Non‐Proteogenic Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins**
作者:Feng Zhu、Eric Miller、Wyatt C. Powell、Kelly Johnson、Alexander Beggs、Garrett E. Evenson、Maciej A. Walczak
DOI:10.1002/anie.202207153
日期:2022.8
A novel aminoacid synthon in the form of boronoalanine (AlaB) suitable for umpolung peptide/protein functionalization is described. It is demonstrated that AlaB can be incorporated into peptides and proteins, and remains stable under solid-phase synthesis, native chemical ligation, and radical desulfurization. Furthermore, AlaB is a competent partner in inter(intra)molecular C(sp3)−C(sp2) cross-couplings
It is well known that testosterone (T) under the influence of 5 alpha-reductase enzyme is converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which causes androgen-dependent diseases. The aim of this study was to synthesize new dehydroepiandrosterone derivatives (3a-e, 4a-i, 6 and 7) having potential inhibitory activity against the 5 alpha-reductase enzyme. This paper also reports the in vivo pharmacological effect of these steroidal molecules. The results from this study showed that all compounds exhibited low inhibitory activity for 5 alpha-reductase type 1 and 2 enzymes and they failed to bind to the androgen receptor. Furthermore, in the in vivo experiment, steroids 3b, 4f, and 4g showed comparable antiandrogenic activity to that of finasteride; only derivatives 4d and 7 produced a considerable decrease in the weight of the prostate gland of gonadectomized hamsters treated with (T). On the other hand, compounds 4a, f and h showed 100% inhibition of the growth of prostate cancer cell line PC-3, with compound 4g having a 98.2% antiproliferative effect at 50 mu M. The overall data indicated that these steroidal molecules, having an aromatic ester moiety at C-3 (4f-h), could have anticancer properties. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.