Synthesis and anticancer activity of a series of norcantharidin analogues. 2012

Mark Tarleton, and Jayne Gilbert, and Jennette A Sakoff, and Adam McCluskey
Chemistry, Centre for Chemical Biology, School of Environmental & Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308, Australia.

Cantharidin (1) and norcantharidin (2) display high levels of anticancer activity against a broad range of tumour cell lines. Synthetic manipulation of norcantharidin yields (3S,3aR,4S,7R,7aS)-3-hydroxyhexahydro-4,7-epoxyisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one (3), which also displays a high level of anticancer activity against tumour cells but interestingly, shows selectivity towards HT29 (colon; GI(50) = 14 μM) and SJ-G2 (glioblastoma; GI(50) = 15 μM) cell lines. Substitution at the hydroxyl group of the cyclic lactone within (3) produces a diasteromeric pair of products that have no difference in cytotoxicity over the cell lines tested. Incorporation of an isopropyl tail at this position (16) produced the most promising compound of this series to date, with strong selectivity towards HT29 (colon; GI(50) = 19 μM) and SJ-G2 (glioblastoma; GI(50) = 21 μM) cell lines but completely void of any activity against the remaining tumour cell lines (GI(50) > 100 μM), as per the parent molecule. We also discovered that the introduction of a terminal phosphate moiety (28) at the same position produced a different trend in cytotoxicity with strong activity in BE2-C (neuroblastoma; GI(50) = 9 μM) cells; suggestive of an alternate mode of action.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000970 Antineoplastic Agents Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS. Anticancer Agent,Antineoplastic,Antineoplastic Agent,Antineoplastic Drug,Antitumor Agent,Antitumor Drug,Cancer Chemotherapy Agent,Cancer Chemotherapy Drug,Anticancer Agents,Antineoplastic Drugs,Antineoplastics,Antitumor Agents,Antitumor Drugs,Cancer Chemotherapy Agents,Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Agents,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Drug,Agent, Anticancer,Agent, Antineoplastic,Agent, Antitumor,Agent, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Anticancer,Agents, Antineoplastic,Agents, Antitumor,Agents, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Chemotherapy Agent, Cancer,Chemotherapy Agents, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drug, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drugs, Cancer,Drug, Antineoplastic,Drug, Antitumor,Drug, Cancer Chemotherapy,Drug, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Drugs, Antineoplastic,Drugs, Antitumor,Drugs, Cancer Chemotherapy
D045744 Cell Line, Tumor A cell line derived from cultured tumor cells. Tumor Cell Line,Cell Lines, Tumor,Line, Tumor Cell,Lines, Tumor Cell,Tumor Cell Lines
D049109 Cell Proliferation All of the processes involved in increasing CELL NUMBER including CELL DIVISION. Cell Growth in Number,Cellular Proliferation,Cell Multiplication,Cell Number Growth,Growth, Cell Number,Multiplication, Cell,Number Growth, Cell,Proliferation, Cell,Proliferation, Cellular
D060326 Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic Methods used for the chemical synthesis of compounds. Included under this heading are laboratory methods used to synthesize a variety of chemicals and drugs. Inorganic Synthesis,Inorganic Synthesis Methods,Inorganic Synthesis Techniques,Methods of Inorganic Synthesis,Methods of Organic Synthesis,Methods of Peptide Synthesis,Organic Synthesis,Organic Synthesis Methods,Organic Synthesis Techniques,Peptide Synthesis Methods,Peptide Synthesis Techniques,Peptide Synthesis, Synthetic,Synthetic Chemistry Techniques,Synthetic Peptide Synthesis,Chemistry Technique, Synthetic,Inorganic Syntheses,Inorganic Synthesis Method,Inorganic Synthesis Technique,Method, Inorganic Synthesis,Method, Organic Synthesis,Method, Peptide Synthesis,Methods, Inorganic Synthesis,Methods, Organic Synthesis,Methods, Peptide Synthesis,Organic Syntheses,Organic Synthesis Technique,Peptide Syntheses, Synthetic,Peptide Synthesis Method,Peptide Synthesis Technique,Syntheses, Inorganic,Syntheses, Organic,Syntheses, Synthetic Peptide,Synthesis Method, Inorganic,Synthesis Method, Peptide,Synthesis Methods, Inorganic,Synthesis Methods, Peptide,Synthesis Technique, Inorganic,Synthesis Technique, Organic,Synthesis Technique, Peptide,Synthesis Techniques, Inorganic,Synthesis Techniques, Organic,Synthesis Techniques, Peptide,Synthesis, Inorganic,Synthesis, Organic,Synthesis, Synthetic Peptide,Synthetic Chemistry Technique,Synthetic Peptide Syntheses,Technique, Inorganic Synthesis,Technique, Organic Synthesis,Technique, Peptide Synthesis,Technique, Synthetic Chemistry,Techniques, Inorganic Synthesis,Techniques, Organic Synthesis,Techniques, Peptide Synthesis,Techniques, Synthetic Chemistry
D019086 Bridged Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic Heterocyclic compounds that contain two rings that share two non-adjacent atoms in common. Bicyclo Compounds, Heterocyclic,Heterocyclic Cpds, Bicyclic,Bicyclic Heterocyclic Compounds,Heterocyclic Bicyclo Compounds,Bicyclic Heterocyclic Cpds,Heterocyclic Compounds, Bicyclic
D020128 Inhibitory Concentration 50 The concentration of a compound needed to reduce population growth of organisms, including eukaryotic cells, by 50% in vitro. Though often expressed to denote in vitro antibacterial activity, it is also used as a benchmark for cytotoxicity to eukaryotic cells in culture. IC50,Concentration 50, Inhibitory

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