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Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine TRPC6 antagonists for the treatment of gastric cancer.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Ding, Mingmin 
Wang, Hongbo 
Qu, Chunrong 
Xu, Fuchun 
Zhu, Yingmin 

Abstract

Transient receptor potential canonical 6 (TRPC6) proteins form receptor-operated Ca2+-permeable channels, which have been thought to bring benefit to the treatment of diseases, including cancer. However, selective antagonists for TRPC channels are rare and none of them has been tested against gastric cancer. Compound 14a and analogs were synthesized by chemical elaboration of previously reported TRPC3/6/7 agonist 4o. 14a had very weak agonist activity at TRPC6 expressed in HEK293 cells but exhibited strong inhibition on both 4o-mediated and receptor-operated activation of TRPC6 with an IC50 of about 1 μM. When applied to the culture media, 14a suppressed proliferation of AGS and MKN45 cells with IC50 values of 17.1 ± 0.3 and 18.5 ± 1.0 μM, respectively, and inhibited tube formation and migration of cultured human endothelial cells. This anti-tumor effect on gastric cancer was further verified in xenograft models using nude mice. This study has found a new tool compound which shows excellent therapeutic potential against human gastric cancer most likely through targeting TRPC6 channels.

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Keywords

Anticancer, Ca(2+) signaling, Drug discovery, Nonselective cation channels, TRPC channels, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Apoptosis, Calcium, Cell Movement, Cell Proliferation, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Nude, Pyrazoles, Pyrimidines, Stomach Neoplasms, TRPC6 Cation Channel, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

Journal Title

Cancer Lett

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Journal ISSN

0304-3835
1872-7980

Volume Title

432

Publisher

Elsevier BV

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