4-Amino-5-benzoyl-2-(4-methoxyphenylamino)thiazole (DAT1): a cytotoxic agent towards cancer cells and a probe for tubulin-microtubule system.

Abstract

Microtubule binding drugs are of special interest as they have important roles in the modulation of cellular functions and many of them act as anticancer agents. 4-Amino-5-benzoyl-2-(4-methoxyphenylamino)thiazole (DAT1) was identified as one of the active compounds from a series of diaminoketothiazoles in a cell-based screening assay to discover cytotoxic compounds. DAT1 shows cytotoxicity with GI(50) values ranging from 0.05 to 1 microM in different malignant cell lines with an average value of 0.35 microM. It blocks mitosis in the prometaphase and metaphase stages. In HeLa cells, DAT1 blocks the spindle function by disturbing spindle microtubule and chromosome organization. The drug also inhibits assembly of brain microtubules and binds tubulin specifically at a single site with induction of fluorescence. The dissociation constant of DAT1 binding to tubulin was determined as 2.9+/-1 microM at 24 degrees C. The binding site of DAT1 on tubulin overlaps with that of the conventional colchicine-binding site. DAT1 can thus be considered as a lead compound of a new class of small molecules and this study can be used as a step to develop potent antimitotic agents for the control of cytoskeletal functions and cell proliferation. It would also be an interesting probe for the structure-function studies of tubulin-microtubule system.

• Authors: Suparna Sengupta, Sasidharan L Smitha, Nisha E Thomas, Thankaiyyan R Santhoshkumar, Satyabhama K C Devi, Kumaran G Sreejalekshmi, Kallikat N Rajasekharan
• Journal: British journal of pharmacology (Br J Pharmacol) Vol. 145 Issue 8 Pg. 1076-83 (Aug 2005) ISSN: 0007-1188 [Print] England
• PMID: 15951833 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• 4-amino-5-benzoyl-2-(4-methoxyphenylamino)thiazole
• Antineoplastic Agents
• Thiazoles
• Triazoles
• Tubulin

Topics

• Animals
• Antineoplastic Agents (metabolism, pharmacology)
• Binding Sites
• Brain (drug effects, metabolism, ultrastructure)
• Cell Line, Tumor
• Cell Survival (drug effects)
• Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
• Humans
• Microtubules (drug effects, metabolism, ultrastructure)
• Mitotic Index
• Protein Binding
• Thiazoles
• Triazoles (metabolism, pharmacology)
• Tubulin (metabolism)