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The role of glutathione peroxidases (GPx) in cancer and their influence on tumor prognosisand the development of anticancer drug resistance has been extensively and controversially discussed.The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of GPx1 expression on anticancer drug cytotoxicity.For this purpose, a GPx1 knockout of the near-haploid human cancer cell line HAP-1 was generatedand compared to the native cell line with regards to morphology, growth and metabolic rates,and oxidative stress defenses. Furthermore, the IC50values of two peroxides and 16 widely usedanticancer drugs were determined in both cell lines. Here we report that the knockout of GPx1 in HAP-1cells has no significant effect on cell size, viability, growth and metabolic rates. Significant increasesin the cytotoxic potency of hydrogen peroxide andtert-butylhydroperoxide, the anticancer drugscisplatin and carboplatin as well as the alkylating agents lomustine and temozolomide were found.While a concentration dependent increases in intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levelswere observed for both HAP-1 cell lines treated with either cisplatin, lomustine or temozolamide,no significant enhancement in ROS levels was observed in the GPx1 knockout compared to the nativecell line except at the highest concentration of temozolamide. On the other hand, a ca. 50% decreasein glutathione levels was noted in the GPx1 knockout relative to the native line, suggesting thatfactors other than ROS levels alone play a role in the increased cytotoxic activity of these drugs in theGPx1 knockout cells.
The potassium channel opening drugs flupirtine and retigabine have been withdrawn from the market due to occasional drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and tissue discoloration, respectively. While the mechanism underlying DILI after prolonged flupirtine use is not entirely understood, evidence indicates that both drugs are metabolized in an initial step to reactive ortho- and/or para-azaquinone diimines or ortho- and/or para-quinone diimines, respectively. Aiming to develop safer alternatives for the treatment of pain and epilepsy, we have attempted to separate activity from toxicity by employing a drug design strategy of avoiding the detrimental oxidation of the central aromatic ring by shifting oxidation toward the formation of benign metabolites. In the present investigation, an alternative retrometabolic design strategy was followed. The nitrogen atom, which could be involved in the formation of both ortho- or para-quinone diimines of the lead structures, was shifted away from the central ring, yielding a substitution pattern with nitrogen substituents in the meta position only. Evaluation of KV7.2/3 opening activity of the 11 new specially designed derivatives revealed surprisingly steep structure–activity relationship data with inactive compounds and an activity cliff that led to the identification of an apparent “magic methyl” effect in the case of N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-6-[(4-fluorobenzyl)amino]-2-methoxy-4-methylnicotinamide. This flupirtine analogue showed potent KV7.2/3 opening activity, being six times as active as flupirtine itself, and by design is devoid of the potential for azaquinone diimine formation.