Atropisomeric trihalobenzocycloheptapyridine analogues provide stereoselective FPT inhibitors with antitumor activity
作者:F.George Njoroge、Bancha Vibulbhan、W.Robert Bishop、Paul Kirschmeier、Mathew S. Bryant、Amin A. Nomeir、Ming Liu、Ronald J. Doll、Viyyoor M. Girijavallabhan、Ashit K. Ganguly
DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(99)00052-8
日期:1999.5
Introduction of bromine at the 10-position of 3-bromo-8-chloro-benzocycloheptapyridine analogues of type 3 results in formation of atropisomeric compounds of type (+/-)-1 and (+/-)-2 that are easily separable at room temperature on a ChiralPak(R) AD column providing pure atropisomers, (+)-1, (-)-1, and (+)-2 (-)-2, respectively. Evaluation of the FPT activity of these atropisomers revealed that compounds (+)-1 and (+) -2 were more potent in the FPT enzyme and cellular assay than their (-)-isomer counterparts. Compounds(+)-l and (+)-2 were found to inhibit FPT processing in COS cells at low micro molar range. They were also found to have excellent cellular antitumor activity. Evaluation of compound (+)-1 and (+)-2 in DLD-tumor model in nude mice revealed that they were efficacious, inhibiting tumor growth by 55 and 63% at 50 mpk, respectively. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.