Synthesis and Biological Activity of Diastereomeric and Geometric Analogs of Calcipotriol, PRI-2202 and PRI-2205, Against Human HL-60 Leukemia and MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

Cancers

Magdalena Milczarek²  Michał Chodyński¹  Beata Filip-Psurska²  Agnieszka Martowicz²  Małgorzata Krupa¹  Krzysztof Krajewski¹  Andrzej Kutner¹ 

[1] Pharmaceutical Research Institute, 8 Rydygiera, Warsaw 01-793, Poland; E-Mails:;Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, 12 Weigla, Wroclaw 53-114, Poland; E-Mails:

关键词: calcipotriol;    vitamin D analogs;    convergent synthesis;    antiproliferative activity;    cancer;    combined treatment;    VDR;   

DOI  :  10.3390/cancers5041355

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Diastereomeric and geometric analogs of calcipotriol, PRI-2202 and PRI-2205, were synthesized as advanced intermediates from vitamin D C-22 benzothiazoyl sulfones and side-chain aldehydes using our convergent strategy. Calcitriol, calcipotriol (PRI-2201) and tacalcitol (PRI-2191) were used as the reference compounds. Among a series of tested analogs the diastereomeric analog PRI-2202 showed the strongest antiproliferative activity on the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7, whereas the geometric analog PRI-2205 was the weakest. Both analogs were less potent in antiproliferative activity against HL-60 cells compared to the reference compounds. The ability to potentiate antiproliferative effect of cisplatin or doxorubicin against HL-60 cells or that of tamoxifen against the MCF-7 cell line was observed at higher doses of PRI-2202 or PRI-2205 than those of the reference compounds. The proapoptotic activity of tamoxifen, expressed as the diminished mitochondrial membrane potential, as well as the increased phosphatidylserine expression, was partially attenuated by calcitriol, PRI-2191, PRI-2201 and PRI-2205. The treatment of the MCF-7 cells with tamoxifen alone resulted in an increase in VDR expression. Moreover, a further increase in VDR expression was observed when the analogs PRI-2201 or PRI-2205, but not PRI-2191, were used in combination with tamoxifen. This observation could partially explain the potentiation of the antiproliferative effect of tamoxifen by vitamin D analogs.

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