Quinazolinecarboline alkaloid evodiamine as scaffold for targeting topoisomerase I and sirtuins

Bioorg Med Chem. 2013 Nov 15;21(22):6920-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.09.030. Epub 2013 Sep 19.

Abstract

This paper reports the synthesis of a series of evodiamine derivatives. We assayed the ability to inhibit cell growth on three human tumour cell lines (H460, MCF-7 and HepG2) and we evaluated the capacity to interfere with the catalytic activity of topoisomerase I both by the relaxation assay and the occurrence of the cleavable complex. Moreover, whose effect on sirtuins 1, 2 and 3 was investigated. Finally, molecular docking analyses were performed in an attempt to rationalize the biological results.

Keywords: Evodiamine; Quinazolinecarboline alkaloids; Sirtuins; Topoisomerase I; enantiomer; ent; epi; epimer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaloids / chemistry
  • Binding Sites
  • Carbolines / chemistry
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / chemistry*
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / metabolism
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Quinazolines / chemical synthesis
  • Quinazolines / chemistry*
  • Quinazolines / pharmacology
  • Sirtuins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Sirtuins / metabolism
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors / chemistry*
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors / pharmacology

Substances

  • Alkaloids
  • Carbolines
  • Quinazolines
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
  • evodiamine
  • Sirtuins
  • DNA Topoisomerases, Type I
  • TOP1 protein, human