Restoration of Microtubule Interaction and Cytotoxicity in D-seco Taxanes upon Incorporation of 20-Hydroxymethyl-4-allyloxy Groups

Autor: José Fernando Díaz, Gonzalo Sáez-Calvo, Federico Gago, Shao-Rong Wang, Pedro A. Sánchez-Murcia, James P. Snyder, Wei-Shuo Fang, Chun-Gang Yang, Ning Yan
Přispěvatelé: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Comunidad de Madrid, Wang, Shao-Rong [0000-0003-1746-7400], Sánchez-Murcia, Pedro A. [0000-0001-8415-870X], Díaz, José Fernando [0000-0003-2743-3319], Gago, Federico [0000-0002-3071-4878], Wang, Shao-Rong, Sánchez-Murcia, Pedro A., Díaz, José Fernando, Gago, Federico
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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ISSN: 1523-7052
Popis: 4 p.-1 fig.-1 tab.-6 schem.
To probe the exact role of the oxetane D ring in both tubulin binding and cytotoxicity of taxanes, novel D-seco taxanes bearing a C4 ether substituent have been prepared from paclitaxel 1a. Among them, 20-hydroxymethyl-4-allyloxy D-seco taxane 5e is the most active in both tubulin and cytotoxicity assays. It is only slightly less potent than 1a on tubulin polymerization promotion in vitro and the most cytotoxic among all D-seco taxanes known to date. The reason for the loss and restoration of bioactivity for these D-seco taxanes is also discussed with the assistance of NMR and molecular modeling studies. From these results, we draw a conclusion that the intact D ring of taxanes is not strictly necessary for their binding to tubulin and cytotoxic effects.
S.R.W. and W.S.F. thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30930108 and 81202434)for financial support. F.G. is grateful to the Spanish Ministerio de Economıa y Competitividad (SAF2012-39760-C02-02) and Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (S2010-BMD-2457).
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