A new series of nortopsentin analogs, in which the central imidazole ring of the natural lead was replaced by a 1,3,4-oxadiazole or 1,3,4-thiadiazole moiety, was efficiently synthesized. The antiproliferative activity of all synthesized derivatives was evaluated against five pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cell lines, a primary culture and a gemcitabine-resistant variant. The five more potent compounds elicited EC50 values in the submicromolar–micromolar range, associated with a significant reduction in cell migration. Moreover, flow cytometric analysis after propidium iodide staining revealed an increase in the G2-M and a decrease in G1-phase, indicating cell cycle arrest, while a specific ELISA demonstrated the inhibition of CDK1 activity, a crucial regulator of cell cycle progression and cancer cell proliferation.
我们高效合成了一系列新的去甲斑蝥素类似物,其中天然引线的中心咪唑环被1,3,4-噁二唑或1,3,4-噻二唑分子取代。针对五种胰腺导管腺癌(PDAC)细胞系、一种原代培养物和一种吉西他滨耐药变体,对所有合成衍生物的抗增殖活性进行了评估。这五种药效较强的化合物的 EC50 值在亚微摩-微摩范围内,并显著降低了细胞迁移。此外,碘化丙啶染色后进行的流式细胞分析表明,G2-M 期增加,G1 期减少,表明细胞周期停滞,而特异性酶联免疫吸附试验则表明 CDK1 活性受到抑制,CDK1 是细胞周期进展和癌细胞增殖的关键调节因子。