Synthesis and Cytotoxicity of Amino-<i>s</i><i>eco</i>-DSA: An Amino Analogue of the DNA Alkylating Agent Duocarmycin SA
作者:Moana Tercel、Michael A. Gieseg、William A. Denny、William R. Wilson
DOI:10.1021/jo990464j
日期:1999.8.1
This paper describes the synthesis of methyl 5-amino-1-(chloromethyl)-3-[(5,6,7-trimethoxyindol-2-yl)carbonyl]-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrrolo[3,2-e]indole-7-carboxylate 8, an amino analogue of the anticancer antibiotic and potent DNA minor groove alkylating agent seco-duocarmycin SA. Key points in the synthesis are sequential radical cyclization and Hemetsberger reaction steps to construct the indoline and indole rings of the target compound from a 1,2,3-trisubstituted benzene precursor. An intermediate has been resolved by chiral chromatography to provide the separate enantiomers of 8. Racemic 8 alkylates DNA at adenine in AT rich sequences, similar to seco-duocarmycin SA and the previously reported amino-seco-CBI 7, but is 15-60 times less potent than 7 in an in vitro cytotoxicity test. Derivatives of 8 in which the amino group is replaced by an electron-withdrawing nitro or nitrobenzylcarbamate substituent are considerably less toxic and may have application as prodrugs to be activated selectively in a tumor environment.