Journal
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 931-938Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.10.035
Keywords
cytotoxicity; isatin; anticancer
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A range of substituted 1H-indole-2,3-diones (isatins) were synthesized using standard procedures and their cytotoxicity evaluated against the human monocyte-like histiocytic lymphoma (U937) cell line in vitro. SAR studies identified C-5, C-6, and C-7 substitution greatly enhanced activity with some di- and tri-halogenated isatins giving IC50 values < 10 mu M. Of the 23 compounds tested, four were selected for further screening against a panel of five human cancer cell lines. These compounds, in general, showed greater selectivity toward leukemia and lymphoma cells over breast, prostate, and colorectal carcinoma cell lines. The most active compound, 5,6,7-tribromoisatin (2p), was found to be antiproliferative at low micromolar concentrations and also activated the effector caspases 3 and 7 in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that di- and tri-substituted isatins may be useful leads for anticancer drug development in the future. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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