Design, synthesis of novel triptolide-glucose conjugates targeting glucose Transporter-1 and their selective antitumor effect.
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| Abstract |
Six positional isomers of triptolide-glucose conjugates (TG1α, TG1β, TG2, TG3, TG4 and TG6) were designed and synthesized. These conjugates exhibited better water solubility, and had selective cytotoxicity between tumor cells with high expression of glucose transport-1 (Glut-1) and non-tumor cells with low expression of Glut-1, in which TG2 formed by triptolide (TPL) and d-glucose C2-OH had the strongest cytotoxicity to tumor cells and lowest toxicity in non-tumor cells, therefore the highest relative therapeutic index, which was 5.7 times that of triptolide and consequent the most powerful selective antitumor activity in vitro. The cytotoxicity of TG2 was highly correlated with Glut-1 function. As a prodrug of triptolide, TG2 could promote RNA Pol II degradation and induce apoptosis as TPL does. TG2 had a stronger dose-dependent antitumor effect in vivo than TPL and no adverse reaction occurred when its tumor inhibition was higher than 90%, which was associated with its selective distribution in tumor tissues. TG2 could be used as a promising drug candidate for the treatment of solid tumors with high expression of Glut-1, which is worthy of further study.
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| Authors | Yan Liu, Jiaqing Huang, Min Wu, Bi Liu, Qiaofa Lin, Jingjing Wu, Yuhua Ouyang, Xin Guo, Ruyi Huang, Yongmin Zhang, Jianhua Xu |
| Journal | European journal of medicinal chemistry (Eur J Med Chem) Vol. 238 Pg. 114463 (Aug 05 2022) ISSN: 1768-3254 [Electronic] France |
| PMID | 35617856 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
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