Synthesis and biological activity of fluorinated combretastatin analogues
Synthesis and biological activity of fluorinated combretastatin analogues
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DOI:
10.1021/jm701362m
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发表时间:
2008-05-08
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
Pisano, Claudio
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作者:
Alloatti, Domenico;Giannini, Giuseppe;Pisano, Claudio
With the aim of understanding the influence of fluorine on the double bond of the cis-stilbene moiety of combretastatin derivatives and encouraged by a preliminary molecular modeling study showing a different biological environment on the interaction site with tubulin, we prepared, through various synthetic approaches, a small library of compounds in which one or both of the olefinic hydrogens were replaced with fluorine. X-ray analysis on the difluoro-CA-4 analogue demonstrated that the spatial arrangement of the molecule was not modified, compared to its nonfluorinated counterpart. SAR analysis confirmed the importance of the cis-stereochemistry of the stilbene scaffold. Nevertheless, some unpredicted results were observed on a few trans-fluorinated derivatives. The position of a fluorine atom on the double bond may affect the inhibition of tubulin polymerization and cytotoxic activity of these compounds.