In order to expand the class of diazocompounds able to act as photo-activable microtubule inhibitors the potential of azo-heteroarenes has been explored. In this paper we focus on the synthesis, physical properties and biological effects of methyl rac-2-(2-((E)-(4-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)phenyl) diazenyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-3-hydroxypropanoate (1a) and methyl rac-2-(2-((E)-(4-((S)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)phenyl) diazenyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-3-hydroxypropanoate (1b). Preliminary biological studies on the HCT-116 p53-/- cancer cell line have shown that the weak antiproliferative action of the trans isomers of these molecules, especially of 1a, is enhanced upon LED light irradiation at 435 nm. On A375 cells the molecules have not shown any effect on cell viability either in the dark or under irradiation. Moreover, the two diastereomeric components of 1a as pure stereomers have been synthesized and characterized for their chemical-physical properties. Interestingly, upon irradiation, 1a has shown an antiproliferative activity on the HCT-116 p53-/- cells greater than that of the pure stereomers, 1RR and 1RS. Tubulin polymerization assay has also demonstrated that 1a, 1RR and 1RS inhibit tubulin aggregation mostly after exposure of the samples to LED light irradiation.

Photo-control of cancer cell growth by benzodiazoN-substituted pyrrole derivatives / Imperatore, Concetta; Scuotto, Maria; Valadan, Mohammadhassan; Rivieccio, Elisa; Saide, Assunta; Russo, Annapina; Altucci, Carlo; Menna, Marialuisa; Ramunno, Anna; Mayol, Luciano; Russo, Giulia; Varra, Michela. - In: JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. A, CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1010-6030. - 377:(2019), pp. 109-118. [10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.03.042]

Photo-control of cancer cell growth by benzodiazoN-substituted pyrrole derivatives

Imperatore, Concetta;Valadan, Mohammadhassan;Rivieccio, Elisa;Russo, Annapina;Altucci, Carlo;Menna, Marialuisa;Mayol, Luciano;Russo, Giulia;Varra, Michela
2019

Abstract

In order to expand the class of diazocompounds able to act as photo-activable microtubule inhibitors the potential of azo-heteroarenes has been explored. In this paper we focus on the synthesis, physical properties and biological effects of methyl rac-2-(2-((E)-(4-((R)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)phenyl) diazenyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-3-hydroxypropanoate (1a) and methyl rac-2-(2-((E)-(4-((S)-2,3-dihydroxypropoxy)phenyl) diazenyl)-1H-pyrrol-1-yl)-3-hydroxypropanoate (1b). Preliminary biological studies on the HCT-116 p53-/- cancer cell line have shown that the weak antiproliferative action of the trans isomers of these molecules, especially of 1a, is enhanced upon LED light irradiation at 435 nm. On A375 cells the molecules have not shown any effect on cell viability either in the dark or under irradiation. Moreover, the two diastereomeric components of 1a as pure stereomers have been synthesized and characterized for their chemical-physical properties. Interestingly, upon irradiation, 1a has shown an antiproliferative activity on the HCT-116 p53-/- cells greater than that of the pure stereomers, 1RR and 1RS. Tubulin polymerization assay has also demonstrated that 1a, 1RR and 1RS inhibit tubulin aggregation mostly after exposure of the samples to LED light irradiation.
2019
Photo-control of cancer cell growth by benzodiazoN-substituted pyrrole derivatives / Imperatore, Concetta; Scuotto, Maria; Valadan, Mohammadhassan; Rivieccio, Elisa; Saide, Assunta; Russo, Annapina; Altucci, Carlo; Menna, Marialuisa; Ramunno, Anna; Mayol, Luciano; Russo, Giulia; Varra, Michela. - In: JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. A, CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1010-6030. - 377:(2019), pp. 109-118. [10.1016/j.jphotochem.2019.03.042]
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