Piperlongumine (piplartine) and analogues: Antiproliferative microtubule-destabilising agents

Mary J. Meegan; Seema Nathwani; Brendan Twamley; Daniela M. Zisterer; Niamh M. O'Boyle

doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.09.048

Piperlongumine (piplartine) and analogues: Antiproliferative microtubule-destabilising agents

Mary J. Meegan, Seema Nathwani, Brendan Twamley, Daniela M. Zisterer, Niamh M. O'Boyle

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Abstract

Piperlongumine (piplartine, 1) is a small molecule alkaloid that is receiving intense interest due to its antiproliferative and anticancer activities. We investigated the effects of 1 on tubulin and microtubules. Using both an isolated tubulin assay, and a combination of sedimentation and western blotting, we demonstrated that 1 is a tubulin-destabilising agent. This result was confirmed by immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy, which showed that microtubules in MCF-7 breast cancer cells were depolymerized when treated with 1. We synthesised a number of analogues of 1 to explore structure-activity relationships. Compound 13 had the best cytotoxic profile of this series, showing potent effects in human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells whilst being relatively non-toxic to non-tumorigenic MCF-10a cells. These compounds will be further developed as potential clinical candidates for the treatment of breast cancer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-463
Number of pages	11
Journal	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume	125
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.09.048
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Anticancer
Antiproliferative
Combretastatin A-4
Microtubule-destabilising
Piperlongumine
Tubulin

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Piperlongumine (piplartine) and analogues: Antiproliferative microtubule-destabilising agents

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