(E)-4-Aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid amides, chalcone–aroylacrylic acid chimeras: Design, antiproliferative activity and inhibition of tubulin polymerization
摘要:
Antiproliferative activity of twenty-nine (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid amides against three human tumor cell lines (HeLa, FemX, and K562) is reported. Compounds showed antiproliferative activity in one-digit micromolar to submicromolar concentrations. The most active derivatives toward all the cell lines tested bear alkyl substituents on the aroyl moiety of the molecules. Fourteen compounds showed tubulin assembly inhibition at concentrations <20 mu M. The most potent inhibitor of tubulin assembly was unsubstituted compound 1, with IC50 = 2.9 mu M. Compound 23 had an oral LD50 in vivo of 45 mg/kg in mice. Cell cycle analysis on K562 cells showed that compounds 1, 2 and 23 caused accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase, but inhibition of microtubule polymerization is not the principal mode of action of the compounds. Nevertheless, they may be useful leads for the design of a new class of antitubulin agents. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Reactivity of (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid phenylamides with piperidine and benzylamine: kinetic and theoretical study
作者:Ilija N. Cvijetić、Maja D. Vitorović-Todorović、Ivan O. Juranić、Đura J. Nakarada、Milica D. Milosavljević、Branko J. Drakulić
DOI:10.1007/s00706-014-1223-8
日期:2014.8
Rates of the aza-Michael addition of piperidine and benzylamine to thirteen (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid phenylamides (AACPs) are reported. Progress of the reaction was monitored by UV/Vis spectroscopy. The 2D NMR spectra confirmed regioselectivity of the reactions. Piperidine and benzylamine provide exclusively beta-adducts in respect to the aroyl keto group. Influence of the substituents of the aroyl phenyl ring of AACPs on the rate of the reaction was quantified by Hammett substituent constants, partial atomic charges, and the energies of frontier orbitals. Good correlations between second-order rate constants and the Hammett substituent constants were obtained (r = 0.98, piperidine; r = 0.94, benzylamine) for para-, and meta-, para-substituted derivatives. Best correlations were obtained with the energies of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals of compounds, derived from the MP2 level of theory. Calculated UV/Vis spectra of representative AACPs and their Michael adduct with piperidine and benzylamine are in fair agreement with experimentally obtained data.
Reactivity of (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid arylamides toward 2-mercaptoethanol. A LFER study
作者:Ilija N. Cvijetić、Maja D. Vitorović-Todorović、Ivan O. Juranić、Branko J. Drakulić
DOI:10.1007/s00706-013-1084-6
日期:2013.12
The reactivity of fifteen (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic (aroylacrylic) acid arylamides toward thiols was studied, measuring the rate constants of the addition of model thiol nucleophile, 2-mercaptoethanol. The influence of the variation of the substituents on the phenyl rings on the rate of reaction was quantified using the Hammett substituent constants and descriptors derived from ab initio or semiempirical calculations (atomic charges, HOMO, and LUMO). Statistically significant linear correlations between second-order rate constants and Hammett substituent constants, as well as energies of LUMO orbitals, were obtained. Substituents on both aroyl and arylamido moieties were shown to influence the reactivity of studied compounds toward thiols. The regioselectivity of reaction was confirmed by NMR spectroscopy. Exclusively beta-addition product with respect to the aroyl keto group was obtained. The determined enthalpy and entropy of activation were found to be in agreement with the proposed reaction mechanism, which includes a highly ordered transition state.
(E)-4-Aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid amides, chalcone–aroylacrylic acid chimeras: Design, antiproliferative activity and inhibition of tubulin polymerization
作者:Maja D. Vitorović-Todorović、Aleksandra Erić-Nikolić、Branka Kolundžija、Ernest Hamel、Slavica Ristić、Ivan O. Juranić、Branko J. Drakulić
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.01.006
日期:2013.4
Antiproliferative activity of twenty-nine (E)-4-aryl-4-oxo-2-butenoic acid amides against three human tumor cell lines (HeLa, FemX, and K562) is reported. Compounds showed antiproliferative activity in one-digit micromolar to submicromolar concentrations. The most active derivatives toward all the cell lines tested bear alkyl substituents on the aroyl moiety of the molecules. Fourteen compounds showed tubulin assembly inhibition at concentrations <20 mu M. The most potent inhibitor of tubulin assembly was unsubstituted compound 1, with IC50 = 2.9 mu M. Compound 23 had an oral LD50 in vivo of 45 mg/kg in mice. Cell cycle analysis on K562 cells showed that compounds 1, 2 and 23 caused accumulation of cells in the G2/M phase, but inhibition of microtubule polymerization is not the principal mode of action of the compounds. Nevertheless, they may be useful leads for the design of a new class of antitubulin agents. (C) 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
4-Aryl-4-oxo-N-phenyl-2-aminylbutyramides as acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors. Preparation, anticholinesterase activity, docking study, and 3D structure–activity relationship based on molecular interaction fields
作者:Maja D. Vitorović-Todorović、Ivan O. Juranić、Ljuba M. Mandić、Branko J. Drakulić
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.12.042
日期:2010.2
literature, confirmed that alkyl substitution on aroyl moiety of molecules is requisite for inhibition activity. The presence of hydrophobic moiety at close distance from hydrogen bond acceptor has favorable influence on inhibition potency. Docking studies show that compounds probably bind in the middle of the AChE active site gorge, but are buried deeper inside BChE active site gorge, as a consequence