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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

New Dimethoxyaryl-Sesquiterpene Derivatives with Cytotoxic Activity Against MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells: From Synthesis to Topoisomerase I/II Inhibition and Cell Death Mechanism Studies.

Ileana Araque, Rut Vergara, Jaime Mella, Pablo Aránguiz, Luis Espinoza-Catalán, Cristian O Salas, Alejandro F Barrero, José Quílez Del Moral, Joan Villena, Mauricio A Cuellar

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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10 authors.

Ileana AraqueFacultad de Farmacia, Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1093, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3516-2176
Rut VergaraCentro Interdisciplinario de Investigación Biomédica e Ingeniería para la Salud (MEDING), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar 2520000, Chile.
Jaime MellaInstituto de Química y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-2434-8461
Pablo AránguizEscuela de Ciencias de la Salud, Carrera de Química y Farmacia, Universidad Viña del Mar, Viña del Mar 2520000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4379-2429
Luis Espinoza-CatalánDepartamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Avenida España 1680, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4054-7487
Cristian O SalasDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Avenida Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago 702843, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7620-2459
Alejandro F BarreroDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3058-8760
José Quílez Del MoralDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4806-6693
Joan VillenaCentro Interdisciplinario de Investigación Biomédica e Ingeniería para la Salud (MEDING), Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Viña del Mar 2520000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-1454
Mauricio A CuellarFacultad de Farmacia, Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Av. Gran Bretaña 1093, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3162-5364

Funding

Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico 1201395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is a prevalent type of cancer worldwide, leading to both high incidence and mortality, and hence, effective and safe drugs are needed. Because of this, the use of natural products and their derivatives has become a popular strategy for developing new chemotherapeutic agents. In this study, 17 new sesquiterpene-aryl derivatives were synthesized using (-)-drimenol as the starting material. The cytotoxicity of these semi-synthetic derivatives was determined in MCF-7 cells, a breast cancer model, and in a non-tumor cell line, MCF-10, to evaluate selectivity. The results show that five of these sesquiterpene derivatives had IC

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Antineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsSesquiterpenesTopoisomerase II InhibitorsTopoisomerase I InhibitorsApoptosisCell DeathDNA Topoisomerases, Type IDNA Topoisomerases, Type IIFemaleHumansMCF-7 CellsMolecular Docking SimulationAntineoplastic AgentsDNA Topoisomerases, Type IDNA Topoisomerases, Type IISesquiterpenesTopoisomerase II InhibitorsTopoisomerase I Inhibitorsapoptosisaryl-sesquiterpenescytotoxic activityin silico studiesMCF-7 cellstopoisomerases I/II

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PMID40429684
PMCPMC12111648

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