Relationship between cytotoxic activity and dipole moment for phthalimido- and chloroethyl-phenothiazines

Anticancer Res. 1999 Sep-Oct;19(5B):4081-3.

Abstract

Among twelve phenothiazine-related compounds, the cytotoxic activity of six "half-mustard type" phenothiazines [7-12] was significantly higher than that of six phthalimido compounds [1-6]. 1-(2-Chloroethyl)-3-(2-chloro-10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)propylurea [9], 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-(2-chloro-10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)butylurea+ ++ [10] and 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-(2-trifluoromethyl-10H-phenothiazin-10-yl)b utylurea [12] showed the highest cytotoxic activity, in parallel with high delta mu (difference between two dipole moments, mu g and mu e). There was also positive relationship between cytotoxic activity and molecular orbital energy such as pi-LUMO, pi-HOMO, and lone pair orbitals originated from O, N1, and N3 atoms. The present study demonstrated that cytotoxic activity of "half-mustard type" phenothiazines can be predicted by their dipole moments and molecular orbital energies.

MeSH terms

  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry, Physical
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrons
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Models, Statistical
  • Phenothiazines / chemistry*
  • Phenothiazines / pharmacology*
  • Phenothiazines / toxicity
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Phenothiazines