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Syntheses of LSD1/HDAC Inhibitors with Demonstrated Efficacy against Colorectal Cancer: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies Including Patient-Derived Organoids

  • J Med Chem. 2024 Oct 10;67(19):17207-17225. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01098.
Po-Yu Chou 1 Mei-Jung Lai 2 Kelvin K Tsai 3 4 Li-Hsin Cheng 4 Yi-Wen Wu 5 Mei-Chuan Chen 1 2 6 7 8 Shiow-Lin Pan 2 5 9 6 10 Hsiu-O Ho 1 Kunal Nepali 1 2 6 Jing-Ping Liou 1 2 9 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 2 TMU Research Center for Drug Discovery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 3 Laboratory of Advanced Molecular Therapeutics, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 4 Organoids Technology Core, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 5 Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 6 Ph.D. Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110031, Taiwan.
  • 7 Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 8 Traditional Herbal Medicine Research Center of Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 9 TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
  • 10 Ph.D. Program for Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.
Abstract

Precedential evidence ascertaining the overexpression of LSD1 and HDACs in colorectal Cancer spurred us to design a series of dual LSD1-HDAC inhibitors. Capitalizing on the modular nature of the three-component HDAC inhibitory model, tranylcypromine as a surface recognition motif was appended to zinc-binding motifs via diverse linkers. A compendium of hydroxamic acids was generated and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxicity against HCT-116 cells (human colorectal Cancer cell lines). The most potent cell growth inhibitor 2 (GI50 = 0.495 μMm HCT-116 cells) shows promising Anticancer effects by reducing colony formation and inducing cell cycle arrest in HCT-116 cells. It exhibits preferential inhibition of HDAC6, along with potent inhibition of LSD1 compared to standard inhibitors. Moreover, Compound 2 upregulates acetyl-tubulin, acetyl-histone H3, and H3K4me2, indicative of LSD1 and HDAC inhibition. In vivo, it demonstrates significant antitumor activity against colorectal Cancer, better than irinotecan, and effectively inhibits growth in patient-derived CRC organoids.

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