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The Influence of Antitumor Unsymmetrical Bisacridines on 3D Cancer Spheroids Growth and Viability
PublicationThe culture of 3D spheroids is a promising tool in drug development and testing. Recently, we synthesized a new group of compounds, unsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs), which exhibit high cytotoxicity against various human cell lines and antitumor potency against several xenografts. Here, we describe the ability of four UAs—C-2028, C-2041, C-2045, and C-2053—to influence the growth of HCT116 and H460 spheres and the viability of HCT116...
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pH-Responsive Drug Delivery Nanoplatforms as Smart Carriers of Unsymmetrical Bisacridines for Targeted Cancer Therapy
PublicationSelective therapy and controlled drug release at an intracellular level remain key challenges for effective cancer treatment. Here, we employed folic acid (FA) as a self-navigating molecule in nanoconjugates containing quantum dots (QDs) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) for the delivery of antitumor unsymmetrical bisacridine compound (C-2028) to lung and prostate cancers as well as normal cells. The bisacridine derivative can form the...
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The interactions of monomeric acridines and unsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) with DNA duplexes: an insight provided by NMR and MD studies
PublicationMembers of a novel class of anticancer compounds, exhibiting high antitumor activity, i.e. the unsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs), consist of two heteroaromatic ring systems. One of the ring systems is an imidazoacridinone moiety, with the skeleton identical to the structural base of Symadex. The second one is a 1-nitroacridine moiety, hence it may be regarded as Nitracrine’s structural basis. These monoacridine units are connected...
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Quantum Dots as a Good Carriers of Unsymmetrical Bisacridines for Modulating Cellular Uptake and the Biological Response in Lung and Colon Cancer Cells
PublicationNanotechnology-based drug delivery provides a promising area for improving the efficacy of cancer treatments. Therefore, we investigate the potential of using quantum dots (QDs) as drug carriers for antitumor unsymmetrical bisacridine derivatives (UAs) to cancer cells. We examine the influence of QD–UA hybrids on the cellular uptake, internalization (Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope), and the biological response (flow cytometry...
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Foliate-Targeting Quantum Dots-β-Cyclodextrin Nanocarrier for Efficient Delivery of Unsymmetrical Bisacridines to Lung and Prostate Cancer Cells
PublicationTargeted drug delivery by nanocarriers molecules can increase the efficiency of cancer treatment. One of the targeting ligands is folic acid (FA), which has a high affinity for the folic acid receptors, which are overexpressed in many cancers. Herein, we describe the preparation of the nanoconjugates containing quantum dots (QDs) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with foliate-targeting properties for the delivery of anticancer compound...
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Electrochemistry/mass spectrometry (EC/MS) for fast generation and identification of novel reactive metabolites of two unsymmetrical bisacridines with anticancer activity.
PublicationThe development of a new drug requires knowledge about its metabolic fate in a living organism, regarding the comprehensive assessment of both drug therapeutic activity and toxicity profiles. Electrochemistry (EC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) is an efficient tool for predicting the phase I metabolism of redox-sensitive drugs. In particular, EC/MS represents a clear advantage for the generation of reactive drug transformation...
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Acid–Base Equilibrium and Self-Association in Relation to High Antitumor Activity of Selected Unsymmetrical Bisacridines Established by Extensive Chemometric Analysis
PublicationUnsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) represent a novel class of anticancer agents previously synthesized by our group. Our recent studies have demonstrated their high antitumor potential against multiple cancer cell lines and human tumor xenografts in nude mice. At the cellular level, these compounds affected 3D cancer spheroid growth and their cellular uptake was selectively modulated by quantum dots. UAs were shown to undergo metabolic...
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Acid–Base Equilibrium and Self-Association in Relation to High Antitumor Activity of Selected Unsymmetrical Bisacridines Established by Extensive Chemometric Analysis
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Cellular Effects of Selected Unsymmetrical Bisacridines on the Multicellular Tumor Spheroids of HCT116 Colon and A549 Lung Cancer Cells in Comparison to Monolayer Cultures
PublicationMulticellular tumor spheroids are a good tool for testing new anticancer drugs, including those that may target cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are responsible for cancer progression, metastasis, and recurrence. Therefore, we applied this model in our studies of highly active antitumor unsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs). We investigated the cellular response induced by UAs in 2D and 3D cultures of HCT116 colon and A549 lung cancer...
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c-Myc Protein Level Affected by Unsymmetrical Bisacridines Influences Apoptosis and Senescence Induced in HCT116 Colorectal and H460 Lung Cancer Cells
PublicationUnsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) are highly active antitumor compounds. They contain in their structure the drugs previously synthesized in our Department: C-1311 and C-1748. UAs exhibit different properties than their monomer components. They do not intercalate to dsDNA but stabilize the G-quadruplex structures, particularly those of the MYC and KRAS genes. Since MYC and KRAS are often mutated and constitutively expressed in cancer...
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Quantum dots conjugates with unsymmetrical bisacridines enhance cytotoxicity of these antitumor compounds in lung cancer cells and have protecting effects on normal cells
PublicationBackground: In recent years, with the rapid development of nanotechnology and its extensive applications in the medicine, nanocarriers for anticancer drug delivery have gained a great importance. Spherical semiconductor nanocrystals, frequently called quantum dots (QDs) are very attractive nanomaterials for bioimaging applications and they possess properties as potential candidates for drug carrier. Unsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs),...
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Metabolic Profiles of New Unsymmetrical Bisacridine Antitumor Agents in Electrochemical and Enzymatic Noncellular Systems and in Tumor Cells
PublicationNew unsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) demonstrated high activity not only against a set of tumor cell lines but also against human tumor xenografts in nude mice. Representative UA compounds, named C-2028, C-2045 and C-2053, were characterized in respect to their physicochemical properties and the following studies aimed to elucidate the role of metabolic transformations in UAs action. We demonstrated with phase I and phase II enzymes...
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Involvement of human glutathione S-transferase M1-1 in the glutathione conjugation of the antitumor unsymmetrical bisacridine derivative C-2028.
Open Research DataUnsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) are a novel potent class of antitumor-active therapeutics. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible role of human glutathione S-transferase M1-1 (hGSTM1-1) in the glutathione (GSH) conjugation of a representative UA, C‑2028.
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New Unsymmetrical Bisacridine Derivatives Noncovalently Attached to Quaternary Quantum Dots Improve Cancer Therapy by Enhancing Cytotoxicity toward Cancer Cells and Protecting Normal Cells
PublicationThe use of nanoparticles for the controlled drug delivery to cells has emerged as a good alternative to traditional systemic delivery. Quantum dots (QDs) offer potentially invaluable societal benefits such as drug targeting and in vivo biomedical imaging. In contrast, QDs may also pose risks to human health and the environment under certain conditions. Here, we demonstrated that unique combination of nanocrystals core components...
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Electrochemical simulation of metabolic reduction and conjugation reactions of unsymmetrical bisacridine antitumor agents, C-2028 and C-2053
PublicationElectrochemistry (EC) coupled with analysis techniques such as liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) has been developed as a powerful tool for drug metabolism simulation. The application of EC in metabolic studies is particularly favourable due to the low matrix contribution compared to in vitro or in vivo biological models. In this paper, the EC(/LC)/MS system was applied to simulate phase I metabolism of the representative...
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Novel insights into conjugation of antitumor-active unsymmetrical bisacridine C-2028 with glutathione: characteristics of non-enzymatic and glutathione S-transferase-mediated reactions
PublicationUnsymmetrical bisacridines (UAs) are a novel potent class of antitumor-active therapeutics. A significant route of phase II drug metabolism is conjugation with glutathione (GSH), which can be non-enzymatic and/or catalyzed by GSH-dependent enzymes. The aim of this work was to investigate the GSH-mediated metabolic pathway of a representative UA, C 2028. GSH supplemented incubations of C-2028 with rat, but not with human, liver...
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Glutathione-mediated conjugation of anticancer drugs: an overview of reaction mechanisms and biological significance for drug detoxification and bioactivation.
PublicationThe effectiveness of many anticancer drugs depends on the creation of specific metabolites that may alter their therapeutic or toxic properties. One significant route of biotransformation is a conjugation of electrophilic compounds with reduced glutathione, which can be non-enzymatic and/or catalyzed by glutathione-dependent enzymes. Glutathione usually combines with anticancer drugs and/or their metabolites to form more polar...
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Przemiany metaboliczne in vitro niesymetrycznych bisakrydyn w układach bezkomórkowych i w komórkach nowotworowych oraz określenie wpływu tych pochodnych na aktywność enzymów metabolizujących leki
PublicationPrzedmiotem badań prowadzonych w ramach niniejszej pracy doktorskiej są cztery niesymetryczne bisakrydyny: C-2028, C-2041, C-2045 i C-2053, wykazujące wysoką aktywność cytotoksyczną [Konopa i in. 2019]. Otrzymane wyniki wskazały, że każdy z pierścieni (imidazoakrydonu i 1-nitroakrydyny) obecny w strukturze badanych związków odgrywa inną rolę w wykazywanych przez nie właściwościach fizykochemicznych i biologicznych. Właściwości...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells
Open Research DataTis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells. FA (folic acid) with cyclodextrin (CD) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028).
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The time-dependent cellular uptake of C−2028, CD−C−2028, QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugates at IC80 value to normal MRC-5 cells
Open Research DataThe time-dependent (1, 24, 48, and 72 h) cellular uptake of C−2028, CD−C−2028, QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugates at IC80 value to normal MRC-5 cells performed by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (63× magnification; ZEISS LSM T-PMT, Magdeburg, Germany). Based on the fluorescence properties of these compounds, green and orange fluorescence...
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The time-dependent cellular uptake of C−2028, CD−C−2028, QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugates at IC80 value to cancer LNCaP cells
Open Research DataThe time-dependent (1, 24, 48, and 72 h) cellular uptake of C−2028, CD−C−2028, QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugates at IC80 value to cancer LNCaP cells performed by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (63× magnification; ZEISS LSM T-PMT, Magdeburg, Germany). Based on the fluorescence properties of these compounds, green and orange fluorescence...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst MRC-5 normal cells
Open Research DataTis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst MRC-5 normal cells. FA (folic acid) with cyclodextrin (CD) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028).
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The time-dependent cellular uptake of C−2028, CD−C−2028, QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugates at IC80 value to normal PNT1A cells
Open Research DataThe time-dependent (1, 24, 48, and 72 h) cellular uptake of C−2028, CD−C−2028, QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugates at IC80 value to normal PNT1A cells performed by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (63× magnification; ZEISS LSM T-PMT, Magdeburg, Germany). Based on the fluorescence properties of these compounds, green and orange fluorescence...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst Du-145 cancer cells
Open Research DataTis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells. FA (folic acid) with cyclodextrin (CD) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028).
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The mechanism of internalization study of QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugate at IC80 value to cancer (H460, Du-145, and LNCaP) and normal (MRC-5 and PNT1A) cells
Open Research DataThe influence of different endocytosis inhibitors on the internalization of QDgreen−CD−FA−C−2028 conjugate at IC80 value in cancer (H460, Du-145, and LNCaP) and normal (MRC-5 and PNT1A) cells. First, the cells were preincubated with: drug-free medium (no inhibitor), at 4 °C, 5 µM Cytochalasin D, 30 µM Amiloride, 80 µM Dynasore, 25 µM Pitstop 2 and 1.5...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-CD-FA, QDred-CD-FA, QDgreen-CD-FA-C-2028 and QDred-CD-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells. FA (folic acid) with cyclodextrin (CD) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028).
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The impact of QDgreen, QDgreen−β−CD−FA, β−CD, C−2028, β−CD(C−2028), QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−β−CD(C−2028)−FA nanoconjugates on lysosomal content in the cancer (H460, Du-145, LNCaP) and normal (MRC-5, PNT1A) cells
Open Research DataThe impact of QDgreen, QDgreen−β−CD−FA, β−CD, C−2028, β−CD(C−2028), QDgreen−C−2028, and QDgreen−β−CD(C−2028)−FA nanoconjugates on lysosomal content in the cancer (H460, Du-145, LNCaP) and normal (MRC-5, PNT1A) cells was performed by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (63× magnification; ZEISS LSM T-PMT, Magdeburg, Germany). To explore the influence...
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells. FA (folic acid) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028) at different concentration (50-200 µM).
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst LNCaP cancer cells. FA (folic acid) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028) at different concentration (50-200 µM).
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Cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst Du-145 cancer cells
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of C-2028, QDgreen, QDred, QDgreen-FA, QDred-FA, QDgreen-FA-C-2028 and QDred-FA-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells. FA (folic acid) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028) at different concentration (50-200 µM).
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Cytotoxicity of QDgreen-holo-Tf, QDred-holo-Tf, QDgreen-holo-Tf-C-2028 and QDred-holo-Tf-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells_method of synthesis 1
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance values of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of QDgreen-holo-Tf, QDred-holo-Tf, QDgreen-holo-Tf-C-2028 and QDred-holo-Tf-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells (method of synthesis 1). Holo-Tf (transferrin) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028).
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Cytotoxicity of QDgreen-holo-Tf-C-2028 and QDred-holo-Tf-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells_method of synthesis 3
Open Research DataThis study presents absorbance of formazan product (converted from MTT) which corresponds the cytotoxicity of QDgreen-holo-Tf-C-2028 and QDred-holo-Tf-C-2028 aginst H460 cancer cells (method of synthesis 3). Holo-Tf (transferrin) was used as a linker between quantum dots (QDs) and compound (C-2028).
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