Discovery of Novel 11-Triazole Substituted Benzofuro[3,2-b]quinolone Derivatives as c-myc G-Quadruplex Specific Stabilizers via Click Chemistry

J Med Chem. 2017 Jul 13;60(13):5407-5423. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00016. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

Abstract

The specificity of nucleic acids' binders is crucial for developing this kind of drug, especially for novel G-quadruplexes' binders. Quindoline derivatives have been developed as G-quadruplex stabilizers with good interactive activities. In order to improve the selectivity and binding affinity of quindoline derivatives as c-myc G-quadruplex binding ligands, novel triazole containing benzofuroquinoline derivatives (T-BFQs) were designed and synthesized by using the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a series of alkyne and azide building blocks. The selectivity toward c-myc G-quadruplex DNA of these novel T-BFQs was significantly improved, together with an obvious increase on binding affinity. Further cellular and in vivo experiments indicated that the T-BFQs showed inhibitory activity on tumor cells' proliferation, presumably through the down-regulation of transcription of c-myc gene. Our findings broadened the modification strategies of specific G-quadruplex stabilizers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Click Chemistry
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Down-Regulation / drug effects
  • Drug Discovery*
  • Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor
  • G-Quadruplexes / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Mice, Nude
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / pathology
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / metabolism
  • Quinolones / chemical synthesis
  • Quinolones / chemistry
  • Quinolones / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thermodynamics
  • Triazoles / chemistry
  • Triazoles / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc
  • Quinolones
  • Triazoles