Browsing by Subject "Comparative transcriptomics"

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Design, synthesis and anticancer/antiestrogenic activities of novel indole-benzimidazoles
(Elsevier , 2020-05) Karadayı, F. Z.; Yaman, Murat; Kışla, M. M.; Keşküş, Ayşe G.; Konu, Özlen; Ateş Alagöz, Z.
Indole-benzimidazoles have recently gained attention due to their antiproliferative and antiestrogenic effects. However, their structural similarities and molecular mechanisms shared with selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) have not yet been investigated. In this study, we synthesized novel ethylsulfonyl indole-benzimidazole derivatives by substituting the first (R1) and fifth (R2) positions of benzimidazole and indole groups, respectively. Subsequently, we performed 1 H NMR, 13C NMR, and Mass spectral and in silico docking analyses, and anticancer activity screening studies of these novel indole-benzimidazoles. The antiproliferative effects of indolebenzimidazoles were found to be more similar between the estrogen (E2) responsive cell lines MCF-7 and HEPG2 in comparison to the Estrogen Receptor negative (ER-) cell line MDA-MB-231. R1:p-fluorobenzyl group members were selected as lead compounds for their potent anticancer effects and moderate structural affinity to ER. Microarray expression profiling and gene enrichment analyses (GSEA) of the selected compounds (R1:p-fluorobenzyl: 48, 49, 50, 51; R1:3,4-difluorobenzyl: 53) helped determine the similarly modulated cellular signaling pathways among derivatives. Moreover, we identified known compounds that have significantly similar gene signatures to that of 51 via queries performed in LINCS database; and further transcriptomics comparisons were made using public GEO datasets (GSE35428, GSE7765, GSE62673). Our results strongly demonstrate that these novel indole-benzimidazoles can modulate ER target gene expression as well as dioxin-mediated aryl hydrocarbon receptor and amino acid deprivation-mediated integrated stress response signaling in a dose-dependent manner.
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Identification of preclinical implications for novel indole-benzimidazoles and phenothiazines using in vitro cancer cell line and in vivo zebrafish models
(2020-09) Yaman, Murat
Breast cancer (BC) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are two major health problems with significant mortality rates. Although drug therapies are available, therapeutic success remains limited. Because of low bioavailability, high toxicity and recurring drug resistance, novel therapeutic options are essential. In the present thesis, a multitude of in vitro, in silico and in vivo approaches were executed to test anti-cancer effects and preclinical potentials of novel indole-benzimidazoles and phenothiazines in BC and HCC, respectively. In the first component of the thesis, I evaluated BC cell line toxicity and estrogen receptor (ER) relationship of novel indole-benzimidazole derivatives using in vitro cancer lines, in vivo zebrafish embryos/larvae, and in silico comparative transcriptomics analyses. In the second part, antipsychotic compounds phenothiazines (PTZ) were repurposed for HCC therapy. Therefore, generic PTZ derivatives alone or in combination with sorafenib (SFB) were tested using in vitro cancer lines followed by zebrafish developmental assays and embryonic stage xenografts. In addition, RNAseq analyses were performed on trifluoperazine (TFP), SFB, and TFP+SFB combination treated Hep3B cells to understand synergistic/antagonistic effects of the drugs at gene expression level. Lastly, anti-HCC potential of novel PTZ derivatives were explored by in vitro and in vivo screenings. Moreover, effects of the novel and generic derivatives on neural pathways were evaluated by cholinesterase assays and motor response measurements. The findings of the dissertation present potential leads for conducting further preclinical studies tailored towards novel BC and HCC therapies.