Selenium-Containing Chrysin and Quercetin Derivatives: Attractive Scaffolds for Cancer Therapy
作者:Inês L. Martins、Catarina Charneira、Valentina Gandin、João L. Ferreira da Silva、Gonçalo C. Justino、João P. Telo、Abel J. S. C. Vieira、Cristina Marzano、Alexandra M. M. Antunes
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00230
日期:2015.5.28
Selenium-containing chrysin (SeChry) and 3,7,3',4'-tetramethylquercetin (SePQue) derivatives were synthesized by a microwave-based methodology. In addition to their improvement in terms of DPPH Scavenging and potential GPx-like activities, when tested in a panel of cancer cell lines both selenium-derivatives revealed consistently to be more cytoxic when compared with their oxo and thioanalogues, evidencing the key role of selenocabonyl Moiety for these activities In particular, SeChry elicited a noteworthy cytotoxic activity with mean IC50 values 18- and 3-fold lower than those observed for chrysin and cisplatin, respectively. Additionally, these seleno-derivatives evidenced an ability to overcome cisplatin and multidrug resistance. Notably, a differential behavior toward malignant and nonmalignant cells Was observed for SeChry and SePQue, exhibiting higher selectivity indexes when compared with the chalcogen-derivatives and cisplatin. Our preliminary investigation on the mechanism of cytotoxicity of SeChry and SePQue in MCF-7 human mammary cancer cells demonstrated their capacity to efficiently suppress the clonal expansion along with their ability to hamper TrxR activity leading to apoptotic cell death.