Affiliation:
1. Grupo de Química Orgánica Medicinal, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay
2. Área de Radiofarmacia, Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares, Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de la República Montevideo Uruguay
Abstract
AbstractMoving towards high‐grade glioma drug discovery, this study aimed to detect the mechanism of cellular death (apoptosis, necrosis and/or autophagy) induced by three carboranyl‐based lead compounds. For that, we performed in U87 MG cells, flow cytometry experiments, as the gold standard technique, as well as confocal microscopy and 1H‐NMR experiments as non‐invasive assays. We selected three hybrid leads (1–3) from the in‐house‐library and the corresponding parent compounds, and recognized tyrosine kinase inhibitors (lapatinib, sunitinib and erlotinib) to put to the test in these experiments. Flow cytometry with Annexin V‐FITC/DAPI staining showed that leads 1 and 3 and lapatinib mainly induced necrosis in U87 MG upon a 24 h treatment at IC50 dose; meanwhile, hybrid 2, sunitinib and erlotinib seem to induce apoptosis in such cells. In general, confocal microscopy studies were in agreement with flow cytometry observing loss of cell membrane integrity in necrotic cells and features of apoptosis, that is, chromatin condensation, in apoptotic cells. Finally, NMR results showed that glioblastoma cells treated with hybrid 1, 3 or lapatinib displayed changes in CH2/CH3 signal ratio and choline signals that could indicate necrotic cell death mechanism: meanwhile, 2‐, sunitinib‐ or erlotinib‐treated cells showed apoptotic characteristic behaviors. Additionally, carboranyl‐hybrid 2 also produced autophagy in U87 MG cells.
Funder
Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
Subject
Molecular Medicine,Biochemistry,Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,Organic Chemistry
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