Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 2- and 3-Aminobenzo[<i>b</i>]thiophene Derivatives as Antimitotic Agents and Inhibitors of Tubulin Polymerization
作者:Romeo Romagnoli、Pier Giovanni Baraldi、Maria Dora Carrion、Carlota Lopez Cara、Delia Preti、Francesca Fruttarolo、Maria Giovanna Pavani、Mojgan Aghazadeh Tabrizi、Manlio Tolomeo、Stefania Grimaudo、Antonella Di Cristina、Jan Balzarini、John A. Hadfield、Andrea Brancale、Ernest Hamel
DOI:10.1021/jm070050f
日期:2007.5.1
Two new series of inhibitors of tubulin polymerization based on the 2-amino-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)benzo[b]thiophene molecular skeleton and its 3-amino positional isomer were synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity, inhibition of tubulin polymerization, and cell cycle effects. Although many more 3-amino derivatives have been synthesized so far, the most promising compound in this series was 2-amino-6-methyl-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)benzo[b]thiophene, which inhibits cancer cell growth at subnanomolar concentrations and interacts strongly with tubulin by binding to the colchicine site.