Synthesis and biological evaluation of 3,4,6-triaryl-2-pyranones as a potential new class of anti-breast cancer agents
作者:Ravi Shankar、Bandana Chakravarti、Uma Sharan Singh、Mohd. Imran Ansari、Shreekant Deshpande、Shailendra Kumar Dhar Dwivedi、Hemant Kumar Bid、Rituraj Konwar、Geetika Kharkwal、Vishal Chandra、Anila Dwivedi、K. Hajela
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2009.04.032
日期:2009.6
A series of 3,4,6-triaryl-2-pyranones, new class of anti-breast cancer agents, have been synthesized as a structural variants of cyclic triphenylethylenes by replacing the fused benzene ring with pendant phenyl ring to mimic the phenolic A ring of estradiol. Nine of these newly synthesized pyranones exhibited significant anti-proliferative activity in both ER+ve and ER-ve breast cancer cell lines. Four active non-cytotoxic compounds 5c, 5d, 5g and 5h showed specific and selective cytotoxicity and two compounds 5d and 5h induced significant DNA fragmentation in both MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. Based on RBA studies, the molecules probably act in an ER-independent mechanism. The involved pathway was observed as caspase-dependant apoptosis in MCF-7 cells. However, the particular caspases involved and the possible cellular target through which this series of compounds mediate cell death are not known. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.