Synthesis and evaluation of Strychnos alkaloids as MDR reversal agents for cancer cell eradication
作者:Surendrachary Munagala、Gopal Sirasani、Praveen Kokkonda、Manali Phadke、Natalia Krynetskaia、Peihua Lu、Frances J. Sharom、Sidhartha Chaudhury、Mohamed Diwan M. Abdulhameed、Gregory Tawa、Anders Wallqvist、Rogelio Martinez、Wayne Childers、Magid Abou-Gharbia、Evgeny Krynetskiy、Rodrigo B. Andrade
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2013.12.022
日期:2014.2
resensitize MDR cancer cells overexpressing P-glycoprotein (Pgp) to cytotoxic agents. We have developed an effective synthetic route to prepare various Strychnos alkaloids and their derivatives. Molecular modeling of these alkaloids docked to a homology model of Pgp was employed to optimize ligand–protein interactions and design analogues with increased affinity to Pgp. Moreover, the compounds were evaluated
天然产物代表第四代多药抗药性(MDR)逆转剂,可使过度表达P-糖蛋白(Pgp)的MDR癌细胞对细胞毒性剂敏感。我们已经开发出一种有效的合成途径来制备各种马兜铃生物碱及其衍生物。这些生物碱的分子模型与Pgp的同源模型对接,用于优化配体与蛋白质的相互作用并设计对Pgp的亲和力更高的类似物。此外,使用一组体外和基于细胞的试验评估了化合物的化合物(1)通过荧光猝灭对Pgp的结合亲和力和(2)MDR逆转活性,并与已知的Pgp活性抑制剂维拉帕米进行了比较。化合物7揭示了所有马兜铃属对Pgp的最高亲和力同系物(K d = 4.4μM),在两种表达Pgp的细胞系中对Pgp ATPase活性的抑制作用最强,并且MDR逆转作用最强。总而言之,我们的发现表明这些合成的化合物作为可行的Pgp调节剂的临床潜力值得进一步研究。