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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-three acrylonitriles, substituted at position 2 with either triazoles or benzimidazoles and at position 3 with various substituted furan, thiophene, or phenyl rings, were prepared by Knoevenagel condensation and tested for in vitro cytotoxic potency on 11 human cancer cell lines. X-ray crystal analysis of two representative compounds showed that the olfenic bond is E-configured. Structure-activity-relationships (SAR) indicated that position 2 is flexible for substituents with various nitrogen heterocyclics while position 3 is very sensitive to change; the most potent compounds contained a 5-nitrothiophen-2-yl ring at position 3 and either benzimidazol-2-yl (11) or a 5-benzyl-1H-[1,2,4]-triazol-3-yl (7) group at position 2 of acrylonitrile. SARs for the thiophen-2-yl-benzimidazoles show the following trend for position 5: NO2 >> H > Cl = CH3. Compound 11 was on average 10- and 3-fold more potent than cisplatin and etoposide, respectively. However, the acrylonitrile functionality is not an absolute requirement for cytotoxic activity because replacement of the nitrile group for either a hydrogen or a methyl group also gave active compounds. The acrylonitriles caused delayed cell death characterized by giant cells with multilobed nuclei. Compound 11 was found to bring about the increase in the activities of caspases 3 and 9 in the HL-60 cell line in a manner similar to etoposide, strongly indicating that apoptosis is the mechanism of cell death. The selectivity of various compounds toward cancer cells was estimated by comparing the IC50 values obtained from a noncancerous epithelial cell line, h-TERT-RPE1, with the average IC50 value from the cancer cell lines; 11 showed an average 1.7-fold greater activity toward cancer cells. The stabilities of the new compounds under cell culture conditions, estimated by HPLC, indicated that a major fraction of the compounds were lost from the medium over the first 24 h.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3438-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Acrylonitrile, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Drug Stability, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Molecular Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:15189040-Thiophenes
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis, X-ray crystal structures, stabilities, and in vitro cytotoxic activities of new heteroarylacrylonitriles.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemical Technology of Drugs, Medical University of Gda?sk, Al. Gen. Hallera 107, 80-416 Gda?sk, Poland. saczew@farmacja.amg.gda.pl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't