Structure-activity relationship and mechanistic study on guggulsterone derivatives; Discovery of new anti-pancreatic cancer candidate

Aki Kohyama, Min Jo Kim, Rei Yokoyama, Sijia Sun, Ashraf M. Omar, Nguyen Duy Phan, Meselhy R. Meselhy, Kiyoshi Tsuge, Suresh Awale*, Yuji Matsuya

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研究成果: ジャーナルへの寄稿学術論文査読

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Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest types of malignancies. A new intervention aiming to combat pancreatic cancer is targeting its extra-ordinary ability to tolerate nutrition starvation, a phenomenon known as “Austerity”. As a part of a research program aiming to develop a new-generation of anticancer agents, known as “anti-austerity agents”, guggulsterone derivatives (GSDs) were identified as unique anti-austerity agents in terms of potency and selectivity. These agents are able to exert preferential cytotoxic activity only under nutrient-deprived conditions with little or no toxicity under normal conditions. In the present study, a library of 14 GSDs was synthesized and screened against PANC-1 human pancreatic cells. Among tested compounds, GSD-11 showed the most potent activity with PC50 a value of 0.72 μM. It also inhibited pancreatic cancer cell migration and colony formation in a concentration-dependent manner. A mechanistic study revealed that this compound can inhibit the activation of the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Therefore, GSD-11 could be a promising lead compound for the anticancer drug discovery against pancreatic cancer.

本文言語英語
論文番号116563
ジャーナルBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
54
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 2022/01/15

ASJC Scopus 主題領域

  • 生化学
  • 分子医療
  • 分子生物学
  • 薬科学
  • 創薬
  • 臨床生化学
  • 有機化学

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