Research Article

Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Volume: 14 Number: 1 March 15, 2024
M. Mustafa Çetin *, Sümeyye Berfin Gül
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Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Abstract

Breast cancer is considered as a leading cancer type with the secondary highest possibility of brain metastasis. Most research in breast cancer is currently directed into the mortality of brain metastatic breast cancer. However, there is no effective treatment or anticancer therapeutics specifically for this cancer type. Hence, development of effective and novel anticancer therapeutic drugs/APIs to inhibit HDAC and mTOR, playing very important role on modulating breast cancer progression is an increasing demand. In this study, the structure-activity relationship and in silico modeling of a series of prodigiosin and 1,10-phenanthroline derivatives as highly potent anticancer therapeutic drugs/APIs against mTOR and HDAC enzymes have been investigated. Compared to the natural product Ps, 20 of the highly potent ligands, especially 2a, 6b, 13 and 13a, have exhibited very promising binding energies ranging from –9.4 to –7.1 kcal/mol and inhibition constants ranging from 225 to 569 nM against HDAC1 and/or mTOR enzymes. Ligands 2a, 5, 6b, 7b and 13 in particular show effective dual action against both enzymes. The findings from the in silico modeling studies have also been supported with MD simulations and ADMET study with Lipinski’s rule of five, providing outstanding therapeutic potential for the breast cancer brain metastasis.

Keywords

Anticancer therapeutic drugs/APIs, breast cancer brain metastases, mTOR, HDAC, 1, 10-phenanthroline, prodigiosin

Supporting Institution

Kadir Has University

Project Number

MMC_BAF and MMC_SEED

Ethical Statement

Statement of Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interest and/or conflict of interest or personal relationships that could appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. Statement of Research and Publication Ethics The author declares that this study complies with Research and Publication Ethics.

Thanks

Financial support from the Kadir Has University (MMC_BAF and MMC_SEED) is gratefully acknowledged. This research was also supported by Kadir Has University computer laboratories and facilities for the computational and molecular modeling studies. We greatly thank Prof. Kemal Yelekci and his graduate student Damla Dere from Kadir Has University and appreciate for their support to conduct our computational and molecular modeling studies on their computers as well as endless support in the discussion of the obtained results.

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APA
Çetin, M. M., & Gül, S. B. (2024). Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, 14(1), 359-390. https://doi.org/10.31466/kfbd.1423254
AMA
1.Çetin MM, Gül SB. Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. KFBD. 2024;14(1):359-390. doi:10.31466/kfbd.1423254
Chicago
Çetin, M. Mustafa, and Sümeyye Berfin Gül. 2024. “Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives As Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”. Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 14 (1): 359-90. https://doi.org/10.31466/kfbd.1423254.
EndNote
Çetin MM, Gül SB (March 1, 2024) Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 14 1 359–390.
IEEE
[1]M. M. Çetin and S. B. Gül, “Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”, KFBD, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 359–390, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.31466/kfbd.1423254.
ISNAD
Çetin, M. Mustafa - Gül, Sümeyye Berfin. “Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives As Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”. Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 14/1 (March 1, 2024): 359-390. https://doi.org/10.31466/kfbd.1423254.
JAMA
1.Çetin MM, Gül SB. Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. KFBD. 2024;14:359–390.
MLA
Çetin, M. Mustafa, and Sümeyye Berfin Gül. “Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives As Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”. Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi, vol. 14, no. 1, Mar. 2024, pp. 359-90, doi:10.31466/kfbd.1423254.
Vancouver
1.M. Mustafa Çetin, Sümeyye Berfin Gül. Design and Structural Investigation of a Series of Prodigiosin and 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivatives as Novel and Highly Potent Anticancer Therapeutic Drugs or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. KFBD. 2024 Mar. 1;14(1):359-90. doi:10.31466/kfbd.1423254