作者:Qifan Zhou、Chen Peng、Fangyu Du、Linbo Zhou、Yajie Shi、Yang Du、Dongdong Liu、Wenjiao Sun、Meixia Zhang、Guoliang Chen
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.054
日期:2018.5
STAT3 plays a vital role in maintaining the self-renewal of tumor stem cells. BBI608, a small molecule identified by its ability to inhibit gene transcription driven by STAT3 and cancer stemness properties, can inhibit stemness gene expression and kill stemness-high cancer cells isolated from a variety of cancer types. In order to improve the pharmacokinetic properties of BBI608 and the antitumor activity, a series of BBI608 derivatives were designed and synthesized here. Most of these compounds were more potent than BBI608 on HepG2 cells, compound LD-8 had the most potent inhibitory activity among them and was 5.4-fold more potent than BBI608 (IC50 = 11.2 mu M), but had considerable activity on normal liver cells L-02. Compounds LD-17 (IC50 = 3.5 mu M) and LD-19 (10(50) = 2.9 mu M) were found to possess significant inhibitory activities and good selectivity. The results showed that compound LD-19 was worthy to investigate further as a lead compound according to its potent inhibitory activity, ideal ClogP value and better water solubility. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.