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Design, synthesis and anticancer activity of constrained sphingolipid-phenoxazine/phenothiazine hybrid constructs
Jean-Baptiste Garsi1, Vito Vece1, Lorenzo Sernissi1
1Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, PO Box 6128, Station Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.
Abstract:
Inspired by the cytotoxicity of perphenazine toward cancer cells and its ability to activate the serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), we prepared series of ether-carbon linked analogs of a constrained synthetic sphingolipid analog 3, known for its cytotoxicity, nutrient transporter down-regulation and vacuolation properties, incorporating the tricyclic neuroleptics phenoxazine and phenothiazine to represent hybrid structures with possible synergistic cytotoxic activity. While the original activity of the lead compound 3 was diminished by fusion with the phenoxazine or phenothiazine tethered moieties, the corresponding 3-pyridyltetryl ether analog 10 showed cytotoxicity and nutrient transporter down-regulation similar to the lead compound 3, although it separated these PP2A-dependent phenotypes from that of vacuolation.
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