Synthesis and biological evaluation of furanoallocolchicinoids

J Med Chem. 2015 Jan 22;58(2):692-704. doi: 10.1021/jm501678w. Epub 2014 Dec 24.

Abstract

A series of conformationally flexible furan-derived allocolchicinoids was prepared from commercially available colchicine in good to excellent yields using a three-step reaction sequence. Cytotoxicity studies indicated the potent activity of two compounds against human epithelial and lymphoid cell lines (AsPC-1, HEK293, and Jurkat) as well as against Wnt-1 related murine epithelial cell line W1308. The results of in vitro experiments demonstrated that the major effect of these compounds was the induction of cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase as a direct consequence of effective tubulin binding. In vivo testing of the most potent furanoallocolchicinoid 10c using C57BL/6 mice inoculated with Wnt-1 tumor cells indicated significant inhibition of the tumor growth.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Apoptosis / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Colchicine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Colchicine / pharmacology
  • Furans / chemical synthesis*
  • Furans / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Microtubules / drug effects
  • Models, Molecular
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tubulin Modulators / chemical synthesis

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Furans
  • Tubulin Modulators
  • allocolchicine
  • Colchicine