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Combination of chemotherapy and oxidative stress to enhance cancer cell apoptosis
Fang, Jianguo,Hou, Yanan,Li, Jin,Li, Xinming,Wang, Song,Zhao, Jintao
, p. 3215 - 3222 (2020/04/08)
Cancer cells are vulnerable to reactive oxygen species (ROS) due to their abnormal redox environment. Accordingly, combination of chemotherapy and oxidative stress has gained increasing interest for the treatment of cancer. We report a novel seleno-prodrug of gemcitabine (Gem), Se-Gem, and evaluated its activation and biological effects in cancer cells. Se-Gem was prepared by introducing a 1,2-diselenolane (a five-membered cyclic diselenide) moiety into the parent drug Gemvia a carbamate linker. Se-Gem is preferably activated by glutathione (GSH) and displays a remarkably higher potency than Gem (up to a 6-fold increase) to a panel of cancer cell lines. The activation of Se-Gem by GSH releases Gem and a seleno-intermediate nearly quantitatively. Unlike the most ignored side products in prodrug activation, the seleno-intermediate further catalyzes a conversion of GSH and oxygen to GSSG (oxidized GSH) and ROS via redox cycling reactions. Thus Se-Gem may be considered as a suicide agent to deplete GSH and works by a combination of chemotherapy and oxidative stress. This is the first case that employs a cyclic diselenide in prodrug design, and the success of Se-Gem as well as its well-defined action mechanism demonstrates that the 1,2-diselenolane moiety may serve as a general scaffold to advance constructing novel therapeutic molecules with improved potency via a combination of chemotherapy and oxidative stress.
Supramolecular gels from sugar-linked triazole amphiphiles for drug entrapment and release for topical application
Sharma, Komal,Joseph, Jojo P.,Sahu, Adarsh,Yadav, Narender,Tyagi, Mohit,Singh, Ashmeet,Pal, Asish,Kartha, K.P. Ravindranathan
, p. 19819 - 19827 (2019/07/05)
A simple molecular framework obtained by cross-linking a hydrophobic chain with S,S- and R,R-tetritol by the copper-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction is found to serve as an excellent bioisostere for self-assembly. The hexadecyl-linked triazolyl tetritol composite spontaneously self-assembles in n-hepane and methanol to form hierarchical organogels. Microscopic analyses and X-ray diffraction studies demonstrate eventual formation of nanotubes through lamellar assembly of the amphiphiles. A rheological investigation shows solvent-dictated mechanical properties that obey power law behavior similar to other low molecular weight gelators (LMOGs). The gel network was then utilized for the entrapment of drugs e.g. ibuprofen and 5-fluorouracil, with tunable mechanical behaviour under applied stress. The differential release profiles of the drugs over a period of a few hours as a result of the relative spatio-temporal location in the supramolecular network can be utilized for topical formulations.
Stereocontrolled synthesis of four isomeric linoleate triols of relevance to skin barrier formation and function
Davis, Robert W.,Allweil, Alexander,Tian, Jianhua,Brash, Alan R.,Sulikowski, Gary A.
, p. 4571 - 4573 (2018/11/23)
Linoleate triol esters are intermediates along the pathway of formation of the mammalian skin permeability barrier. In connection with the study of their involvement in barrier formation we required access to isomerically pure and defined samples of four linoleate triol esters. A common synthetic strategy was developed starting from isomeric alkynols derived from D-tartaric acid and 2-deoxy-D-ribose.
