LAPSE:2023.36404
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LAPSE:2023.36404
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of α-Tocopherol Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents
Aneta Baj, Lucie Rárová, Artur Ratkiewicz, Miroslav Strnad, Stanislaw Witkowski
July 13, 2023
α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TS) and α-tocopheryloxyacetic acid (α-TEA) are potent inducers of apoptosis in cancer cells and efficient suppressors of tumors in experimental model cancer cell lines. They exhibit selective cytotoxicity against tumor cells and very limited or no toxicity toward nonmalignant cells. In the present work, a series of new α-tocopherol derivatives were synthesized as analogs of α-TS and α-TEA. The cytotoxic activity of obtained compounds was tested using three human cancer cell lines, including chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CEM), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF7), cervical adenocarcinoma (HeLa), and normal human fibroblasts (BJ). The introduction of an alkyl substituent into the ether-linked acetic acid moiety in α-TEA increased anticancer activity. α-Tocopheryloxy-2-methylpropanoic acid with two additional geminal methyl groups was more active against CEM cells compared to α-TEA and non-toxic to normal cells. In order to acquire a deeper understanding of the biological activity of synthesized compounds, a molecular docking study was also conducted. Our research confirmed that vitamin E derivatives are interesting and valuable compounds in terms of their potential therapeutic use as anticancer agents.
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apoptosis, cancer, mitocans, vitamin E derivatives, α-tocopheryl succinate (α-TS), α-tocopheryloxyacetic acid (α-TEA)
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Baj A, Rárová L, Ratkiewicz A, Strnad M, Witkowski S. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of α-Tocopherol Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents. (2023). LAPSE:2023.36404
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Baj A: Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland [ORCID]
Rárová L: Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic [ORCID]
Ratkiewicz A: Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland [ORCID]
Strnad M: Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Witkowski S: Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciołkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Białystok, Poland
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Processes
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11
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6
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1860
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2023
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2023-06-20
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2227-9717
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