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NEW BETULIN NITRATES: SYNTHESIS, CYTOTOXIC ACTIVITY AND MOLECULAR DOCKING EVALUATION

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Feng G. , Wang T. , Zhang R. , Luo J. , Xiao M. , He B. , Liu Y. , Wu J.

Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica - Drug Research

2018

tom 75

nr 5

1135-1145

Betulin and its derivatives have been reported to affect several key genes of cell-cycle regulators. However, their specific targets haven’t yet been discovered. As an important cell cycle regulator, Cyclin-dependent kinase-2 (CDK2) has become a potential target for cancer therapy. Here we describe the design, synthesis and antitumor activities in vitro of eleven new betulin nitrates. The results revealed that compound (20) possesses potent antitumor activity against MCF-7 cell lines (IC50 < 10 μM). In order to investigate potential protein target, betulin nitrates were subjected to docking studies with CDK2. Compound (20) showed very good binding affinity for CDK2 via hydrogen bonding interactions. Thus, the CDK2 inhibitory potential could make compound (20) possible candidate as antitumor agent.

Vps41, a protein involved in lysosomal trafficking, interacts with caspase-8

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Wang L. , Pan X. , He L. , Zhang R. , Chen W. , Zhang J. , Lu M. , Hua Z.-C.

Acta Biochimica Polonica

2013

tom 60

nr 1

37-42

Caspase-8 is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family which plays a central role in apoptosis and development. We screened caspase-8 interacting proteins from mouse T-cell lymphoma and 7.5-day embryo cDNA libraries by yeast two-hybrid system and obtained eleven positive clones, including Vacuolar protein sorting 41 (Vps41), a protein involved in trafficking of proteins from the late Golgi to the vacuole. The interaction of Vps41 with caspase-8 was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation (co-IP) and co-localization studies in HEK293T cells. Co-IP experiments also showed that Vps41 binds to the p18 subunit of caspase-8 through its WD40 region and RING-finger motif. Furthermore, we found that overexpression of Vps41 promotes Fas-induced apoptosis in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells. The cleavage of caspase-3, a caspase-8 downstream effector, was increased when cells were transfected with Vps41-overexpressing plasmid. Together, these results suggest a novel interaction of caspase-8 with Vps41 and provide a potential role of Vps41 beyond lysosomal trafficking.