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  2. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of isoquinoline-based derivatives as novel histone deacetylase inhibitors

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of isoquinoline-based derivatives as novel histone deacetylase inhibitors

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 Sep 1;23(17):5881-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.06.071.
Wei Yang 1 Lixuan Li 2 Yulan Wang 3 Xiaowei Wu 1 Tingting Li 1 Nan Yang 1 Mingbo Su 3 Li Sheng 3 Mingyue Zheng 3 Yi Zang 3 Jia Li 4 Hong Liu 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, PR China.
  • 2 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, PR China; East China Normal University, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, North Zhongshan Road Campus: 3663 N. Zhongshan Rd., Shanghai 200062, PR China.
  • 3 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, PR China.
  • 4 State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, PR China; East China Normal University, Institutes for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, North Zhongshan Road Campus: 3663 N. Zhongshan Rd., Shanghai 200062, PR China. Electronic address: jli@mail.shcnc.ac.cn.
  • 5 CAS Key Laboratory of Receptor Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, PR China. Electronic address: hliu@mail.shcnc.ac.cn.
Abstract

The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of isoquinoline-based hydroxamic acid compounds as novel HDACs inhibitors were reported herein. A detailed SAR study showed most of the compounds displayed good to excellent inhibitory activities against HDAC1, 3, 6. The IC50 values of compound 10 c against HDAC1, 3, 6 were 4.17 ± 0.11 nM, 4.00 ± 0.10 nM, 3.77 ± 0.07 nM, respectively. Most of the compounds showed great anti-proliferative activities against RPMI 8226, HCT 116 and Hep G2 cells. The IC50 values of compounds 10 a-h against RPMI 8226 Cancer cell proliferation were all below 1 μM. HCT 116 cell was sensitive to the compounds 10 a, 10 f-g and 18 a with the IC50 values <0.3 μM. The active compounds 10a-d did not show inhibitory activity against hERG channel. All these evidence indicated these compounds had great potential as HDACs inhibitors for the further development.

Keywords

HDACs; HDACs inhibitor; Hydroxamic acid; Isoquinoline.

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