Background: Cancer patients treated with targeted anti-cancer drug suffer from itch or pruritus. Itch or pruritus is an unpleasant sensation that brings about a negative impact on quality of life, and serious itch may lead to dose reduction and even discontinuation. Gastrin releasing
peptide receptor (GRPR) plays a critical role in itch, inflammation and cancer, and GRPR antagonist has obvious effect on cancer, inflammation and itch. The aim of this paper is to develop a new agent with anti-cancer and anti-itch activity. Methods: A series of GRPR antagonist PD176252
analogues (3a-3l) were designed and synthesized. Both anticancer and anti-itch activities were evaluated. Anti-cancer activity was evaluated in three human cancer cell lines in vitro, the anti-itch activity in evaluated with Kunming mice by intrathecal injection of chloroquine phosphate as
a modeling medium. And the cytotoxicity on normal cells was evaluated. Results: Of the tested compounds, compound 3i showed potently anti-cancer activity to all cancer cell lines tested with IC50 values of 10.5μM (lung), 11.6μM (breast) and 12.8μM (liver) respectively and it
also showed significant inhibition of the scratching behavior. Comparing with PD17625, compound 3i and 3g gave better inhibition activities against all cancer cell lines, compound 3b, 3c and 3i showed better anti-itch activity. The compound 3i is safe for normal breast and liver normal cells,
but it has high cytotoxicity on normal lung cell. Conclusion: The synthesized compounds have dual anti-cancer and anti-itch activity, so the development of drug with dual anti-tumor and anti-itch property is possible.
Ming Yuan,Huai Wang,Mingjun Yu,Sen Yao,Risheng Yao
Cisplatin (CIS) is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent that is highly effective against various cancers. However, its clinical application is frequently limited by its substantial nephrotoxic side effects. The gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR), a critical regulator in inflammatory diseases, has been identified as a promising therapeutic target. Our previous studies have demonstrated that the GRPR antagonists PD176252 and RH-1402 can mitigate CIS-induced nephrotoxicity through anti-inflammatory mechanisms. Based on these findings, we designed and synthesized a series of 2-arylpropanoic acid-L-tryptophan derivatives to enhance the therapeutic effects. Among these compounds,3mexhibited superior renal protection by significantly improving mouse renal tubular epithelial cell (mRTEC) viability from 50.2 ± 2.6% to 80.5 ± 3.9%, surpassing PD176252 (70.8 ± 1.4%) and RH-1402 (73.9 ± 3.7%). Moreover, compound3mmarkedly reduced the expression of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and inflammatory cytokines [Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 (MCP-1)]. Finally, molecular docking results revealed that3mexhibited a high binding affinity for GRPR. Computational predictions using SwissADME further indicated that3mpossesses favorable drug-like properties, thereby supporting its potential as a promising candidate for mitigating CIS-induced nephrotoxicity.
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