Chemoselective Preparation of New Families of Phenolic-Organoselenium Hybrids—A Biological Assessment

Being aware of the enormous biological potential of organoselenium and polyphenolic compounds, we have accomplished the preparation of novel hybrids, combining both pharma-cophores in order to obtain new antioxidant and antiproliferative agents. Three different families have been accessed in a strai...

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Authors: Begines Aguilar, Paloma, Martos Delgado, Sergio, Lagunes, Irene, Maya Castilla, Inés, Padrón, José M., López López, Óscar, Fernández-Bolaños Guzmán, José María
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/130409
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/130409
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041315
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Antioxidant
Antiproliferative agents
GPx mimetic
Isoselenocarbamates
Isoselenoureas
Organoselenium
Polyphenols
Selenocarbamates
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Summary:Being aware of the enormous biological potential of organoselenium and polyphenolic compounds, we have accomplished the preparation of novel hybrids, combining both pharma-cophores in order to obtain new antioxidant and antiproliferative agents. Three different families have been accessed in a straightforward and chemoselective fashion: carbohydrate-containing N-acylisoselenoureas, N-arylisoselenocarbamates and N-arylselenocarbamates. The nature of the organoselenium framework, number and position of phenolic hydroxyl groups and substituents on the aromatic scaffolds afforded valuable structure–activity relationships for the biological as-says accomplished: antioxidant properties (antiradical activity, DNA-protective effects, Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) mimicry) and antiproliferative activity. Regarding the antioxidant activity, selenocar-bamates 24–27 behaved as excellent mimetics of GPx in the substoichiometric elimination of H2O2 as a Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) model. Isoselenocarbamates and particularly their selenocarbamate isomers exhibited potent antiproliferative activity against non-small lung cell lines (A549, SW1573) in the low micromolar range, with similar potency to that shown by the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin (cis-diaminodichloroplatin, CDDP) and occasionally with more potency than etoposide (VP-16).