2989-06-2Relevant articles and documents
Lead Optimization: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of PBT-1 Derivatives as Novel Antitumor Agents
Chen, Xiaoyan,Goto, Masuo,Lee, Kuo-Hsiung,Morris-Natschke, Susan L.,Xie, Lan
supporting information, p. 1948 - 1954 (2021/12/01)
Phenanthrene-based tylophorine-1 (PBT-1) was identified previously as a lead compound in an anticancer drug discovery effort based on natural Tylophora alkaloids. An expanded structural optimization using a new more efficient synthetic route provided 14 P
6,7-Benzotropolone Syntheses Based on Ring-Closing Metatheses and Four-Electron Oxidations
Brückner, Reinhard,Fernandes, Manuel A.,Gemander, Manuel,Green, Ivan R.,Kreibich, Michael,Peter, David,Yadav, Dharmendra B.,de Koning, Charles B.,van Otterlo, Willem A. L.
, (2020/05/18)
Four homoallyl ortho-vinylaryl ketones (10a-d) – 1,8-dienes of sorts – were prepared by several approaches. In the presence of 1–2 mol-% Grubbs-II catalyst, they ring-closed to give 6,7-dihydrobenzocyclohepten-5-ones (11a-d) in 90–96 % yield. With SeO2 the parent compound (11a) delivered benzocyclohepten-5-one (13a) and/or selenium-containing compounds (18–22) but no more than traces of 6,7-benzotropolone (5a). However, 5a was accessible from compound 11a via the sodium enolate and allowing it to react with a stream of oxygen (43 % yield). The sodium enolates of the substituted 6,7-dihydrobenzocyclohepten-5-ones 11b–d and oxygen underwent analogous 4-electron oxidations. This furnished the substituted 6,7-benzotropolones 11b-d. In contrast, the corresponding lithium enolates were inert towards oxygen. The 6,7-dihydrobenzocyclohepten-5-one 11d was also accessed differently, namely by a Grubbs-II catalyst-mediated RCM/C=C migration tandem reaction of the allyl ortho-allylaryl ketone 73 – another 1,8-diene of sorts (90 % yield).
Anti-acute myeloid leukemia activity of 2-chloro-3-alkyl-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives through inducing mtDNA damage and GSH depletion
Li, Kun,Yang, Kun,Zheng, Lifang,Li, Yuanyuan,Wang, Qi,Lin, Ruili,He, Dian
, p. 4191 - 4200 (2018/07/21)
2-Chloro-3-alkyl-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives were synthesized and tested as the anti-acute myeloid leukaemia agents. The compound 9b (2-chloro-3-ethyl-5,6,7-trimethoxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) was the most potent toward HL-60 leukaemia cells. In mechanistic study for 9b, the protein levels of mtDNA-specific DNA polymerase γ (poly-γ) and mtDNA transcription factor A (mt-TFA) were decreased after the 24 h treatment, showing the occurrence of mtDNA damage. And 9b triggered cell cycle arrest at S phase accompanied by a secondary block in G2/M phase which had a direct link to the process of mtDNA damage. The dissipations of mitochondrial membrane potential and ATP also proceeded. On the other hand, 9b promoted the generation of ROS and resulted in the oxidation of intracellular GSH to GSSG. This process was coupled to the formation of adduct between 9b and GSH, detected by the UV–Vis spectrum and HRMS analysis. Depletion of GSH by buthionine sulfoximine enhanced ROS level and produced higher cytotoxicity, suggesting GSH was involved in the anti-leukemic mechanism of 9b. Together, our results provide new insights on the molecular mechanism of the derivatives of 2-chloro-1,4-naphthoquinone and 9b might be useful for the further development into an anti-leukemia agent.
