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MARINE DRUGS
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/md21060325
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2; 5-diketopiperazine derivative; intermolecular hydrogen bond; liposolubility; electron property; anticancer activity
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Fourteen novel 3,6-diunsaturated 2,5-diketopiperazine derivatives, along with two known ones, were designed and synthesized based on marine natural products. These derivatives showed moderate to good anticancer capacities against A549 and Hela cancer cells. Compound 11 exhibited strong inhibitory activities and could induce apoptosis and block cell cycle progression in both cell lines.
Based on the marine natural products piperafizine B, XR334, and our previously reported compound 4m, fourteen novel 3,6-diunsaturated 2,5-diketopiperazine (2,5-DKP) derivatives (1, 2, 4-6, 8-16), together with two known ones (3 and 7), were designed and synthesized as anticancer agents against the A549 and Hela cell lines. The MTT assay results showed that the derivatives 6, 8-12, and 14 had moderate to good anticancer capacities, with IC50 values ranging from 0.7 to 8.9 & mu;M. Among them, compound 11, with naphthalen-1-ylmethylene and 2-methoxybenzylidene functions at the 3 and 6 positions of 2,5-DKP ring, respectively, displayed good inhibitory activities toward both A549 (IC50 = 1.2 & mu;M) and Hela (IC50 = 0.7 & mu;M) cancer cells. It could also induce apoptosis and obviously block cell cycle progression in the G2/M phases in both cells at 1.0 & mu;M. The electron-withdrawing functions might not be favorable for the derivatives with high anticancer activities. Additionally, compared to piperafizine B and XR334, these semi-N-alkylated derivatives have high liposolubilities (>1.0 mg mL(-1)). Compound 11 can be further developed, aiming at the discovery of a novel anticancer candidate.
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