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  2. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2- and 3-aminobenzo[b]thiophene derivatives as antimitotic agents and inhibitors of tubulin polymerization

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2- and 3-aminobenzo[b]thiophene derivatives as antimitotic agents and inhibitors of tubulin polymerization

  • J Med Chem. 2007 May 3;50(9):2273-7. doi: 10.1021/jm070050f.
Romeo Romagnoli 1 Pier Giovanni Baraldi Maria Dora Carrion Carlota Lopez Cara Delia Preti Francesca Fruttarolo Maria Giovanna Pavani Mojgan Aghazadeh Tabrizi Manlio Tolomeo Stefania Grimaudo Antonella Di Cristina Jan Balzarini John A Hadfield Andrea Brancale Ernest Hamel
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Affiliation

  • 1 Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.
Abstract

Two new series of inhibitors of tubulin polymerization based on the 2-amino-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)benzo[b]thiophene molecular skeleton and its 3-amino positional isomer were synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity, inhibition of tubulin polymerization, and cell cycle effects. Although many more 3-amino derivatives have been synthesized so far, the most promising compound in this series was 2-amino-6-methyl-3-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)benzo[b]thiophene, which inhibits Cancer cell growth at subnanomolar concentrations and interacts strongly with tubulin by binding to the colchicine site.

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