Bismuth nitrate-induced novel nitration of estradiol: An entry to new anticancer agents
作者:Debasish Bandyopadhyay、Gildardo Rivera、Jorge L. Sanchez、Jesse Rivera、Jose C. Granados、Adrian M. Guerrero、Fang-Mei Chang、Robert K. Dearth、John D. Short、Bimal K. Banik
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.06.010
日期:2014.7
Direct nitration of estradiol was carried out using metal nitrates on solid surfaces under mild condition, and a combination of bismuth nitrate pentahydrate impregnated KSF clay was found to be the best reagent to synthesize 2- and 4-nitroestradiol effectively. Furthermore, various basic side chains were introduced, through O-linker at C-3, to these nitroestradiols. The ability of these derivatives to cause cytotoxicity in Estrogen Receptor (ER)-positive and ER-negative breast cancer cell lines, as well as cancer cell lines of other origins, was examined. Qualitative structure activity relationship (SAR) has also been studied. We found that a basic side chain containing either a piperidine or morpholine ring, when conjugated to 2-nitroestradiol, was particularly effective at causing cytotoxicity in each of the cancer cell lines examined. Surprisingly, this effective cytotoxicity was even seen in ER-negative breast cancer cells. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.