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Novel synthesised flavone derivatives provide significant insight into the structural features required for enhanced anti-proliferative activity
Ravishankar, Divyashree,Watson, Kimberly A.,Greco, Francesca,Osborn, Helen M. I.
, p. 64544 - 64556 (2016/07/21)
With many cancers showing resistance to current chemotherapies, the search for novel anti-cancer agents is attracting considerable attention. Natural flavonoids have been identified as useful leads in such programmes. However, since an in-depth understanding of the structural requirements for optimum activity is generally lacking, further research is required before the full potential of flavonoids as anti-proliferative agents can be realised. Herein a broad library of 76 methoxy and hydroxy flavones, and their 4-thio analogues, was constructed and their structure-activity relationships for anti-proliferative activity against the breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 (ER +ve), MCF-7/DX (ER +ve, anthracycline resistant) and MDA-MB-231 (ER -ve) were probed. Within this library, 42 compounds were novel, and all compounds were afforded in good yields and >95% purity. The most promising lead compounds, specifically the novel hydroxy 4-thioflavones 15f and 16f, were further evaluated for their anti-proliferative activities against a broader range of cancer cell lines by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA and displayed significant growth inhibition profiles (e.g. compound-15f: MCF-7 (GI50 = 0.18 μM), T-47D (GI50 = 0.03 μM) and MDA-MB-468 (GI50 = 0.47 μM) and compound-16f: MCF-7 (GI50 = 1.46 μM), T-47D (GI50 = 1.27 μM) and MDA-MB-231 (GI50 = 1.81 μM)). Overall, 15f and 16f exhibited 7-46 fold greater anti-proliferative potency than the natural flavone chrysin (2d). A systematic structure-activity relationship study against the breast cancer cell lines highlighted that free hydroxyl groups and the B-ring phenyl groups were essential for enhanced anti-proliferative activities. Substitution of the 4-CO functionality with a 4-CS functionality, and incorporation of electron withdrawing groups at C-4′ of the B-ring phenyl, also enhanced activity. Molecular docking and mechanistic studies suggest that the anti-proliferative effects of flavones 15f and 16f are mediated via ER-independent cleavage of PARP and downregulation of GSK-3β for MCF-7 and MCF-7/DX cell lines. For the MDA-MB-231 cell line, restoration of the wild-type p53 DNA binding activity of mutant p53 tumour suppressor gene was indicated.
Mild and efficient organocatalytic method for the synthesis of flavones
Stanek, Filip,Stodulski, Maciej
supporting information, p. 3841 - 3843 (2016/08/02)
A convenient and efficient organocatalytic procedure for the selective cyclization of 1,3-diketones to give aromatic substituted 4H-chromen-4-ones under mild reaction conditions using N-triflyl phosphoramide is described. Application of the described conditions is presented in a formal synthesis of (S)-flavanone.
Flavonoids with M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor binding activity
Swaminathan, Meyyammai,Chee, Chin Fei,Chin, Sek Peng,Buckle, Michael J. C.,Rahman, Noorsaadah Abd.,Doughty, Stephen W.,Chung, Lip Yong
, p. 8933 - 8948 (2014/08/05)
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor- Active compounds have potential for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In this study, a series of natural and synthetic flavones and flavonols was assayed in vitro for their ability to inhibit radioligand binding at human cloned M1 muscarinic receptors. Several compounds were found to possess competitive binding affinity (K i = 40-110 μM), comparable to that of acetylcholine (Ki = 59 μM). Despite the fact that these compounds lack a positively-charged ammonium group under physiological conditions, molecular modelling studies suggested that they bind to the orthosteric site of the receptor, mainly through non-polar interactions.