Title
In silico selection and cell-based characterization of selective and bioactive compounds for androgen-dependent prostate cancer cell
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Carecho A.R.
Saidel M.E.
Montanari C.A.
Leitão A.
University of São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Prostate cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancer in male population. It is a hormone driven disease, especially in its initial phase. Hence, androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the major chemotherapeutic effort and novel AR inhibitors with improved pharmacological profiles are needed. In this report, a novel bioactive compound was selected and investigated using in silico and cell-based assays. Neq0502 compound was selective for the testosterone stimulated AR-dependent prostate cancer cell (LNCaP, GI50 = 22.4 μM) when compared with unstimulated LNCaP or AR-insensitive (DU145 and PC-3) cell lines. Cell cycle arrest study provided the same profile for Neq0502 and the reference drug enzalutamide. Moreover, this compound is not cytotoxic for fibroblast Balb/C 3T3 clone A31 cells up to 250 μM, with a good selectivity ratio (SI > 11), which could be used in compound optimization effort to a novel therapeutic alternative.
Start page
546
End page
550
Volume
27
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular Farmacología, Farmacia
Publication version
Version of Record
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85008201505
PubMed ID
Source
Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
ISSN of the container
0960-894X
DOI of the container
10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.12.022
Sponsor(s)
We thank Andréa Melo Garcia de Oliveira and Sérgio Dracz (LANAGRO-MG) for providing the standard testosterone as reference compound for these assays. This work was supported by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grants 2011/07025-3, 2013/18009-4 and CNPq 448322/2014-5.
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