scholarly journals Synthesis of Amino Acid–Naphthoquinones and In Vitro Studies on Cervical and Breast Cell Lines

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (23) ◽  
pp. 4285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Rivera-Ávalos ◽  
Denisse de Loera ◽  
Jorge Gustavo Araujo-Huitrado ◽  
Ismailia Leilani Escalante-García ◽  
Miguel Antonio Muñoz-Sánchez ◽  
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We performed an extensive analysis about the reaction conditions of the 1,4-Michael addition of amino acids to 1,4-naphthoquinone and substitution to 2,3-dichloronaphthoquinone, and a complete evaluation of stoichiometry, use of different bases, and the pH influence was performed. We were able to show that microwave-assisted synthesis is the best method for the synthesis of naphthoquinone–amino acid and chloride–naphthoquinone–amino acid derivatives with 79–91% and 78–91% yields, respectively. The cyclic voltammetry profiles showed that both series of naphthoquinone–amino acid derivatives mainly display one quasi-reversible redox reaction process. Interestingly, it was shown that naphthoquinone derivatives possess a selective antitumorigenic activity against cervix cancer cell lines and chloride–naphthoquinone–amino acid derivatives against breast cancer cell lines. Furthermore, the newly synthetized compounds with asparagine–naphthoquinones (3e and 4e) inhibited ~85% of SiHa cell proliferation. These results show promising compounds for specific cervical and breast cancer treatment.

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maysoon Zaboon ◽  
Afrodet Saleh ◽  
Hadi Al-Lami

Abstract. The presence of reactive primary amines in the backbone structure of chitosan enables the derivatization with different functional groups and thereby improving and expanding its properties, such as solubility and mucoadhesiveness, for biomedical applications. In this work, chitosan was grafted with different sources of amino acids (Histidine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Glycine-Aspartic acid, and Glycine-Glutamic acid), Chitosan and its grafted amino acid derivatives were obtained in very good yield, and they were characterized by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and the resulted spectra confirmed the right structures of chitosan and its different synthesized derivatives. The chitosan and its amino acid derivatives were converted to nanoparticles in size by subjecting them to the sonication method. The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was used to determine the shape and size of the prepared polymeric nanoparticles and the average nanoparticle size counted by the Image-J program. The micrographs revealed that the nanoparticles with spherical shapes and with different sizes were gained, but in general, they are less than 100nm in diameters. In vitro cytotoxicity of chitosan and chitosan derivatives prepared NPs were determined as MTT assay, against different three types of human breast cancer cell lines which are BT cell lines, MCF-7 cell lines, and SKBR3 cell lines. The cell proliferation of each type of breast cancer cell line has appeared to a highly significant decrease (p<0.001), with all types of tested NPs polymers in comparison with the positive control samples, through different periods of the experiment (24, 48, and 72 hours).   Resumen. La presencia de aminas primarias reactivas en la estructura del quitosano permite su funcionalización con diferentes grupos funcionales, mejorando y expandiendo sus propiedades, por ejemplo, solubilidad y mucoadhesividad, para aplicaciones biomédicas. En este trabajo se injertó quitosano con diferentes fuentes de aminoácidos (histidina, ácido aspártico, ácido glutámico, glicina-ácido aspártico y glicina-ácido glutámico). Los derivados de quitosano injertados con aminoácidos se obtuvieron con muy buen rendimiento. La caracterización por espectroscopía infrarroja (FTIR) confirmó la funcionalización del quitosano. Después de sonicación y una caracterización por microscopía electrónoica de barrido (SEM), se confirmó que el tamaño del quitosano y sus derivados con aminoácidos pueden clasificarse como nanopartículas. Las micrografías revelaron que las nanopartículas tienen formas esféricas y son de diferentes tamaños, pero en general, son menores a 100 nm de diámetro. La citotoxicidad in vitro de las nanopartículas de quitosano y derivados de quitosano se determinó como ensayos MTT frente a tres tipos diferentes de líneas celulares de cáncer de mama humano, a saber, líneas celulares BT, líneas celulares MCF-7 y líneas celulares SKBR3. La proliferación celular de cada tipo de línea celular de cáncer de mama mostró una disminución significativa (p <0.001), con todos los tipos de polímeros NP probados en comparación con las muestras de control positivo, a lo largo de diferentes períodos del experimento (24, 48, y 72 horas).


2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-145
Author(s):  
Yuliya Khochenkova ◽  
Eliso Solomko ◽  
Oksana Ryabaya ◽  
Yevgeniya Stepanova ◽  
Dmitriy Khochenkov

The discovery for effective combinations of anticancer drugs for treatment for breast cancer is the actual problem in the experimental chemotherapy. In this paper we conducted a study of antitumor effect of the combination of sunitinib and bortezomib against MDA-MB-231 and SKBR-3 breast cancer cell lines in vitro. We found that bortezomib in non-toxic concentrations can potentiate the antitumor activity of sunitinib. MDA-MB-231 cell line has showed great sensitivity to the combination of bortezomib and sunitinib in vitro. Bortezomib and sunitinib caused reduced expression of receptor tyrosine kinases VEGFR1, VEGFR2, PDGFRa, PDGFRß and c-Kit on HER2- and HER2+ breast cancer cell lines


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 738-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Badran ◽  
Atia-tul-Wahab ◽  
Sharmeen Fayyaz ◽  
Elias Baydoun ◽  
Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary

Background:Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer type in women globally. It is characterized by distinct subtypes depending on different gene expression patterns. Oncogene HER2 is expressed on the surface of cell and is responsible for cell growth regulation. Increase in HER2 receptor protein due to gene amplification, results in aggressive growth, and high metastasis in cancer cells.Methods:The current study evaluates and compares the anti-breast cancer effect of commercially available compounds against HER2 overexpressing BT-474, and triple negative MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell lines.Results:Preliminary in vitro cell viability assays on these cell lines identified 6 lead molecules active against breast cancer. Convallatoxin (4), a steroidal lactone glycoside, showed the most potent activity with IC50 values of 0.63 ± 0.56, and 0.69 ± 0.59 µM against BT-474 and MDA-MB-231, respectively, whereas 4-[4-(Trifluoromethyl)-phenoxy] phenol (3) a phenol derivative, and Reserpine (5) an indole alkaloid selectively inhibited the growth of BT-474, and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, respectively.Conclusion:These results exhibited the potential of small molecules in the treatment of HER2 amplified and triple negative breast cancers in vitro.


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Meng Li ◽  
Wenmin Zhang ◽  
Xiaodan Yang ◽  
Guo An ◽  
Wei Zhao

BACKGROUND: The voltage-gated calcium channel subunit alpha 2 delta 1 (α2δ1) is a functional tumor initial cells (TICs) marker for some solid cancer cells. This study aimed to investigate whether α2δ1 can be used as a potential TIC marker for breast cancer cells. METHODS: α2δ1+ and α2δ1- cells were identified and sorted from the breast cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231, MDA-MB-435s and ZR-75-1 by Immunofluorescence (IF) and Fluorescent-activated cell sorting (FACS) analyses. Spheroid formation in vitro and tumorigenesis in NOD/SCID mice were assessed to determine the self-renewal and serial transplantation abilities of these cells. Using a lentivirus infection system for α2δ1 in breast cancer cell lines, we determined the mRNA levels of stemnessassociated genes by quality real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Boyden chamber and wounding assays were further performed to detect the migration of α2δ1 overexpression cells. Bioinformatics explored the relationship of molecular classification of breast cancer and drug resistance. RESULTS: α2δ1 presents on the cytomembrane of breast cancer cells, with a positive rate of 1.5–3%. The α2δ1+ cells in breast cancer cell lines have a stronger self-renewal ability and tumor initiating properties in vitro and in vivo. Overexpressing α2δ1 successfully enhanced the sphere-forming efficiency, and upregulated the expression of stemness-associated genes, and increased cell migration. However, seldom significant was available between estrogen receptor +/- (ER+/-), progesterone receptor (PR+/-), and Her2+/-. CONCLUSIONS: Breast cancer cells positive for the α2δ1 charactered tumor initiation, and α2δ1 is a potential TIC marker for breast cancer that further promotes the migration.


BioMetals ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 929-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajakumar Dhivya ◽  
Paramasivam Jaividhya ◽  
Anvarbatcha Riyasdeen ◽  
Mallayan Palaniandavar ◽  
Ganeshan Mathan ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 4224-4234 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIOVANNI VANNI FRAJESE ◽  
MONICA BENVENUTO ◽  
MASSIMO FANTINI ◽  
ELENA AMBROSIN ◽  
PAMELA SACCHETTI ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Muhammad Luqman Nordin ◽  
Arifah Abdul Kadir ◽  
Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria ◽  
Rasedee Abdullah ◽  
Muhammad Nazrul Hakim Abdullah

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Shengxian Zhao ◽  
Yin Cao ◽  
Zhenzhen Cui ◽  
Jiayun Zhang ◽  
Zhixiang Pan ◽  
...  

A series of 2-arylidene-N-(quinolin-6-yl)hydrazine-1-carboxamides 5a–5o were synthesized and characterized. The synthesized compounds (5a–5o) were screened in vitro against three breast cancer cell lines: SKBR3, MDA-MB-231, and MCF-7 cancer cell lines by the MTT assay. According to MTT results, compounds 5k and 5l showed better antiproliferative activities over MCF-7 cell lines with IC50 values of 8.50 and 12.51 μM. Colony formation assay indicated 5k/5l treatment obviously inhibited the growth of MCF-7 cells and 5k/5l-induced cell cycle was arrested in the G2-M phase. Moreover, 5k/5l significantly increased the level of cleaved PARP and induced the apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. In addition, compared to Hela cells, MCF-7 cells were more sensitive to 5k/5l treatment.


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