- Discovery of N-phenyl-(2,4-dihydroxypyrimidine-5-sulfonamido) phenylurea-based thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibitor as a novel multi-effects antitumor drugs with minimal toxicity
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Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a hot target for tumor chemotherapy, and its inhibitors are an essential direction for anti-tumor drug research. To our knowledge, currently, there are no reported thymidylate synthase inhibitors that could inhibit cancer cell migration. Therefore, for optimal therapeutic purposes, combines our previous reports and findings, we hope to obtain a multi-effects inhibitor. This study according to the principle of flattening we designed and synthesized 18 of N-phenyl-(2,4-dihydroxypyrimidine-5-sulfonamido)phenyl urea derivatives as multi-effects inhibitors. The biological evaluation results showed that target compounds could significantly inhibit the hTS enzyme, BRaf kinase and EGFR kinase activity in vitro, and most of the compounds had excellent anti-cell viability for six cancer cell lines. Notably, the candidate compound L14e (IC50 = 0.67 μM) had the superior anti-cell viability and safety to A549 and H460 cells compared with pemetrexed. Further studies had shown that L14e could cause G1/S phase arrest then induce intrinsic apoptosis. Transwell, western blot, and tube formation results proved that L14e could inhibit the activation of the EGFR signaling pathway, then ultimately achieve the purpose of inhibiting cancer cell migration and angiogenesis in cancer tissues. Furthermore, in vivo pharmacology evaluations of L14e showed significant antitumor activity in A549 cells xenografts with minimal toxicity. All of these results demonstrated that the L14e has the potential for drug discovery as a multi-effects inhibitor and provides a new reference for clinical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
- Li, Xin-yang,Zhang, Ting-jian,Kamara, Mohamed Olounfeh,Lu, Guo-qing,Xu, Hai-li,Wang, De-pu,Meng, Fan-hao
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- Novel 5-anilinoquinazoline-8-nitro derivatives as inhibitors of VEGFR-2 tyrosine kinase: Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking
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Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) kinase inhibition is a well-established strategy to promptly tackle tumor growth by suppression of angiogenesis. We report herein a series of 5-anilinoquinazoline derivatives substituted by 1,3-disubstituted urea. All the newly synthesized compounds described were evaluated for VEGFR-2 kinase inhibition and antiproliferative activity against various cancer cells. The novel 1-aryl, 3-aryl-disubstituted urea quinazolines were effective VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors with in vitro IC 50 values in the submicromolar range (compound 6f, IC50 12.0 nM), but showed a weak to moderate inhibitory activity on cancer cells. Molecular interactions of the compounds were studied using molecular docking studies. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.
- Xi, Liang,Zhang, Jian-Qiang,Liu, Zhi-Cheng,Zhang, Ji-Hong,Yan, Ju-Fang,Jin, Yi,Lin, Jun
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p. 4367 - 4378
(2013/08/23)
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