Grzywa Renata, Psurski Mateusz, Gajda Anna, Gajda Tadeusz, Janczewski Łukasz
Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland.
Department of Experimental Oncology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 12 Rudolf Weigl St., 53-114 Wrocław, Poland.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 5;24(18):13674. doi: 10.3390/ijms241813674.
Among the various substances that interfere with the microtubule formation process, isothiocyanates (ITCs) are the group of compounds for which the binding mode and mechanism of action have not yet been explained. To better understand the structure-activity relationship of tubulin-isothiocyanate interactions, we designed and synthesized a series of sixteen known and novel, structurally diverse ITCs, including amino acid ester-derived isothiocyanates, bis-isothiocyanates, analogs of benzyl isothiocyanate, and phosphorus analogs of sulforaphane. All synthesized compounds and selected natural isothiocyanates (BITC, PEITC, AITC, and SFN) were tested in vitro to evaluate their antiproliferative activity, tubulin polymerization inhibition potential, and influence on cell cycle progression. The antiproliferative activity of most of the newly tested compounds exceeded the action of natural isothiocyanates, with four structures being more potent as tubulin polymerization inhibitors than BITC. As a confirmation of anti-tubulin activity, the correlation between polymerization inhibition and cell cycle arrest in the G/M phase was observed for the most active compounds. In light of the biological results indicating significant differences in the impact of structurally diverse isothiocyanate on tubulin polymerization, in silico analysis was conducted to analyze the possible mode of isothiocyanate-tubulin binding and to show how it can influence the polymerization reaction.
在各种干扰微管形成过程的物质中,异硫氰酸酯(ITCs)是一类其结合模式和作用机制尚未得到解释的化合物。为了更好地理解微管蛋白 - 异硫氰酸酯相互作用的构效关系,我们设计并合成了一系列十六种已知的和新型的、结构多样的ITCs,包括氨基酸酯衍生的异硫氰酸酯、双异硫氰酸酯、苄基异硫氰酸酯类似物以及萝卜硫素的磷类似物。所有合成化合物和选定的天然异硫氰酸酯(BITC、PEITC、AITC和SFN)都进行了体外测试,以评估它们的抗增殖活性、微管蛋白聚合抑制潜力以及对细胞周期进程的影响。大多数新测试化合物的抗增殖活性超过了天然异硫氰酸酯的作用,有四种结构作为微管蛋白聚合抑制剂比BITC更有效。作为抗微管蛋白活性的确认,观察到最具活性的化合物在聚合抑制和G/M期细胞周期停滞之间存在相关性。鉴于生物学结果表明结构多样的异硫氰酸酯对微管蛋白聚合的影响存在显著差异,进行了计算机模拟分析,以分析异硫氰酸酯 - 微管蛋白结合的可能模式,并展示其如何影响聚合反应。
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