Synthesis and biological evaluation of new pyrrolopyrazinone compounds as potential antitumor agents

A series of pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazinone compounds(5a-9f) were synthesized,and their cytotoxic activity against SKOV-3,A549.HeLa cells in vitro were evaluated by the MTT method.Some of the compounds showed potential antitumor activity against three tumor cell lines.Among them,compounds 9c and 9d showed the most potent cytotoxic activity.The preliminary mechanism of action was discussed.     

Design,Synthesis and Anticancer Activity Evaluation of Novel Quinazoline Derivatives as EFGR Inhibitors

Malignant tumor is one of the major diseases that seriously threaten human health today. Compared with traditional chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy has become a new idea of tumor therapy. And EGFR(epidermal growth factor receptor) is highly expressed in many human tumor cell lines, which is a biomarker of tumor proliferation. In this paper, small molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors with quinazoline structure aiming at EGFR were studied. A series of novel quinazoline derivatives(4 a～4 l) have been designed and synthesized from 4-hydroxyquinazoline as the parent core. Structures of target compounds were characterized by ~1H NMR and ~(13)C NMR spectra. The in vitro anticancer activity of compounds 4 a～4 l was evaluated by MTT assay against Hela,MCF-7 and A549 tumor cell lines, and apoptosis-inducing capacity was investigated by Annexin-V/PI staining assay.The results showed that all compounds had good antitumor activity against the test tumor cell lines. Especially,compound 4 a exhibited the best anticancer activity(IC_(50) = 10.23 μM) against Hela cell lines, remarkable ability to induce apoptosis, and low toxicity, which identified 4 a as a promising anticancer drug aiming at EFGR.     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of heterocyclic acid ester derivatives of 20S-camptothecins

A series of heterocyclic acid esters of camptothecins as new compounds had been synthesized by acylation method,their in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities were evaluated.The cytotoxic results showed that 6 possessed the best efficacy on six human cancer cell lines in the six classes of CPTs' derivatives.In vivo testing results indicated that 9 had better antitumor activity against mouse liver carcinoma H_(22) than topotecan.     

Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Antitumor Activities of N,N,1-Triphenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-5-amine Derivatives

In order to discover the novel antitumor agents, a series of N,N,1-triphenyl-~1Hbenzo[d]imidazol-5-amine derivatives were designed and synthesized, and the structures were characterized by IR, H-RMS, ~1H and ~(13)C NMR. X-ray crystallography showed that 4 c is in monoclinic system, space group P1 with a = 9.209(2), b = 9.533(3), c = 14.097(3) ?, β = 102.069(3)°, V = 1202.2(5) ?~3, Z = 2, F(000) = 528, μ = 1.74 mm–1, S = 1.024, the final R = 0.0448 and wR = 0.1109. The in vitro antitumor activities of target compounds were evaluated by MTT assay against human cancer cell lines K562, HL-60, HeLa and BGC-823. The target compounds demonstrated weak or moderate antitumor activities against these cell lines.     

Design,synthesis and biological evaluation of novel arylpiperazine derivatives on human prostate cancer cell lines

A series of novel arylpiperazine derivatives was synthesized. The in vitro cytotoxic activities of all synthesized compounds against three human prostate cancer cell lines(PC-3, LNCa P, and DU145) were evaluated by a CCK-8 assay. Compounds 8, 10, 13, 17 and 20 exhibited strong cytotoxic activities against the tested cancer cell lines(IC_(50)3 μmol/L). In addition, these compounds exhibited weak cytotoxic effects on human epithelial prostate normal cells WPMY-1. The structure–activity relationship(SAR) of these arylpiperazine derivatives was also discussed based on the obtained experimental data.     

Discovery of a series of pyridopyrimidine derivatives as potential topoisomerase I inhibitors

A series of new 3-benzoheterocyclic substituted pyridopyrimidines were designed and synthesized. Structures of the compounds were determined by IR, 1H NMR, and elemental analyses. The anti- proliferation activity of 13 novel compounds was evaluated in A549, HL-60, BGC-823 and SMMC-7721 cell lines. Compounds 3, 5, 7, 8, 9,10 showed potent inhibitory activity against the four tested cancer cell lines. These six compounds were examined for Top I inhibition at 100 μmol/L by measuring the relaxation of supercoiled DNA in plasmid pBR322. Most of the tested compounds inhibited the enzyme at this concentration. The most potent compound 9 was as potent as camptothecin.     

Design,Synthesis and Antitumor Activity in vitro of a Series of 3-Arylcoumarins

A new series of 7-substituted 3-arylcoumarins was designed, synthesized and evaluated as novel antitumor agents in vitro. It was found that several compounds of them exhibit activity in vitro against SK-HEP-l（hepatocellular carcinoma）, HepG2（hepatocellular carcinoma） and SGC7901（gastric carcinoma） cell lines to some extent. Moreover, compounds 5a, 5b, 6a and 6b have better activity against HeLa（cervical carcinoma） cell and their half maximal inhibitory concentration（IC50） values are less than 10μmol/L.     

Synthesis,in vitro antitumor activity and molecular modeling studies of a new series of benzothiazole Schiff bases

A new series of benzothiazole Schiff bases 3–29 was synthesized and screened for antitumor activity against cervical cancer(Hela) and kidney fibroblast cancer(COS-7) cell lines. Results indicated that compounds 3, 14, 19, 27 and 28 have promising activity against Hela cell line with IC_(50) values of 2.41,3.06, 6.46, 2.22 and 6.25 mmol/L, respectively, in comparison to doxorubicin as a reference antitumor agent(IC_(50) 2.05 mmol/L). In addition, compound 3 displayed excellent activity against COS-7 cell line with IC_(50) value of 4.31 mmol/L in comparison to doxorubicin(IC_(50)3.04 mmol/L). In the present work,structure based pharmacophore mapping, molecular docking, protein-ligand interaction, fingerprints and binding energy calculations were employed in a virtual screening strategy to identify the interaction between the compounds and the active site of the putative target, EGFR tyrosine kinase. Molecular properties, toxicity, drug-likeness, and drug score profiles of compounds 3, 14, 19, 27, 28 and 29 were also assessed.     

Synthesis and in vitro antitumor activity of novel naphthyridinone derivatives

A series of naphthyridinone derivatives based on la(a precursor of Voreloxin) were designed and synthesized.Seven compounds having 70%inhibition against HL60 at 30 μmol/L were further evaluated for their in vitro antitumor activity by SRB assay.Results reveal that thiazol-2-yl and 3-aminomethyl-4-benzyloxyimino-3-methylpyrrolidin-l-yl groups are optimal at the N-1 and C-7positions of naphthyridinone core,respectively.10 j exhibits broad-spectrum activity(IC_(50):0.5-6.25 μmol/L) against all of the tested cell lines including Etoposide- and/or la-resistant ones,and is 1.3-fold to 100-fold more potent than the two references against eight of these cell lines.     

Synthesis,antimicrobial, antiquorum-sensing and cytotoxic activities of new series of benzothiazole derivatives

New series of benzothiazole derivatives were designed and synthesized. The newly synthesized compounds were screened for their antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus. Compounds 6j and 6o showed the highest activity against E. coli and S. aureus. The antifungal activity of these compounds was also tested against Candida albicans and Aspergillus fumigatus293. Compounds 4c, 4g and 6j exhibited the highest activity against C. albicans. In addition, compounds4 a and 6j displayed promising activity against A. fumigatus 293. The same compounds were examined for their antiquorum-sensing activity against Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472, whereas compounds4 a, 6j and 6p showed moderate activity. The in vitro cytotoxicity testing of the synthesized compounds was performed against cervical cancer(Hela) and kidney fibroblast cancer(COS-7) cell lines. Results indicated that all tested compounds have IC50 values 50 mmol/L against both cell lines. Molecular properties, toxicities, drug-likeness, and drug score profiles of compounds 4a–c, 5a, 6g,h, 6j, 6l, 6o and7 c,d were also assessed.     

Synthesis and antitumor activity of 6- and 2- （ 1-acyl sulfanylalkyl）-5,8-dimethoxy- 1,4-naphthoquinones

Sixteen novel 6- and 2-（1-acylsulfanylalkyl）-5,8-dimethoxy-l,4-naphthoquinones were designed and synthesized. Their cytotoxicities were evaluated in vitro against BEL-7402, HT-29 and SPC-Al cell lines. The pharmacological results showed that most of the prepared compounds displayed the excellent selectivity for HT-29 cell line. Compound lab exhibited the most potent antitumor activity among the tested compounds.     

Gold-catalyzed oxazoles synthesis and their relevant antiproliferative activities

Nine 5-aryl-2-methyloxazole derivatives were synthesized via gold-catalyzed alkyne oxidation. All of the compounds have been screened for their antiproliferative activities against MCF-7 cell （human breast carcinoma）, A549 cell （human lung carcinoma） and Hela cell （human cervical carcinoma） lines in vitro. The results revealed that compounds 1b, 1c and 1d exhibited strong inhibitory activities against the MCF-7 cell lines （with ICso values of 4.6, 9.7 and 2.2 μmol/L, respectively）.     

Design,synthesis and antiproliferative activities of diaryl urea derivatives bearing N-acylhydrazone moiety

A new series of diaryl urea derivatives bearing N-acylhydrazone moiety were designed and synthesized.All the target compounds were evaluated for their antiproliferative activities against human leukemia cell line(HL-60),human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cell line(A549) and human breast cancer cell line(MDA-MB-231) in vitro by standard MTT assay.The pharmacological results indicated that some compounds exhibited promising antitumor activities.Compound 1j showed the most potent antiproliferative activity against the tested three cell lines with IC values of 0.13 mmol/L,0.7 mmol/L and 0.5 mmol/L,respectively.     

New phenolic compounds from the leaves of Artocarpus heterophyllus

One new 2-arylbenzofuran derivative, artocarstilbene B(1), one new benzaldehyde derivative,(E)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-(3-methylbut-1-enyl)benzaldehyde(2), as well as 18 known compounds(3–20) were obtained from the leaves of Artocarpus heterophyllus. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic techniques including 2D NMR and HR-ESIMS. Many compounds exhibited moderate to weak inhibitory activity against the proliferation of the PC-3, NCI-H460, and A549 cancer cell lines.     

Amino acid derivatives of pyropheophorbide-a ethers as photosensitizer: Synthesis and photodynamic activity

Ten new water-soluble amino acid conjugates of pyropheophorbide-a ethers 4a–4j were synthesized and investigated for their in vitro photodynamic antitumor activity. The results showed that all compounds exhibited higher phototoxicity and lower dark toxicity against three kinds of tumor cell lines than BPD-MA. In particular, the most phototoxic compound 4d and 4j individually showed IC_(50) values of 41 nmol/L and 33 nmol/L against HCT116 cell, which represented 7.8- and 9.7-fold increase of antitumor potency compared to BPD-MA, respectively, suggesting that they were promising photosensitizers for PDT applications because of their strong absorption at long wavelength(λ_(max) 650 nm), high phototoxicity, low dark cytotoxicity and good water-solubility.     

Two new eupodienone lignans from Gymnotheca chinensis

Two new eupodienone lignans, named gymnothelignan T(1) and gymnothelignan U(2) were isolated from the whole plants of endemicmedicinal plant of Gymnotheca chinensis(Saururaceae). The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by means of HRMS, 1D and 2D NMR. Compound 1 was tested for cytotoxic activity in HCT15, HCT116, A549, MCF-7 and HepG2 cells and exhibited no appreciable activity against these tested cell lines with IC50 values above 50 mmol/L.     

Design, synthesis and antitumor activity of a series of novel coumarin-stilbenes hybrids, the 3-arylcoumarins

<正>A series of novel coumarin-stilbenes hybrids called 3-arylcoumarins were synthesized via Perkin reaction and evaluated as potential antitumor agents.The results showed that some compounds exhibited in vitro activity against KB,KV,MCF-7,MCF-7/ ADR cell lines to some extent.Compound 3a showed remarkable effect against KB tumor cells with an IC_(50) value of 5.18μmol/L.     

Synthesis and in vitro cytotoxic activities of sorafenib derivatives

A series of novel sorafenib derivatives have been designed and synthesized.The cytotoxic activities of these compounds were tested in three tumor cell lines.Most of the compounds showed potent antiproliferative activity against the tested cell lines with IC50= 0–20 mmol/L.Some compounds demonstrated competitive antiproliferative activities to sorafenib against all three cancer cell lines.Among them,compound 5g demonstrated significant inhibitory activity against A549,ACHN and MDAMB-231 cell lines with IC50values of 1.29,1.99,3.11 mmol/L,respectively.     

Synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity of novel 1,4-disubstituted phthalazines

Eight novel 1,4-disubstituted phthalazines （7-14） were designed and synthesized. The structures of all the synthesized compounds were confirmed by IR,1H NMR, 13C NMR, MS and elemental analysis. Their in vitro cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines （Bel-7402 and HT- 1080） were evaluated by standard MTT assay. Among them, compounds 9 and 11 exhibited more potent cytotoxicity than cisplatin. 2007 Ping Gong. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Chinese Chemical Society. All rights reserved.     

Synthesis and cytotoxicity studies of quinoline-3-carbonitrile derivatives

<正>A series of quinoline-3-carbonitrile derivatives were designed and synthesized.Their cytotoxicity in vitro against four cancer cell lines(A549,HT-29,MDA-MB-231 and SMMC-7721) were evaluated by standard MTT assay.The pharmacological results showed that most of the prepared compounds displayed excellent selective cytotoxicity toward SMMC-7721 cell line.Among them, compounds 7c,7e,11b,11f and 11g were more active than Gefitinb against SMMC-7721 cell line.