Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-quinolyl-1,3-tropolone derivatives as new anti-cancer agents

Evgeniy A. Gusakov, Iuliia A. Topchu, Aleksandra M. Mazitova, Igor V. Dorogan, Emil R. Bulatov, Ilya G. Serebriiskii, Zinaida I. Abramova, Inna O. Tupaeva, Oleg P. Demidov, Duong Ngoc Toan, Tran Dai Lam, Duong Nghia Bang, Yanis A. Boumber*, Yurii A. Sayapin, Vladimir I. Minkin

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Abstract

Tropolones are promising organic compounds that can have important biologic effects. We developed a series of new 2-quinolyl-1,3-tropolones derivatives that were prepared by the acid-catalyzed reaction of 4,7-dichloro-2-methylquinolines with 1,2-benzoquinones. 2-Quinolyl-1,3-tropolones have been synthesized and tested for their anti-proliferative activity against several human cancer cell lines. Two compounds (3d and mixture B of 3i-k) showed excellent activity against six cancer cell lines of different tissue of origin. The promising compounds 3d and mixture B of 3i-k also demonstrated induction of apoptotic cell death of ovarian cancer (OVCAR-3, OVCAR-8) and colon cancer (HCT 116) cell lines and affected ERK signaling. In summary, 2-quinolyl-1,3-tropolones are promising compounds for development of effective anticancer agents.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)4555-4571
Number of pages17
JournalRSC Advances
Volume11
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 22 2021

Funding

This work was nancially supported by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development “NAFOSTED” [grant 104.01-2015.68]; E. G. thanks the scholarship of the President RF [grant number SP-3728.2019.4]. Y. B. and I. T. were supported in part by the NIH R21 CA223394, NIH R01 CA218802 grants and by the NCI NIH Core Grant P30 CA060553 to the Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University. I. S. was supported by the NCI NIH Core Grant P30 CA006927 to Fox Chase Cancer Center. Yu. S. worked within the framework of the State Assignment of Southern Scientic Centre of RAS [grant number 01201354239]. E. B. was supported by RSF [grant number 19-74-10022]. Finally, this study was supported by the program for Competitive Growth of the Kazan Federal University (E. B., I. T., A. M., I. S., Z. A., and Y. B.).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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