作者:Kesavan Krishnan、Kumari Prathiba、Venkatesan Jayaprakash、Arijit Basu、Nibha Mishra、Bingsen Zhou、Shuya Hu、Yun Yen
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.09.097
日期:2008.12
Ribonucleotide reductase (RR) is an important therapeutic target for anticancer drugs. The structure of human RR features a 1: 1 complex of two homodimeric subunits, hRRM1 and hRRM2. Prokaryotically expressed and highly purified recombinant human RR subunits, hRRM1 and hRRM2, were used for holoenzyme-based [(3)H] CDP reduction in vitro assay. Ten new thiosemicarbazones (7-16) were synthesized and screened for their RR inhibitory activity. Two thiosemicarbazones derived from p-hydroxy benzaldehyde (9 and 10) were found to be active but less potent than the standard, Hydroxyurea (HU). Guided by the activity of compounds 9 and 10, 11 new thiosemicarbazones (17-27) derived from p-hydroxy benzaldehyde were prepared and screened for their RR inhibitory activity. All the 11 compounds were more potent than HU. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.