Synthesis and biological activity of 2-aminothiazoles as novel inhibitors of PGE2 production in cells
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This Letter presents the synthesis and biological evaluation of a collection of 2-aminothiazoles as a novel class of compounds with the capability to reduce the production of PGE(2) in HCA-7 human adenocarcinoma cells. A total of 36 analogs were synthesized and assayed for PGE(2) reduction, and those with potent cellular activity were counter screened for inhibitory activity against COX-2 in a cell free assay. In general, analogs bearing a 4-phenoxyphenyl substituent in the R-2 position were highly active in cells while maintaining negligible COX-2 inhibition. Specifically, compound 5l (R-1 = Me, R-2 = 4-OPh-Ph, R-3 = CH(OH)Me) exhibited the most potent cellular PGE(2) reducing activity of the entire series (EC50 = 90 nM) with an IC50 value for COX-2 inhibition of >5 mu M in vitro. Furthermore, the anti-tumor activity of analog 1a was analyzed in xenograft mouse models exhibiting promising anti-cancer activity. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
An oxidative N–S bondformation reaction has been established for 1,2,4-thiadiazole synthesis employing molecular iodine as the sole oxidant. The features of the present reaction include no use of transition metals, mild reaction conditions, simple operation, and short reaction time. This versatile synthetic approach is broadly applicable to a variety of imidoyl and guanyl thiourea substrates to produce