Dual-functional conjugates improving cancer immunochemotherapy by inhibiting tubulin polymerization and indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase
作者:Shixian Hua、Feihong Chen、Xinyi Wang、Shaohua Gou
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112041
日期:2020.3
A series of novel conjugates comprising tublin and IDO inhibitors were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity. Among them, HI5, composed of combretastatin A-4 (CA-4) and (D)-1-methyltryptophan (D -MT) by a linker, exhibited the most potent antitumor activity, in particular with higher IC50 value (0.07 mu M) than CA-4 (0.21 mu M) against HeLa cancer cell line. Mechanism studies indicated that HIS can inhibit tubulin polymerization and cell migration, cause G2/M phase arrest, concurrent induce apoptosis via the mitochondrial dependent apoptosis pathway and cause reactive oxidative stress generation in HeLa cells. Furthermore, HIS can inhibit IDO expression and decrease kynurenine production, leading to stimulating T cells activation and proliferation to enhance antitumor immunity in vitro. Interestingly, HIS can effectively limit the tumor growth in the HeLa xenograft mice models without causing significant loss of body weight. Consequently, such a conjugation can be a potent and safe immunochemotherapeutic method for improving cancer therapy. (C) 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.