Structure-activity relationship and biological evaluation of 12 N-substituted aloperine derivatives as PD-L1 down-regulatory agents through proteasome pathway

Autor: Ying–Hong Li, Yu-Long Shi, Yue–Ying Dou, Zhi–Hao Guo, Kun Wang, Qing–Xuan Zeng, Xin–Tong Zhang, Dan–Qing Song, Hongbin Deng, Na Zhang, Xin Zhang
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Bioorganic chemistry. 117
ISSN: 1090-2120
Popis: Twenty-nine 12 N-substituted aloperine derivatives were synthesized and screened for suppression on PD-L1 expression in H460 cells, as a continuation of our work. Systematic structural modifications led to the identification of compound 6b as the most active PD-L1 modulator. Compound 6b could significantly down-regulate both constitutive and inductive PD-L1 expression in NSCLC cells, and successively enhance the cytotoxicity of co-cultured T cells against tumor cells at the concentration of 20 μM. Also, it exhibited a moderate in vivo anticancer efficacy against Lewis tumor xenograft with a stable PK and safety profile. The mechanism study indicated that 6b mediated the degradation of PD-L1 through a proteasome pathway, rather than a lysosome route. These results provided the powerful information for cancer immunotherapy of aloperine derivatives with unique endocyclic skeleton by targeting PD-L1 to activate immune cells to kill cancer cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE