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Photoswitchable Antimetabolite for Targeted Photoactivated Chemotherapy
Matera, Carlo,Gomila, Alexandre M. J.,Camarero, Núria,Libergoli, Michela,Soler, Concepció,Gorostiza, Pau
, p. 15764 - 15773 (2018)
The efficacy and tolerability of systemically administered anticancer agents are limited by their off-target effects. Precise spatiotemporal control over their cytotoxic activity would allow improving chemotherapy treatments, and light-regulated drugs are well suited to this purpose. We have developed phototrexate, the first photoswitchable inhibitor of the human dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), as a photochromic analogue of methotrexate, a widely prescribed chemotherapeutic drug to treat cancer and psoriasis. Quantification of the light-regulated DHFR enzymatic activity, cell proliferation, and in vivo effects in zebrafish show that phototrexate behaves as a potent antifolate in its photoactivated cis configuration and that it is nearly inactive in its dark-relaxed trans form. Thus, phototrexate constitutes a proof-of-concept to design light-regulated cytotoxic small molecules and a step forward to develop targeted anticancer photochemotherapies with localized efficacy and reduced adverse effects.
PHOTORESPONSIVE COMPOUND
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel photoresponsive compound that is useful as a medicament, or a reagent for analyzing in vivo intermolecular interaction, or the like. SOLUTION: Provided is a compound represented by the following formula (I-1) or (I
Design, synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of quinazoline-2,4,6-triamine and 2,6-diaminoquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives
Matus-Meza, Audifás S.,Velasco-Velázquez, Marco A.,Hernández-Luis, Francisco
, p. 1748 - 1756 (2018/05/26)
A series of quinazoline-2,4,6-triamine (quinazoline) and 2,6-diaminoquinazolin-4(3H)-one (quinazolinone) derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated as cytotoxic agents in three cancer cell lines (HCT-15, SKOV-3, and MDA-MB-231) using conventiona