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Structure-activity relationships for substituted bis(acridine-4-carboxamides): a new class of anticancer agents.

Abstract
A series of acridine-substituted bis(acridine-4-carboxamides) linked by a (CH2)3N(Me)(CH2)3 chain have been prepared by reaction of the isolated imidazolides of the substituted acridine-4-carboxylic acids with N,N-bis(3-aminopropyl)methylamine. These dimeric analogues of the mixed topoisomerase I/II inhibitor N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]acridine-4-carboxamide (DACA), currently in clinical trial, show superior potencies to the corresponding monomeric DACA analogues in a panel of cell lines, including wild-type (JLC) and mutant (JLA and JLD) forms of human Jurkat leukemia. The latter mutant lines are resistant to topoisomerase II targeted agents because of lower levels of the enzyme. Analogues with small substituents (e.g., Me, Cl) at the acridine 5-position were clearly superior, with IC50's as low as 2 nM against the Lewis lung carcinoma and 11 nM against JLC. Larger substituents at any position caused a steady decrease in potency, likely due to lowering of DNA binding affinity. A small series of analogues of the most potent bis(5-methylDACA) compound, with second substituents (Me and Cl) in the 1- or 8- position had broadly similar potencies to the 5-Me compound, indicating that, while the 1- and 8-substituents are acceptable, they add little to the enhancing effect of the 5-methyl group. All of the compounds were at least equitoxic (some up to 4-fold more cytotoxic) against the mutant Jurkat lines than in the wild-type, consistent with a relatively greater effect on topoisomerase I compared with topoisomerase II. The bis(5-methylDACA) compound was found to inhibit the action of purified topoisomerase I in a cell-free assay. Compounds were on average 10-fold less cytotoxic in an MCF7 breast cancer line overexpressing P-glycoprotein than in the wild-type line and showed some selectivity for colon tumor lines in the NCI human tumor cell line panel. Several analogues produced significant growth delays in the relatively refractory subcutaneous colon 38 tumor model in vivo at substantially lower doses than DACA. The bis(acridine-4-carboxamides) represent a new and interesting class of potent topoisomerase inhibitors.
AuthorsS A Gamage, J A Spicer, G J Atwell, G J Finlay, B C Baguley, W A Denny
JournalJournal of medicinal chemistry (J Med Chem) Vol. 42 Issue 13 Pg. 2383-93 (Jul 01 1999) ISSN: 0022-2623 [Print] United States
PMID10395479 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Acridines
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • N,N-bis(3-(5-bromoacridine-4-carboxamido)propyl)methylamine
  • N,N-bis(3-(5-methylacridine-4-carboxamido)propyl)methylamine
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
  • Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topics
  • Acridines (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Colonic Neoplasms (drug therapy)
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • Enzyme Inhibitors (chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
  • Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
  • Tumor Cells, Cultured

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