Synthesis, mechanistic studies, and anti-proliferative activity of glutathione/glutathione S-transferase-activated nitric oxide prodrugs
作者:Harinath Chakrapani、Ravi C. Kalathur、Anna E. Maciag、Michael L. Citro、Xinhua Ji、Larry K. Keefer、Joseph E. Saavedra
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.09.063
日期:2008.11
Nitric oxide (NO) prodrugs such as O-2-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) 1-[(4-ethoxycarbonyl)piperazin-1-yl]diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolate (JS-K) are a growing class of promising NO-based therapeutics. Nitric oxide release from the anti-cancer lead compound, JS-K, is proposed to occur through a nucleophilic aromatic substitution by glutathione (GSH) catalyzed by glutathione S-transferase (GST) to form a diazeniumdiolate anion that spontaneously releases NO. In this study, a number of structural analogues of JS-K were synthesized and their chemical and biological properties were compared with those of JS-K. The homopiperazine analogue of JS-K showed anti-cancer activity that is comparable with that of JS-K but with a diminished reactivity towards both GSH and GSH/GST; both the aforementioned compounds displayed no cytotoxic activity towards normal renal epithelial cell line at concentrations where they significantly diminished the proliferation of a panel of renal cancer cell lines. These properties may prove advantageous in the further development of this class of nitric oxide prodrugs as cancer therapeutic agents. Published by Elsevier Ltd.