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Discovery of novel tubulin inhibitors targeting the colchicine binding site via virtual screening, structural optimization and antitumor evaluation
Liu, Wei,Jia, Hairui,Guan, Minghao,Cui, Minxuan,Lan, Zhuxuan,He, Youyou,Guo, Zhongjie,Jiang, Ru,Dong, Guoqiang,Wang, Shengzheng
, (2021/11/22)
The colchicine binding site of tubulin is a promising target for discovering novel antitumor agents which exert the antiangiogenic effect and are not susceptible to multidrug resistance. For identifying novel tubulin inhibitors, structure-based virtual screening was applied to identify hit 9 which displayed moderate tubulin polymerization inhibition and broad-spectrum in vitro antitumor activity. Structural optimization was performed, and biological assay revealed analog E27 displayed the best antitumor activity with IC50 values ranging from 7.81 μM to 10.36 μM, and improved tubulin polymerization inhibitory activity (IC50 = 16.1 μM). It significantly inhibited cancer cell migration and invasion, induced cell apoptosis and arrested the cell cycle at G2/M phase. Moreover, the apoptotic effect of E27 is related to the increased ROS level, the decrease of MMP, and the abnormal expression of apoptosis-related proteins. Taken together, these results suggested E27 was a promising lead compound for discovering novel tubulin-targeted antitumor agents.
A green synthesis of quinoline-4-carboxylic derivatives using p-toluenesulfonic acid as an efficient organocatalyst under microwave irradiation and their docking, molecular dynamics, ADME-Tox and biological evaluation
Patel, Dhaval B.,Patel, Hitesh D.,Rajani, Dhanji P.,Rajani, Smita D.
, (2020/02/27)
P-Toluenesulfonic acid, being an efficient, nonhazardous, and fast accessible organocatalyst, was used for the preparation of quinoline-4-carboxylic acid derivatives via a one-pot three-component reaction of aromatic benzaldehyde, substituted aniline, and pyruvic acid under microwave irradiation. After completion of the reaction, the pure products were isolated by column chromatography. Here, to achieve the desired synthesis, various catalytic and solvent conditions were applied to perform a comparison study. We are using higher yield, simple work-up process, avoiding the use of hazardous organic solvents, short reaction time and higher advantages of the present protocol in the study. Biological activities of synthesized compounds were tested against various antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, and antituberculosis strains. Compounds 4a and 4c (MIC 50 μg/mL) and compounds 4d and 4n (MIC 62.5 μg/mL) were found active against the Escherichia coli strain, compounds 4c and 4p (MIC 25 μg/mL) were found active against the Staphylococcus aureus strain, and compounds 4c and 4d were found active against the Plasmodium falciparum strain. Molecular docking revealed that ligands and proteins fitted exactly in the binding pocket and had significant correlation with the biological activity. We have also tested molecular dynamics and ADME-Tox parameters for the synthesized compounds.
Design, synthesis and evaluation of quinoline-based small molecule inhibitor of stat3
Shi, Zhi-Bing,Zhang, Lei,Bin, Zheng-Yang,Cao, Xiang-Rong,Gong, Zhu-Nan,Li, Jian-Xin
, p. 420 - 426 (2013/07/26)
As STAT3 has been validated as an anticancer target, its inhibitors have been shown to possess therapeutic promise for the treatment of human cancers. To identify novel and selective STAT3 inhibitors, a virtual screening based on the STAT3 SH2 domain was performed and a small molecule, 2-phenylquinoline-4- carboxylic acid (5a), with an inhibition constant Ki value of 17.53 iM to STAT3 was discovered. On this basis, the derivatives of 5a including esters, amides and dimers were synthesized. The bioactivity and inhibitory selectivity of the derivatives were assayed using human breast cancer cell lines, MDA-MB-468 and MCF-7. Among the derivatives, 5c and 9b showed the most potent inhibitory activity with a good selectivity, and also inhibited STAT3 protein level of MDA-MB-468 cells. The results demonstrated a successful application of virtual screening for lead discovery. Compound 9b might be an effective STAT3 inhibitor lead for the further development of antitumor agents.
