Issue 16, 2022

Development of prospective non-toxic inhibitors of ABCB1 activity and expression in a series of selenophenoquinolinones

Abstract

Cancer multidrug resistance (MDR) mediated by overexpression of an ABCB1 transporter is a major obstacle to conventional doxorubicin therapy. Herein, we report the design and synthesis of 12 novel selenophenoquinolinones, their ability to reverse doxorubicin resistance in uterus sarcoma cells, as well as the mechanism of action. It was found that [3,2-c]selenophenoquinolinones 5b, 5d, and 5e were the most potent chemosensitizers among the studied compounds, however, homopiperazinylmethyl substituted selenopheno[3,2-c]quinolinone 5e had a better cytotoxicity profile. 5e attenuates cell resistance to doxorubicin by inhibiting ABCB1 transporter activity, which was confirmed by the reduced intracellular accumulation of Rhodamine-123, and by suppressing ABCB1 expression, which was proved by the reduced ABCB1 (MDR1) gene expression. These results demonstrate that selenophenoquinolinone is a prospective scaffold for the development of ABCB1 inhibitors for the treatment of MDR cancers.

Graphical abstract: Development of prospective non-toxic inhibitors of ABCB1 activity and expression in a series of selenophenoquinolinones

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Jan 2022
Accepted
14 Mar 2022
First published
14 Mar 2022

New J. Chem., 2022,46, 7424-7432

Development of prospective non-toxic inhibitors of ABCB1 activity and expression in a series of selenophenoquinolinones

J. Vasiljeva, M. Makrecka-Kuka, I. Domracheva, K. Vilks, P. Dimitrijevs and P. Arsenyan, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 7424 DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ00340F

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