Recent advances in oridonin derivatives with anticancer activity

PJM Sobral, ATS Vicente, JAR Salvador - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a leading cause of mortality responsible for an estimated 10 million deaths
worldwide in 2020, and its incidence has been rapidly growing over the last decades …

Rhodium (III)–Picolinamide Complexes Act as Anticancer and Antimetastasis Agents via Inducing Apoptosis and Autophagy

YQ Gu, K Yang, QY Yang, HQ Li, MQ Hu… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a continuation of our endeavors in discovering metal-based drugs with cytotoxic and
antimetastatic activities, herein, we reported the syntheses of 11 new rhodium (III) …

Epigenetics of triple-negative breast cancer via natural compounds

M Kaleem, M Perwaiz, SM Nur… - Current Medicinal …, 2022 - benthamdirect.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly resistant, lethal, and metastatic sub-division
of breast carcinoma, characterized by the deficiency of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone …

Development of novel oridonin analogs as specifically targeted NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors for the treatment of dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis

L Pang, H Liu, H Quan, H Sui, Y Jia - European journal of medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abnormal activation of the NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is
closely associated with a variety of inflammatory diseases. Herein, we describe the …

Exploring marine-derived ascochlorins as novel human dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

X Luo, G Cai, Y Guo, C Gao, W Huang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Human dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (h DHODH) is an attractive tumor target essential to
de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis. Novel potent h DHODH inhibitors with low toxicity are …

Oridonin-loaded nanoparticles inhibit breast cancer progression through regulation of ROS-related Nrf2 signaling pathway

Y Zhao, W Xiao, W Peng, Q Huang, K Wu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Oridonin (ORI) has been shown to inhibit tumor cell growth and proliferation in vitro, while its
optimum anti-tumor activity in vivo is limited due to the poor aqueous solubility and …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 2, 4-diaminopyrimidine cinnamyl derivatives as inhibitors of FAK with potent anti-gastric cancer activities

Y Liu, LJ Kong, N Li, YH Liu, MQ Jia, QG Liu… - Bioorganic …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, twenty-one novel 2, 4-diaminopyrimidine cinnamyl derivatives as inhibitors
targeting FAK were designed and synthesized based on the structure of TAE-226, and the …

H2S-releasing oridonin derivatives with improved antitumor activity by inhibiting the PI3K/AKT pathway

H Li, Q Ma, Y Jia, C Wang, J Wu, S Wang, H Hua… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Activating programmed cell death by delivering hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) has emerged as a
promising strategy for tumor therapy. Oridonin serves as a lead compound for drug …

Design and synthesis of marine sesterterpene analogues as novel estrogen receptor α degraders for breast cancer treatment

JJ Liang, WL Yu, L Yang, BH Xie, KM Qin… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeted protein degradation using small molecules is an intriguing strategy for drug
development. The marine sesterterpene compound MHO7 had been reported to be a …

Biophysical and biochemical properties of PHGDH revealed by studies on PHGDH inhibitors

Y Tan, X Zhou, Y Gong, K Gou, Y Luo, D Jia… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
The rate-limiting serine biogenesis enzyme PHGDH is overexpressed in cancers. Both
serine withdrawal and genetic/pharmacological inhibition of PHGDH have demonstrated …