期刊
PHARMACEUTICALS
卷 14, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ph14090862
关键词
Tabernaemontana elegans; indole alkaloids; multidrug resistance; P-glycoprotein; ATPase activity; molecular docking; QSAR models
资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal [PTDC/MED-QUI/30591/2017, SAICT-PAC/0019/2015, PD/BD/135291/2017]
- University of Szeged, Hungary [GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00012]
- Bilateral Portuguese-Hungarian Science & Technology Cooperation (FCT/NKFIH, 2019/2020)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PD/BD/135291/2017] Funding Source: FCT
The study reported a monoterpene indole alkaloid Dregamine isolated from Tabernaemontana elegans, which underwent chemical transformations to produce azines and semicarbazones with various substituents. These derivatives exhibited potent multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal activity, especially those containing aromatic substituents in the azine moieties.
Dregamine (1), a major monoterpene indole alkaloid isolated from Tabernaemontana elegans, was submitted to chemical transformation of the ketone function, yielding 19 azines (3-21) and 11 semicarbazones (22-32) bearing aliphatic or aromatic substituents. Their structures were assigned mainly by 1D and 2D NMR (COSY, HMQC, and HMBC) experiments. Compounds 3-32 were evaluated as multidrug resistance (MDR) reversers through functional and chemosensitivity assays in a human ABCB1-transfected mouse T-lymphoma cell model, overexpressing P-glycoprotein. A significant increase of P-gp inhibitory activity was observed for most derivatives, mainly those containing azine moieties with aromatic substituents. Compounds with trimethoxyphenyl (17) or naphthyl motifs (18, 19) were among the most active, exhibiting strong inhibition at 0.2 mu M. Moreover, most of the derivatives showed selective antiproliferative effects toward resistant cells, having a collateral sensitivity effect. In drug combination assays, all compounds showed to interact synergistically with doxorubicin. Selected compounds (12, 17, 18, 20, and 29) were evaluated in the ATPase activity assay, in which all compounds but 12 behaved as inhibitors. To gather further insights on drug-receptor interactions, in silico studies were also addressed. A QSAR model allowed us to deduce that compounds bearing bulky and lipophilic substituents were stronger P-gp inhibitors.
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