Design, synthesis and evaluation of alkylphosphocholine-gefitinib conjugates as multitarget anticancer agents
- Authors
- Alam, Md. Maqusood; Hassan, Ahmed H. E.; Kwon, Yeong Ho; Lee, Hyo Jong; Kim, Nam Yong; Min, Kyung Hoon; Lee, Sang-Yoon; Kim, Dong-Hyun; Lee, Yong Sup
- Issue Date
- Jan-2018
- Publisher
- PHARMACEUTICAL SOC KOREA
- Keywords
- Alkylphosphocholines; Gefitinib; Akt phosphorylation inhibitors; EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Antiproliferartive agents
- Citation
- ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH, v.41, no.1, pp 35 - 45
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH
- Volume
- 41
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 35
- End Page
- 45
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/1374
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12272-017-0977-z
- ISSN
- 0253-6269
1976-3786
- Abstract
- The evolving resistance to the currently used chemotherapeutic agents requires continuous efforts to develop new anticancer agents overcoming resistance and with lower side effects. Polypharmacology via designing a single molecule intercepting multiple signaling pathways is more effective than targeting a single one. Several alkylphosphocholines show anticancer activity via inhibition of Akt phosphorylation. On the other hand, several molecules having quinazoline scaffold elicit anticancer activity through inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinases. We report our efforts to develop alkylphosphocholines-gefitinib conjugates as multitarget anticancer agents. The antiproliferative activities of the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated against cell lines representing lung, breast, liver and skin cancers. In addition, the capability of the newly synthesized compounds to inhibit Akt phosphorylation and EGFR tyrosine kinases were determined. The results emphasized the influence of the linkers' length on the elicited bioactivity. The long chain linkers possessing conjugates were more active regarding both of the elicited antiproliferative effect and inhibition of Akt phosphorylation, while maintained the ability to inhibit EGFR tyrosine kinases. Their cytotoxic activities were superior or comparable to erlotinib and miltefosine.
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