Badolato Mariateresa, Carullo Gabriele, Caroleo Maria Cristina, Cione Erika, Aiello Francesca, Manetti Fabrizio
Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences - Department of Excellence 2018-2022, University of Calabria, Ed. Polifunzionale, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy.
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy - Department of Excellence 2018-2022, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy.
ACS Med Chem Lett. 2019 Feb 15;10(4):402-406. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00333. eCollection 2019 Apr 11.
A new series of 1,4-naphthoquinones, bearing various cyclic and aliphatic amines on C2, was designed and synthesized to identify antiproliferative agents for triple-negative breast cancer, which represents a clinical challenge without targeted therapies. Among naphthoquinones, and inhibited the proliferation of MDA-MB-231 cells (EC = 1.6 and 2.7 μM, respectively), compared to primary human breast cells MCF10A. Furthermore, they did not affect the viability of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), suggesting their potential safer use for cancer treatment. Recently, correlations have emerged between the expression of G protein-coupled receptor 55 (GPR55) and both triple-negative breast cancer development and invasion, making it a promising target for the development of targeted therapies. Based on this evidence, molecular docking studies supported the hypothesis of binding to GPR55, and pharmacological tests suggested that compound could exert its antiproliferative activity acting as a GPR55 inverse agonist.
设计并合成了一系列新的1,4-萘醌,其C2位带有各种环状和脂肪族胺,以鉴定三阴性乳腺癌的抗增殖剂,三阴性乳腺癌是一种缺乏靶向治疗的临床挑战。在萘醌中,与原代人乳腺细胞MCF10A相比,[具体化合物]和[具体化合物]抑制了MDA-MB-231细胞的增殖(EC50分别为1.6和2.7 μM)。此外,它们不影响外周血单核细胞(PBMC)的活力,表明它们在癌症治疗中可能更安全。最近,G蛋白偶联受体55(GPR55)的表达与三阴性乳腺癌的发展和侵袭之间出现了相关性,使其成为开发靶向治疗的一个有前景的靶点。基于这一证据,分子对接研究支持了与GPR55结合的假设,药理试验表明化合物[具体化合物]可作为GPR55反向激动剂发挥其抗增殖活性。