作者:Roberto Carrasco-Gomez、Sarah Keppner-Witter、Martina Hieke、Lisa Lange、Gisbert Schneider、Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz、Ewgenij Proschak、Birgit Spänkuch
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.09.015
日期:2014.11
We synthesized a series of vanillin-derived compounds and analyzed them in HeLa cells for their effects on the proliferation of cancer cells. The molecules are derivatives of the lead compound SBE13, a potent inhibitor of the inactive conformation of human polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1). Some of the new designs were able to inhibit cancer cell proliferation to a similar extent as the lead structure. Two of the compounds (((4-[(6-chloropyridin-3-yl)methoxy]-3-methoxyphenyl}methyl)(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)amine) and ((4-[(4-chlorophenyl)methoxy]-3-methoxyphenyl}methyl)(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)amine)) were much stronger in their capacity to reduce HeLa cell proliferation and turned out to potently induce apoptosis and reduce Plk1 kinase activity in vitro. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.