- The discovery of purine-based agents targeting triple-negative breast cancer and the αB-crystallin/VEGF protein–protein interaction
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Oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer, particularly subtypes such as triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC, around 10–15% of cases), are characterised by poor long-term survival, poor response to therapy and early progression to metastasis. Purine-based compounds represent a privileged scaffold in anticancer drug design, with several clinically approved and experimental agents in clinical development comprising a purine core structure. In this study, a series of new purine-based compounds were synthesised; seven of the new analogues were found to significantly reduce the in vitro viability of TNBC cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-436) with IC50 values of ≤50 μM. In previous work, we have proposed a new concept for targeting angiogenesis driving TNBC progression, by disrupting the protein–protein interaction between the molecular chaperone αB-crystallin (CRYAB) and VEGF. Since previous clinical studies applying anti-VEGF therapy to TNBC patients have met with limited success, we were interested to test our most promising purine analogues against CRYAB/VEGF, using a custom-designed cell-based CRYAB/VEGF165 interaction assay platform. Analogues 4e and 4f significantly reduced the interaction between CRYAB/VEGF165, and compound 4e (100 μM) was also found to decrease the levels of soluble VEGF expressed by MDA-MB-231 cells by 40%. In conclusion, these promising early activity profiles warrant further investigation to validate this concept.
- Fosu-Mensah, Nelly A.,Jiang, Wen,Brancale, Andrea,Cai, Jun,Westwell, Andrew D.
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- Modification of thionucleobases in ionic liquids
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A simple method was established for the preparation of thio-substituted thionucleobases using room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) such as 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoroacetate [BMIM]+[CF3COO]- and 1-methoxyethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoroacetate [MeOEtMIM]+[CF3COO]- as solvents and catalysts without any other catalyst. These reactions proceeded efficiently in RTILs with excellent yield of products. RTILs can be recycled and reused effectively without further purification.
- Hu, Xiaomei,Zhang, Bixian,Dong, Shijia,Gao, Yunfei
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