| Title : Development and structure-activity relationship of tacrine derivatives as highly potent CDK2\/9 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer - Wu_2022_Eur.J.Med.Chem_242_114701 |
| Author(s) : Wu L , Liu W , Huang Y , Zhu C , Ma Q , Wu Q , Tian L , Feng X , Liu M , Wang N , Xu X , Liu X , Xu C , Qiu J , Xu Z , Zhao Q |
| Ref : Eur Journal of Medicinal Chemistry , 242 :114701 , 2022 |
| Abstract : CDK2/9 are members of the CDKs family, which play key roles in the occurrence and development of many cancers by regulating cell cycle and transcriptional prolongation, respectively. To further optimize and discuss the structure-activity relationships (SARs), a series of tacrine-based compounds were designed and synthesized from the compound ZLWT-37, which was studied by our group previously but no detailed SARs study was conducted on CDK2/9. Among this series, compounds ZLMT-12 (35) exhibited the most potent antiproliferative activity (GI(50) = 0.006 microM for HCT116) and superior CDK2/9 inhibitory properties (CDK2: IC(50) = 0.011 microM, CDK9: IC(50) = 0.002 microM). Meanwhile, ZLMT-12 showed a weak inhibitory effect on acetylcholinesterase (AChE, IC(50) = 19.023 microM) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE, IC(50) = 2.768 microM). In addition, ZLMT-12 can suppress colony formation and migration in HCT116 cells, as well as induce the apoptosis and arrest the cell cycle in the S phase and G2/M phase. In vivo investigations revealed that ZLMT-12 inhibits tumor growth in the HCT116 xenograft tumor model at a low dose of 10 mg/kg without causing hepatotoxicity. The acute toxicity test showed low toxicity with a median lethal dosage (LD(50)) of 104.417 mg/kg. These findings showed that ZLMT-12 might be used as a drug candidate by targeting CDK2/9. |
| ESTHER : Wu_2022_Eur.J.Med.Chem_242_114701 |
| PubMedSearch : Wu_2022_Eur.J.Med.Chem_242_114701 |
| PubMedID: 36054949 |
Wu L, Liu W, Huang Y, Zhu C, Ma Q, Wu Q, Tian L, Feng X, Liu M, Wang N, Xu X, Liu X, Xu C, Qiu J, Xu Z, Zhao Q (2022)
Development and structure-activity relationship of tacrine derivatives as highly potent CDK2\/9 inhibitors for the treatment of cancer
Eur Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
242 :114701
Wu L, Liu W, Huang Y, Zhu C, Ma Q, Wu Q, Tian L, Feng X, Liu M, Wang N, Xu X, Liu X, Xu C, Qiu J, Xu Z, Zhao Q (2022)
Eur Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
242 :114701