Discovery of 3,6-disubstituted pyridazines as a novel class of anticancer agents targeting cyclin-dependent kinase 2: synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico insights
JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Authors: Sabt, Ahmed; Eldehna, Wagdy M.; Al-Warhi, Tarfah; Alotaibi, Ohoud J.; Elaasser, Mahmoud M.; Suliman, Howayda; Abdel-Aziz, Hatem A.
Abstract
Human health in the current medical era is facing numerous challenges, especially cancer. So, the therapeutic arsenal for cancer should be unremittingly enriched with novel small molecules that selectively target tumour cells with minimal toxicity towards normal cells. In this context, herein a new series of 3,6-disubstituted pyridazines11a-rhas been synthesised and evaluated forin vitroanticancer activity. They possessed good anti-proliferative action towards human breast cancer T-47D (IC(50)range: 0.43 +/- 0.01 - 35.9 +/- 1.18 mu M) and MDA-MB-231 (IC(50)range: 0.99 +/- 0.03 - 34.59 +/- 1.13 mu M) cell lines, whereas they displayed weak activity against the tested ovarian cancer cell line SKOV-3. Among the studied compounds, the methyltetrahydropyran-bearing pyridazine11memerged as the unique submicromolar growth inhibitor herein reported towards both T-47D (IC50= 0.43 +/- 0.01 mu M) and MDA-MB-231 (IC50= 0.99 +/- 0.03 mu M) cell lines. In addition, the biological results indicated that pyridazines11land11mexerted an efficient alteration within the cell cycle progression as well as induction of apoptosis in both T-47D and MDA-MB-231 cells. Moreover, pyridazines11land11mdisplayed good mean tumour S. I. values of 13.7 and 16.1 upon assessment of their cytotoxicity towards non-tumorigenic breast MCF-10A cells. Furthermore, anin silicostudy proposed CDK2 as a probable enzymatic target for pyridazines11, and explored their binding interactions within the vicinity of CDK2 binding site. Subsequently, pyridazines11e,11h,11l, and11mwere selected to be evaluated for their ability to inhibit CDK2, where they exerted good inhibitory activity (IC50= 151, 43.8, 55.6 and 20.1 nM, respectively). Finally, thein silicostudy implied that target pyridazines11exhibited not only an efficient anticancer activity but also an acceptable ADME, physicochemical and druglikeness properties, specifically pyridazines11land11m. Overall the obtained results from this study quite sustained our strategy and gave us a robust opportunity for further development and optimisation of 3,6-disubstituted pyridazine scaffold to enrich therapeutic arsenal with efficient and safe anticancer CDK inhibitors.
MiR-1258 promotes the apoptosis of cervical cancer cells by regulating the E2F1/P53 signaling pathway
EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY
Authors: Peng, Xing; Zhang, Yumei; Gao, Jinyu; Cai, Chunyan
Abstract
Objective: Cervical cancer is the most common malignant tumor in gynaecology with high mortality. MiRNA has been reported to regulate cell biological processes in cervical cancer. This study aimed to explore the expression of miR-1258 and role of miR-1258 by targeting E2F1 in cervical cancer cells. Methods: The expression of miR-1258 and E2F1 in cervical cancer cells and transfection effects was determined by RT-qPCR analysis. The expression of E2F1, MMP2, MMP7, MMP9, Bcl2, Box, cleaved caspase3, caspase3, KI67, p-AKT, cyclinD1, CDK2, P53 and AKT in cervical cancer cells was detected by western blot analysis. The proliferation, invasion, migration and apoptosis were respectively analyzed by CCK-8 assay, transwell assay, wound healing assay and flow cytometry analysis. E2F1 was a potential target of miR-1258, which demonstrated by a dual-luciferase reporter assay. Results: miR-1258 expression was decreased while E2F1 expression was increased in cervical cancer cells. MiR-1258 overexpression could down-regulate the E2F1 expression. Overexpression of miR-1258 inhibited the proliferation, invasion and migration and promoted the apoptosis of cervical cancer cells by AKT and P53 signal pathway. And, Overexpression of miR-1258 also suppressed the tumor growth by AKT and P53 signal pathway. Overexpression of E2F1 reduced the inhibition effects of miR-1258 in cervical cancer. Conclusion: Taken together, miR-1258 overexpression exerts its inhibition effects on the proliferation, invasion and migration and promotion effects on the apoptosis of cervical cancer cells by targeting the E2F1, which might provide new ideas for clinical treatment of cervical cancer.