One-pot synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-pyrrolidinyl-4-amino-5-(3′,4′,5′-trimethoxybenzoyl)thiazole: A unique, highly active antimicrotubule agent
作者:Romeo Romagnoli、Pier Giovanni Baraldi、Carlota Lopez Cara、Maria Kimatrai Salvador、Roberta Bortolozzi、Giuseppe Basso、Giampietro Viola、Jan Balzarini、Andrea Brancale、Xian-Hua Fu、Jun Li、Su-Zhan Zhang、Ernest Hamel
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.10.013
日期:2011.12
A wide variety of small molecules with diverse molecular scaffolds inhibit microtubule formation. In this article we report a one-pot procedure for the preparation of a novel 2-(N-pyrrolidinyl)-4-amino-5-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)thiazole in which the size of the substituent at the C-2 position of the thiazole ring plays an essential role in compound activity. The most active agent (31) inhibited at sub-micromolar concentrations the growth of tumor cell lines. It also inhibited tubulin polymerization with an activity quantitatively similar to that of CA-4, and treatment of HeLa cells resulted in their arrest at the G2-M phase of the cell cycle. Furthermore, 3f was effective against multidrug resistant cancer cells and inhibited the growth of the HT-29 xenograft in a nude mouse model. This indicated that 31 is a promising new antimitotic agent with encouraging preclinical potential. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.