Novel Hybrids of 3-Substituted Coumarin and Phenylsulfonylfuroxan as Potent Antitumor Agents with Collateral Sensitivity against MCF-7/ADR

J Med Chem. 2022 Jul 14;65(13):9328-9349. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00608. Epub 2022 Jun 23.

Abstract

Twenty-three new coumarin-furoxan hybrids were synthesized, which exhibited nanomole antiproliferation activities in A2780, A2780/CDDP, MCF-7/ADR, and MDA-MB-231. Among them, compound 9 showed the strongest collateral sensitivity to MCF-7/ADR with 499-fold potency compared with MCF-7. Notably, the solubility of compound 9 increased 70-fold compared with the lead 2. And preliminary pharmacological studies displayed that compound 9 obviously increased Rh123 accumulation in MCF-7/ADR and released NO to produce ROS in lysosomes, which were able to damage lysosomal membrane and induce apoptosis. These results reasonably explained that the collateral sensitivity of compound 9 to MCF-7/ADR was closely related to P-gp-mediated lysosome damage and apoptosis. Additionally, compound 9 showed a very weak cytotoxicity both in MCF-10A and hERG potassium channels and had a desirable safety in ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) mice. Hence, compound 9 was merited to further study for developing a desirable candidate against MDR MCF-7/ADR via a potential mechanism of collateral sensitivity in MDR cancer cell lines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / pharmacology
  • Breast Neoplasms*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Coumarins / pharmacology
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Drug Collateral Sensitivity
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Female
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Mice
  • Ovarian Neoplasms*
  • Oxadiazoles

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Coumarins
  • Oxadiazoles
  • phenylsulfonylfuroxan
  • Doxorubicin