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  2. Synthesis, biological activity and tubulin binding poses of 1-deoxy-9-(R)-dihydrotaxane analogs

Synthesis, biological activity and tubulin binding poses of 1-deoxy-9-(R)-dihydrotaxane analogs

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Feb 15;19(4):1148-51. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.12.091.
Tian-Hai Yuan 1 Yi Jiang Xiao-Hong Wang Dian-Long Wang Abhijit Bannerjee Susan Bane James P Snyder Hai-Xia Lin
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
Abstract

1-Deoxy-9alpha-dihydrotaxane analogs 9 and 10 were semi-synthesized from 1-deoxybaccatin VI, isolated from Taxus mairei, and tested for cytotoxic activity. Taxane 9 is 10-fold less cytotoxic than paclitaxel, while 10 is equally active. In the tubulin polymerization assay (ED(50) values), 10 is 4-fold less effective than paclitaxel, but 3-fold superior to 9. These observations can be explained by analysis of the corresponding taxane/beta-tubulin complexes.

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