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Published on: August 9, 2019
Phosphorus-containing isothiocyanate-derived mercapturic acids as a useful alternative for parental isothiocyanates
Mateusz Psurski1, Łukasz Janczewski2, Marta Świtalska1
1Department of Experimental Oncology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, 12 Weigla St., 53-114 Wrocław, Poland.
Abstract:
A series of phosphonates, phosphinates and phosphine oxides isothiocyanate-derived mercapturic acids were synthesized. A temperature dependence dynamic proton decoupled 31P NMR studies indicated that in most cases the compounds were obtained as a mixture of rotamers. Moreover, biologically relevant reversibility of mercapturic acids synthesis from the parental isothiocyanates was confirmed. All compounds were evaluated ashighly active antiproliferative agents in vitro in human colon cancer cell lines (LoVo and its doxorubicin-resistant subline LoVo/DX). The cell cycle progression and caspase-3 activity analyses revealed compounds moderate activity as apoptosis inducers and their poor influence on cell cycle progression in the LoVo cells. Our results confirm that isothiocyanate-derived mercapturic acids present a reasonable alternative for the parental compounds, and can replace them in the future studies on isothiocyanates potential as anticancer agents.
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