Design, Synthesis, and Molecular Docking Study of Novel 3-Cyanopyridine Derivatives for the Anti-Cancer Drug Target Survivin Protein

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Survivin is an important member of the antiapoptotic protein family and controls the cell's life cycle. Overexpression of survivin in tumor cells leads to inhibition of apoptosis, thus contributing to cancer cell proliferation. The largest binding pocket in the survivin dimer was located in the BIR domain. The key to the efficacy of 3-cyanopyridines was their surface interaction with the survivin amino acid Ile74.

METHODS: Through the optimization of the 3-cyanopyridine, 29 new compounds with a 3- Cyanopyridine structure were designed, synthesized, and characterized by NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry. The antitumor activity of the compounds in vitro was detected by the MTT method.

RESULTS: In vitro anti-tumor experiments showed that some compounds exhibited good anti-cancer effects. The IC50 values of the compound 2-amino-6-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl) nicotinonitrile (10n) against human liver cancer (Huh7), human glioma (U251), and human melanoma (A375) cells were 5.9, 6.0 and 7.2 μM, respectively. The IC50 values of the compound 6-(2,4-difluorophenyl)- 4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile (9o) against Huh7, U251 and A375 cells were 2.4, 17.5 and 7.2 μM, respectively, which were better than those of 10- hydroxycamptothecin and 5-fluorouracil. Analysis of the results of molecular dynamics simulation established that the BIR domain is the optimal binding site on the survivin protein, and the fingerprints of the eight most active compounds and the molecular docking to the survivin protein are analyzed.

CONCLUSION: 3-Cyanopyridine is an excellent backbone for antitumor lead compounds, 10n and 9o, as derivatives of 3-Cyanopyridine are excellent survivin protein-targeting inhibitors worthy of further study. The key factor in inhibiting survivin protein through the action of amino acid Ile74.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Medicinal chemistry (Shariqah (United Arab Emirates)) - 19(2023), 3 vom: 29., Seite 246-262

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lu, Jia-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Wu-Ji [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Li-He [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Fu-Hou [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Li-Qun [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Ai-Qun [VerfasserIn]

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3-cyanopyridine
Amino Acids
Antineoplastic Agents
Antitumor in vitro
Design and synthesis
Disease
Drugs
Journal Article
Molecular docking
Molecular dynamics
Survivin
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Date Completed 10.03.2023

Date Revised 10.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2174/1573406418666220829160820

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NLM345611241