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Audrey Hottin¹, Faustine Dubar, Agata Steenackers

¹Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims, CNRS UMR 7312, UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, 51687 Reims Cedex 2, France.

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New iminosugar-ferrocene compounds effectively inhibit fucosidase and stop breast cancer cell growth. This research also revealed a novel chemical rearrangement during synthesis.

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Area of Science:

Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Cancer Biology

Background:

Iminosugars are carbohydrate mimics with diverse biological activities.
Ferrocene compounds offer unique electronic and structural properties.
Targeting fucosidase and cancer cell proliferation are key areas in drug discovery.

Purpose of the Study:

To synthesize novel iminosugar-ferrocene hybrids.
To evaluate their inhibitory activity against fucosidase.
To assess their effect on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell proliferation.

Main Methods:

Multi-step organic synthesis of iminosugar-ferrocene hybrids.
Enzymatic assays to determine fucosidase inhibition.
Cell viability assays using MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells.

Main Results:

Successful synthesis of new iminosugar-ferrocene hybrids.
Potent inhibition of bovine kidney fucosidase observed.
Significant inactivation of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell proliferation at low micromolar concentrations.
Discovery of an unprecedented isomerization of a 2-ethanalylpyrrolidine intermediate.

Conclusions:

Iminosugar-ferrocene hybrids are promising candidates for further drug development.
These compounds demonstrate potential as anticancer agents targeting fucosidase.
The synthetic route provides new insights into iminosugar chemistry.