Design, synthesis and cytotoxicity of chimeric erlotinib-alkylphospholipid hybrids
Two series of erlotinib-alkylphospholipid hybrids were prepared and evaluated for their antiproliferative activities against a panel of four cell lines representing lung, breast, liver and skin cancers using erlotinib and miltefosine as reference standards. Amide analogs elicited more enhanced cytotoxic activity than analogous esters. Amide derivatives 8d and 8e exhibited promising broad-spectrum antiproliferative activity and higher efficacy than reference erlotinib and miltefosine. Their cellular GI50 values was in the ranges of 24.7–46.9 μM and 26.8–43.1 μM for 8e and 8d respectively. Assay results of the inhibitory activity of the prepared compounds on EGFR kinase reaction and Akt phosphorylation in conjugation with statistical correlation analysis indicated that other mechanisms might contribute to their elicited cytotoxicities. In addition, statistical correlation analysis revealed that mechanisms of elicited cytotoxicities for amide series might be different from ester series. In addition, correlation analysis indicated variations in the mechanisms according to the types of cell line.
Alam, Md. Maqusood,Hassan, Ahmed H.E.,Lee, Kun Won,Cho, Min Chang,Yang, Ji Seul,Song, Jiho,Min, Kyung Hoon,Hong, Jongki,Kim, Dong-Hyun,Lee, Yong Sup
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Structure and synthesis of a unique isonitrile lipid isolated from the marine mollusk actinocyclus papillatus
The first chemical study of an Actinocyclidae nudibranch, Actinocyclus papillatus, resulted in the isolation of (-)-actisonitrile (1), a lipid based on a 1,3-propanediol ether skeleton. The structure was established by spectroscopic methods, whereas the a
A Stereoselective and Highly Practical Synthesis of Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Substrate, 2-S-Arachidonoyl-1-O-hexadecyl-sn-2-thioglycero-3-O-phosphocholine
The substrate 1 of cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) is an ether-type thiophospholipid with arachidonic acid at the C-2 position and is required for the chromogenic assay for reliable and convenient high throughput screening. The original method of synthesis of 1 has significant problems, resulting in extremely low overall yield and purity. We developed a novel and highly practical method of preparing sufficient quantities of pure 1 for assay. Our synthetic sequence is started with commercially available 1,2-O-isopropylidene-sn-grycerol (5) and is based on the following key steps: trityl migration reaction of 10 with boron trifluoride etherate to form 13, phosphocholine-forming reaction of 13 to yield 15, and efficient conversion of 15 into 1 by deprotection of a trityl group and condensation with arachidonic acid. Our method offers a practical means of large-scale production of 1 with excellent high chemical purity, because of the introduction of arachidonic acid at the last step of the synthetic sequence.