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Synthesis of 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives as novel antitumor agents. 2013

Sau Hing Chan, and Chung Hin Chui, and Shun Wan Chan, and Stanton Hon Lun Kok, and Dessy Chan, and Miriam Yuen Tung Tsoi, and Polly Hang Mei Leung, and Alfred King Yin Lam, and Albert Sun Chi Chan, and Kim Hung Lam, and Johnny Cheuk On Tang

State Key Laboratory of Chirosciences, State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Shenzhen), Lo Ka Chung Centre for Natural Anti-Cancer Drug Development, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.

This letter describes the preparation of quinoline derivatives and their cytotoxic potentials toward human carcinoma cell lines. Among the selected compounds, 8-hydroxy-2-quinolinecarbaldehyde (3) showed the best in vitro cytotoxicity against the human cancer cell lines, including MDA231, T-47D, Hs578t, SaoS2, K562, SKHep1 (with a MTS50 range of 12.5-25 μg/mL) and Hep3B (with a MTS50 range of 6.25±0.034 μg/mL). The in vivo antitumor activity of compound 3 on subcutenaous Hep3B hepatocellular carcinoma xenograft in athymic nude mice was then studied. The results showed that the dose of 10 mg/kg/day of compound 3 with intraperitoneal injection for 9 days totally abolished the growth of the xenograft tumor of Hep3B with no histological damage on vital organs as compared with the control. The experimental results suggested that compound 3 has a good potential as an antitumor agent.