Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel benzodiazepine derivatives as anticancer agents through inhibition of tubulin polymerization in vitro and in vivo
机构:[a]Department of Phase I Clinical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510006, China广东省中医院[b]Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510120, China大德路总院检验科大德路总院检验科广东省中医院[c]School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China
A series of novel structurally-related tubulin polymerization inhibitors based on benzodiazepine were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for anticancer activity. Extensive structure modifications were performed to investigate the detailed structure and activity relationships (SARs). Most compounds exhibited potent antiproliferative activity against a panel of cancer cell lines. Among these compounds, the optimal compound, 9a, possessed the most superior activity, including cytotoxicity against five cancer cell lines (IC50 = 6-15 nM) and inhibition of tubulin polymerization (IC50= 1.65 +/- 0.11 mu M). Mechanistic studies revealed that 9a could disrupt intracellular microtubule organization, arrest cell cycle at the G(2)/M phase and eventually induce cell apoptosis. Compound 9a exhibited good metabolic stability with a t(1/2) of 161.2 min, which was much better than the reference compound CA-4. Moreover, the disodium salt of 9a, 9a-P, exhibited excellent in vivo antitumor activity in xenograft mice model with inhibitory rate of 893%, which was better than the reference compounds CA-4P (inhibitory rate: 52.8%) and Y-01P (inhibitory rate: 77.7%). Altogether, 9a could serve as a promising lead compound for the development of highly efficient anticancer agents. (C) 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
基金:
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province
[2018A030313539], the youth innovation project of Guangdong
university [E1-KFD015181K35], and the Science Foundation of
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine [2017KT1525]
for financial support.
第一作者机构:[a]Department of Phase I Clinical Research Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Pang Yanqing,Lin Haibiao,Ou Caiwen,et al.Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel benzodiazepine derivatives as anticancer agents through inhibition of tubulin polymerization in vitro and in vivo[J].EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY.2019,182:doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111670.
APA:
Pang, Yanqing,Lin, Haibiao,Ou, Caiwen,Cao, Yingying,An, Baijiao...&Li, Xingshu.(2019).Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel benzodiazepine derivatives as anticancer agents through inhibition of tubulin polymerization in vitro and in vivo.EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY,182,
MLA:
Pang, Yanqing,et al."Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel benzodiazepine derivatives as anticancer agents through inhibition of tubulin polymerization in vitro and in vivo".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 182.(2019)