Design, synthesis and 3D-QSAR of β-carboline derivatives as potent antitumor agents
作者:Rihui Cao、Xiangdong Guan、Buxi Shi、Zhiyong Chen、Zhenhua Ren、Wenlie Peng、Huacan Song
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.02.036
日期:2010.6
In a continuing effort to develop novel beta-carbolines endowed with better pharmacological profiles, a series of beta-carboline derivatives were designed and synthesized based on the previously developed SARs. Cytotoxicities in vitro of these compounds against a panel of human tumor cell lines were also investigated. The results demonstrated that the N(2)-benzylated beta-carbolinium bromides 56-60 represented the most potent compounds with IC(50) values lower than 10 mu M. The application of 3D-QSAR to these compounds explored the structural basis for their biological activities. CoMFA (q(2) = 0.513, r(2) = 0.862) and CoMSIA (q(2) = 0.503, r(2) = 0.831) models were developed for a set of 47 beta-carbolines. The results indicated that the antitumor pharmacophore of these molecules were marked at position-1, -2, -3, -7 and -9 of beta-carboline ring.