Synthesis of Artesunic Acid–Coumarin Hybrids as Potential Antimelanoma Agents

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
2023.0

Abstract

Current therapy against melanoma relies on surgical treatment or, in alternative, on conventional drug therapy. Often these therapeutic agents are ineffective due to the development of resistance phenomena. For this purpose, chemical hybridization emerged as an effective strategy to overcome the development of drug resistance. In this study, a series of molecular hybrids were synthesized combining the sesquiterpene artesunic acid with a panel of phytochemical coumarins. Cytotoxicity, antimelanoma effect, and cancer selectivity of the novel compounds were evaluated by MTT assay on primary and metastatic cells and on healthy fibroblasts as a reference. The two most active compounds showed lower cytotoxicity and higher activity against metastatic melanoma than paclitaxel and artesunic acid. Further tests, including cellular proliferation, apoptosis, confocal microscopy, and MTT analyses in the presence of an iron chelating agent, were conducted with the aim of tentatively addressing the mode of action and the pharmacokinetic profile of selected compounds.

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