Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 1-Methyl-2-(3′,4′,5′-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-aminoindoles as a New Class of Antimitotic Agents and Tubulin Inhibitors
作者:Romeo Romagnoli、Pier Giovanni Baraldi、Taradas Sarkar、Maria Dora Carrion、Carlota Lopez Cara、Olga Cruz-Lopez、Delia Preti、Mojgan Aghazadeh Tabrizi、Manlio Tolomeo、Stefania Grimaudo、Antonella Di Cristina、Nicola Zonta、Jan Balzarini、Andrea Brancale、Hsing-Pang Hsieh、Ernest Hamel
DOI:10.1021/jm7011547
日期:2008.3.13
The 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-2-aminoindole nucleus was used as the fundamental structure for the synthesis of compounds modified with respect to positions C-4 to C-7 with different moieties (chloro, methyl, or methoxy). Additional structural variations concerned the indole nitrogen, which was alkylated with small alkyl groups such as methyl or ethyl. We have identified 1-methyl-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-amino-7-methoxyindole as a new highly potent anti proliferative agent that targets tubulin at the colchicine binding site and leads to apoptotic cell death.