Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Mitochondria-Targeted Flavone–Naphthalimide–Polyamine Conjugates with Antimetastatic Activity
作者:Fujun Dai、Qian Li、Yuxia Wang、Chaochao Ge、Chenyang Feng、Songqiang Xie、Haoying He、Xiaojuan Xu、Chaojie Wang
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01846
日期:2017.3.9
imperative need of antimetastatic drugs. A novel pharmacophore with flavonoid and naphthalimide moieties was constructed by using a fragment-based drug design and a series of eight flavone–naphthalimide–polyamine conjugates were synthesized. In vitro evaluation revealed that compound 6c with a homospermidine motif displayed better cell selectivity between cancerous and normal liver cells than amonafide did
大约90%的癌症相关死亡是由于播散性肿瘤引起的,这表明当前疗法无效且迫切需要抗转移药物。通过基于片段的药物设计,构建了具有类黄酮和萘二甲酰亚胺基团的新型药效团,并合成了一系列八种黄酮-萘二甲酰亚胺-多胺共轭物。体外评估显示,具有高嘧啶基序的化合物6c在癌细胞和正常肝细胞之间显示出比阿莫那肽更好的细胞选择性。在体内的两个肝细胞癌测定(HCC)的模型证实6C与阿莫那肽相比,具有显着改善的器官指数,可有效抑制肺转移。各种实验表明6c作为潜在的荧光化学探针可以靶向线粒体。对6c作用机理的初步研究表明,它可能利用多胺转运蛋白进入细胞,定位于线粒体中,选择性地导致肝癌细胞而不是正常肝细胞中的活性氧(ROS)过度产生,最终导致HCC细胞通过多个ROS介导的信号通路抑制细胞凋亡和迁移。