Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 3,9-substituted β-carboline derivatives as anticancer agents
作者:Yi-Fong Chen、Yi-Chien Lin、Jeng-Pang Chen、Hsu-Chin Chan、Mei-Hua Hsu、Hui-Yi Lin、Sheng-Chu Kuo、Li-Jiau Huang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.07.058
日期:2015.9
In our previous studies on 1-benzyl-3-(5-hydroxymethyl-2-furyl) indazole (YC-1) analogs, we synthesised numerous substituted carbazole and alpha-carboline derivatives, which exhibited anticancer activity. In this study, we designed and synthesised a series of 3,9-substituted beta-carbolines, by replacing the tricyclic rings of carbazole and alpha-carboline derivatives with isosteric beta-carboline, and evaluated anticancer activity. We observed that 9-(2-methoxybenzyl)-beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid (11a) inhibited the growth of HL-60 cells by inducing apoptosis, with a half maximal inhibitory concentration of 4.0 mu M. Our findings indicate that b-carboline derivatives can be used as lead compounds for developing novel antitumor agents. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.