Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of 4-substituted furano[3,2-c] tetrahydroquinolines as potential anti-cancer agents

Autor: Can Chen, Qinglin Jiang, Dan Wang, Ting Wang, Mingyong Yuan, Sarah Zingales, Lulu Cai
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry. 31(5)
ISSN: 1475-6374
Popis: A convenient and mild method for the synthesis of substituted furano [3,2-c]tetrahydroquinoline derivatives was developed, using the multi-component Povarov reaction. Of the synthesized tetrahydroquinoline derivatives, compound 10a displayed the greatest cellular proliferation inhibitory activities with IC50 values of 2.5–16.7 μmol/l. In addition, 10a induced murine C6 glioma cell apoptosis in a dose-dependent manner by up-regulating the expression of Bax, caspase-3, and caspase-9, and by down-regulating Bcl-2. Our findings suggest that these novel compounds have potential as therapeutic agents via inducing mitochondrial apoptosis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE