67736-12-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Discovery of a novel cathepsin inhibitor with dual autophagy-inducing and metastasis-inhibiting effects on breast cancer cells
Yuan, Lei,Liu, Jun,He, Wenhui,Bao, Youmei,Sheng, Lei,Zou, Chunyang,Hu, Baichun,Ge, Wentao,Liu, Yang,Wang, Jian,Lin, Bin,Li, Yanchun,Ma, Enlong
, p. 239 - 253 (2018/12/04)
Drug resistance and cancer cells metastasis have been the leading causes of chemotherapy failure and cancer-associated death in breast cancer patients. In present, various active molecules either exhibiting novel mechanism of action such as inducing autophagy or inhibiting metastasis have been developed to address these problems. However, the compounds exhibiting such dual functions have rarely been described. Previous work in our group showed that TSA, as a synthetic analog of asperphenamate, induced autophagic cell death in breast cancer cells instead of apoptosis. Furthermore, the target enzyme of TSA was predicted to be cathepin L (Cat L) by natural product consensus pharmacophore strategy. Accumulated evidences have shown that cathepsins are closely associated with migration and invasion of breast cancer cells. It seemed likely that TSA-like molecules may possess the dual functions of inducing autophagy and inhibiting metastasis. Therefore, sixty optically active derivatives were firstly designed and synthesized by replacing the A-ring moiety of TSA with other substituted-phenyl sulfonyl groups. Further cathepsin inhibitory activity assay showed that (S, S) and (S, R) isomers displayed no activity against four kinds of cathepsins (L, S, K, B), while all derivatives tested were inactive toward K and B subtypes. Compound 6a with meta-bromo substituent displayed the greatest inhibitory activity, and its inhibitory capability against Cat L and S was 3.9 and 11.5-fold more potent than that of TSA, respectively. Molecular docking also exhibited that 6a formed more hydrogen bonds or π-π contacts with Cat L or S than TSA. In order to determine whether 6a could play dual roles, its anti-cancer mechanism was further investigated. On the one hand, MDC staining experiment and western blotting analysis validated that 6a can induce autophagy in MDA-MB-231 cells. On the other hand, its metastatic inhibitory ability was also confirmed by wound healing and transwell chamber experiment.
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel asperphenamate derivatives
Liu, Qingyin,Li, Wei,Sheng, Lei,Zou, Chunyang,Sun, Hongxin,Zhang, Chunfeng,Liu, Yang,Shi, Jiyue,Ma, Enlong,Yuan, Lei
, p. 76 - 86 (2016/01/30)
A series of novel asperphenamate derivatives were designed and synthesized, including series I (the A-phenyl group replaced with various aromatic heterocycles) and series II (the acyl group substituted by sulfonyl group). All compounds have been screened for their antiproliferative activity in vitro against MCF-7, HeLa, and BEL-7402 cell lines by the standard MTT method. Structure-activity relationship studies displayed the heterocycle type played an important role in activity. Six-membered ring derivatives displayed more potency than five-membered ring and the sulfonyl group in A-ring region made an important contribution to activity. Among all derivatives, tosyl derivative 8c exhibited the greatest potency in three human cancer cell lines. Especially in MCF-7 cells, the cellular potency of 8c was approximately 3.0-fold more potent than that of cisplatin. Firstly, the mechanism of cell death induced by 8c in MCF-7 cells was investigated. The results showed that the cell death was induced by autophagy instead of apoptosis or cell cycle arrest. Further studies indicated that 8c might induce autophagic cell death in HeLa and BEL-7402 cell lines.
Synthesis and in vitro antitumor activity of asperphenamate derivatives as autophagy inducer
Yuan, Lei,Li, Yanchun,Zou, Chunyang,Wang, Chao,Gao, Jian,Miao, Caixia,Ma, Enlong,Sun, Tiemin
, p. 2216 - 2220 (2012/04/18)
In an effort to improve the aqueous solubility and the antitumor activity of natural product asperphenamate, we have designed and synthesized three series of asperphenamate derivatives, including series I (simplifying molecular skeleton series), series II (introducing a hydroxyl group to A-phenyl ring series) and series III (disrupting molecular planarity series). All derivatives have displayed a significantly increased solubility compared with asperphenamate. Their growth inhibitory activities in vitro were screened by the standard MTT method in MCF-7, HeLa, and BEL-7402 cell lines. With the exception of the derivatives in series I, most of derivatives in series II and series III showed growth inhibitory activity. Among all derivatives, IM23b in series III showed the greatest potency in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells. The cellular potency of IM23b was approximately 1.5-fold more potent than that of cisplatin. The mechanism of cell death induced by IM23b in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells was further investigated. We concluded that the cell death was induced by autophagy instead of apoptosis or cell cycle arrest.
Total synthesis and anticancer activity studies of the stereoisomers of asperphenamate and patriscabratine
Yuan, Lei,Wang, Jin Hui,Sun, Tie Min
scheme or table, p. 155 - 158 (2010/11/18)
All stereoisomers of asperphenamate 1a and patriscabratine 2a were achieved with a high yield, and total synthesis of 2a is firstly described here. The absolute configuration of patriscabratine was determined as (S,S). The compounds 1a-d and 2a-d have been tested by MTT assay in T47D, MDA-MB231, HL60, Hela and SGC-7901 cell lines in vitro. Among them, the (R,S) stereoisomer shows the strongest anticancer effects, while the (S,R) shows the weakest one.
