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  2. Discovery of Novel Multiacting Topoisomerase I/II and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

Discovery of Novel Multiacting Topoisomerase I/II and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors

  • ACS Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jan 14;6(3):239-43. doi: 10.1021/ml500327q.
Shipeng He 1 Guoqiang Dong 2 Zhibin Wang 2 Wei Chen 2 Yahui Huang 2 Zhengang Li 2 Yan Jiang 2 Na Liu 2 Jianzhong Yao 2 Zhenyuan Miao 2 Wannian Zhang 2 Chunquan Sheng 3
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , 1 Qiuyang Road, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P. R. China.
  • 2 School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
  • 3 School of Pharmacy, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , 1 Qiuyang Road, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P. R. China ; School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University , 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China.
Abstract

Designing multitarget drugs remains a significant challenge in current antitumor drug discovery. Because of the synergistic effect between Topoisomerase and HDAC inhibitors, the present study reported the first-in-class triple inhibitors of Topoisomerase I/II and HDAC. On the basis of 3-amino-10-hydroxylevodiamine and SAHA, a series of hybrid molecules was successfully designed and synthesized. In particular, compound 8c was proven to be a potent inhibitor of Topoisomerase I/II and HDAC with good antiproliferative and apoptotic activities. This proof-of-concept study also validated the effectiveness of discovering triple Topoisomerase I/II and HDAC inhibitors as novel antitumor agents.

Keywords

Evodiamine derivatives; antiproliferative activity; histone deacetylase; topoisomerase I; topoisomerase II.

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