Analogues and Derivatives of Oncrasin-1, a Novel Inhibitor of the C-Terminal Domain of RNA Polymerase II and Their Antitumor Activities

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• 作者：Shuhong Wu ; Li Wang ; Wei Guo ; Xiaoying Liu ; Jinsong Liu ; Xiaoli Wei ; Bingliang Fang
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：April 28, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：54
• 期：8
• 页码：2668-2679
• 全文大小：1041K
• 年卷期：v.54,no.8(April 28, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-4804

文摘

To optimize the antitumor activity of oncrasin-1, a small molecule RNA polymerase II inhibitor, we evaluated 69 oncrasin-1 analogues for their cytotoxic activity against normal human epithelial cells and K-Ras mutant tumor cells. About 40 of those compounds were as potent as or more potent than oncrasin-1 in tumor cells and had a minimal cytotoxic effect on normal cells. Structure鈭抋ctivity relationship analysis revealed that most of the active compounds contained either a hydroxymethyl group or an aldehyde group as a substitute at the 3-position of the indole. Both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups in the benzene ring were well tolerated. The hydroxymethyl compounds ranged from equipotent with to 100 times as potent as the corresponding aldehyde compounds. We tested three active analogues' effect on RNA polymerase phosphorylation and found that they all inhibited phosphorylation of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II, suggesting that the active compounds might act through the same mechanisms as oncrasin-1.