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Substituted 2-(3′,4′,5′-trimethoxybenzoyl)-benzo[b] thiophene derivatives as potent tubulin polymerization inhibitors
Romagnoli, Romeo,Baraldi, Pier Giovanni,Carrion, Maria Dora,Cruz-Lopez, Olga,Tolomeo, Manlio,Grimaudo, Stefania,Cristina, Antonietta Di,Pipitone, Maria Rosaria,Balzarini, Jan,Brancale, Andrea,Hamel, Ernest
experimental part, p. 5114 - 5122 (2010/09/14)
The central role of microtubules in cell division and mitosis makes them a particularly important target for anticancer agents. On our early publication, we found that a series of 2-(3′,4′,5′-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3- aminobenzo[b]thiophenes exhibited strong antiproliferative activity in the submicromolar range and significantly arrested cells in the G2-M phase of the cell cycle and induced apoptosis. In order to investigate the importance of the amino group at the 3-position of the benzo[b]thiophene skeleton, the corresponding 3-unsubstituted and methyl derivatives were prepared. A novel series of inhibitors of tubulin polymerization, based on the 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-benzo[b]thiophene molecular skeleton with a methoxy substituent at the C-4, C-5, C-6 or C-7 position on the benzene ring, was evaluated for antiproliferative activity against a panel of five cancer cell lines, for inhibition of tubulin polymerization and for cell cycle effects. Replacing the methyl group at the C-3 position resulted in increased activity compared with the corresponding 3-unsubstituted counterpart. The structure-activity relationship established that the best activities were obtained with the methoxy group placed at the C-4, C-6 or C-7 position. Most of these compounds exhibited good growth inhibition activity and arrest K562 cells in the G2-M phase via microtubule depolymerization.
