Central neuromedin U 2 receptor (NMU2R) plays important roles in the regulation of food intake and body weight. Identification of NMU2R agonists may lead to the development of pharmaceutical agents to treat obesity. Based on the structure of rutin, a typical flavonoid and one of the NMU2R agonists we previously identified from an in-house made natural product library, 30 flavonoid derivatives have been synthesized and screened on a cell-based reporter gene assay. A number of compounds were found to be selective and highly potent to NMU2R. For example, the EC50 value of compound NRA 4 is very close to that of NMU, the endogenous peptide ligand of NMU2R. Structure-activity relationship analysis revealed that a 3-hydroxyl group in ring C and a 2'-fluoride group in ring B were essential for this class of compounds to be active against NMU2R. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Structure–Activity Relationships of Targeted Ru<sup>II</sup>(η<sup>6</sup>-<i>p</i>-Cymene) Anticancer Complexes with Flavonol-Derived Ligands
作者:Andrea Kurzwernhart、Wolfgang Kandioller、Simone Bächler、Caroline Bartel、Sanela Martic、Magdalena Buczkowska、Gerhard Mühlgassner、Michael A. Jakupec、Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz、Patrick J. Bednarski、Vladimir B. Arion、Doris Marko、Bernhard K. Keppler、Christian G. Hartinger
DOI:10.1021/jm301376a
日期:2012.12.13
Ru-II(arene) complexes have been shown to be promising anticancer agents, capable of overcoming major drawbacks of currently used chemotherapeutics. We have synthesized Ru-II(eta(6)-arene) compounds carrying bioactive flavonol ligands with the aim to obtain multitargeted anticancer agents. To validate this concept, studies on the mode of action of the complexes were conducted which indicated that they form covalent bonds to DNA, have only minor impact on the cell cycle, but inhibit CDK2 and topoisomerase Ha in vitro. The cytotoxic activity was determined in human cancer cell lines, resulting in very low IC50 values as compared to other Ru-II(arene) complexes and showing a structure-activity relationship dependent on the substitution pattern of the flavonol ligand. Furthermore, the inhibition of cell growth correlates well with the topoisomerase inhibitory activity. Compared to the flavonol ligands, the Ru-II(eta(6)-p-cymene) complexes are more potent antiproliferative agents, which can be explained by potential multitargeted properties.