Fuplatin: An Efficient and Low-Toxic Dual-Prodrug

J Med Chem. 2019 May 9;62(9):4543-4554. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00128. Epub 2019 Apr 30.

Abstract

As FDA-approved chemotherapeutic agents, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, and 5-fluorouracil are widely used in clinic but limited by severe side-effects. To ameliorate their respective defects, a series of "dual-prodrug" by linking oxoplatin and 5-FU were designed and synthesized. The assembled compounds 10-17, named Fuplatin, exhibited much higher cytotoxicity against the tested cancer cells while lower cytotoxicity toward the human normal lung cells than free drugs or their combinations. Among them, 14 enhanced cellular accumulation with 62- and 825-fold amount of oxaliplatin and 8 at 9 h, respectively, significantly induced DNA damage and cell apoptosis, and inhibited migration and invasion in HCT-116 cells. Compound 14 arrested the cell cycle at S and G2 phases and up-regulated thymidylate synthase and p53, consistent with the results of the combination, suggesting 14 adopted a collaborative mode of 5-FU and oxaliplatin to kill cancer cells. In vivo, compound 14 showed high antitumor effect and no observable toxicity in NOD/SCID mice bearing HCT-116 tumors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cisplatin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Cisplatin / chemical synthesis
  • Cisplatin / pharmacology
  • Cisplatin / therapeutic use
  • DNA Damage / drug effects
  • Drug Synergism
  • Fluorouracil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Fluorouracil / pharmacology
  • Fluorouracil / therapeutic use*
  • G2 Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Mice, Inbred NOD
  • Mice, SCID
  • Prodrugs / chemical synthesis
  • Prodrugs / pharmacology
  • Prodrugs / therapeutic use*
  • S Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints / drug effects
  • Thymidylate Synthase / metabolism
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / metabolism
  • Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Prodrugs
  • TP53 protein, human
  • Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
  • Thymidylate Synthase
  • Cisplatin
  • Fluorouracil
  • diamminedichlorodihydroxyplatinum IV