Synthesis and biological evaluation of norcantharidin derivatives as protein phosphatase-1 inhibitors
作者:Jie Zhao、Xiao-Wen Guan、Shi-Wu Chen、Ling Hui
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.11.032
日期:2015.1
Cantharidin and norcantharidin display anticancer activity against a broad range of tumor cell lines. In this study, we have synthesized a series of norcantharidin derivatives and evaluated their cytotoxic effects on four human tumor cell lines together with the genetically normal human diploid fibroblast line WI-38. One of our compounds (1S,4R)-3-((4-(4-(4-fluorophenyl) piperazin-1-ylsulfonyl) phenyl) carbamoyl)-7-oxa-bicyclo[2.2.1] heptane-2-carboxylic acid (12) exhibited potent cytotoxic effects on the tumor cell lines A-549, HepG2, HeLa, and HCT-8, whereas it was less toxic to WI-38 cells than its parent compound, norcantharidin. In addition, this compound inhibited protein phosphatase-1 activity and microtubule formation in HeLa cells, and it also interacts with calf thymus DNA. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.