Anticancer Properties of an Important Drug Lead Podophyllotoxin Can Be Efficiently Mimicked by Diverse Heterocyclic Scaffolds Accessible via One-Step Synthesis
摘要:
Structural simplification of an antimitotic natural product podophyllotoxin with mimetic heterocyclic scaffolds constructed using multicomponent reactions led to the identification of compounds exhibiting low nanomolar antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing properties. The most potent compounds were found in the dihydropyridopyrazole, dihydropyridonaphthalene, dihydropyridoindole, and dihydropyridopyrimidine scaffold series. Biochemical mechanistic studies, performed with dihydropyridopyrazole compounds showed that these heterocycles inhibit in vitro tubulin polymerization and disrupt the formation of mitotic spindles in dividing cells at low nanomolar concentrations, in a manner similar to podophyllotoxin itself. Separation of a racemic dihydropyridonaphthalene into individual enantiomers demonstrated that only the optical antipode matching the absolute configuration of podophyllotoxin possessed potent anticancer activity. Computer modeling, performed using the podophyllotoxin binding site on P-tubulin, provided a theoretical understanding of these successful experimental findings.
申请人:New Mexico Tech University
Research Park Corporation
公开号:EP3773734A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-17
[EN] LIPID PRODRUGS FOR USE IN DRUG DELIVERY<br/>[FR] PROMÉDICAMENTS LIPIDIQUES DESTINÉS À ÊTRE UTILISÉS DANS L'ADMINISTRATION DE MÉDICAMENTS
申请人:NEW MEXICO TECH UNIV RESEARCH PARK COPORATION
公开号:WO2019200043A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-17
The present disclosure describes the synthesis and use of lipid prodrugs that self-assemble into lipid microbubbles or liposomes. The prodrug-loaded microbubbles or liposomes can be activated intracellularly using an external stimulus, for example, using ultrasound waves.