RESUMO
Natural products (NPs) have played a crucial role in the discovery and development of antitumor drugs. However, the high structural complexity of NPs generally results in unfavorable physicochemical profiles and poor drug-likeness. A powerful strategy to tackle this obstacle is the structural simplification of NPs by truncating nonessential structures. Herein, a series of tetrahydro-ß-carboline derivatives were designed by elimination of the D ring of NP evodiamine. Structure-activity relationship studies led to the discovery of compound 45, which displayed highly potent antitumor activity against all the tested cancer cell lines and excellent in vivo antitumor activity in the HCT116 xenograft model with low toxicity. Further mechanistic research indicated that compound 45 acted by dual Top1/2 inhibition and induced caspase-dependent cell apoptosis coupled with G2/M cell cycle arrest. This proof-of-concept study validated the effectiveness of structural simplification in NP-based drug development, discovered compound 45 as a potent antitumor lead compound and enriched the structure-activity relationships of evodiamine.
Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Carbolinas/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Inibidores da Topoisomerase I/uso terapêutico , Inibidores da Topoisomerase II/uso terapêutico , Animais , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Carbolinas/síntese química , Carbolinas/farmacologia , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Pontos de Checagem da Fase G2 do Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Células HCT116 , Humanos , Masculino , Camundongos Nus , Estrutura Molecular , Estudo de Prova de Conceito , Quinazolinas/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Inibidores da Topoisomerase I/síntese química , Inibidores da Topoisomerase I/farmacologia , Inibidores da Topoisomerase II/síntese química , Inibidores da Topoisomerase II/farmacologia , Ensaios Antitumorais Modelo de XenoenxertoRESUMO
In order to improve the antitumor potency of the natural product evodiamine, novel boron-containing evodiamine derivatives were designed by incorporating boronic acid and boronate as trigger units. Boronate derivative 13a could be triggered by reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the HCT116 colon cancer cell line and showed excellent antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo. It induced apoptosis in HCT116 cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner and cell growth arrest at the G2 phase.
