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Design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel heteroaromatic analogs of curcumin as anti-cancer agents.
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European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry . Mar2014, Vol. 75, p123-131. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Abstract: To improve the potential of curcumin to treat advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer, three series (A–C) of heteroaromatic analogs (thirty two compounds) with different monoketone linkers have been synthesized and evaluated for cytotoxicity against two human androgen-independent prostate cancer cell lines (PC-3 and DU-145). Among them, thirty analogs are more potent than curcumin against PC-3 cells, and twenty one analogs are more cytotoxic towards DU-145 cells relative to curcumin. The most potent compounds (44, 45, 51, and 52) also showed impressive cytotoxicity against three other metastatic cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, HeLa, and A549), with IC50 values ranging from 50 nM to 390 nM. All four most potent analogs exhibited no apparent cytotoxicity towards the MCF-10A normal mammary epithelial cells. Taken together, selective enhancement of cell death in prostate cancer cell lines and other aggressive cancer cell lines suggests that nitrogen-containing heteroaromatic rings are promising bioisosteres of the substituted phenyl ring in curcumin. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02235234
- Volume :
- 75
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94791631
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.01.041