Novel 3-Substituted 7-Phenylpyrrolo[3,2-f]quinolin-9(6H)-ones as Single Entities with Multitarget Antiproliferative Activity

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• 作者：Davide Carta ; Roberta Bortolozzi ; Ernest Hamel ; Giuseppe Basso ; Stefano Moro ; Giampietro Viola ; Maria Grazia Ferlin
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 22, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：58
• 期：20
• 页码：7991-8010
• 全文大小：776K
• ISSN：1520-4804

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A series of chemically modified 7-phenylpyrrolo[3,2-f]quinolinones was synthesized and evaluated as anticancer agents. Among them, the most cytotoxic (subnanomolar GI₅₀ values) amidic derivative 5f was shown to act as an inhibitor of tubulin polymerization (IC₅₀, 0.99 渭M) by binding to the colchicine site with high affinity. Moreover, 5f induced cell cycle arrest in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle in a concentration dependent manner, followed by caspase-dependent apoptotic cell death. Compound 5f also showed lower toxicity in nontumoral cells, suggesting selectivity toward cancer cells. Additional experiments revealed that 5f inhibited the enzymatic activity of multiple kinases, including AURKA, FLT3, GSK3A, MAP3K, MEK, RSK2, RSK4, PLK4, ULK1, and JAK1. Computational studies showed that 5f can be properly accommodated in the colchicine binding site of tubulin as well as in the ATP binding clefts of all examined kinases. Our data indicate that the excellent antiproliferative profile of 5f may be derived from its interactions with multiple cellular targets.