New antineoplastic agent based on a dibenzoylmethane derivative: Cytotoxic effect and direct interaction with DNA

Biophysical Chemistry
Fernanda R NascimentoMarisa A N Diaz

Abstract

Melanoma accounts for only 4% of all skin cancers but is among the most lethal cutaneous neoplasms. Dacarbazine is the drug of choice for the treatment of melanoma in Brazil through the public health system mainly because of its low cost. However, it is an alkylating agent of low specificity and elicits a therapeutic response in only 20% of cases. Other drugs available for the treatment of melanoma are expensive, and tumor cells commonly develop resistance to these drugs. The fight against melanoma demands novel, more specific drugs that are effective in killing drug-resistant tumor cells. Dibenzoylmethane (1,3-diphenylpropane-1,3-dione) derivatives are promising antitumor agents. In this study, we investigated the cytotoxic effect of 1,3-diphenyl-2-benzyl-1,3-propanedione (DPBP) on B16F10 melanoma cells as well as its direct interaction with the DNA molecule using optical tweezers. DPBP showed promising results against tumor cells and had a selectivity index of 41.94. Also, we demonstrated the ability of DPBP to interact directly with the DNA molecule. The fact that DPBP can interact with DNA in vitro allows us to hypothesize that such an interaction may also occur in vivo and, therefore, that DPBP may be an alternative to tre...Continue Reading

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Oct 5, 2019·The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter·C H M LimaM S Rocha
Jul 28, 2020·Molecular Biology Reports·Fatma Aydoğmuş-ÖztürkMuhammad Iqbal Choudhary

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