Abstract
Iron chelators of the 2'-benzoylpyridine thiosemicarbazone (BpT) class show substantial potential as anticancer agents. To explore structure activity relationships, new BpT analogues were designed that incorporated halogen substituents on the noncoordinating phenyl group (XBpTs). These XBpT ligands exhibited potent antiproliferative activity with some analogues exceeding that of the parent BpT compound. Importantly, there was an appreciable therapeutic index in vitro, as mortal cells were significantly less affected by these chelators relative to neoplastic cells. The addition of a halogen led to a halogen-specific increase in the redox potential of XBpT Fe complexes. Probing for chelator-induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) with the fluorescent probe, 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein, revealed a 1.5-4.7-fold increase in fluorescence upon incorporation of Cl, Br, or I to the parent analogues. Furthermore, an important structure-activity relationship was deduced where the addition of halogens led to a positive correlation between intracellular ROS generation and antiproliferative activity in the more hydrophilic BpT parent compounds.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6936-6948 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 19 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Oct 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- PYRIDOXAL ISONICOTINOYL HYDRAZONE
- EFFECTIVE ANTIPROLIFERATIVE AGENTS
- IRON OVERLOAD DISEASE
- ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY
- RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE
- METAL CHELATOR
- CELL-CYCLE
- PHASE-II
- IN-VITRO
- ANALOGS