Lead Discovery of Dual G-Quadruplex Stabilizers and Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases (PARPs) Inhibitors: A New Avenue in Anticancer Treatment.

Journal of medicinal chemistry 2017 May 11

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G-quadruplex stabilizers are an established opportunity in anticancer chemotherapy. To circumvent the antiproliferative effects of G4 ligands, cancer cells recruit PARP enzymes at telomeres. Herein, starting from the structural similarity of a potent G4 ligand previously discovered by our group and a congeneric PARP inhibitor, a library of derivatives was synthesized to discover the first dual G4/PARP ligand. We demonstrate that a properly decorated thieno[3,2-c]quinolin-4(5H)-one stabilizes the G4 fold in vitro and in cells, induces a DNA damage response localized to telomeres, inhibits PARylation in cells, and has an antiproliferative effect in BRCA2 deficient tumor cells.

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Erica Salvati, Lorenzo Botta, Jussara Amato, Francesco Saverio Di Leva, Pasquale Zizza, Antimo Gioiello, Bruno Pagano, Grazia Graziani, Madalena Tarsounas, Antonio Randazzo, Ettore Novellino, Annamaria Biroccio, Sandro Cosconati. Lead Discovery of Dual G-Quadruplex Stabilizers and Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases (PARPs) Inhibitors: A New Avenue in Anticancer Treatment. Journal of medicinal chemistry. 2017 May 11;60(9):3626-3635