Artikel ; Online: Discovery of New 2-Phenylamino-3-acyl-1,4-naphthoquinones as Inhibitors of Cancer Cells Proliferation
Molecules, Vol 28, Iss 4323, p
Searching for Intra-Cellular Targets Playing a Role in Cancer Cells Survival
2023 Band 4323
Abstract: A series of 2-phenylamino-3-acyl-1,4-naphtoquinones were evaluated regarding their in vitro antiproliferative activities using DU-145, MCF-7 and T24 cancer cells. Such activities were discussed in terms of molecular descriptors such as half-wave ... ...
| Abstract | A series of 2-phenylamino-3-acyl-1,4-naphtoquinones were evaluated regarding their in vitro antiproliferative activities using DU-145, MCF-7 and T24 cancer cells. Such activities were discussed in terms of molecular descriptors such as half-wave potentials, hydrophobicity and molar refractivity. Compounds 4 and 11 displayed the highest antiproliferative activity against the three cancer cells and were therefore further investigated. The in silico prediction of drug likeness, using pkCSM and SwissADME explorer online, shows that compound 11 is a suitable lead molecule to be developed. Moreover, the expressions of key genes were studied in DU-145 cancer cells. They include genes involved in apoptosis ( Bcl-2 ), tumor metabolism regulation ( mTOR ), redox homeostasis ( GSR ), cell cycle regulation ( CDC25A ), cell cycle progression ( TP53 ), epigenetic ( HDAC4 ), cell-cell communication ( CCN2 ) and inflammatory pathways ( TNF ). Compound 11 displays an interesting profile because among these genes, mTOR was significantly less expressed as compared to control conditions. Molecular docking shows that compound 11 has good affinity with mTOR, unraveling a potential inhibitory effect on this protein. Due to the key role of mTOR on tumor metabolism, we suggest that impaired DU-145 cells proliferation by compound 11 is caused by a reduced mTOR expression (less mTOR protein) and inhibitory activity on mTOR protein. |
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| Schlagwörter | cancer cells ; quinones ; mTOR ; antiproliferative activity ; molecular descriptors ; molecular docking ; Organic chemistry ; QD241-441 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z |
| Verlag | MDPI AG |
| Dokumenttyp | Artikel ; Online |
| Datenquelle | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (Lebenswissenschaftliche Auswahl) |
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