PMID- 23300615 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130702 LR - 20220331 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 12 DP - 2012 TI - In vitro evaluation of ESE-15-ol, an estradiol analogue with nanomolar antimitotic and carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activity. PG - e52205 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0052205 [doi] LID - e52205 AB - Antimitotic compounds are still one of the most widely used chemotherapeutic anticancer drugs in the clinic today. Given their effectiveness against cancer it is beneficial to continue enhancing these drugs. One way is to improve the bioavailability and efficacy by synthesizing derivatives that reversibly bind to carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) in red blood cells followed by a slow release into the blood circulation system. In the present study we describe the in vitro biological activity of a reduced derivative of 2-ethyl-3-O-sulphamoyl-estradiol (2EE), 2-ethyl-3-O-sulphamoyl-estra-1,3,5(10),15-tetraen-17-ol (ESE-15-ol). ESE-15-ol is capable of inhibiting carbonic anhydrase activity in the nanomolar range and is selective towards a mimic of carbonic anhydrase IX when compared to the CAII isoform. Docking studies using Autodock Vina suggest that the dehydration of the D-ring plays a role towards the selectivity of ESE-15-ol to CAIX and that the binding mode of ESE-15-ol is substantially different when compared to 2EE. ESE-15-ol is able to reduce cell growth to 50% after 48 h at 50-75 nM in MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and MCF-12A cells. The compound is the least potent against the non-tumorigenic MCF-12A cells. In vitro mechanistic studies demonstrate that the newly synthesized compound induces mitochondrial membrane depolarization, abrogates the phosphorylation status of Bcl-2 and affects gene expression of genes associated with cell death and mitosis. FAU - Stander, Barend Andre AU - Stander BA AD - Department of Physiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. standerandre@gmail.com FAU - Joubert, Fourie AU - Joubert F FAU - Tu, Chingkuang AU - Tu C FAU - Sippel, Katherine H AU - Sippel KH FAU - McKenna, Robert AU - McKenna R FAU - Joubert, Annie Margaretha AU - Joubert AM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121227 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (2-ethyl-3-O-sulphamoyl-estra-1,3,5(10),15-tetraen-17-ol) RN - 0 (Antimitotic Agents) RN - 0 (Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - 0 (Tubulin) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - EC 4.2.1.1 (Carbonic Anhydrases) SB - IM MH - Antimitotic Agents/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Carbonic Anhydrases/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Cell Cycle/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Estradiol/*analogs & derivatives/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Humans MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Protein Conformation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/chemistry/metabolism MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Sulfonamides/*metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Tubulin/chemistry/metabolism PMC - PMC3531393 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/01/10 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/03 06:00 PMCR- 2012/12/27 CRDT- 2013/01/10 06:00 PHST- 2012/05/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/11/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/01/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/01/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/12/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-12-14601 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0052205 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - PLoS One. 2012;7(12):e52205. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052205. Epub 2012 Dec 27.