Synthesis and biological evaluation of cinnamyl compounds as potent antitumor agents

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2007 Oct 1;17(19):5423-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.07.033. Epub 2007 Jul 25.

Abstract

A series of cinnamyl compounds related to 2'-hydroxycinnamaldehyde were synthesized and their antitumor effects against human cancer cells evaluated. Hydroxylamine derivative 6 inhibited the growth of human cancer cells and human colon tumor xenograft in nude mice. Its antitumor effects belong to the induction of apoptosis and arresting cell cycle at G(2)/M phase, which is confirmed by detection of apoptosis markers and cell cycle analysis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Caspase 3 / biosynthesis
  • Cell Cycle / drug effects
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cinnamates / chemical synthesis*
  • Cinnamates / pharmacology*
  • Cinnamomum / chemistry
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • G2 Phase / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cinnamates
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
  • Caspase 3