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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters2025

Synthesis and evaluation of aporphinoid 5-HT

Daniel Okpattah, Anupam Karki, Naga V K Pillarsetty, Wayne W Harding

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Daniel OkpattahDepartment of Chemistry, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, NY 10065, USA; Program in Biochemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Anupam KarkiDepartment of Chemistry, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, NY 10065, USA; Program in Biochemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Naga V K PillarsettyDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 520 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Wayne W HardingDepartment of Chemistry, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, NY 10065, USA; Program in Biochemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address: wayne.harding@hunter.cuny.edu.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
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Abstract

Aporphines are a class of isoquinoline alkaloids that are endowed with a range of biological activities. The 5-HT7R is an emerging biological target for prostate cancer therapeutics. In this manuscript, we report the synthesis and evaluation of aporphine enantiomers as 5-HT7R ligands, as well as their activity in inhibiting the proliferation of prostate cancer cells (specifically, PC3). The (S)-enantiomers displayed higher affinity at the 5-HT7R than the racemates and the (R)-enantiomer counterparts. The (S)-enantiomers were found to be antagonists at the 5-HT7R. Racemates as well as their respective enantiomers were selective for the 5-HT7R receptor over other serotonin and dopamine receptors evaluated. In the anticancer activity assays, the compounds showed more potent cytotoxic effects than the selective 5-HT7R antagonist control SB269970. However, no correlation was observed between the 5-HT7R affinity or 5-HT7R antagonist activity and anticancer potency, suggesting that other non-5-HT7R mechanisms play a role in the anticancer effects of the compounds. Compounds (R)-1 and (R)-4 were identified as the most potent anti-proliferative compounds and will be useful as lead molecules for prostate cancer therapeutic development in future studies.

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Antineoplastic AgentsAporphinesProstatic NeoplasmsReceptors, SerotoninSerotonin AntagonistsAlkaloidsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorHumansIsoquinolinesLigandsMaleMolecular StructurePC-3 CellsAlkaloidsAntineoplastic AgentsAporphinesIsoquinolinesLigandsReceptors, Serotoninserotonin 7 receptorSerotonin Antagonists5-HT7RAnti-proliferationAporphinecancerPC3

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PMID40633811
PMCPMC13220710

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