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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of bisindole derivatives as anticancer agents against Tousled-like kinases
Lee, Sung-Bau,Chang, Ting-Yu,Lee, Nian-Zhe,Yu, Zih-Yao,Liu, Chi-Yuan,Lee, Hsueh-Yun
, (2021/10/20)
This study presents the design, synthesis, and characterization of bisindole molecules as anti-cancer agents against Tousled-like kinases (TLKs). We show that compound 2 composed of an indirubin-3′-oxime group linked with a (N-methylpiperidin-2-yl)ethyl moiety possessed inhibitory activity toward both TLK1 and TLK2 in vitro and diminished the phosphorylation level of the downstream substrate anti-silencing function 1 (ASF1) in replicating cells. The treatment of compound 2 impaired DNA replication, slowed S-phase progression, and triggered DNA damage response in replicating cells. Structure optimization further discovered six derivatives exhibiting potent TLK inhibitory activity and revealed the importance of the tertiary amine-containing moiety of the side chain. Moreover, the derivatives 6, 17, 19, and 20 strongly suppressed the growth of triple-negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells, non-small cell lung cancer A549 cells, and colorectal cancer HCT-116 cells, while normal lung fibroblast MRC5 and IMR90 cells showed a lower response to these compounds. Taken together, this study identifies tertiary amine-linked indirubin-3′-oximes as potent anticancer agents that inhibit TLK activity.
A combined ligand- and structure-based approach for the identification of rilmenidine-derived compounds which synergize the antitumor effects of doxorubicin
Vucicevic, Jelica,Srdic-Rajic, Tatjana,Pieroni, Marco,Laurila, Jonne M.M.,Perovic, Vladimir,Tassini, Sabrina,Azzali, Elisa,Costantino, Gabriele,Glisic, Sanja,Agbaba, Danica,Scheinin, Mika,Nikolic, Katarina,Radi, Marco,Veljkovic, Nevena
, p. 3174 - 3183 (2016/07/06)
The clonidine-like central antihypertensive agent rilmenidine, which has high affinity for I1-type imidazoline receptors (I1-IR) was recently found to have cytotoxic effects on cultured cancer cell lines. However, due to its pharmacological effects resulting also from α2-adrenoceptor activation, rilmenidine cannot be considered a suitable anticancer drug candidate. Here, we report the identification of novel rilmenidine-derived compounds with anticancer potential and devoid of α2-adrenoceptor effects by means of ligand- and structure-based drug design approaches. Starting from a large virtual library, eleven compounds were selected, synthesized and submitted to biological evaluation. The most active compound 5 exhibited a cytotoxic profile similar to that of rilmenidine, but without appreciable affinity to α2-adrenoceptors. In addition, compound 5 significantly enhanced the apoptotic response to doxorubicin, and may thus represent an important tool for the development of better adjuvant chemotherapeutic strategies for doxorubicin-insensitive cancers.