Novel thienopyridine derivatives as specific anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) agents: Synthesis, preliminary structure–activity relationships, and in vitro biological evaluation
作者:Xiu-Xiu Zeng、Ren-Lin Zheng、Tian Zhou、Hai-Yun He、Ji-Yan Liu、Yu Zheng、Ai-Ping Tong、Ming-Li Xiang、Xiang-Rong Song、Sheng-Yong Yang、Luo-Ting Yu、Yu-Quan Wei、Ying-Lan Zhao、Li Yang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.08.088
日期:2010.11
Novel thienopyridine derivatives 1b-1r were synthesized, based on a hit compound 1a that was found in a previous cell-based screening of anticancer drugs. Compounds 1a-1r have the following features: (1) their anticancer activity in vitro was first reported by our group. (2) The most potent analog 1g possesses hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-specific anticancer activity. It can specifically inhibit the proliferation of the human hepatoma HepG2 cells with an IC(50) value of 0.016 mu M (compared with doxorubicin as a positive control, whose IC(50) was 0.37 mu M). It is inactive toward a panel of five different types of human cancer cell lines. (3) Compound 1g remarkably induces G(0)/G(1) arrest and apoptosis in HepG2 cells in vitro at low micromolar concentrations. These results, especially the HCC-specific anticancer activity of 1g, suggest their potential in targeted chemotherapy for HCC. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.