title: Synthesis and biological evaluation of some novel triazole hybrids of curcumin mimics and their selective anticancer activity against breast and prostate cancer cell lines.
abstract: The anti-cancer property of curcumin, an active component of turmeric, is limited due to its poor solubility, stability and bioavailability. To enhance its efficacy, we designed a novel series of twenty-four monocarbonyl curcumin analogue-1,2,3-triazole conjugates and evaluated their anti-cancer activity towards endocrine related cancers. The new compounds (17-40) were synthesized through CuAAC click reaction and SAR analysis carried out. Out of these all, compound 17 showed most significant anti-cancer activity against prostate cancer cells with IC50 values of 8.8μM and 9.5μM in PC-3 and DU-145 cells, respectively. Another compound 26 showed significant anti-cancer activity against breast cancer cells with IC50 of 6μM, 10μM and 6.4μM in MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 and 4T1 cells, respectively while maintaining low toxicity towards non-cancer originated cell line, HEK-293. Compounds 17 and 26 arrested cell cycle and induced mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells. Further, both of these compounds significantly down-regulated cell proliferation marker (PCNA), inhibited activation of cell survival protein (Akt phosphorylation), upregulated pro-apoptotic protein (Bax) and down-regulated anti-apoptotic protein (Bcl-2) in their respective cell lines. In addition, in vitro stability, solubility and plasma binding studies of the compounds 17 and 26 showed them to be metabolically stable. Thus, this study identified two new curcumin monocarbonyl-1,2,3-triazole conjugate compounds with more potent activity than curcumin against breast and prostate cancers.
authors: Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram ext., Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India.
authors: Dhanaraju
authors: D
authors: Mandalapu
authors: Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Karan S
authors: KS
authors: Saini
authors: Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram ext., Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110001, India.
authors: Sonal
authors: S
authors: Gupta
authors: Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Vikas
authors: V
authors: Sharma
authors: Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Mohd
authors: M
authors: Yaseen Malik
authors: Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Swati
authors: S
authors: Chaturvedi
authors: Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram ext., Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110001, India.
authors: Veenu
authors: V
authors: Bala
authors: Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Hamidullah
authors: Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Raebareli 229010, India.
authors: Subhadra
authors: S
authors: Thakur
authors: Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Jagdamba P
authors: JP
authors: Maikhuri
authors: Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Wahajuddin
authors: Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Rituraj
authors: R
authors: Konwar
authors: Endocrinology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sitapur Road, Lucknow 226031, India.
authors: Gopal
authors: G
authors: Gupta
authors: Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram ext., Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi 110001, India. Electronic address: vl_sharma@cdri.res.in.
authors: Vishnu Lal
authors: VL
authors: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D059447:Cell Cycle Checkpoints / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D057930:Click Chemistry; D003474:Curcumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005260:Female; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D014230:Triazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D014230:Triazoles; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D003474:Curcumin
keywords: 1,2,3-Triazole; AKT-pathway; Curcumin mimics; Endocrine cancers; Hybridization