Molecular Structure, In Vitro Anticancer Study and Molecular Docking of New Phosphate Derivatives of Betulin

A series of 30-diethylphosphate derivatives of betulin were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell lines, such as amelanotic melanoma (C-32), glioblastoma (SNB-19), and two lines of breast cancer (T47D, MDA-MB-231). The molecular structure and activities of the new compounds were also compared with their 29-phosphonate analogs. Compounds 7a and 7b showed the highest activity against C-32 and SNB-19 cell lines. The IC50 values for 7a were 2.15 and 0.91 μM, and, for 7b, they were 0.76 and 0.8 μM for the C-32 and SNB-19 lines, respectively. The most potent compounds, 7a and 7b, were tested for their effects on markers of apoptosis, such as H3, TP53, BAX, and BCL-2. For the whole series of phosphate derivatives, a lipophilicity study was performed, and the ADME parameters were calculated. The most active products were docked to the active site of the EGFR protein. The relative binding affinity of selected phosphate betulin derivatives toward EGFR was compared with standard erlotinib on the basis of ChemScore and KDEEP score. Positively, all derivatives docked inside the cavity and showed significant interactions. Moreover, a molecular dynamics study also reveals that ligands 7a,b form stable complexes and the plateau phase started after 7 ns.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 26(2021), 3 vom: 31. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chrobak, Elwira [VerfasserIn]
Jastrzębska, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Bębenek, Ewa [VerfasserIn]
Kadela-Tomanek, Monika [VerfasserIn]
Marciniec, Krzysztof [VerfasserIn]
Latocha, Małgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Wrzalik, Roman [VerfasserIn]
Kusz, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Boryczka, Stanisław [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6W70HN7X7O
Anticancer study
Antineoplastic Agents
Betulin
EGFR
Journal Article
Molecular docking
Natural compounds
Phosphates
Triterpenes

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.05.2021

Date Revised 10.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules26030737

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM321326393