Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1376218 Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2008 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

Microtubules are among the most successful targets of compounds potentially useful for cancer therapy. A new series of inhibitors of tubulin polymerization based on the 2-amino-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[b]pyridine molecular skeleton was synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity, inhibition of tubulin polymerization, and cell cycle effects. The most promising compound in this series was 2-amino-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-6-methoxycarbonyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothieno[b]pyridine, which inhibits cancer cell growth with IC50-values ranging from 25 to 90 nM against a panel of four cancer cell lines, and interacts strongly with tubulin by binding to the colchicine site. In this series of N6-carbamate derivatives, any further increase in the length and in the size of the alkyl chain resulted in reduced activity.

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