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Prostate cancer is one of the main causes of male cancer-related deaths worldwide and the suppression of androgen receptor signalling is established as an effective strategy for the treatment. A series of galeterone analogues including several steroid-fused azacycles, as well as 17-(benzimidazol-1-ylimino), 16α-(benzimidazol-2-ylamino), and 16α-(benzothiazol-2-ylamino) steroid derivatives, were synthesized and tested against prostate cancer cell lines. Candidate compound 3f was shown to reduce AR-regulated transcription in a dose-dependent manner in nanomolar ranges and suppress expression of AR-regulated proteins Nkx3.1 and PSA in 22Rv1-ARE14 and VCaP cancer cell lines. Flexible docking study revealed similar position of 3f within AR binding site in comparison of galeterone even with stronger binding energy.
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Androstadienos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Benzimidazóis/farmacologia , Neoplasias da Próstata/tratamento farmacológico , Androstadienos/síntese química , Androstadienos/química , Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Benzimidazóis/síntese química , Benzimidazóis/química , Linhagem Celular , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Humanos , Masculino , Estrutura Molecular , Células PC-3 , Neoplasias da Próstata/metabolismo , Neoplasias da Próstata/patologia , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
Analogues of the potent cytotoxic saponin OSW-1 were prepared from the readily available steroidal 16ß,17α,22-triol. The new 22-deoxo-23-oxa analogues of OSW-1 were screened against eight cancer cell lines and normal human fibroblasts. The analogues proved to be slightly less active than OSW-1 but also less toxic to normal cells. They induce concentration- and time-dependent apoptosis of mammalian cancer cells with caspase-3 activation.
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Antineoplásicos/síntese química , Colestenonas/síntese química , Saponinas/síntese química , Antineoplásicos/química , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Apoptose , Caspase 3/metabolismo , Caspase 7/metabolismo , Ciclo Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Colestenonas/química , Colestenonas/farmacologia , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Ativação Enzimática , Fibroblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Saponinas/química , Saponinas/farmacologia , Estereoisomerismo , Relação Estrutura-AtividadeRESUMO
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Free radicals, in a colon, may damage DNA, make difficult DNA repair and change course of post-translational modifications of regulatory proteins, which promote tumor initiation and progression. Therefore risk of colon cancer is closely related to diet and other lifestyle factors. Dietary antioxidants, such as vitamin E, should reduce the levels of harmful oxidation products. However vitamin E is not soluble in water, which decreases its bioavailability. As O-glycosides of alpha-tocopherol are better soluble in water and penetrate to tissues easier than free alpha-tocopherol, the aim of our work was to investigate the rate of release the free tocopherol from its O-glycosides in colon cancer, in comparison to human healthy colon tissue. METHODOLOGY: The activities of enzymes catalysing hydrolysis of alpha-tocopheryl glucoside (1a) and mannoside (1b) as well as p-nitrophenyl beta-glucoside (2a) and mannoside (2b) in cancer and healthy human colon tissues, were determined according to the modified method described by Zwierz et al. RESULTS: The alpha-tocopherol and p-nitrophenol were significantly better released from the respective glucosides and mannosides in cancer tissue than in "healthy" human colon tissues, with p = 0.000947 for la, p = 0.033024 for 1b; p = 0.0028 for 2a, and p = 0.0033 for 2b, respectively. CONCLUSION: Alpha-tocopherol and p-nitrophenol are released from the O-glycosides of glucose and mannose in significantly higher amount in colon cancer than in healthy tissues. The alpha-tocopherol O-glycosides can be considered as prodrugs in prevention and treatment of the colon cancer.
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Antioxidantes/metabolismo , Colo/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Glicosídeos/metabolismo , alfa-Tocoferol/metabolismo , Antioxidantes/síntese química , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Glicosídeos/síntese química , Humanos , Manosidases/síntese química , Manosidases/metabolismo , Estrutura Molecular , Nitrofenóis/síntese química , Nitrofenóis/metabolismo , alfa-Tocoferol/síntese químicaRESUMO
Saponin OSW-1 (5e-G2; 3 beta,16 beta,17 alpha-trihydroxycholest-5-en-22-one 16-O-{O-[2-O-(4-methoxybenzoyl)-beta-D-xylopyranosyl]-(1-->3)-2-O-acetyl-alpha-arabinopyranoside}) analogues: with modified side chain (5a/d-G2), 22-deoxo-23,24,25,26,27-pentanor- (14), 22-deoxo-23-oxa- (17), glycosylated with various monosaccharides (5e-G4/G6/G8), and OSW-1 structural isomer (10) were obtained. The analogues were synthesized using a previously published method for the synthesis of OSW-1. The structures of analogues were fully confirmed by spectroscopic methods, and the S-chirality at C-22 of the structural isomer was established by conformational analysis combined with the NMR spectrometry. The cytotoxicity of the analogues toward several types of malignant tumor cells was examined and compared with that of OSW-1. The results suggest that modification of the steroidal aglycone may lead to compounds with high cytotoxicity.