10336-11-5Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis and biochemical studies of novel organic selenides with increased selectivity for hepatocellular carcinoma and breast adenocarcinoma
Shaaban, Saad,Ashmawy, Abeer M.,Negm, Amr,Wessjohann, Ludger A.
, p. 515 - 526 (2019)
Nineteen organoselenides were synthesized and tested for their intrinsic cytotoxicity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) and breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines and their corresponding selective cytotoxicity (SI) was estimated using normal lung fibroblast (WI-38) cells. Most of the organic selenides exhibited good anticancer activity, and this was more pronounced in HepG2 cells. Interestingly, the naphthoquinone- (5), thiazol- (12), and the azo-based (13) organic selenides demonstrated promising SI (up to 76). Furthermore, the amine 4c, naphthoquinone 5, and azo-based 13 and 15 organic selenides were able to down-regulate the expression of Bcl-2 and up-regulate the expression levels of IL-2, IL-6 and CD40 in HepG2 cells compared to untreated cells. Moreover, most of the synthesized candidates manifested good free radical-scavenging and GPx-like activities comparable to vitamin C and ebselen. The obtained results suggested that some of the presented organoselenium candidates have promising anti-HepG2 and antioxidant activities.
In vitro radical scavenging and cytotoxic activities of novel hybrid selenocarbamates
Romano, Beatriz,Plano, Daniel,Encío, Ignacio,Palop, Juan Antonio,Sanmartín, Carmen
, p. 1716 - 1727 (2015)
Novel selenocyanate and diselenide derivatives containing a carbamate moiety were synthesised and evaluated in vitro to determine their cytotoxic and radical scavenging properties. Cytotoxic activity was tested against a panel of human cell lines including CCRF-CEM (lymphoblastic leukaemia), HT-29 (colon carcinoma), HTB-54 (lung carcinoma), PC-3 (prostate carcinoma), MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma), 184B5 (non-malignant, mammary gland derived) and BEAS-2B (non-malignant, derived from bronchial epithelium). Most of the compounds displayed high antiproliferative activity with GI50 values below 10 μM in MCF-7, CCRF-CEM and PC-3 cells. Radical scavenging properties of the new selenocompounds were confirmed testing their ability to scavenge DPPH and ABTS radicals. Based on the activity of selenium-based glutathione peroxidases (GPxs), compounds 1a, 2e and 2h were further screened for their capacity to reduce hydrogen peroxide under thiol presence. Results suggest that compound 1a mimics GPxs activity. Cytotoxic parameters, radical scavenging activity and ADME profile point to 1a as promising drug candidate.
Using fluoroform for constructing aromatic and heterocyclic trifluoromethylselenyl compounds
Aharon, Cheryl,Rozen, Shlomo
, (2021/09/10)
Fluoroform is used to prepare CuCF3 according to literature procedures. This nucleophilic trifluoromethyl moiety was reacted with aromatic and heterocyclic selenium cyanide derivatives to form the corresponding trifluoromethylselenium compounds. Selenium cyanides were made with 1,3-dicyanotriselenide prepared in situ from malononitrile and selenium dioxide. The electrophilicity of the reagent (δ+SeCN) was enough to attack aniline derivatives at the para position, but with other aromatics it was advantageous to use the corresponding boronic acid as the moiety was easily displaced by the selenium cyanate moiety.
