Carbonic anhydrase (hCA) IX and XII isoforms are over-expressed both in primary and in metastatic cell lines of hypoxic tumors and are innovative targets for cancer diagnosis and treatment. On the basis of the importance of the pharmacophoric sulfamate moiety (bioisostere of the sulfonamide group) present in the structure of recent human CA inhibitors, we designed N-alkylated and O-alkylated derivatives of acesulfame, a cyclic tertiary sulfamate, assessing the inhibitory activity against the ubiquitous isoforms hCA I and II and the cancer-related isoforms hCA IX and XII. All derivatives were nanomolar inhibitors, with some of them possessing an outstanding selectivity towards the tumor-associated hCA IX and/or hCA XII isoforms.
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Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, 50019 Florence Italy.
Several antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have been found to inhibit human carbonic anhydrases (hCAs), paving the way for repurposing AEDs for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer. Here, the hCAs inhibitory effects of levetiracetam, a highly prescribed AED that does not bear a common zinc-binding group, were investigated and . Levetiracetam inhibited all tested hCAs, although with a specific profile compared to the reference acetazolamide, with remarkable efficacy against tumor-associated hCA IX and XII.
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Department of Chemical Sciences, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
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Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Cittadella Universitaria, University of Cagliari, sp8 09042 Monserrato, Cagliari 09124, Italy.
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NEUROFARBA Department, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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