A library of 1,2,3-triazole-substituted oleanolic acid derivatives as anticancer agents: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation

Org Biomol Chem. 2015 Feb 7;13(5):1507-14. doi: 10.1039/c4ob01605j.

Abstract

A series of novel oleanolic acid coupled 1,2,3-triazole derivatives have been designed and synthesized by employing a Cu(I) catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. The anti-proliferative evaluation indicated that some compounds exhibited excellent anti-cancer activity against the examined cancer cell lines. Among all derivatives, compound 3t possesses the best inhibitory activity against HT1080 cells. A series of pharmacology experiments show that compound 3t significantly induced HT1080 cell apoptosis. Therefore, this compound can serve as a promising lead candidate for further study.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Drug Design*
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / drug effects
  • Oleanolic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Oleanolic Acid / chemical synthesis
  • Oleanolic Acid / chemistry
  • Oleanolic Acid / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Triazoles / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Triazoles
  • Oleanolic Acid