Synthesis and biological evaluation of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and 4-heteroaryl-pyrimidine derivatives as anti-cancer agents
作者:Pawel M. Lukasik、Sherifa Elabar、Frankie Lam、Hao Shao、Xiangrui Liu、Abdullah Y. Abbas、Shudong Wang
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2012.09.034
日期:2012.11
A series of N-phenyl-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-amines, 4-indazolyl-N-phenylpyrimidin-2-amines and N-phenyl-4-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-pyrimidin-2-amines have been synthesized. Their anti-proliferative activities were tested in HCT-116 human colon carcinoma and MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell lines. Many exhibited potent anti-proliferative and CDK9 inhibitory activities. A lead compound 18b demonstrated the ability to reduce the level of Mcl-1 anti-apoptotic protein, to activate caspase 3/7 and induce cancer cell apoptosis. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.