Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth

Abstract We present the design and synthesis of a small library of substituted biguanidium salts and their capacity to inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer cells. We first present their in vitro and membrane activity, before we address their mechanism of action in living cells and in vivo activit...

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Autores principales: Audrey Hébert, Maxime Parisotto, Marie-Camille Rowell, Alexandra Doré, Ana Fernandez Ruiz, Guillaume Lefrançois, Paloma Kalegari, Gerardo Ferbeyre, Andreea R. Schmitzer
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6a200413183b471cb0be937679e2ef462021-12-02T17:02:13ZPhenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth10.1038/s41598-021-87993-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/6a200413183b471cb0be937679e2ef462021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87993-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract We present the design and synthesis of a small library of substituted biguanidium salts and their capacity to inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer cells. We first present their in vitro and membrane activity, before we address their mechanism of action in living cells and in vivo activity. We show that phenylethynyl biguanidium salts possess higher ability to cross hydrophobic barriers, improve mitochondrial accumulation and anticancer activity. Mechanistically, the most active compound, 1b, like metformin, activated AMPK, decreased the NAD+/NADH ratio and mitochondrial respiration, but at 800-fold lower concentration. In vivo studies show that compound 1b significantly inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer xenografts in mice, while biguanides currently in clinical trials had little activity.Audrey HébertMaxime ParisottoMarie-Camille RowellAlexandra DoréAna Fernandez RuizGuillaume LefrançoisPaloma KalegariGerardo FerbeyreAndreea R. SchmitzerNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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Audrey Hébert
Maxime Parisotto
Marie-Camille Rowell
Alexandra Doré
Ana Fernandez Ruiz
Guillaume Lefrançois
Paloma Kalegari
Gerardo Ferbeyre
Andreea R. Schmitzer
Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
description Abstract We present the design and synthesis of a small library of substituted biguanidium salts and their capacity to inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer cells. We first present their in vitro and membrane activity, before we address their mechanism of action in living cells and in vivo activity. We show that phenylethynyl biguanidium salts possess higher ability to cross hydrophobic barriers, improve mitochondrial accumulation and anticancer activity. Mechanistically, the most active compound, 1b, like metformin, activated AMPK, decreased the NAD+/NADH ratio and mitochondrial respiration, but at 800-fold lower concentration. In vivo studies show that compound 1b significantly inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer xenografts in mice, while biguanides currently in clinical trials had little activity.
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author Audrey Hébert
Maxime Parisotto
Marie-Camille Rowell
Alexandra Doré
Ana Fernandez Ruiz
Guillaume Lefrançois
Paloma Kalegari
Gerardo Ferbeyre
Andreea R. Schmitzer
author_facet Audrey Hébert
Maxime Parisotto
Marie-Camille Rowell
Alexandra Doré
Ana Fernandez Ruiz
Guillaume Lefrançois
Paloma Kalegari
Gerardo Ferbeyre
Andreea R. Schmitzer
author_sort Audrey Hébert
title Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
title_short Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
title_full Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
title_fullStr Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
title_full_unstemmed Phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
title_sort phenylethynylbenzyl-modified biguanides inhibit pancreatic cancer tumor growth
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/6a200413183b471cb0be937679e2ef46
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