New cytotoxic benzosuberene analogs. Synthesis, molecular modeling and biological evaluation
作者:Zecheng Chen、Andreas Maderna、Sai Chetan K. Sukuru、Melissa Wagenaar、Christopher J. O’Donnell、My-Hanh Lam、Sylvia Musto、Frank Loganzo
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.10.039
日期:2013.12
In this Letter we describe the synthesis and biological evaluation of new benzosuberene analogs with structural modifications on the B-ring. The focus was initially to probe the chemical space around the B-ring C-8 position. This position was readily available for derivatization chemistry using our recently developed new synthesis for this compound class. Furthermore, we describe two new B-ring analogs, one containing a diene and the other a cyclic ether group. Both new analogs show excellent potencies in tumor cell proliferation assays. In addition, we describe molecular modeling studies that provide a binding rationale for reference compound 8 in the colchicine binding site using the known colchicine crystal structure. We also examine whether the cell based potency data obtained with selected new analogs are supported by modeling results. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.