Abstract
It has been demonstrated that taspine derivatives act as anticancer agents, thus we designed and synthesized a novel class of symmetrical biphenyl derivatives. We evaluated the cytotoxicity and antitumor activity of biphenyls against five human tumor and normal cell lines. The results indicated that the majority of the compounds exhibited anticancer activity equivalent to or greater than the positive control. Compounds (11) and (12) demonstrated the most potent cytotoxic activity with IC50 values between 19.41 μM and 29.27 μM. The potent antiproliferative capabilities of these compounds against ECV304 human transformed endothelial cells indicated that these biphenyls could potentially serve as antiangiogenic agents. We also reviewed the relationship between structure and activity based on the experimental results. Our findings provide a good starting point for further development of symmetrical biphenyl derivatives as potential novel anticancer agents.
Keywords: Symmetrical taspine derivatives, antiproliferative activity, cytotoxicity, anticancer agents, antiangiogenic agents, VEGFR-2, biphenyl derivatives, antitumor, IC50, endothelial cells, structure and activity
Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Synthesis and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Novel Symmetrical Taspine Derivatives as Anticancer Agents
Volume: 7 Issue: 4
Author(s): Jie Zhang, Yanmin Zhang, Xiaoyan Pan, Sicen Wang and Langchong He
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Keywords: Symmetrical taspine derivatives, antiproliferative activity, cytotoxicity, anticancer agents, antiangiogenic agents, VEGFR-2, biphenyl derivatives, antitumor, IC50, endothelial cells, structure and activity
Abstract: It has been demonstrated that taspine derivatives act as anticancer agents, thus we designed and synthesized a novel class of symmetrical biphenyl derivatives. We evaluated the cytotoxicity and antitumor activity of biphenyls against five human tumor and normal cell lines. The results indicated that the majority of the compounds exhibited anticancer activity equivalent to or greater than the positive control. Compounds (11) and (12) demonstrated the most potent cytotoxic activity with IC50 values between 19.41 μM and 29.27 μM. The potent antiproliferative capabilities of these compounds against ECV304 human transformed endothelial cells indicated that these biphenyls could potentially serve as antiangiogenic agents. We also reviewed the relationship between structure and activity based on the experimental results. Our findings provide a good starting point for further development of symmetrical biphenyl derivatives as potential novel anticancer agents.
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Zhang Jie, Zhang Yanmin, Pan Xiaoyan, Wang Sicen and He Langchong, Synthesis and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Novel Symmetrical Taspine Derivatives as Anticancer Agents, Medicinal Chemistry 2011; 7 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340611796150914
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157340611796150914 |
Print ISSN 1573-4064 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6638 |
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