Title:Anti-Neoplastic Activity of 1,3-Diaza-2-Functionalized-Adamantan-6-One Compounds Against Melanoma Cells
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Author(s): Yifat Sharabi-Ronen, Shlomo Levinger, Miri Ben-Dahan Lellouche and Amnon Albeck
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Diaza-adamantane, melanoma, anticancer drugs, cytotoxicity, apoptosis, cell cycle.
Abstract: Four series of 1,3-diaza-2-functionalized-adamantan-6-one derivatives, bearing at the 2 position SO, SO2,
POCl and PO2H functional groups, were synthesized via a key quadruple Mannich reaction, followed by transformation of
an aminal functionality into the final 2-thia- and 2-phospha compounds. The compounds were tested for cytotoxic activity
against the mouse B16-F10 melanoma cell line. Malignant melanoma is notorious for its high resistance to chemotherapy,
and new anti-melanoma drugs are urgently needed. The 2-thia compounds exhibited poor proliferation inhibition activity,
but the 2-phospha derivatives showed significant activity, with IC50 values of 10-60 µM. The compounds induced cell
death by G2/M cell cycle arrest, which led to apoptosis, as determined by Annexin V-FITC/PI staining, mitochondrial
membrane potential changes assessed by the JC-1 reagent, caspases 3 and 7 activation, and morphological changes.
