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Novel colchicine-site binders with a cyclohexanedione scaffold identified through a ligand-based virtual screening approach
Canela, María-Dolores,Pérez-Pérez, María-Jesús,Noppen, Sam,Sáez-Calvo, Gonzalo,Díaz, J. Fernando,Camarasa, María-José,Liekens, Sandra,Priego, Eva-María
, p. 3924 - 3938 (2014/06/09)
Vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) constitute an innovative anticancer therapy that targets the tumor endothelium, leading to tumor necrosis. Our approach for the identification of new VDAs has relied on a ligand 3-D shape similarity virtual screening (VS) approach using the ROCS program as the VS tool and as query colchicine and TN-16, which both bind the α,β-tubulin dimer. One of the hits identified, using TN-16 as query, has been explored by the synthesis of its structural analogues, leading to 2-(1-((2-methoxyphenyl) amino)ethylidene)-5-phenylcyclohexane-1,3-dione (compound 16c) with an IC 50 = 0.09 ± 0.01 μM in HMEC-1 and BAEC, being 100-fold more potent than the initial hit. Compound 16c caused cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase and interacted with the colchicine-binding site in tubulin, as confirmed by a competition assay with N,N′-ethylenebis(iodoacetamide) and by fluorescence spectroscopy. Moreover, 16c destroyed an established endothelial tubular network at 1 μM and inhibited the migration and invasion of human breast carcinoma cells at 0.4 μM. In conclusion, our approach has led to a new chemotype of promising antiproliferative compounds with antimitotic and potential VDA properties.
