Phenyl 4-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonates and phenyl 4-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonamides as new antimicrotubule agents targeting the colchicine-binding site
Authors: | Gagné-Boulet, Mathieu; Bouzriba, Chahrazed; Chavez Alvarez, Atziri Corin; Fortin, Sébastien |
Abstract: | We recently designed and prepared new families of potent antimicrotubule agents designated as N-phenyl 4-(2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonates (PIB–SOs) and phenyl 4-(2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonamides (PIB–SAs). Our previous structure-activity relationship studies (SAR) focused on the aromatic ring B of PIB-SOs and PIB-SAs leaving the impact of the phenylimidazolidin-2-one moiety (ring A) on the binding to the colchicine-binding site (C-BS) poorly studied. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of replacing the imidazolidin-2-one (IMZ) group by a pyrrolidin-2-one moiety. To that end, 15 new phenyl 4-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonate (PYB–SO) and 15 phenyl 4-(2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)benzenesulfonamide (PYB-SA) derivatives were designed, prepared, chemically characterised and biologically evaluated. PYB-SOs and PYB-SAs exhibit antiproliferative activity in the low nanomolar to low micromolar range (0.0087–8.6 μM and 0.056–21 μM, respectively) on human HT-1080, HT-29, M21 and MCF7 cancer cell lines. Moreover, they block cell cycle progression in G2/M phase. Immunofluorescence, tubulin affinity and tubulin polymerisation assays show that they cause microtubule depolymerisation by docking the C-BS. In addition, docking assays with the most potent derivatives show binding affinity toward the C-BS and they also exhibit weak or no toxicity toward chick embryos. Finally, physicochemical properties calculated using the SwissADME algorithm show that PYB-SOs and PYB-SAs are promising new families of antimicrotubule agents. |
Document Type: | Article de recherche |
Issue Date: | 5 March 2021 |
Open Access Date: | 5 March 2023 |
Document version: | AM |
Creative Commons Licence: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/74062 |
This document was published in: | European journal of medicinal chemistry, Vol. 213, 113136 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.113136 Elsevier |
Alternative version: | 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.113136 33472119 |
Collection: | Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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