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Marine natural products are a source of promising agents for cancer treatment. However, there is a need to improve the evaluation of their mechanism of action in tumors. Metabolomics of the response to anti-tumor agents is a tool to reveal candidate biomarkers and metabolic targets. We used
Pyridoacridine ascididemin analogues have been reported as anticancer agents for their interesting antitumor activity against human cancer cells. A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis of ascididemin analogues was attempted using the physicochemical parameters and the
Marine plants and animals are sources of a huge number of pharmacologically active compounds, some of which exhibit antineoplastic activity of clinical relevance. However the mechanism of action of marine natural products (MNPs) is poorly understood. In this study, proton NMR spectroscopy-based
A series of substituted pyrido[4,3,2-de][1,7] or [1,10]-phenanthrolin-7-ones, analogues of the marine pyridoacridines meridine and ascididemin, have been synthesized on the basis of Diels-Alder reactions involving different quinoline-5,8-diones and N,N-aldehyde-dimethylhydrazones. All the compounds
Some marine animals are rich sources of unique polycyclic aromatic alkaloids that are cytotoxic against tumor cell lines and effective in mouse tumor xenograft models. Ascididemin is a pyridoacridine alkaloid originally derived from a Didemnum sp. tunicate. It has potent cytotoxicity against tumor
Marine compounds with pyridoacridine skeletons are known to exhibit interesting antitumor activities. Ascididemin has already been reported as displaying significant antitumor activities in vitro and has also been found to have a relatively high global toxicity in vivo. We synthesized a series of 16
The isomer (9H-quino[4,3,2-de][1,7]phenanthroline-9-one) (2) of the marine alkaloid ascididemin (9H-quino[4,3,2-de][1,10]phenanthroline-9-one) (1) has been synthesized in six steps from 1,4-dimethoxyacridine (10) with an overall yield of 12%. Different related compounds were prepared and tested in
A series of cycle C and D-substituted phenanthrolin-7-ones, analogues of the marine pyridoacridines meridine and ascididemin have been synthesized on the basis of Diels-Alder reactions involving quinoline-5,8-dione and 2- (or un)-substituted-N,N-dimethylhydrazones. All the compounds were evaluated
Ascididemin (ASC) is a pentacyclic DNA-intercalating agent isolated from the Mediterranean ascidian Cystodytes dellechiajei. This marine alkaloid exhibits marked cytotoxic activities against a range of tumor cells, but its mechanism of action remains poorly understood. We investigated the effects of