"Reverse" analogues (RAD's) of actinomycin D (AMD) and their antitumor activity against mouse and human colon tumor cells are reported. RAD's are tetracyclic, and they have an oxazole ring fused on the tricyclic phenoxazine chromophore of AMD. The oxazole ring in RAD is substituted at the C-2 carbon with either a CH3 (in RAD I), a C6H5 (in RAD II), or a CH2CONH(CH2)4NH2 (in RAD III) group. In tumor cells and rat hepatic microsomes, RAD's are metabolized to a tricyclic "symmetrical" analogue of AMD (SAD) with the loss of the oxazole ring and its substituents. RAD and SAD are very active in priming superoxides in the presence of microsomal enzymes as well as in inhibiting the synthesis of DNA and the growth of human colon tumor HT-29 cells in vitro. RAD III and SAD efficiently cleave closed circular plasmid pBR322 DNA like the antitumor agent bleomycin. In addition to their strong inhibitory activity against P388 and B16 tumors in vitro and in vivo, RAD III and SAD demonstrate high levels of activity against primary C26 and advanced C38 colon tumors in mice and against a xenograft of human colon adenocarcinoma CX-1 in athymic mice. In all these biological activities, the analogues demonstrate superiority to AMD in several experimental tumors. Also, the analogues, in contrast to AMD, show reduced toxicity in tumor-free mice, which is possibly due to the metabolic deactivation of SAD in host organs.
报道了
放线菌素D(
AMD)的反式类似物(RAD)及其对小鼠和人结肠肿瘤细胞的抗肿瘤活性。 RAD是四环化合物,它们在
AMD的
三环吩嗪酮发色团上融合了一个
噁唑环。 RAD中的
噁唑环在C-2碳上被取代,分别带有
CH3(在RAD I中)、
C6H5(在RAD II中)或 CONH(
CH2)4NH2(在RAD III中)基团。在肿瘤细胞和大鼠肝微粒体中,RAD被代谢为一个
三环的对称
放线菌素D类似物(
SAD),并失去了
噁唑环及其取代基。 RAD和
SAD在微粒体酶存在下对超
氧阴离子有很强的活化作用,同时也抑制了人类结肠肿瘤HT-29细胞的DNA合成和体外生长。 RAD III和
SAD能够有效地切割闭合环状质粒pB
R322 DNA,类似于
抗肿瘤药物丝
裂霉素。除了对P388和B16肿瘤在体外和体内的强抑制作用外,RAD III和
SAD还对小鼠的原发性C26和晚期C38结肠肿瘤以及裸鼠中的人结肠腺癌异种移植物CX-1显示出高
水平的活性。在所有这些
生物学活性中,这些类比物在多种实验性肿瘤中显示出优于
AMD的效果。此外,这些类比物与
AMD不同,对无肿瘤的小鼠毒性降低,这可能是由于
SAD在宿主器官中的代谢失活所致。