RESUMEN
To explore anti-gastric cancer agents with high efficacy and selectivity, we report the design, synthesis and optimization of a novel series of 3-(2,6,9-trisubstituted-9H-purine)-8-chalcone derivatives starting from the compound PCA-15 reported by us previously. Most of the target compounds demonstrated significant antiproliferative effects on MGC803 cancer cell line, and more potent than the positive control (PCA-15 and 5-Fu). Among them, compound 6o was identified to be the most active compound against MGC803â¯cell line with an IC50 value of 0.84⯵M. Additionally, high selectivity was also observed between cancer and normal cells (23.35⯵M against GES-1). Further mechanism studies confirmed that compound 6o could inhibit colony formation and migration, induce the apoptosis of MGC803â¯cells through both the mitochondrial-mediated intrinsic pathway and death receptor-mediated extrinsic pathway, which were evidenced by the up-regulation of Bax, cleaved-caspase 9/3/8, cleaved PARP and down-regulation of Bcl-2. Our systematic studies implied a new scaffold targeting gastric cancer cells for further development of small-molecule compounds with improved potency and selectivity.
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Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Chalconas/farmacología , Diseño de Fármacos , Neoplasias Gástricas/tratamiento farmacológico , Antineoplásicos/síntesis química , Antineoplásicos/química , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Línea Celular Tumoral , Movimiento Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Chalconas/síntesis química , Chalconas/química , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales , Humanos , Estructura Molecular , Neoplasias Gástricas/patología , Relación Estructura-ActividadRESUMEN
Pteridines are an important class of heterocyclic compounds with diverse biological activities. Here, we report a series of pteridin-7(8H)-one derivatives and their antiproliferative activities toward MKN-45, MGC-803, EC-109, and H1650. Structure-activity relationship studies showed that compound 12 exerted the most potent antiproliferative activity against MKN-45 and MGC-803 with the IC50 values of 4.32 and 7.01 µM, respectively. Besides, compound 12 induced morphological changes and apoptosis of MKN-45 cells, increased expression of Bax, down-regulated expression of Bcl-2 and caused cleavage of caspase-3/9. Additionally, we first reported the construction of the novel bicyclic 8,9-dihydro-7H-purine-8-carboxylate scaffold through the competitive 5-endo cyclization reaction with two C-N bonds and a chiral carbon center established.