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From tryptophan to novel mitochondria-disruptive agent, synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,2,3,6-tetrasubstituted carbazoles

Abstract

Mitochondrial targeting plays an important role in anticancer therapy. The Mn(III)-promoted cyclization of 5- (1H-indol-3-yl)-3-oxopentanoic acid allow to obtain novel substituted carbazole derivatives that can act as mitochondria-disruptive agents. The starting materials used for the synthesis of these new aminocarbazoles are oxopentanoate derivatives of tryptophan. The scope and limitation of this method of synthesis are determined by a series of experiments. The prepared carbazole derivatives are screened for their in vitro anticancer activity against a broad panel of human cancer cells and normal cell lines. Among the tested compounds, the most active ones are examined further against human colon cancer cells (HCT-116) and human bone osteosarcoma (U-2 OS), in complex in vitro cellular assays, including studies on cell cycle distribution, intracellular compartmentalization, antimigratory properties, mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species, DNA damage, and type of cellular death. The results reveal that the synthesized compounds display potent oxidative activity inducing massive accumulation of DNA double-strand breaks, which lead to a parallel change in the assembly of mitochondria causing their dysfunction. These findings provide new leads for the treatment of colon cancer and osteosarcoma.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY no. 238,
ISSN: 0223-5234
Language:
English
Publication year:
2022
Bibliographic description:
Witkowska M., Maciejewska N., Ryczkowska M., Olszewski M., Bagiński M., Makowiec S.: From tryptophan to novel mitochondria-disruptive agent, synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,2,3,6-tetrasubstituted carbazoles// EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY -Vol. 238, (2022), s.114453-
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114453
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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