Melanoma is a malignant tumor that develops anywhere on the skin is 1 to 3% of all malignant neoplasms, and also affects men and women, especially in light skin. The development of melanoma may be associated with excessive sun exposure, sunburn, fair skin, blond or red hair, lots of freckles on their shoulders and backs, family history and presence of actinic keratosis. The chemotherapeutic strategies have been based on the use of dacarbazine and temozolomide. In addition to these monoclonal antibodies are also being used, such as ipilimumab, approved in 2011 for the palliative treatment of patients with metastatic cancer. Many studies are underway to evaluate the anticancer activity of compounds like resveratrol. Resveratrol, 3,5,4'-trihydroxy-trans-stilbene (RESV) is a natural phenolic stilbene which has, among the most important properties, antioxidant, anticarcinogenic - inhibiting various cellular events associated with three major stages of carcinogenesis: started, promotion and progression - anti-inflammatory, antiplatelet, antifungal and estrogen. Resveratrol analogs were synthesized by modification of substituents on both rings, without altering the double bond between them: one by the fusion of benzene and other two by fusing a heterocyclic ring; these newly synthesized analogues showed anticancer activity, vasodilatory and anti-tyrosinase. In this paper we propose the synthesis of resveratrol analogues in order to evaluate the biological activity of these. The structural change of resveratrol stilbene modified (alternate double bond between the carbons of the double nitrogens) may be a promising strategy to improve the pharmacological parameters. The replacement of hydroxyl groups by methyls and acetyls can increase the molecular stability, so that there is decreasing susceptibility in the reaction phase II conjugation in vivo, significantly potentiate the cytotoxic activity. Assay in cell culture using melanoma line, B16F10, showed that compounds synthesized had IC50 less than resveratrol. In evaluating the IC50 of the compounds synthesized in fibroblasts, 3T3 line, we see that showed higher values than in melanoma strain except Redresv001 compound, suggesting a specificity of the synthesized compounds in these cancer cells. Among the compounds, methylated Redresv003 and acetylated Redresv004 and Redresv005 have greater prominence, because of having antiproliferative activity at lower concentrations, are selective for cancer tested lineage and maintain their activity long period of time (72 hours), suggesting that did not generate resistance in the B16F10 line. For the qualitative analysis of the mechanism of cell death, we find that the Redresv003, Redresv004 and Redresv005 compounds showed differences compared to the control for apoptosis assay and also by autophagy, suggesting no specific target for action based on these assays.
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