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Aging (Albany NY) ; 15(13): 6503-6525, 2023 07 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37433225

ABSTRACT

Sorafenib, a small-molecule inhibitor targeting several tyrosine kinase pathways, is the standard treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, not all patients with HCC respond well to sorafenib, and 30% of patients develop resistance to sorafenib after short-term treatment. Galectin-1 modulates cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and plays a crucial role in HCC progression. However, whether Galectin-1 regulates receptor tyrosine kinases by sensitizing HCC to sorafenib remains unclear. Herein, we established a sorafenib-resistant HCC cell line (Huh-7/SR) and determined that Galectin-1 expression was significantly higher in Huh-7/SR cells than in parent cells. Galectin-1 knockdown reduced sorafenib resistance in Huh-7/SR cells, whereas Galectin-1 overexpression in Huh-7 cells increased sorafenib resistance. Galectin-1 regulated ferroptosis by inhibiting excessive lipid peroxidation, protecting sorafenib-resistant HCC cells from sorafenib-mediated ferroptosis. Galectin-1 expression was positively correlated with poor prognostic outcomes for HCC patients. Galectin-1 overexpression promoted the phosphorylation of AXL receptor tyrosine kinase (AXL) and MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase (MET) signaling, which increased sorafenib resistance. MET and AXL were highly expressed in patients with HCC, and AXL expression was positively correlated with Galectin-1 expression. These findings indicate that Galectin-1 regulates sorafenib resistance in HCC cells through AXL and MET signaling. Consequently, Galectin-1 is a promising therapeutic target for reducing sorafenib resistance and sorafenib-mediated ferroptosis in patients with HCC.


Subject(s)
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular , Ferroptosis , Liver Neoplasms , Humans , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/drug therapy , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/genetics , Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/metabolism , Cell Line, Tumor , Drug Resistance, Neoplasm , Galectin 1/genetics , Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy , Liver Neoplasms/genetics , Liver Neoplasms/metabolism , Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases , Sorafenib/pharmacology , Sorafenib/therapeutic use
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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ; 13(5): 6411-6420, 2021 Feb 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33513004

ABSTRACT

In this study, a highly sensitive trilayer photodetector using Co-doped ZnFe2O4 thin films annealed at 400 °C was synthesized successfully. Trilayer-photodetector devices with a film stack of 5 at % Co-doped-zinc-ferrite-thin-film/indium-tin-oxide on p+-Si substrates were fabricated by radio-frequency sputtering. The absorbance spectra, photoluminescence spectra, transmission electron microscopy images, and I-V characteristics under various conditions were comprehensively investigated. The outstanding performance of trilayer-photodector devices was measured, including a high photosensitivity of 181 and a fast photoresponse time with a rise time of 10.6 ms and fall time of 9.9 ms under 630 nm illumination. Therefore, the Co-doped ZnFe2O4 thin film is favorable for potential photodetector applications in visible light regions.

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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 5189, 2020 03 23.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32251336

ABSTRACT

Stapled hemorrhoidopexy has a few advantages such as less postoperative pain and faster recovery compared with conventional hemorrhoidectomy. There are two major devices used for stapled hemorrhoidopexy, PPH stapler (Ethicon EndoSurgery) and DST stapler (Covidien). This study was conducted to investigate the postoperative outcomes among patients with grade III and IV hemorrhoids who underwent hemorrhoidopexy with either of these two devices. A total of 242 consecutive patients underwent stapled hemorrhoidopexy with either PPH stapler (110 patients) or DST stapler (132 patients) at a single center in 2017. We performed a retrospective case-control study to compare the short-term postoperative outcomes and the complications between these two groups. After matching the cases in terms of age, gender, and the grade of hemorrhoids, there were 100 patients in each group (PPH versus DST). There were no significant differences in the postoperative visual analog scale (VAS) score and analgesic usage. Among complications, the incidence of anorectal stricture was significantly higher in the DST group (p = 0.02). Evaluation of the mucosal specimen showed that the total surface area, the muscle/mucosa ratio and the surface area of the muscle were also significantly higher in the DST group (p = 0.03). Further analysis of the DST group demonstrated that patients with anorectal stricture after surgery are younger than patients without anorectal stricture, and higher muscle/mucosa ratio (p = 0.03) and a higher surface area of the muscle (p = 0.03) also measured in the surgical specimen. The two devices provide similar outcomes of postoperative recovery. Patients who underwent DST stapled hemorrhoidopexy had a higher incidence rate of stricture, larger area of muscle excision, and higher muscle/mucosa ratio in the surgical specimen. Further investigation is warranted for a better understanding of the correlation between muscle excision and anorectal stricture.


Subject(s)
Hemorrhoidectomy/instrumentation , Hemorrhoids/surgery , Surgical Staplers , Acetaminophen/therapeutic use , Anal Canal/pathology , Analgesics/therapeutic use , Anus Diseases/etiology , Constriction, Pathologic/etiology , Equipment Design , Female , Hemorrhage/etiology , Humans , Intestinal Mucosa/pathology , Isoxazoles/therapeutic use , Male , Middle Aged , Organ Size , Pain, Postoperative/drug therapy , Pain, Postoperative/etiology , Pain, Postoperative/prevention & control , Postoperative Complications/etiology , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , Urinary Retention/etiology
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ChemMedChem ; 10(10): 1707-23, 2015 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26368337

ABSTRACT

Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates (ANPs) are a promising class of antimalarial therapeutic drug leads that exhibit a wide variety of Ki values for Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) and human hypoxanthine-guanine-(xanthine) phosphoribosyltransferases [HG(X)PRTs]. A novel series of ANPs, analogues of previously reported 2-(phosphonoethoxy)ethyl (PEE) and (R,S)-3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl (HPMP) derivatives, were designed and synthesized to evaluate their ability to act as inhibitors of these enzymes and to extend our ongoing antimalarial structure-activity relationship studies. In this series, (S)-3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonoethoxy)propyl (HPEP), (S)-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propanoic acid (CPME), or (S)-2-(phosphonoethoxy)propanoic acid (CPEE) are the acyclic moieties. Of this group, (S)-3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonoethoxy)propylguanine (HPEPG) exhibits the highest potency for PfHGXPRT, with a Ki value of 0.1 µM and a Ki value for human HGPRT of 0.6 µM. The crystal structures of HPEPG and HPEPHx (where Hx=hypoxanthine) in complex with human HGPRT were obtained, showing specific interactions with active site residues. Prodrugs for the HPEP and CPEE analogues were synthesized and tested for in vitro antimalarial activity. The lowest IC50 value (22 µM) in a chloroquine-resistant strain was observed for the bis-amidate prodrug of HPEPG.


Subject(s)
Antimalarials/pharmacology , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/antagonists & inhibitors , Nucleosides/pharmacology , Organophosphonates/pharmacology , Plasmodium falciparum/enzymology , Antimalarials/chemical synthesis , Antimalarials/chemistry , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Enzyme Inhibitors/chemical synthesis , Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry , Humans , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Molecular Structure , Nucleosides/chemical synthesis , Nucleosides/chemistry , Organophosphonates/chemical synthesis , Organophosphonates/chemistry , Parasitic Sensitivity Tests , Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects , Structure-Activity Relationship
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J Med Chem ; 58(2): 827-46, 2015 Jan 22.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25494538

ABSTRACT

Hypoxanthine-guanine-[xanthine] phosphoribosyltransferase (HG[X]PRT) is considered an important target for antimalarial chemotherapy as it is the only pathway for the synthesis of the purine nucleoside monophosphates required for DNA/RNA production. Thus, inhibition of this enzyme should result in cessation of replication. The aza-acyclic nucleoside phosphonates (aza-ANPs) are good inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum HGXPRT (PfHGXPRT), with Ki values as low as 0.08 and 0.01 µM for Plasmodium vivax HGPRT (PvHGPRT). Prodrugs of these aza-ANPs exhibit antimalarial activity against Pf lines with IC50 values (0.8-6.0 µM) and have low cytotoxicity against human cells. Crystal structures of six of these compounds in complex with human HGPRT have been determined. These suggest that the different affinities of these aza-ANPs could be due to the flexibility of the loops surrounding the active site as well as the flexibility of the inhibitors, allowing them to adapt to fit into three binding pockets of the enzyme(s).


Subject(s)
Antimalarials/chemical synthesis , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/antagonists & inhibitors , Organophosphonates/chemical synthesis , Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects , Plasmodium vivax/drug effects , Prodrugs/chemical synthesis , Antimalarials/pharmacology , Binding Sites , Humans , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/chemistry , Organophosphonates/pharmacology , Plasmodium falciparum/enzymology , Plasmodium vivax/enzymology , Prodrugs/pharmacology
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J Med Chem ; 56(6): 2513-26, 2013 Mar 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23448281

ABSTRACT

Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates (ANPs) that contain a 6-oxopurine base are good inhibitors of the Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) and Plasmodium vivax (Pv) 6-oxopurine phosphoribosyltransferases (PRTs). Chemical modifications based on the crystal structure of 2-(phosphonoethoxy)ethylguanine (PEEG) in complex with human HGPRT have led to the design of new ANPs. These novel compounds contain a second phosphonate group attached to the ANP scaffold. {[(2-[(Guanine-9H-yl)methyl]propane-1,3-diyl)bis(oxy)]bis(methylene)}diphosphonic acid (compound 17) exhibited a Ki value of 30 nM for human HGPRT and 70 nM for Pf HGXPRT. The crystal structure of this compound in complex with human HGPRT shows that it fills or partially fills three critical locations in the active site: the binding sites of the purine base, the 5'-phosphate group, and pyrophosphate. This is the first HG(X)PRT inhibitor that has been able to achieve this result. Prodrugs have been synthesized resulting in IC50 values as low as 3.8 µM for Pf grown in cell culture, up to 25-fold lower compared to the parent compounds.


Subject(s)
Antimalarials/chemistry , Antimalarials/pharmacology , Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/antagonists & inhibitors , Organophosphonates/chemistry , Organophosphonates/pharmacology , Antimalarials/toxicity , Catalytic Domain , Cell Line, Tumor , Enzyme Inhibitors/toxicity , Humans , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/chemistry , Models, Molecular , Organophosphonates/toxicity , Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects , Plasmodium falciparum/enzymology
7.
J Med Chem ; 55(13): 6209-23, 2012 Jul 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22725979

ABSTRACT

Hypoxanthine-guanine-(xanthine) phosphoribosyltransferase (HG(X)PRT) is crucial for the survival of malarial parasites Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) and Plasmodium vivax (Pv). Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates (ANPs) are inhibitors of HG(X)PRT and arrest the growth of Pf in cell culture. Here, a novel class of ANPs containing trisubstituted nitrogen (aza-ANPs) has been synthesized. These compounds have a wide range of K(i) values and selectivity for human HGPRT, PfHGXPRT, and PvHGPRT. The most selective and potent inhibitor of PfHGXPRT is 9-[N-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-N-(2-phosphonoethyl)-2-aminoethyl]hypoxanthine (K(i) = 100 nM): no inhibition could be detected against the human enzyme. This compound exhibits the highest ever reported selectivity for PfHGXPRT compared to human HGPRT. For PvHGPRT, 9-[N-(2-carboxyethyl)-N-(2-phosphonoethyl)-2-aminoethyl]guanine has a K(i) of 50 nM, the best inhibitor discovered for this enzyme to date. Docking of these compounds into the known structures of human HGPRT in complex with ANP-based inhibitors suggests reasons for the variations in affinity, providing insights for the design of antimalarial drug candidates.


Subject(s)
Antimalarials/chemical synthesis , Enzyme Inhibitors/chemical synthesis , Nucleosides/chemical synthesis , Organophosphonates/chemical synthesis , Pentosyltransferases/antagonists & inhibitors , Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects , Plasmodium vivax/drug effects , Antimalarials/chemistry , Antimalarials/pharmacology , Drug Design , Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Humans , Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase/antagonists & inhibitors , Malaria/drug therapy , Models, Molecular , Molecular Conformation , Nucleosides/chemistry , Nucleosides/pharmacology , Organophosphonates/chemistry , Organophosphonates/pharmacology , Plasmodium falciparum/enzymology , Plasmodium vivax/enzymology , Protein Binding , Substrate Specificity
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