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  2. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-N,N-dimethylamino benzo[b]furan derivatives as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 2-(3',4',5'-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-N,N-dimethylamino benzo[b]furan derivatives as inhibitors of tubulin polymerization

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2008 Sep 15;16(18):8419-26. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.08.029.
Romeo Romagnoli 1 Pier Giovanni Baraldi Taradas Sarkar Maria Dora Carrion Olga Cruz-Lopez Carlota Lopez Cara Manlio Tolomeo Stefania Grimaudo Antonietta Di Cristina Maria Rosaria Pipitone Jan Balzarini Roberto Gambari Lampronti Ilaria Roberto Saletti Andrea Brancale Ernest Hamel
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Affiliation

  • 1 Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, Via Fossato di Mortara 17-19, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. rmr@unife.it
Abstract

Molecules that target microtubules have an important role in the treatment of Cancer. A new class of inhibitors of tubulin polymerization based on the 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-2-dimethylamino-benzo[b]furan molecular skeleton was synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activity, inhibition of tubulin polymerization, and cell cycle effects. The most promising compound in this series was 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-3-dimethylamino-6-methoxy-benzo[b]furan, which inhibits Cancer cell growth at nanomolar concentrations and interacts strongly with tubulin by binding to the colchicine site.

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