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ArticleRSC medicinal chemistry2024

Design, docking optimization, and evaluation of biotin-PEG4-1,8-naphthalimide as a potent and safe antitumor agent with dual targeting of ferroptosis and DNA.

Qi Wang, Si-Min Liang, Zhi-Chen Mao, Xian-Li Ma, Jian-Hua Wei, Ri-Zhen Huang, Ye Zhang

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Qi WangGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.
Si-Min LiangGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.
Zhi-Chen MaoGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.
Xian-Li MaGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.
Jian-Hua WeiGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.
Ri-Zhen HuangGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.
Ye ZhangGuangxi Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Optimization, School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University Guilin 541004 China 352142863@qq.com rzhuang1783@163.com zhangye81@126.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6903-5602

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A set of biotin-polyethylene glycol (PEG)-naphthalimide derivatives 4a-4h with dual targeting of ferroptosis and DNA were designed and optimized using docking simulation as antitumor agents. Docking simulation optimization results indicated that biotin-PEG4-piperazine-1,8-naphthalimide 4d should be the best candidate among these designed compounds 4a-4h, and therefore, we synthesized and evaluated it as a novel antitumor agent. The 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and MGC-803 and U251 xenograft models identified 4d as a good candidate antitumor agent with potent efficacy and safety profiles, compared with amonafide and temozolomide. The findings of the docking simulations, fluorescence intercalator displacement (FID), western blot, comet, 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU), flow cytometry, transmission electron microscopy, and BODIPY-581/591-C11, FerroOrange, and dihydroethidium (DHE) fluorescent probe assays revealed that 4d could induce DNA damage, affect DNA synthesis, and cause cell cycle arrest in the S phase in MGC-803 cells. Also, it could induce lipid peroxidation and thus lead to ferroptosis in MGC-803 cells, indicating that it mainly exerted antitumor effects through dual targeting of ferroptosis and DNA. These results suggested that it was feasible to design, optimize using docking simulation, and evaluate the potency and safety of biotin-PEG-1,8-naphthalimide as a antitumor agent with dual targeting of ferroptosis and DNA, based on a multi-target drug strategy.

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PMID38784471
PMCPMC11110740

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