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  2. Effects of C7 substitutions in a high affinity microtubule-binding taxane on antitumor activity and drug transport

Effects of C7 substitutions in a high affinity microtubule-binding taxane on antitumor activity and drug transport

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2011 Aug 15;21(16):4852-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2011.06.034.
Xi Xiao 1 Ju Wu Chiara Trigili Hui Chen Joseph W K Chu Ying Zhao Peihua Lu Li Sheng Yan Li Frances J Sharom Isabel Barasoain J Fernando Diaz Wei-shuo Fang
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Affiliation

  • 1 State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China.
Abstract

Some C-7 modified analogs of 3, a taxane with high affinity for binding to microtubules, were prepared through multistep transformations. Most of the analogs, bearing less lipophilic C-7 substituents than propionyl in 3, exhibited comparable binding affinities to microtubules but less cytotoxicity against drug-sensitive as well as multidrug-resistant tumor cells overexpressing P-glycoprotein. In addition, these C7 modifications increased P-glycoprotein-mediated drug transport in both directions in a Caco-2 cell assay.

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