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ArticleChemMedChem2020

Aromatic Linkers Unleash the Antiproliferative Potential of 3-Chloropiperidines Against Pancreatic Cancer Cells.

Tim Helbing, Caterina Carraro, Alexander Francke, Alice Sosic, Michele De Franco, Valentina Gandin, Richard Göttlich, Barbara Gatto

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Article in ChemMedChem, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tim HelbingInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
Caterina CarraroDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy.
Alexander FranckeInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
Alice SosicDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1070-1869
Michele De FrancoDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy.
Valentina GandinDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy.
Richard GöttlichInstitute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, 35392, Giessen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1424-3084
Barbara GattoDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via Francesco Marzolo 5, 35131, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9465-6913
University of Padua · ITJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we describe the synthesis and biological evaluation of a set of bis-3-chloropiperidines (B-CePs) containing rigid aromatic linker structures. A modification of the synthetic strategy also enabled the synthesis of a pilot tris-3-chloropiperidine (Tri-CeP) bearing three reactive meta-chloropiperidine moieties on the aromatic scaffold. A structure-reactivity relationship analysis of B-CePs suggests that the arrangement of the reactive units affects the DNA alkylating activity, while also revealing correlations between the electron density of the aromatic system and the reactivity with biologically relevant nucleophiles, both on isolated DNA and in cancer cells. Interestingly, all aromatic 3-chloropiperidines exhibited a marked cytotoxicity and tropism for 2D and 3D cultures of pancreatic cancer cells. Therefore, the new aromatic 3-chloropiperidines appear to be promising contenders for further development of mustard-based anticancer agents aimed at pancreatic cancers.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCell ProliferationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansMolecular StructurePiperidinesTumor Cells, CulturedAntineoplastic Agentsbis-3-chloropiperidinePiperidinesalkylating agentsaromatic chloropiperidinesDNA damagepancreatic cancer spheroidsstructure-activity relationships

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PMID32744774
PMCPMC7692949
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