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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2020

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine as tumor-targeting agents with selectivity for tumor uptake by high affinity folate receptors over the reduced folate carrier.

Lalit K Golani, Farhana Islam, Carrie O'Connor, Aamod S Dekhne, Zhanjun Hou, Larry H Matherly, Aleem Gangjee

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lalit K GolaniDivision of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States. Electronic address: lalit2510@gmail.com.
Farhana IslamDivision of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States.
Carrie O'ConnorDepartment of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
Aamod S DekhneDepartment of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
Zhanjun HouDepartment of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States; Molecular Therapeutics Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, 421 East Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, United States.
Larry H MatherlyDepartment of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States; Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, United States; Molecular Therapeutics Program, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, 421 East Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201, United States. Electronic address: matherly@karmanos.org.
Aleem GangjeeDivision of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282, United States. Electronic address: gangjee@duq.edu.
Duquesne University · USWayne State University · USThe Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute · US

Funding

MOLECULAR REGULATION OF FOLATE AND ANTIFOLATE TRANSPORTR01CA053535 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HOU, ZHANJUN, MATHERLY, LARRY H · 1993 to 2024
$6.3M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE BIOLOGY OF CANCERT32CA009531 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Larry H Matherly · 1985 to 2026
$5.3M
Discovery of novel PCFT-targeted agentsR01CA152316 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GANGJEE, ALEEM, MATHERLY, LARRY H · 2011 to 2015
$2.3M
Purine Synthesis Inhibitors with Selective Folate Receptor Tumor TransportR01CA166711 · NCI · DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY · PI DANN, CHARLES E., GANGJEE, ALEEM · 2013 to 2015
$1.7M
Alpha Folate Receptor Mediated GARFTase Inhibitors as Selective Antitumor AgentsR01CA125153 · NCI · DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY · PI GANGJEE, ALEEM · 2006 to 2010
$1.3M
Dual Targeting Cytosolic and Mitochondrial One-Carbon Metabolism with Novel 5-substituted PyrrolopyrimidinesF30CA228221 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DEKHNE, AAMOD · 2018 to 2020
$143k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA228221NCI NIH HHS R01 CA053535NCI NIH HHS R01 CA125153NCI NIH HHS R01 CA152316NCI NIH HHS R01 CA166711NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tumor-targeted 6-substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine benzoyl compounds based on 2 were isosterically modified at the 4-carbon bridge by replacing the vicinal (C11) carbon by heteroatoms N (4), O (5) or S (6), or with an N-substituted formyl (7), trifluoroacetyl (8) or acetyl (9). Replacement with sulfur (6) afforded the most potent KB tumor cell inhibitor, ~6-fold better than the parent 2. In addition, 6 retained tumor transport selectivity via folate receptor (FR) α and -β over the ubiquitous reduced folate carrier (RFC). FRα-mediated cell inhibition for 6 was generally equivalent to 2, while the FRβ-mediated activity was improved by 16-fold over 2. N (4) and O (5) substitutions afforded similar tumor cell inhibitions as 2, with selectivity for FRα and -β over RFC. The N-substituted analogs 7-9 also preserved transport selectivity for FRα and -β over RFC. For FRα-expressing CHO cells, potencies were in the order of 8 > 7 > 9. Whereas 8 and 9 showed similar results with FRβ-expressing CHO cells, 7 was ~16-fold more active than 2. By nucleoside rescue experiments, all the compounds inhibited de novo purine biosynthesis, likely at the step catalyzed by glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase. Thus, heteroatom replacements of the CH

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Drug DesignAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBinding SitesCatalytic DomainCell Line, TumorCHO CellsCricetinaeCricetulusFolate Receptor 1Folate Receptor 2Folic AcidFolic Acid AntagonistsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationPhosphoribosylglycinamide FormyltransferaseAntineoplastic AgentsFolate Receptor 1Folate Receptor 2Folic AcidFolic Acid AntagonistsPhosphoribosylglycinamide FormyltransferasePyrimidinesPyrrolesPyrrolo(2,3-d)pyrimidineFolate receptorHeteroatom bridgePyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidineReduced folate carrierSelective uptake

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PMCPMC7327796
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