Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of C-3 Arylidene Thiazolotriazolone of Ofloxacin Derivatives / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To discover an efficient strategy for a conversion of the antibacterial activity into an antitumor activity. METHODS: Pharmacophore and scaffold hopping-based rational drug design principles, the title fluoroquinolone C-3 thiazolotriazole unsaturated ketones (6a-6l) were designed and synthesized with a S-triazole ring and α,β-unsaturated ketone, respectively, as an isostere and fused modified group from ofloxacin (1), and their structures were characterized by elemental analysis and spectral data, and the in vitro antitumor activity against the tested tumor cell lines was evaluated by a MTT assay. RESULTS: Twelve new title compounds were synthesized, and exhibited more significant potency than parent 1. The title compounds with fluorophenyl or O-methoxyphenyl displayed comparable activity to comparasion doxorubicin. CONCLUSION: A fused heterocyclic unsaturated ketone skeleton as an isostere of the C-3 carboxylic acid group are shown to be an alternative route for further design of lead antitumor fluoroquinolone.

Synthesis and antitumor activity of 3-(5-benzylidenethuzolo-triazlone)fluoroquinolones / 中国药科大学学报

@#To discover an efficient approach for the conversion of antibacterial fluoroquinolones into an antitumor activity, a fused heterocycle ring core, thiazolo［3, 2-b］［1, 2, 4］triazol-5-one was used as an isostere and further modified with an arylidene group. Then, 12 novel C-3 fused heterocyclic unsaturated ketones, 1- ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-3-［6-arylidene-thiazolo［3, 2-b］［1, 2, 4］triazol-5(6H)-one-3-yl］- quinolon-4(1H)-ones(6a-6l), were designed and synthesized from pefloxacin(1). The structures were characterized by elemental analysis and spectral data, and the in vitro antitumor activity of the title compounds against SMMC-7721, Capan-1 and HL60 cell lines was evaluated. The preliminary pharmacological results demonstrated that the title compounds exhibited more significantly antiproliferative activity than the parent 1. The compounds with fluorophenyl or o-methoxyphenyl showed comparable activity to the comparasion doxorubicin. Thus, it appears to be an alternative route for a fused heterocyclic unsaturated ketone as an isostere of the C-3 carboxylic group to improve the antitumor activity.

Synthesis and antitumor activity of fluoroquinolone C-3 fused heterocyclic thiazolo3, 2-b 1, 2, 4triazole derivatives (VI) / 中国药学杂志

OBJECTIVE: To discover an efficient strategy for conversion of the antibacterial activity of fluoroquinolone drugs to antitumor activity. METHODS: Novel title fused heterocyclic C-3 thiazolo[3,2-6] [1,2,4] triazole derivatives(5,6) were designed by using a s-triazole ring as the bioisostere and modifying it by a fused condensation-cyclization reaction. The structures were validated by elemental analysis and spectral data, and the in vitro antitumor activity of the title compounds against three tested tumor cell lines was evaluated by MTT assay. RESULTS: Twelve title compounds were synthesized from ofloxacin and exhibited more significant antiproliferative activity than both of parent ofloxacin 1 and the corresponding intermediate sulfide ketones 5, but displayed a slightly weaker activity than the corresponding sulfide ketone thiosemi-carbazones 6. CONCLUSION: An efficient structure modification strategy for the fused heterocyclic core of thiazolotriazole used as the C-3 bioisostere warrants further development.

Synthesis and antitumor activity of C-3 thiazolo 3 2-b 1 2 4 triazole-substituted pefloxacin derivatives / 中国药科大学学报

To search for fluoroquinolones(FQs)with antitumor activity;the C-3 carboxylic acid group of peflox-acin (1)was replaced by fused heterocyclic core;and twelve novel thiazolo[3;2-b][1;2;4]triazole heterocycles(6a-6l)were designed and synthesized.The structures of target compounds were characterized by elemental anal-ysis and spectral data.The results of the in vitro antiproliferative effect on SMMC-7721;L1210 and HL60 cell lines showed that the title compounds exhibited more significant antitumor activity than both of the pefloxacin and the corresponding opening-ring intermediates(5 a-5 l).Among them;the target compounds which possess a ben-zene ring bearing a hydroxyl group (6e)or a fluorine atom (6j)exhibited more potent antiproliferative effect on SMMC-7721 cells than other compounds.Therefore;the antitumor fluoroquinolones can be designed by replacing the C-3 carboxylic acid group of fluoroquinolones with the thiazolo[3;2-b][1;2;4]triazole moiety.