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Cytotoxicity of synthetic derivatives against breast cancer and multi-drug resistant breast cancer cell lines: a literature-based perspective study

Cancer Cell International volume 21, Article number: 612 (2021) Cite this article

Abstract

Cancer is the second most killer worldwide causing millions of people to lose their lives every year. In the case of women, breast cancer takes away the highest proportion of mortality rate than other cancers. Due to the mutation and resistance-building capacity of different breast cancer cell lines against conventional therapies, this death rate is on the verge of growth. New effective therapeutic compounds and treatment method is the best way to look out for in this critical time. For instance, new synthetic derivatives/ analogues synthesized from different compounds can be a ray of hope. Numerous synthetic compounds have been seen enhancing the apoptosis and autophagic pathway that directly exerts cytotoxicity towards different breast cancer cell lines. To cease the ever-growing resistance of multi-drug resistant cells against anti-breast cancer drugs (Doxorubicin, verapamil, tamoxifen) synthetic compounds may play a vital role by increasing effectivity, showing synergistic action. Many recent and previous studies have reported that synthetic derivatives hold potentials as an effective anti-breast cancer agent as they show great cytotoxicity towards cancer cells, thus can be used even vastly in the future in the field of breast cancer treatment. This review aims to identify the anti-breast cancer properties of several synthetic derivatives against different breast cancer and multi-drug-resistant breast cancer cell lines with their reported mechanism of action and effectivity.

Introduction

Cancer is typically a heterogeneous disease and one of the second dominant causes of morbidity and mortality around the globe [1, 2]. This disease revolves around unnatural cell proliferation which may or may not invade the other parts of the body. Among all the cancer types, breast cancer is most deadly for women and also contributes to the highest mortality rate when compared to other types [3,4,5,6,7]. According to World Health Organization (WHO) breast cancer is very persistent in women, affecting about 2.3 million each year. In 2020, approximately 685,000 women died from this disease [8]. Estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) has been marked as a possible origin of developing breast cancer and around 60% of breast cancer is hormone-dependent, relying on estrogen for growth [3, 9, 10]. Abnormality and irregularity in the normal cell cycle along with obstructed apoptosis signaling pathway is the fundamental cause for breast cancer progression [11,12,13]. A subtype of breast cancer investigated as triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a result of a shortfall of expression of estrogen receptor alpha/progesterone receptor [9, 14, 15].

As for the treatment’s concern, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy are often used alongside surgery for early-stage patients [16,17,18]. Patients with metastatic disease are also treated the same way with systemic therapy which recently included immunotherapy [18]. Most of these therapies incorporate apoptosis or programmed cell death to instigate the anti-breast cancer activity throughout development, differentiation, tumor cell detection, and in response to specific cytotoxicity of molecules or compounds [19,20,21,22]. This programmed cell death follows an intrinsic or extrinsic pathway that comes with a series of occurrences including the altered ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 protein, activated caspases, and bifurcated poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase (PARP-1) enzyme [21, 23,24,25,26,27]. Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and formation of nitric oxide (NO) also leads to p53 activation which results in DNA damage of cancer cells [28,29,30,31]. Autophagy, a cellular homeostasis mechanism may also contribute to breast cancer cell death where autophagosomes amalgamate with the lysosome to establish autophagolysosome during starvation and stress [32]. PARP-1 enlivening and LC3-II protein marker urges autophagic cell death [33, 34]. Figure 1 summarizes the mechanisms involved in breast cancer cell death.

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Mechanisms of breast cancer cell death. CYP cytochrome, ER endoplasmic reticulum, hAP-2γ human transcription factor activation protein-2 γ, PARP-1 poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1, RONS reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor

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Considering the complexity of the disease and the paucity of an effective chemotherapeutic agent, breast cancer besides other cancers has drawn the attention of researchers. Many of these researches have pointed towards chemotherapeutic agents that have been procured from natural or synthetic origin [21]. A slight modification in the structure of the natural compound or by the synthesis of specific analogues worthwhile activities is seen in the case of cancer therapy. Paclitaxel, vinca alkaloids, camtothecin, and etoposide are some of the synthetic derivatives vastly used for cancer therapy originally attained from natural sources [35]. Synthetically derived substances for cancer therapy are highly being studied in a hope that they might tame the unexpected and unavoidable side-effects originated by chemotherapeutic drugs [36]. A Wyrębska, K Gach, U Lewandowska, K Szewczyk, E Hrabec, J Modranka, R Jakubowski, T Janecki, J Szymański and A Janecka [37] reported the anti-breast cancer activity of synthetically derived α-methylene-δ-lactones on hormone-independent MDA-MB-231, hormone-dependent MCF-7 cell lines through intrinsic apoptotic pathway activation, cancer cell migration suppression, and invasion. Synthetic vitamins, curcuminoids, isoflavones, chromenes are also seemed to have anti-breast cancer activity when tested on different cell lines [38,39,40,41,42,43,44].

Another vital road-blocker is the development of resistance that calls for never-ending neediness for new therapeutics [45,46,47]. Multi-drug resistance (MDR), the main fundamental cause behind chemotherapy failure may develop due to some complex mechanism including transporter-mediated efflux, over-expression of efflux transporters: P-glycoprotein (ABCB-1/P-gp), breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP), and multidrug resistance-associated proteins (MRPs) present on the cell membrane [48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55]. Efflux transporters effectively pump out drugs that are meant to create cytotoxicity in the cell. As a result, the intracellular concentration of that specific drug fall. MDR cancer cells containing efflux or ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters can significantly interact or deliver a plethora of anticancer compounds using the hydrophobic vacuum cleaner mode where the hydrophobic compounds get attach to the MDR-1 on account of their hydrophobicity for efflux [56]. In the case of a pump-independent mechanism, the cellular anti-apoptotic defense system activation develops resistance toward chemotherapeutic agents by upregulating BCL2 gene [57]. Evidence shows that synthetically derived compounds effectively exert cytotoxicity on MDR cancer cells. Zhou et al. [58], stated that synthetically derived β-amino ester inhibits P-gp activity by lowering mitochondrial membrane potentials and ATP levels on MCF-7 cell line. The enhanced antitumor effect might be attributed to PHP-mediated lysosomal escape and drug efflux inhibition.Various other studies show a similar effect on different tested cell lines.

Traditionally available chemotherapeutic agents may develop undesirable side effects and sometimes may also lack efficacy. So, new and advanced sources are in need that may counterbalance the present difficulties. In this study, the cytotoxic effect of different synthetic derivatives on normal and MDR cell lines is thoroughly discussed. This review set the sights on drawing the attention of researchers to conduct more advanced level analysis on the cytotoxicity of these synthetically derived analogues.

Methodology

A search (till February 2021) was done in the following databases: PubMed, Science Direct, MedLine, and Google Scholar with the keyword ‘Synthetic derivative’, paring with ‘against breast cancer cell line/ multi-drug-resistant breast cancer cell lines or cytotoxicity on breast cancer/ multidrug-resistant cell line. No language restrictions were imposed. Articles were assessed for information about the synthetic derivatives, breast cancer cell lines, multi-drug-resistant breast cancer cell lines, test results, and possible mechanisms of action.

Inclusion criteria

The following inclusion criteria were adopted:

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    Studies with synthetic derivatives/analogues from various sources.

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    Studies carried out in vivo, in vitro, or ex vivo on breast cancer cells/ multi-drug-resistant breast cancer cells.

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    Studies with or without activity mechanism.

Exclusion criteria

The following exclusion criteria were adopted:

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    Titles and/or abstract not meeting the inclusion criteria, duplication of data.

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    Synthetic derivatives with other studies obscuring the current subject of interest.

Findings

Among the vast pieces of evidence, some randomly selected published articles found in the databases that contain screening reports on synthetic derivatives acting against breast cancer/ MDR cell-line have been summarized below:

Cytotoxicity of synthetic derivatives on different breast cancer cell lines

Synthetic derivatives in a similar manner tonatural substances follow apoptosis and autophagic pathways to inhibit the growth and activity of breast cancer cells. Other than that inhibition of cell proliferation, induction of cell-cycle arrest may occur. AM Oliveira Rocha, F Severo Sabedra Sousa, V Mascarenhas Borba, SM T, J Guerin Leal, OE Dorneles Rodrigues, GF M, L Savegnago, T Collares and F Kömmling Seixas [59] reported the anti-breast cancer activity of synthetic azidothymidine (AZT) derivatives containing tellurium (Te) on MDA-MB-231 cell-line using MTT assay. The derived compounds 7 m and 7r showed an inhibitory effect on the breast cancer cell-line through lowering cell proliferation, initiating cell-cycle arrest in the S phase in the absence of the apoptosis process. Subsequently, the synthetic drug pair, piperidinyl-diethylstilbestrol (DES), pyrrolidinyl-DES exhibits cytotoxicity on MCF-7 cell-line in both in vivo and in vitro assay. In the case of the in vitro study, these drugs manifest cytotoxicity on shrimp larvae at LC50 19.7 ± 0.95 and 17.6 ± 0.4 μg/mL respectively. In vivo cell inhibition is seen by ceasing G0/G1-phase of the MCF-7 cell cycle following ED50 value 7.9 ± 0.38 and 15.6 ± 1.3 μg/mL [36].

The induction of apoptotic pathways can be an effective course of action to inhibit cancer cells. Studies reported a heap of incidences where apoptosis effectively took part in breast cancer cell destruction [38, 60, 61]. Kheirollahi et al. [39] reported the anti-breast activity of synthetic benzochromene derivatives on 3 different breast cancer cells (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and T-47D) where the derivatives participate in ROS and NO production through direct modification of proteins, lipids, and DNA that induces apoptosis in cancer cell lines. To that add this, synthetic oleanolic acid derivative HIMOXOL induced apoptotic pathway by activating caspase-8, caspase-3, and PARP-1 protein, elevating the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 protein level, triggering microtubule-associated protein LC3-II expression, and upregulating bectin 1 on MDA-MB-231 cell-line at IC50 value 7.33 ± 0.79 μM [62].

Autophagic pathway activation by synthetic derivatives is also marked as a potential solution in the case of cancer cell inhibition. Synthetic β-nitrostyrene derivative, CYT-Rx20 shows inhibitory activity on MCF-7, MDA-MB-231, and ZR75-1 cell-line with IC50 value 0.81 ± 0.04, 1.82 ± 0.05, and 1.12 ± 0.06 μg/mL respectively. The cytotoxic mechanism behind this can be illustrated as arrested cancer cells at the G2/M phase, decreased cell viability by activating caspase cascade, increased PARP cleavage, and γ-H2AX expression as well as induced autophagy by upregulation of Bectin-1, autophagy related 5 (ATG5), LC-3, and formation of ROS [63].

[3H] Thymidine is often incorporated into the daughter strands of DNA during the mitotic cell division process. As [3H] thymidine may directly calculate the proliferation so inhibition of incorporation often points towards anti-proliferative activity [64]. Synthetic derivatives effectively inhibit [3H] thymidine incorporation into the breast cancer cell to promote activity. Wyrębska et al. [65] stated that synthetic derivative MZ-6 inhibited incorporation of [3H] thymidine dose-dependently alongside induced apoptosis into MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. Furthermore, Synthetic caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) isolated from propolis shows a similar result when tested upon MCF-7 at IC50 5 μg/mL [66].

Table 1 summarizes the synthetic derivatives acting against different breast cancer cell lines and Fig. 2 represents the chemical structures of these compounds.

Table 1 Synthetic derivatives acting against different breast cancer cell lines
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Fig. 2
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Chemical structure of some synthetic derivatives that acting against different breast cancer cell lines

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Cytotoxicity of synthetic derivatives on different multi-drug resistant (MDR) cancer cell lines

Resistance against drugs used for a specific purpose can be a hugely troublesome matter when it comes to the treatment of a serious disease like cancer. Not only in the case of treatment but also in the case of the development of new therapeutics, “Multi-drug resistance” can be an invisible obstacle in pharmacology [83]. The resistance of tumor cells towards chemotherapeutic agents, leading to the failure of cancer treatment can be defined as MDR [45, 46]. MDR of cancer cells during chemotherapy should be associated with a different type of mechanisms that are including enhanced efflux of drugs, genetic factors (gene mutations, amplifications, and epigenetic alterations), growth factors, increased DNA repair capacity, and also elevated metabolism of xenobiotics (Fig. 3). In the case of breast cancer, advancements in treatment and prevention have taken place over the last decade but MDR has been witnessed as the main roadblock [48]. In recent years, the use of different synthetically derived substances has been seen effective against MDR breast cancer cells.

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Mechanisms of chemotherapeutic drug resistance in cancer cells

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One of the major reasons for MDR is the over-expression of P-gp, a protein encoded by the MDR-1 gene belonging to the ABC membrane transporters family. HB Xu, L Li and GQ Liu [84] reported that a synthetic derivative Guggulsterone shows an MDR-reversal effect, a valuable adjunct to chemotherapy. Increased intracellular accumulation of Doxorubicin, an anti-breast cancer drug, results in the expression Guggulsterone in both MRP1 and P-gp in drug-resistant MCF-7 cells. Again sphingosine stereoisomers, another synthetic compound reduces basal phosphorylation of the P-gp ion in MCF-7/ADR cells, suggesting inhibition of protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated phosphorylation of P-gp [85]. 1,4-Dihydropyridines (DHPs) 3-pyridyl methyl carboxylate and alkyl carboxylate moieties inhibited rhodamine 123 efflux showing the mechanism of MDR reversal in P-gp transporter modulation. Lowered resistance of MES-SA/DX5 to doxorubicin also exerted the anti-tumor effect in MCF-7ADR cells [86].

Additionally, induction of apoptosis and autophagy can be effective ways to look out for. Genistein at IC50 value 73.89 µM showed an anti-tumor effect against MCF-7 cells. Induced cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis caused by genistein treatment strongly inhibits HER2/neu but not MDR-1 expression at both the mRNA and protein levels. Geinstein acts synergistically with doxorubicin by increasing intracellular accumulation of doxorubicin and suppressed HER2/neu expression [87]. M Distefano, G Scambia, C Ferlini, C Gaggini, R De Vincenzo, A Riva, E Bombardelli, I Ojima, A Fattorossi, PB Panici, et al. [88] stated that a series of14β-hydroxy-10-deacetylbaccatin III (14-OH-DAB) analogues induce cell cycle block at G2/M in a concentration-dependent manner. G1/G2 ratio, measured as the amount of cell block correlates significantly (p < 0.001) with apoptosis, evaluated in the sub-G1 region. This incident suggests G2/M-blocked cells underwent apoptosis in both MDA-MBA-231, MCF-7ADRr cells.

Table 2 summarizes the synthetic derivatives acting against multi-drugresistant MCF-7 cell-line and Fig. 4 represents the chemical structures of these compounds.

Table 2 Synthetic derivatives acting against multi-drugresistant MCF-7 cell-line
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Fig. 4
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Chemical structure of some synthetic derivatives that acting against multi-drug resistant MCF-7 cell-line

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Conclusion

The most common type of cancer is breast cancer for women worldwide, and approximately 25% of all female malignancies that have a high appearance in most of the developed countries. The second leading cause of death due to cancer among females in the world is breast cancer. The mortality rate of breast cancer is higher than the other types of cancer. Recent studies give evidence that the synthetic derivatives give effective action against breast cancer cell lines and also give action against multi drug resistant in MCF-7 cell lines. This review offers a very large amount of data on the mechanism of action of synthetic derivatives on multidrug resistance and could provide the basis for the discovery of new drugs against breast cancer. Multi drug resistance of cancer cells during chemotherapy it has been associated with a different type of mechanisms that are including enhanced efflux of drugs, genetic factors (gene mutations, amplifications, and epigenetic alterations), growth factors, increased DNA repair capacity, and also elevated metabolism of xenobiotics. For this reason, further studies required for the future purpose to know more about synthetic derivatives activity against breast cancer and multi drug resistance breast cancer cell lines.

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    Miquel Martorell

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Sharmin, S., Rahaman, M.M., Martorell, M. et al. Cytotoxicity of synthetic derivatives against breast cancer and multi-drug resistant breast cancer cell lines: a literature-based perspective study. Cancer Cell Int 21, 612 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-021-02309-9

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