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Synthesis, antiproliferative and anti-dengue virus evaluations of 2-aroyl-3-arylquinoline derivatives

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2014 May 22:79:66-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.03.074.
Chih-Hua Tseng 1,  Chun-Kuang Lin 2,  Yeh-Long Chen 3,  Chih-Yao Hsu 3,  Huey-Nan Wu 4,  Chin-Kai Tseng 5,  Jin-Ching Lee 6
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: chihhua@kmu.edu.tw.
  • 2 Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
  • 3 Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
  • 4 Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • 5 Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
  • 6 Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan. Electronic address: jclee@kmu.edu.tw.
PMID: 24727241 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.03.074
Abstract

A number of 2-aroyl-3-arylquinoline derivatives was synthesized and evaluated for their anti-Dengue virus activity. Both 2-(hydroxyphenylmethyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)quinoline (13a) and 2-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)quinoline (17) were found to significantly inhibit the DENV2 RNA expression in Huh-7-DV-Fluc cells with a potency approximately equal to that of ribavirin and the inhibition is in a dose-dependent manner. Compounds 13a and 17 reduced DENV replication in both viral protein and mRNA levels, and no significant cell cytotoxicity was detected, with greater than 50% viability of Huh-7-DV-Fluc cells at a concentration of 100 μM. However, significant cytotoxicity was detected for the positive ribavirin. In addition, we performed infectious assay to further verify the inhibitory activity of 13a and 17 on DENV replication in protein and RNA levels. On the Other hand, compounds 19a-19c exhibited IC50 values ranged from 4.47 to 8.68 μM against A549, H1299, MCF-7, and Huh-7 which were approximately equal potent to the positive topotecan. Structural optimization of lead compounds, 13a and 17, and their detailed molecular mechanism of action are ongoing.

Keywords

2-Aroyl-3-arylquinoline; Anti-dengue virus; Antiproliferative; Ribavirin; Topotecan.

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