Structure-cytotoxic activity relationship for the toad poison bufadienolides

Autor: Hideji Itokawa, Mariko Katsuyama, Masuo Inoue, Koichi Takeya, George R. Pettit, Hiroshi Morita, Toshiaki Segawa, Nobuyo Nandachi, Hirofumi Hashima, Ayako Yukita, Yoshiaki Kamano, Ayano Kotake, Kyoko Saitou
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Bioorganicmedicinal chemistry. 6(7)
ISSN: 0968-0896
Popis: The toad poison bufadienolides including natural and derivatized compounds were tested for their cytotoxic effects on primary liver carcinoma cells PLC/PRF/5 and their structure-cytotoxic activity relationships were studied. For this study, a ligand-binding model was developed by using a pharmacophore mapping program, Distance Comparisons (DISCO). The structural features that are common to the 3D structures of active bufadienolides were identified to provide approach to a 3D QSAR method by using Comparative Molecular Field Analysis (CoMFA) study and to correlate the steric and electrostatic fields of the molecules to their activities. A valuable model which enables prediction of their activities was obtained from the CoMFA analysis, which may be employed for the drug designs of new bufadienolide analogues.
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