Yongli Duan

Synthesis and bioevaluation study of novel N-methylpicolinamide and thienopyrimidine derivatives as selectivity c-Met kinase inhibitors

Four series of N-methylpicolinamide moiety and thienopyrimidine moiety bearing pyridazinone were designed and synthesized and evaluated for the IC50 values against three cancer cell lines (A549, HepG2 and MCF-7) and some selected compounds were further evaluated for the activity against c-Met, Flt-3, VEGFR-2, c-Kit and EGFR kinases. Three compounds (35, 39 and 43) showed more active than positive control Foretinib against A549, HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines. The most promising compound 43 showed superior activity against A549, HepG2 and MCF-7, with the IC50 values of 0.58 ± 0.15 µM, 0.47 ± 0.06 µM and 0.74 ± 0.12 µM, which were 3.73-5.39-fold more activity than Foretinib, respectively. The experiments of enzyme-based showed that 43 restrain the c-Met selectively, with the IC50 values of 16 nM, which showed equal activity to Foretinib (14 nM) and better than the compound 5 (90 nM). Moreover, AO and Annexin V/PI staining and docking studies were carried out.

Synthesis of Diethyl 2-(2-chloronicotinoyl)malonate

Diethyl 2-(2-chloronicotinoyl)malonate 3 is a nitrogen-containing water-soluble carboxylic acid as an important intermediates of small molecule anticancer drugs. In this study, this paper explored a faster and celerity method to synthesize compound 3. By using 2-chloronicotinic acid as a kind of easily available compound through two steps to made the target compound. The structure was confirmed by MS and 1 HNMR. Furthermore, the synthetic method was optimized. The total yield of the two steps was 83.3 %. Introduction As we all know, cancer become more and more complex, the traditional treatment methods such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy is not enough to treat completely. The advent of small molecule targeted inhibitors has led to a new advance in anticancer drugs. Small molecule target inhibitors mainly act on the signaling pathways involved in cancer cell growth, further hindering cell growth and promoting apoptosis [1-3]. The structure of diethyl 2-(2-chloronicotinoyl)malonate have been found in many small molecule kinase inhibitors. The structures of representative compound derivatives were shown in Fig. 1 [4-6]. Fig.1. Structure of representative 4-Chloropyridine derivatives. As have been reported, diethyl 2-(2-chloronicotinoyl)malonate derivations was an important intermediate for synthesis those active compounds. In this paper, a new 255 Copyright

Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of 6,7-disubstituted-4-phenoxyquinoline derivatives bearing the 1,8-naphthyridin-2-one moiety

A series of 6,7-disubstituted-4-phenoxyquinoline derivatives bearing the 1,8-naphthyridin-2-one moiety were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their biological activities. The target compounds exhibited moderate to high antiproliferative activity against three cancer cell lines (A549, HepG2 and MCF-7) and several compounds (25, 27, 33, 37, 41, 43, 49 and 53) were evaluated for the activity against c-Met kinase. The most promising compound 33 (IC50 c-Met = 2.36 nM) showed excellent activity against A549, HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines with IC50 values of 0.23 μM, 0.42 μM and 0.21 μM, respectively, which was 1.5-2.1 times of the positive control. Furthermore, compound 33 was evaluated for the activity against Flt3, PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β, c-Kit, Flt4, ALK and EGFR kinase. Structure activity relationship studies indicated that mono-EWGs (such as R2 = F) at 4-position of moiety C was a key factor in improving the antitumor activity. In addition, further research on compound 33 was mainly including concentration dependence, apoptosis (acridine orange staining), apoptosis result analyzing and molecular docking.

Discovery of novel pyrrolopyrimidine/pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives bearing 1,2,3-triazole moiety as c-Met kinase inhibitors

Six series of pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidine and pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidine derivatives bearing 1,2,3‐triazole moiety were designed and synthesized, and some bio‐evaluation was also carried out. As a result, four points can be summarized: Firstly, some of compounds exhibited excellent cytotoxicity activity and selectivity with the IC50 values in single‐digit μm level. In particular, the most promising compound 16d showed equal activity to lead compound foretinib against A549, HepG2, and MCF‐7 cell lines, with the IC50 values of 4.79 ± 0.82, 2.03 ± 0.39, and 2.90 ± 0.43 μm, respectively. Secondly, the SARs and docking studies indicated that the in vitro antitumor activity of pyrrolo[2,3‐d]pyrimidine derivatives bearing 1,2,3‐triazole moiety was superior to the pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidine derivatives bearing 1,2,3‐triazole moiety. Thirdly, three selected compounds (16d, 18d, and 20d) were further evaluated for inhibitory activity against the c‐Met kinase, and the 16d could inhibit the c‐Met kinase selectively by experiments of enzyme‐based selectivity. What is more, 16d could induce apoptosis of HepG2 cells and inhibitor the cell cycle of HepG2 on G2/M phase by acridine orange staining and cell cycle experiments, respectively.

Synthesis and bioevaluation and doking study of 1 H -pyrrolo[2,3- b ]pyridine derivatives bearing aromatic hydrazone moiety as c-et inhibitors

Two series of aromatic hydrazone derivatives bearing 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine moiety (7a-r, 8a-i, 12a-b, 13a-c, 16a-d and 17a-e) were designed, synthesized and evaluated for the IC50 values against four cancer cell lines (A549, HepG2, MCF-7and PC-3). Two selected compounds (7c and 17e) were further evaluated for the activity against c-Met, Flt-3, VEGFR-2 and EGFR kinases. The data indicated that targets compounds were selective for c-Met kinase. And the most promising compound 7c was further studied in terms of dose-dependent, time-dependent and cell apoptosis. Most of the compounds showed excellent cytotoxicity activity, especially the most promising compound 7c with the IC50 values of 0.82 ± 0.08 μM, 1.00 ± 0.11 μM, 0.93 ± 0.28 μM and 0.92 ± 0.17 μM against A549, HepG2, MCF-7 and PC-3 cell lines and 0.506 μM against c-Met kinase. Structure-activity relationships (SARs) and docking studies indicated that the activities of the phenyl hydrazone derivatives (7a-r and 8a-i) were superior to that of the heterocyclic hydrazone series (12a-b, 13a-c, 16a-d and 17a-e). Whats more, the further studies indicated that the target compounds can induce apoptosis of A549 cells and arrest efficiently the cell cycle progression in G2/M phase of A549 cells.

Discovery of novel 2-substituted-4-phenoxypyridine derivatives as potential antitumor agents

A series of 2-substituted-4-phenoxypyridine derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against 4 cancer cell lines (A549, HT-29, H460, and U87MG) in vitro. Most compounds showed moderate to excellent potency. Nine tyrosine kinases (c-Met, Flt-3, ALK, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, PDGFR-α, PDGFR-β, c-Kit, and EGFR) were used to evaluate the inhibitory activities with the most promising analogue 39, which showed the Flt-3/c-Met IC50 values of 2.18/2.61 nM. Structure-activity relationship studies indicated that n-Pr served as R1 group showed a higher preference, and stronger mono-EWGs on the phenyl ring (such as R2 = 4-F) was benefited to the potency.