Novel Tricyclic Indeno[5,6-b]furan-imidazole Hybrid Compounds: Design, Synthesis and Antitumor Activity
作者:Wen Chen、Li-Juan Yang、Yan Li、Xue-Quan Wang、Shao-Jie Wang、Wei-Chao Wan、Hong- Bin Zhang、Xiao-Dong Yang
DOI:10.2174/1570180811310070003
日期:2013.6.1
A series of novel hybrid compounds between tricyclic indeno[5,6-b]furan and imidazole has been prepared and
evaluated in vitro against a panel of human tumor cell lines. The results suggest that the existence of benzimidazole ring
and substitution of the imidazolyl-3-position with a naphthylacyl group were vital for modulating cytotoxic activity. In
particular, hybrid compound 26 was found to be the most potent compound against 5 strains human tumor cell lines and
more active than cisplatin (DDP), while compound 18 was more selective towards breast carcinoma (MCF-7) and colon
carcinoma (SW480) with IC50 value 3.4-fold and 4.3-fold more sensitive to DDP.