Discovery of Novel 2-Aryl-4-benzoyl-imidazoles Targeting the Colchicines Binding Site in Tubulin As Potential Anticancer Agents
摘要:
A series of 2-aryl-4-benzoyl-imidazoles (ABI) was synthesized as a result of structural modifications based on the previous set of 2-aryl-imidazole-4-carboxylic amide (AICA) derivatives and 4-substituted methoxylbenzoyl-aryl-thiazoles (SMART). The average IC50 of the most active compound (5da) was 15.7 nM. ABI analogues have substantially improved aqueous solubility (48.9 mu g/mL for 5ga vs 0.909 mu g/mL for SMART-I, 0.137 mu g/mL for paclitaxel, and 1.04 mu g/mL for combretastatin A4). Mechanism of action studies indicate that the anticancer activity of ABI analogues is through inhibition of tubulin polymerization by interacting with the colchicine binding site. Unlike paclitaxel and colchicine, the ABI compounds were equally potent against multidrug resistant cancer cells and the sensitive parental melanoma cancer cells. In vivo results indicated that 5cb was more effective than DTIC in inhibiting melanoma xenograph tumor growth. Our results suggest that the novel ABI compounds may be developed to effectively treat drug-resistant tumors.
A series of novel 1-substituted-2-aryl imidazoles (SAI) were designed and synthesized based on our previously reported ABI (2-Aryl-4-Benzoyl Imidazole) analogs and on the structure of combretastatin A-4 (CA-4). These compounds showed potent antiproliferative activities against six human cancer cell lines with IC50 values in nano molar range. Among them, compound 3X exhibited the best anticancer activity
Discovery of Novel 2-Aryl-4-benzoyl-imidazoles Targeting the Colchicines Binding Site in Tubulin As Potential Anticancer Agents
作者:Jianjun Chen、Zhao Wang、Chien-Ming Li、Yan Lu、Pavan K. Vaddady、Bernd Meibohm、James T. Dalton、Duane D. Miller、Wei Li
DOI:10.1021/jm100884b
日期:2010.10.28
A series of 2-aryl-4-benzoyl-imidazoles (ABI) was synthesized as a result of structural modifications based on the previous set of 2-aryl-imidazole-4-carboxylic amide (AICA) derivatives and 4-substituted methoxylbenzoyl-aryl-thiazoles (SMART). The average IC50 of the most active compound (5da) was 15.7 nM. ABI analogues have substantially improved aqueous solubility (48.9 mu g/mL for 5ga vs 0.909 mu g/mL for SMART-I, 0.137 mu g/mL for paclitaxel, and 1.04 mu g/mL for combretastatin A4). Mechanism of action studies indicate that the anticancer activity of ABI analogues is through inhibition of tubulin polymerization by interacting with the colchicine binding site. Unlike paclitaxel and colchicine, the ABI compounds were equally potent against multidrug resistant cancer cells and the sensitive parental melanoma cancer cells. In vivo results indicated that 5cb was more effective than DTIC in inhibiting melanoma xenograph tumor growth. Our results suggest that the novel ABI compounds may be developed to effectively treat drug-resistant tumors.