Browsing by Author "Salas, Cristian"

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    New Inhibitors of Bcr-Abl Based on 2,6,9-Trisubstituted Purine Scaffold Elicit Cytotoxicity in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia-Derived Cell Lines Sensitive and Resistant to TKIs
    (2024) Delgado, Thalía; Veselá, Denisa; Dostálová, Hana; Krystof, Vladimir; Vojáčková, Veronika; Jorda, Radek; Castro-Alvarez, Alejandro; Bertrand, Jean Luc; Rivera, Gildardo; Faúndez, M.; Strnad, Miroslav; Espinosa-Bustos, Christian; Salas, Cristian
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    Trypanosoma cruzi: Activities of lapachol and alpha- and beta-lapachone derivatives against epimastigote and trypomastigote forms
    (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2008) Salas, Cristian; Tapia, Ricardo A.; Ciudad, Karina; Armstrong, Veronica; Orellana, Myriam; Kemmerling, Ulrike; Ferreira, Jorge; Maya, Juan Diego; Morello, Antonio
    Derivatives of natural quinones with biological activities, such as lapachol, alpha- and beta-lapachones, have been synthesized and their trypanocidal activity evaluated in vitro in Trypanosoma cruzi cells. All tested compounds inhibited epimastigote growth and trypomastigote viability. Several compounds showed similar or higher activity as compared with current trypanocidal drugs, nifurtimox and benznidazole. The results presented here show that the anti-T Cruzi activity of the alpha-lapachone derivatives can be increased by the replacement of the benzene ring by a pyridine moiety. Free radical production and consequently oxidative stress through redox cycling or production of electrophilic metabolites are the potential biological mechanism of action for these synthetic quinones. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.