FSiNPs mediated improved double immunofluorescence staining for gastric cancer cells imaging

A fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FSiNPs) mediated double immunofluorescence staining technique has been proposed for MGC-803 gastric cancer cells imaging by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Anti-CEA antibody and anti-CK19 antibody which can be both bonded to MGC-803 gastric cancer cells were first conjugated to fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) doped fluorescent silica nanoparticles (FFSiNPs) and RuBPY doped fluorescent silica nanoparticles (RFSiNPs), respectively. The MGC-803 gastric cancer cells were incubated with the mixture of anti-CEA antibody-conjugated FFSiNPs and anti-CK19 antibody-conjugated RFSiNPs, and subsequently imaged using confocal laser scanning microscopy. With this method, the in vitro cultured MGC-803 gastric cancer cells lines were successfully doubled labeled and distinguished through antigen-antibody recognition, together with the green and red signal of FFSiNPs and RFSiNPs simultaneously obtained without crossreactivity by confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging. By comparison with the conventional double immunofluorescence staining using green-emitting and red-emitting dyes, the photostability of this proposed method for confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging has been greatly improved. Furthermore, the ex vivo imaging of primary MGC-803 gastric cancer cells samples came from the tumor tissues of mice bearing the MGC gastric cancer tumor xenografts by this method have also been explored. The results demonstrate that the method offers potential advantage of photostability for the confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging of MGC-803 gastric cancer cells, and is applicable to the imaging of primary MGC-803 gastric cancer cells from the tumor tissues.     

Design,Synthesis, and Anticancer Activity Studies of Novel Quinoline-Chalcone Derivatives

The chalcone and quinoline scaffolds are frequently utilized to design novel anticancer agents. As the continuation of our work on effective anticancer agents, we assumed that linking chalcone fragment to the quinoline scaffold through the principle of molecular hybridization strategy could produce novel compounds with potential anticancer activity. Therefore, quinoline-chalcone derivatives were designed and synthesized, and we explored their antiproliferative activity against MGC-803, HCT-116, and MCF-7 cells. Among these compounds, compound 12e exhibited a most excellent inhibitory potency against MGC-803, HCT-116, and MCF-7 cells with IC₅₀ values of 1.38, 5.34, and 5.21 µM, respectively. The structure–activity relationship of quinoline-chalcone derivatives was preliminarily explored in this report. Further mechanism studies suggested that compound 12e inhibited MGC-803 cells in a dose-dependent manner and the cell colony formation activity of MGC-803 cells, arrested MGC-803 cells at the G2/M phase and significantly upregulated the levels of apoptosis-related proteins (Caspase3/9 and cleaved-PARP) in MGC-803 cells. In addition, compound 12e could significantly induce ROS generation, and was dependent on ROS production to exert inhibitory effects on gastric cancer cells. Taken together, all the results suggested that directly linking chalcone fragment to the quinoline scaffold could produce novel anticancer molecules, and compound 12e might be a valuable lead compound for the development of anticancer agents.     

新型丁烯内酯衍生物的设计合成及诱导胃癌细胞凋亡研究

开发了一条合成天然产物Uncinine的新方法,基于此设计合成了一系列新型的丁烯内酯衍生物.通过噻唑蓝(MTT)法评价了目标化合物对胃癌细胞的增殖抑制活性,分析了其构效关系.其中,3-吗啉甲基-4-(4-叔丁基苯基)亚基丁烯内酯(9l)对MGC803的IC50为2.9μmol/L,对胃癌细胞MGC803、HGC27以及SGC7901具有明显的选择性增殖抑制作用,而对正常的胃粘膜上皮细胞GES1具有较小的毒性.初步的作用机制研究表明,化合物9l诱导胃癌细胞MGC803凋亡依赖Caspase 9/3激活.     

Discovery of novel 1,2,4-triazine-chalcone hybrids as anti-gastric cancer agents via an axis of ROS-ERK-DR5 in vitro and in vivo

In this work, a series of novel 1,2,4-triazine-chalcone hybrids were designed through the molecular hybridization strategy, synthesized by two step chlorinations and further aldol condensation and evaluated their antiproliferative activity against MGC-803, HCT-116, PC-3, EC-109 and A549 cells. Compound 9l displayed significant antiproliferative activity against MGC-803, HCT-116, PC-3, EC-109 and A549 cell lines with IC₅₀ values of 0.41, 0.43, 0.61, 0.78 and 0.52 μM, respectively. Subsequent mechanistic investigations suggested that compound 9l induced the generation of ROS and inhibited the activation of the ERK pathway. Compound 9l induced extrinsic cell apoptosis by up-regulating DR5 dependent on the generation of ROS, while up-regulation of DR5 caused by compound 9l relied on the inhibition of ERK. Thus, compound 9l inhibited the gastric cancer cells via an axis of ROS-ERK-DR5 in vitro. Compound 9l also showed potent activity on cell proliferation inhibition, and was effective in suppressing the growth of MGC-803 xenograft tumor in nude mice without obvious toxicity. Therefore, compound 9l is to be reported as anti-gastric cancer agent in vitro and in vivo via an axis of ROS-ERK-DR5.     

Design,Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of [1,2,4]Triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine Indole Derivatives against Gastric Cancer Cells MGC-803 via the Suppression of ERK Signaling Pathway

[1,2,4]Triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine and indole skeletons are widely used to design anticancer agents. Therefore, in this work, a series of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine indole derivatives were designed and synthesized by the molecular hybridization strategy. The antiproliferative activities of the target compounds H1–H18 against three human cancer cell lines, MGC-803, HCT-116 and MCF-7, were tested. Among them, compound H12 exhibited the most active antiproliferative activities against MGC-803, HCT-116 and MCF-7 cells, with IC₅₀ values of 9.47, 9.58 and 13.1 μM, respectively, which were more potent than that of the positive drug 5-Fu. In addition, compound H12 could dose-dependently inhibit the growth and colony formation of MGC-803 cells. Compound H12 exhibited significant inhibitory effects on the ERK signaling pathway, resulting in the decreased phosphorylation levels of ERK1/2, c-Raf, MEK1/2 and AKT. Furthermore, compound 12 induced cell apoptosis and G2/M phase arrest, and regulated cell cycle-related and apoptosis-related proteins in MGC-803 cells. Taken together, we report here that [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine indole derivatives, used as anticancer agents via the suppression of ERK signaling pathway and the most active compound, H12, might be a valuable hit compound for the development of anticancer agents.     

Synthesis and evaluation of antitumour activity in vitro and in vivo of chrysin salicylate derivatives

A series of chrysin salicylate derivatives as potential antitumour agents were synthesised and evaluated their antitumour activities in vitro and in vivo. Most of the compounds exhibited moderate to good activities against MCF-7 cells, HepG2 cells, MGC-803cells and MFC cells. Among them, compound 3f showed the most potent activity against MGC-803 cells and MFC cells with IC₅₀ values of 23.83 ± 3.68 and 27.34 ± 5.21 μM, respectively. The flow cytometry assay reconfirmed that compound 3f promoted the occurrence of tumour cells’ G1/S block under the inhibiting effect of compound 3f. Compound 3f possessed higher antitumour efficacy in tumour-bearing mice, compared with the positive control 5-Fu and the blank control saline.     

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Amino Chalcone Derivatives as Antiproliferative Agents

Chalcone is a common scaffold found in many biologically active compounds. The chalcone scaffold was also frequently utilized to design novel anticancer agents with potent biological efficacy. Aiming to continue the research of effective chalcone derivatives to treat cancers with potent anticancer activity, fourteen amino chalcone derivatives were designed and synthesized. The antiproliferative activity of amino chalcone derivatives was studied in vitro and 5-Fu as a control group. Some of the compounds showed moderate to good activity against three human cancer cells (MGC-803, HCT-116 and MCF-7 cells) and compound 13e displayed the best antiproliferative activity against MGC-803 cells, HCT-116 cells and MCF-7 cells with IC₅₀ values of 1.52 μM (MGC-803), 1.83 μM (HCT-116) and 2.54 μM (MCF-7), respectively which was more potent than the positive control (5-Fu). Further mechanism studies were explored. The results of cell colony formatting assay suggested compound 10e inhibited the colony formation of MGC-803 cells. DAPI fluorescent staining and flow cytometry assay showed compound 13e induced MGC-803 cells apoptosis. Western blotting experiment indicated compound 13e induced cell apoptosis via the extrinsic/intrinsic apoptosis pathway in MGC-803 cells. Therefore, compound 13e might be a valuable lead compound as antiproliferative agents and amino chalcone derivatives worth further effort to improve amino chalcone derivatives’ potency.     

含苯并噻唑砌块的2,4,6-三取代嘧啶衍生物的合成及抗肿瘤活性评价(英文)

为了寻找高效的抗肿瘤药物,设计并合成了一系列含苯并噻唑砌块的2,4,6-三取代嘧啶衍生物.采用噻唑蓝(MTT)法对目标化合物在人类四种癌细胞[EC-109(人食管癌细胞)、MGC-803(人胃癌细胞)、PC-3(人前列腺癌细胞)、Hep G-2(人肝癌细胞)]、GES-1(人正常胃黏膜上皮细胞)和HEEC(人正常食管细胞)中进行抗肿瘤活性评价,结果显示部分化合物对MGC-803和PC-3细胞表现出中度至强效的抗肿瘤活性.其中2-(((4-(4-(吡啶-2-基)哌嗪-1-基)-6-(三氟甲基)嘧啶-2-基)硫基)甲基)苯并[d]噻唑(13h)和2-(((4-(4-(嘧啶-2-基)哌嗪-1-基)-6-(三-氟甲基)嘧啶-2-基)硫代)甲基)苯并[d]噻唑(13i)对PC-3表现出比较好的抗肿瘤活性, IC50值分别3.82和2.29μmol/L,且化合物13h和13i对GES-1的细胞增值毒性明显小于阳性对照5-氟尿嘧啶.     

Discovery of Novel Quinazoline Derivatives as Potent Antitumor Agents

In this work, we designed and synthesized a novel series of quinazoline derivatives 6–19 and then evaluated their broad-spectrum antitumor activity against MGC-803, MCF-7, PC-9, A549, and H1975, respectively. Most of them demonstrated low micromolar cytotoxicity towards five tested cell lines. In particular, compound 18 exhibited nanomolar level inhibitory activity against MGC-803 cells with an IC₅₀ value of 0.85 μM, indicating approximately a 32-fold selectivity against GES-1 (IC₅₀ = 26.75 μM). Further preclinical evaluation showed that compound 18 remarkably inhibited the migration of MGC-803 cells, induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M, and induced MGC-803 apoptosis, resulting in decreasing the expression of both Bcl-2 and Mcl-1, and up-regulating the expression of both Bax and cleaved PARP. No death or obvious pathological damage was observed in mice by acute toxicity assay. The in vivo antitumor evaluation suggested that compound 18 significantly decreased the average tumor volume and tumor weight without any effect on body weight, which is better than 5-Fu. Therefore, compound 18 can be used as a lead compound for the further development of antitumor drugs in the future.     

丹皮酚噻唑类化合物的合成及其细胞毒性评价

本文以丹皮酚为原料合成了15个新型丹皮酚噻唑衍生物,利用IR、~1H NMR、~(13)C NMR和MS对所得化合物的结构进行表征,采用MTT法考察了目标化合物对MGC-803(胃癌细胞)、LOVO(结肠癌细胞)、T-24(膀胱癌细胞) 3种细胞的体外抗肿瘤活性。结果表明,部分化合物具有良好的细胞毒活性,其中化合物4b、4e、4f、4h、4l对MGC-803的细胞毒性优于阳性对照药顺铂,尤其是化合物4b对MGC-803、LOVO和T-24三种肿瘤细胞的IC_(50)值分别为11. 39±4. 46、2. 06±1. 27和6. 03±0. 86μg/m L,值得进一步研究。     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of α-aminophosphonate derivatives containing thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidines

Two series of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives were designed and synthesized, in which bioactive a-aminophosphonate subunits were introduced at the N3 position through an N–N bond connection.The in vitro cytotoxic activity of the novel compounds was tested against human esophageal carcinoma cells(EC109), human hepatocarcinoma cells(Hep G2), human gastric carcinoma cells(MGC-803),respectively, by the MTT method. The evaluation results revealed that compounds 6mb, 6mf, 6mg, 6nd and 6nh exerted the most potent inhibition against Hep G2, MGC-803 and EC109 cells, respectively. In particular, compound 6mg presented excellent inhibitory effect against Hep G2(91.2%) and MGC-803(94.4%) cells.     

Antitumor activity of nanoemulsion based on essential oil of Pinus koraiensis pinecones in MGC-803 tumor-bearing nude mice

Essential oil is the natural extract rich in terpenoids, showing various physiological activities. Our previous studies have proved that essential oil of Pinus koraiensis pinecones (PEO) can inhibit the proliferation of MGC-803 cells and promote cell apoptosis in vitro via the HIPPO/YAP signaling pathway. In this study, we prepared the PEO nanoemulsion and studied its physicochemical properties and anti-tumor activity in MGC-803 tumor-bearing nude mice. The PEO nanoemulsion showed good stability, with an average particle size of 46.87 nm, a zeta potential of 34.4 mV, and a polydispersity index (PDI) of 0.121. The results of anti-tumor experiments showed that the PEO nanoemulsion can effectively inhibit the growth of tumor and promote the apoptosis. In addition, immunohistochemical results showed that the PEO nanoemulsion could inhibit the proliferation of MGC-803 cells by down-regulating the expression of YAP1/TEAD and its target proteins CTGF, AREG and GLI2 to regulate the HIPPO/YAP signaling pathway and its downstream signaling pathway. This study could provide the theoretical basis for the application of essential oils.     

Tunicamycin enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis by inhibition of cyclin D1 and the subsequent downregulation of survivin

TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been proposed as a promising cancer therapy that preferentially induces apoptosis in cancer cells, but not most normal tissues. However, many cancers are resistant to TRAIL by mechanisms that are poorly understood. In this study, we showed that tunicamycin, a naturally occurring antibiotic, was a potent enhancer of TRAIL-induced apoptosis through downregulation of survivin. The tunicamycin-mediated sensitization to TRAIL was efficiently reduced by forced expression of survivin, suggesting that the sensitization was mediated at least in part through inhibition of survivin expression. Tunicamycin also repressed expression of cyclin D1, a cell cycle regulator commonly overexpressed in thyroid carcinoma. Furthermore, silencing cyclin D1 by RNA interference reduced survivin expression and sensitized thyroid cancer cells to TRAIL; in contrast, forced expression of cyclin D1 attenuated tunicamycin-potentiated TRAIL-induced apoptosis via over-riding downregulation of survivin. Collectively, our results demonstrated that tunicamycin promoted TRAIL-induced apoptosis, at least in part, by inhibiting the expression of cyclin D1 and subsequent survivin. Of note, tunicamycin did not sensitize the differentiated thyroid epithelial cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Thus, combined treatment with tunicamycin and TRAIL may offer an attractive strategy for safely treating resistant thyroid cancers.     

Three novel Schiff base transition metal(II) complexes induce gastric cancer cell death through ROS-mediated apoptotic pathway

Abstract

A new tridentate Schiff base ligand, 2-((2-(dimethylamino)ethylimino)methyl)-6-ethoxyphenol (HL₁), has been prepared by a one-pot condensation reactions, which was further used in the construction of three novel Schiff base transition metal(II) complexes, [Cu(L₁)(MeOH)](NO₃) (1), [Co(L₁)(MeOH)₂(N₃)] (2) and [Cu(L₁)(HCOO)]_n (3). Furthermore, a green hand-grinding technique has been implemented to reduce the particle size of the coordination complexes to generate the nanoscale compounds. The Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) studies reveal the formation of square and spherical particles for nano 1 and nanorod for nano 2 and 3. In addition, CCK-8 assay was conducted to detect the antiproliferative activity of nano 1–3 on human gastric cancer MGC-803 cells. The cell viability curves and IC₅₀ (half maximal inhibitory concentration) values indicated that only nano 1 has excellent anticancer activity on MGC-803 cells but not nano 2 and 3. The Annexin V-FITC/PI double staining assay and DCFH-DA staining were performed to detect the apoptosis of MGC-803 cancer cells.     

新型四氢苯并[4',5']噻吩并[3',2'∶5,6]吡啶并[4,3-d]嘧啶类化合物衍生物的合成及抗肿瘤活性

本文以环己酮为原料,通过氮杂Wittig反应合成了一系列结构新颖的取代四氢苯并噻吩并吡啶并嘧啶衍生物,并采用MTT法考察所合成目标化合物对CNE2、KB、MGC-803、MCF-7和PC3这5种肿瘤细胞的抑制活性。初步的生物活性结果表明,目标化合物对5种肿瘤细胞均有抑制活性,尤其是对胃癌MGC-803细胞展现出了更强的抑制活性。其中3-(4-氟苯基)-2-((4-氟苯基)氨基)-5-甲基-8,9,10,11-四氢苯并[4',5']噻吩并[3',2':5,6]吡啶并[4,3-d]嘧啶-4(3H)-酮[化合物8c,IC_(50)=(0. 9±0. 25)μmol·L~(-1)]对MGC-803的活性最强,是5-氟尿嘧啶[IC_(50)=(18. 4±1. 43)μmol·L~(-1)]的20倍;同时,目标化合物对正常的胃黏膜上皮细胞GES-1没有毒性。四氢苯并[4',5']噻吩并[3',2':5,6]吡啶并[4,3-d]嘧啶类化合物具有良好的抗肿瘤活性,值得进一步深入研究。     

三唑类白杨素衍生物的设计、合成及其抗增殖活性研究

合成了2个系列的白杨素衍生物,采用噻唑蓝(MTT)法测试了所有化合物针对六种肿瘤细胞的体外抗增殖活性,包括MGC-803, BEL-7402, HepG2, HeLa, A549以及SGC-7901细胞.实验结果显示, 7-[1-(3-氟苯基)-1H-1,2,3-三唑-4-甲氧基]-白杨素(1c)与7-[1-(2-氯苯基)-1H-1,2,3-三唑-4-甲氧基]-白杨素(1g)针对MGC-803细胞的活性与先导化合物白杨素及阳性对照药5-氟尿嘧啶相比显著提高.因此,化合物1c与1g具有深入研究用以开发抗癌药物的潜能.     

Short Hairpin RNA-Induced Myostatin Gene Silencing in Caprine Myoblast Cells In Vitro

Myostatin (MSTN) belongs to the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β superfamily and is a potent negative regulator of skeletal muscle development and growth. Dysfunction of MSTN gene either by natural mutation or induced through genetic manipulation (knockout or knockdown) has been reported to increase the remarkable muscle mass in mammalian species. RNA interference (RNAi) is the most promising method for inhibition of gene expression that can be utilized for MSTN gene knockdown by developing short hairpin RNA (shRNA) construct against it. We utilized three antisense RNA expressing vectors with six constructs to knockdown MSTN gene in in vitro caprine myoblast cell culture system. We observed that all six shRNA constructs were successful in MSTN silencing with efficiency ranging from 7 to 46 % by quantitative real-time PCR and up to 19 % by western blotting. The significant upregulation of interferon response gene OAS1 (5- to 11-fold) in cells transfected with shRNA constructs were indicative of induction of interferon response. This RNAi-based method of increasing muscle mass could provide an alternative strategy to gene knockout methods for improving the production traits and economic properties of livestock.     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of novel pyridazinone derivatives containing 1,3,4-thiadiazole moiety

Abstract

A series of novel pyridazinone derivatives containing the 1,3,4-thiadiazole moiety were synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR, 13C NMR, spectroscopies HRMS and IR. Among them, the structure of compound 5c (2-(Tert-butyl)?4-chloro-5-((5-((2-ethylphenyl)amino)?1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio)pyridazin-3(2H)-One) was unambiguously confirmed via single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The inhibitory activity of all the target compounds against MGC-803 and Bcap-37 was determined by MTT assay, with doxorubicin (the inhibition rates were 95.5?±?0.4% and 95.7?±?1.0% respectively) as a control. The preliminary results showed that the inhibitory activity of compound 5n (2-(Tert-butyl)?4-chloro-5-((5-((3-fluorophenyl)amino)?1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio)pyridazin-3(2H)-One) was superior to the others. The inhibition rates of MGC-803 and Bcap-37 cells were 86.3?±?2.2% and 92.3?±?0.6% at a concentration of 10?μmol/L, respectively. The preliminary structure-activity relationship showed that when the 2-position of the benzene ring was substituted by a methyl group, such as compound 5j (2-(Tert-butyl)?4-chloro-5-((5-((2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino)?1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio)pyridazin-3(2H)-One), it exhibited good anticancer activity on MGC-803 cells. Besides, introducing fluorine, chlorine, or trifluoromethyl group onto the benzene ring, such as compound 5?m (2-(Tert-butyl)?4-chloro-5-((5-((4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)amino)?1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio)pyridazin-3(2H)-One), displayed good anticancer activity on MGC-803 and Bcap-37 cells.     

Implication of Egr-1 in trifluoperazine-induced growth inhibition in human U87MG glioma cells

The early growth response gene-1 (Egr-1) is a tumor suppressor which plays an important role in cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. Egr-1 has been shown to be down-regulated in many types of tumor tissues. Trifluoperazine (TFP), a phenothiazine class of antipsychotics, restored serum-induced Egr-1 expression in several cancer cell lines. We investigated the effect of Egr-1 expression on the TFP-induced inhibition of cell growth. Ectopic expression of Egr-1 enhanced the TFP-induced antiproliferative activity and downregulated cyclin D1 level in U87MG glioma cells. Our results suggest that antipsychotics TFP exhibits antiproliferative activity through up-regulation of Egr-1.