Design and Syntheses of Novel Fluoroporphyrin-Anthraquinone Complexes as Antitumor Agents

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2016;64(9):1310-4. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c16-00308.

Abstract

A novel fluoroporphyrin-anthraquinone hybrid with dipeptide link and its metal complexes were synthesized and evaluated for anti-proliferation activity in human cancer cell line HeLa. The preliminary results demonstrated that all the compounds showed moderate to excellent antitumor activities. Among the active compounds, compound 3 which contains fluorinated porphyrin-anthraquinone and zinc ion exhibited the highest potency with IC50 value of 8.83 µM, indicating that it was a promising antitumor candidate.

MeSH terms

  • Anthraquinones / chemical synthesis
  • Anthraquinones / chemistry
  • Anthraquinones / pharmacology*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Design*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Molecular Structure
  • Porphyrins / chemical synthesis
  • Porphyrins / chemistry
  • Porphyrins / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Anthraquinones
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Porphyrins