作者:Jing Zhou、Lei Duan、Huaming Chen、Xiaomei Ren、Zhang Zhang、Fengtao Zhou、Jinsong Liu、Duanqing Pei、Ke Ding
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.07.044
日期:2009.9
2-Piperazinyl naphthoquinones (2) and 2-piperidinyl naphthoquinones (3) were designed and synthesized as new cytotoxic and apoptosis inducing agents by utilizing the anti-parasite drug atovaquone as lead compound. Several compounds displayed significantly improved cytotoxic activities against a panel of cancer cell lines than that of atovaquone. These compounds also induced apoptosis through activating pro-apoptotic caspases 9 and 3. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.