Synthesis and cytotoxic potential of heterocyclic cyclohexanone analogues of curcumin
作者:Babasaheb Yadav、Sebastien Taurin、Rhonda J. Rosengren、Marc Schumacher、Marc Diederich、Tiffany J. Somers-Edgar、Lesley Larsen
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.07.063
日期:2010.9
A series of 18 heterocyclic cyclohexanone analogues of curcumin have been synthesised and screened for their activity in both adherent and non-adherent cancer cell models. Cytotoxicity towards MBA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, as well as ability to inhibit NF-kappa B transactivation in non-adherent K562 leukemia cells were investigated. Three of these analogues 3,5-bis(pyridine-4-yl)-1-methylpiperidin-4-one B1, 3,5-bis(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzylidene)-1-methylpiperidin-4-one B10, and 8-methyl-2,4-bis((pyridine-4-yl)methylene)-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one C1 showed potent cytotoxicity towards MBA-MB-231, MDA-MB-468, and SkBr3 cell lines with EC50 values below 1 mu M and inhibition of NF-kappa B activation below 7.5 mu M. The lead drug candidate, B10, was also able to cause 43% of MDA-MB-231 cells to undergo apoptosis after 18 h. This level of activity warrants further investigation for the treatment of ER-negative breast cancer and/or chronic myelogenous leukemia as prototypical cellular models for solid and liquid tumors. (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.