New Analogues of Amonafide and Elinafide, Containing Aromatic Heterocycles: Synthesis, Antitumor Activity, Molecular Modeling, and DNA Binding Properties

Autor: Miguel F. Braña, Cristina Abradelo, Mercedes Yuste, Mónica Cacho, Mónica Báñez-Coronel, Maria Fernanda Rey-Stolle, Ana Ramos, Jose M. Pozuelo, Mario A. García, Juan Carlos Lacal, M. Teresa Domínguez, Beatriz de Pascual-Teresa
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47:1391-1399
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
Popis: Amonafide- and elinafide-related mono and bisintercalators, modified by the introduction of a pi-excedent furan or thiophene ring fused to the naphthalimide moiety, have been synthesized. These compounds have shown an interesting antitumor profile. The best compound, 9, was 2.5-fold more potent than elinafide against human colon carcinoma cells (HT-29). Molecular dynamic simulations and physicochemical experiments have demonstrated that these compounds are capable of forming stable DNA complexes. These results, together with those previously reported by us for imidazo- and pyrazinonaphthalimide analogues, have prompted us to propose that the DNA binding process does not depend on the electronic nature of the fused heterocycle.
Databáze: OpenAIRE