Design, Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationships of (±)-Isochaihulactone Derivatives
- Medchemcomm. 2017;8(11):2040-2049. doi: 10.1039/C7MD00310B.
- 1. Natural Products Research Laboratories, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7568, USA.
- 2. Department of Pathology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
- 3. Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Z-K8 (2), the racemic form of isochaihulactone (1), previously showed significant antitumor effects in A549 and LNCaP tumor-bearing mice. In the present study, 17 derivatives of 2, were designed, synthesized and evaluated for anti-proliferative activity against four human tumor cell lines. All new derivatives exhibited high potency against A549 and P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-overexpressing KBvin. One of our new derivative exhibited greater activity against three tested tumor cells (A549, KB, and KB-VIN) than 2, and induced cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase. Moreover, SAR conclusions were first established for this series of compounds. Our study clearly identified a structural feature that should be retained for good activity and also a moiety that can tolerate various modifications and, thus, is ideal for further changes.