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Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of callophycin A and analogues as potential chemopreventive and anticancer agents

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2011 Nov 1;19(21):6182-95. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.09.020.
Li Shen 1 Eun-Jung Park Tamara P Kondratyuk Daniela Guendisch Laura Marler John M Pezzuto Anthony D Wright Dianqing Sun
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  • 1 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, HI 96720, USA.
Abstract

Callophycin A was originally isolated from the red algae Callophycus oppositifolius and shown to mediate Anticancer and cytotoxic effects. In our collaborative effort to identify potential chemopreventive and Anticancer agents with enhanced potency and selectivity, we employed a tetrahydro-β-carboline-based template inspired by callophycin A for production of a chemical library. Utilizing a parallel synthetic approach, 50 various functionalized tetrahydro-β-carboline derivatives were prepared and assessed for activities related to Cancer chemoprevention and Cancer treatment: induction of quinone reductase 1 (QR1) and inhibition of aromatase, nitric oxide (NO) production, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α-induced NFκB activity, and MCF7 breast Cancer cell proliferation. Biological results showed that the n-pentyl urea S-isomer 6a was the strongest inducer of QR1 with an induction ratio (IR) value of 4.9 at 50 μM [the concentration to double the activity (CD)=3.8 μM] and its corresponding R-isomer 6f had an IR value of 4.3 (CD=0.2 μM). The isobutyl carbamate derivative 3d with R stereochemistry demonstrated the most potent inhibitory activity of NFκB, with the half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC(50)) value of 4.8 μM, and also showed over 60% inhibition at 50 μM of NO production (IC(50)=2.8 μM). The R-isomer urea derivative 6j, having an appended adamantyl group, exhibited the most potent MCF7 cell proliferation inhibitory activity (IC(50)=14.7 μM). The S-isomer 12a of callophycin A showed the most potent activity in aromatase inhibition (IC(50)=10.5 μM).

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