Identification of a potent and stable antiproliferative agent by the prodrug formation of a thiolate histone deacetylase inhibitor
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To identify prodrugs of a thiolate histone deacetylase inhibitor NCH-31 that show potent antiproliferative activity and are stable in human plasma, we synthesized several candidate prodrugs of NCH-31. Among these compounds, S-2-methyl-3-phenylpropanoyl compound 2 showed more potent antiproliferative activity and higher stability in human plasma than S-isobutyryl compound NCH-51. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Aiming to develop selective anticancer drugs, we designed and synthesized three disulfides bearing a folic acid moiety as candidate folate receptor (FR)-targeted prodrugs of thiolate histone deacetylase inhibitors. Among them, compound 1 displayed growth-inhibitory activity toward folate receptor-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The activity of I was significantly reduced by free folic acid, suggesting that cellular uptake of I is mediated by FR. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Thiol-based SAHA analogues as potent histone deacetylase inhibitors
In order to find novel nonhydroxamate histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, a series of thiol-based compounds modeled after suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) was synthesized, and their inhibitory effect on HDACs was evaluated. Compound 6, in which the hydroxamic acid of SAHA was replaced by a thiol, was found to be as potent as SAHA, and optimization of this series led to the identification of HDAC inhibitors more potent than SAHA. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.