Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4] benzodiazepine-3,11-diones protect SHSY-5Y cells from Cd-induced apoptosis involving suppression of endoplasmic reticulum stress |
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Authors: | Chao Ma Ke Du Ying Zhao Linkui Zhang Baichun Hu Maosheng Cheng |
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Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drugs Design & Discovery of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China;2. School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China |
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Abstract: | Cadmium (Cd) is a potent toxic heavy metal, some studies showed that Cd-induced apoptosis is through ER stress pathway. Compounds of pyrrolo[2,1–c][1,4]benzodiazepine (PBD)-3,11-diones were discovered as potent neuroprotective agents against Cd-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells for the first time. In this study, twenty-six PBD-3,11-dione derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their neuroprotective activity against Cd-induced toxicity by CCK-8 assay. Their preliminary SARs studies indicated that various substituents were tolerated on the benzene ring, and alkyl heterocycles groups at the N10-position of the PBD-3,11-dione scaffold were important for the activities. Among them, compound 13c exhibited the best activity (cell viability?=?68.6%, 25?μM). Furthermore, we found that the compound 13c could inhibit cadmium-induced cell apoptosis with the downregulation of the ER stress markers GRP78, CHOP, cleaved-caspase12 and cleaved-caspase3 through western blotting. The results of in silico evaluation of ADME/T properties showed that 13c exhibited medium BBB penetration level and promising toxicity profiles. These results proved the potential of 13c as a promising lead compound against Cd-induced neurotoxicity. |
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Keywords: | Cadmium Endoplasmic reticulum stress Neuroprotective agents SH-SY5Y cells PBD-3,11-dione derivatives |
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