作者:Chong-Wen Bi、Cai-Xia Zhang、Ying-Hong Li、Sheng Tang、Hong-Bin Deng、Wu-Li Zhao、Zhen Wang、Rong-Guang Shao、Dan-Qing Song
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.04.069
日期:2014.6
Using sophoridine (1) as the lead compound, a series of new N-substituted sophoridinic acid derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxicity. SAR analysis indicated that introduction of a chlorobenzyl on the 12-nitrogen atom of sophoridinol might significantly enhance the anti-proliferative activity. Of the newly synthesized compounds, sophoridinol analogue 9k exhibited a potent effect against six human tumor cell lines (liver, colon, breast, lung, glioma and nasopharyngeal). The mode of action of 9k was to inhibit the DNA topoisomerase I activity, followed by the G0/G1 phase arrest. It also showed a moderate oral bioavailability and good safety in vivo. Therefore, compound 9k has been selected as a novel-scaffold lead for further structural optimizations or as a chemical probe for exploring anticancer pathways of this kinds of compounds. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.