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7-Deacetyl-10-alkylthiocolchicine derivatives – new compounds with potent anticancer and fungicidal activity†
Joanna Kurek,Patrycja Kwaśniewska-Sip,Krzysztof Myszkowski,Grzegorz Cofta,Marek Murias,Piotr Barczyński,Beata Jasiewicz,Rafał Kurczab
MedChemComm Pub Date : 08/16/2018 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C8MD00352A
Abstract

A series of new semi-synthetic 7-deacetyl-10-alkylthiocolchicne derivatives with ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl and n-butyl substituents were synthesised and characterised by spectroscopic methods, elemental analysis, DFT calculations and molecular docking simulations. All the synthesized compounds have been tested for fungicidal and anticancer activities against SKOV-3, LoVo, MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 and the lung-derived fibroblast CCD39Lu. All the new colchicine derivatives exhibit significantly higher cytotoxicity towards the SKOV-3 tumour cell line than the natural product – colchicine. The most effective cytotoxic agents were 7-deacetyl-10-n-buthylthiocolchicine and 7-deacetyl-10-i-propylthiocolchicine. Among all the compounds tested, 7-deacetyl-10-n-buthylthiocolchicine exhibited the highest fungicidal activity. Molecular modeling indicated that several mutations found in the β-tubulin unit of the tested fungal strains are crucial for antifungal activity and selectivity of 7-deacetyl-10-n-buthylthiocolchicine. The obtained results may be useful for the development of selective colchicine derivatives as effective fungicidal and/or anticancer drugs.

Graphical abstract: 7-Deacetyl-10-alkylthiocolchicine derivatives – new compounds with potent anticancer and fungicidal activity
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