Novel nitro oxide (NO)-donating N-hydroxycinnamamide derivatives 12a–j were designed and synthesized by coupling the carboxyl group of N-hydroxycinnamamides with phenylsulfonylfuroxan through various diols or alkylol amines, and their in vitro biological activities were evaluated. It was discovered that most of target compounds showed good histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibition and anti-tumor activities, particularly for 12j, which had great HDACs inhibitory activities (IC50s=0.15–0.26 µM) and antiproliferative effects (IC50s=3.21–7.12 µM) comparable to suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) (IC50s=0.16–1.41 µM for HDACs, IC50s=3.15–7.45 µM for cancer cell inhibition). Furthermore, compound 12j with strong antitumor activities produced high levels of NO (up to 8.0 µM of nitrites/nitrates) in colon cancer cells, and its antiproliferative activity was nearly half-diminished by hemoglobin (10 µM), an NO scavenger. These results suggest that the strong antiproliferative activity of 12j could be attributed to the additive effects of high levels of NO production and inhibition of HDAC in the cancer cells.
设计并合成了新颖的硝基氧(NO)供体N-羟基肉桂酰胺衍
生物12a–j,通过各种二醇或烷醇胺将N-羟基肉桂酰胺的羧基与苯磺酰
呋咱耦合,并评价了它们在体外的
生物活性。研究发现,大多数目标化合物显示出良好的组蛋白
去乙酰化酶(H
DACs)抑制和抗肿瘤活性,特别是12j,其H
DACs抑制活性(IC50s=0.15–0.26 µM)和抗增殖效应(IC50s=3.21–7.12 µM)与
丁酸酰胺羟
肟酸(
SAHA)相当(H
DACs的IC50s=0.16–1.41 µM,癌细胞抑制的IC50s=3.15–7.45 µM)。此外,具有强抗肿瘤活性的化合物12j在结肠癌细胞中产生高
水平的NO(高达8.0 µM的
亚硝酸盐/
硝酸盐),其抗增殖活性几乎被血红蛋白(10 µM,一种NO清除剂)减半。这些结果表明,12j的强抗增殖活性可能归因于其在癌细胞中高
水平NO产生和H
DAC抑制的叠加效应。