Abstract
On the basis of the chemical structures of psorospermin with a xanthone template and acronycine derivatives with an acridone template, rac-1 and rac-2 constructed on an 1,2-dihydrobenzofuro[4,5-b][1,8]naphthyridin-6(11H)-one scaffold were designed and synthesized as potential anticancer agents. Their anticancer activities were evaluated against five human cancer cell lines. Rac-2 showed similar anticancer activity to doxorubicin and rac-1 exhibited even higher anticancer activity against LNCaP (IC 50 = 0.14 μM), DU145 (IC 50 = 0.15 μM), PC3 (IC 50 = 0.30 μM) and MCF-7 (IC 50 = 0.26 μM) cancer lines than doxorubicin and rac-2. Also, rac-1 revealed very potent anticancer activity (IC 50 = 0.15 μM) against MCF-7/ADR cell (doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cell) lines and induced G2/M phase arrest of the cell cycle in MCF-7/ADR cells.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 5730-5734 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anticancer activity
- Dihydrobenzofuro[4,5-b][1,8]naphthyridin-6-one
- Epoxide
- G2/M phase arrest