Rational design of biaryl pharmacophore inserted noscapine derivatives as potent tubulin binding anticancer agents
作者:Seneha Santoshi、Naresh Kumar Manchukonda、Charu Suri、Manya Sharma、Balasubramanian Sridhar、Silja Joseph、Manu Lopus、Srinivas Kantevari、Iswar Baitharu、Pradeep Kumar Naik
DOI:10.1007/s10822-014-9820-5
日期:2015.3
We have strategically designed a series of noscapine derivatives by inserting biaryl pharmacophore (a major structural constituent of many of the microtubule-targeting natural anticancer compounds) onto the scaffold structure of noscapine. Molecular interaction of these derivatives with α,β-tubulin heterodimer was investigated by molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and binding free energy calculation. The predictive binding affinity indicates that the newly designed noscapinoids bind to tubulin with a greater affinity. The predictive binding free energy (ΔGbind, pred) of these derivatives (ranging from −5.568 to −5.970 kcal/mol) based on linear interaction energy (LIE) method with a surface generalized Born (SGB) continuum solvation model showed improved binding affinity with tubulin compared to the lead compound, natural α-noscapine (−5.505 kcal/mol). Guided by the computational findings, these new biaryl type α-noscapine congeners were synthesized from 9-bromo-α-noscapine using optimized Suzuki reaction conditions for further experimental evaluation. The derivatives showed improved inhibition of the proliferation of human breast cancer cells (MCF-7), human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) and human lung adenocarcinoma cells (A549), compared to natural noscapine. The cell cycle analysis in MCF-7 further revealed that these compounds alter the cell cycle profile and cause mitotic arrest at G2/M phase more strongly than noscapine. Tubulin binding assay revealed higher binding affinity to tubulin, as suggested by dissociation constant (Kd) of 126 ± 5.0 µM for 5a, 107 ± 5.0 µM for 5c, 70 ± 4.0 µM for 5d, and 68 ± 6.0 µM for 5e compared to noscapine (Kd of 152 ± 1.0 µM). In fact, the experimentally determined value of ΔGbind, expt (calculated from the Kd value) are consistent with the predicted value of ΔGbind, pred calculated based on LIE–SGB. Based on these results, one of the derivative 5e of this series was used for further toxicological evaluation. Treatment of mice with a daily dose of 300 mg/kg and a single dose of 600 mg/kg indicates that the compound does not induce detectable pathological abnormalities in normal tissues. Also there were no significant differences in hematological parameters between the treated and untreated groups. Hence, the newly designed noscapinoid, 5e is an orally bioavailable, safe and effective anticancer agent with a potential for the treatment of cancer and might be a candidate for clinical evaluation.
我们通过将双芳基药性体(许多微管靶向天然抗癌化合物的主要结构成分)插入诺卡平的支架结构,战略性地设计了一系列诺卡平衍生物。通过分子对接、分子动力学模拟和结合自由能计算,研究了这些衍生物与α、β-微管蛋白异源二聚体的分子相互作用。预测的结合亲和力表明,新设计的 noscapinoids 能以更大的亲和力与微管蛋白结合。这些衍生物的预测结合自由能(ΔGbind,pred)(从-5.568到-5.970 kcal/mol)基于线性相互作用能(LIE)方法和表面广义博恩(SGB)连续溶解模型,与先导化合物天然α-莨菪碱(-5.505 kcal/mol)相比,与小管蛋白的结合亲和力有所提高。在计算结果的指导下,我们采用优化的铃木反应条件,从 9-溴-α-莨菪碱合成了这些新的双芳基型 α-莨菪碱同系物,并进行了进一步的实验评估。与天然莨菪碱相比,这些衍生物对人类乳腺癌细胞(MCF-7)、人类宫颈癌细胞(HeLa)和人类肺腺癌细胞(A549)增殖的抑制效果更好。在 MCF-7 细胞中进行的细胞周期分析进一步显示,这些化合物改变了细胞周期轮廓,并比诺卡品更强烈地导致有丝分裂停滞在 G2/M 期。5a的解离常数(Kd)为126 ± 5.0 µM,5a的解离常数(Kd)为107 ± 5.0 µM。0 µM,5d 为 70 ± 4.0 µM ,5e 为 68 ± 6.0 µM ,而诺卡平(Kd 为 152 ± 1.0 µM)。事实上,实验测定的 ΔGbind, expt 值(根据 Kd 值计算得出)与根据 LIE-SGB 计算得出的 ΔGbind, pred 预测值一致。基于这些结果,该系列中的一种衍生物 5e 被用于进一步的毒理学评估。对小鼠进行每日剂量为 300 mg/kg 和单次剂量为 600 mg/kg 的处理表明,该化合物不会在正常组织中诱发可检测到的病理异常。此外,治疗组和未治疗组之间的血液学参数也没有明显差异。因此,新设计的 5e 是一种口服生物利用度高、安全有效的抗癌剂,具有治疗癌症的潜力,可能成为临床评估的候选药物。