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  2. Antimitotic activity of structurally simplified biaryl analogs of the anticancer agents colchicine and combretastatin A4

Antimitotic activity of structurally simplified biaryl analogs of the anticancer agents colchicine and combretastatin A4

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jan 1;25(1):117-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.10.090.
James McNulty 1 Sean van den Berg Dennis Ma Daniel Tarade Seema Joshi Julia Church
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Affiliation

  • 1 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ont. L8S 4M1, Canada.
Abstract

Two substituted biaryl analogues of colchicine and combretastatin A4, readily available through a one-step, protecting group free Suzuki-Miyaura reaction were discovered to exhibit Anticancer activity while simultaneously being of low cytotoxicity to noncancerous cell lines. The compounds were shown to initiate Apoptosis selectively via a mechanism involving inhibition of tubulin polymerization.

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