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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 4-phenoxyquinoline derivatives containing 3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline moiety as c-Met kinase inhibitors

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2017 Aug 15;25(16):4475-4486. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.06.037.
Ju Liu 1 Di Yang 2 Xiuxiu Yang 2 Minhua Nie 2 Guodong Wu 2 Zhunchao Wang 2 Wei Li 3 Yajing Liu 4 Ping Gong 5
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110016, PR China; College of Pharmacy of Liaoning University, Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Development of Liaoning Province, 66 Chongshan Road, Huanggu District, Shenyang 10036, PR China.
  • 2 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110016, PR China.
  • 3 Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, 11 Street, Jingjijishukaifa District, Shenyang 110142, PR China.
  • 4 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110016, PR China. Electronic address: lyjpharm@126.com.
  • 5 Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenhe District, Shenyang 110016, PR China. Electronic address: gongpinggp@126.com.
Abstract

A series of novel 4-phenoxyquinoline derivatives containing 3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxaline moiety were synthesized and evaluated for their c-Met kinase inhibitory activity and antiproliferative activity against five Cancer cell lines (HT-29, H460, A549, MKN-45 and U87MG) in vitro. Most of the compounds exhibited moderate-to-significant cytotoxicity as compared with foretinib. The most promising compound 41 (with c-Met IC50 value of 0.90nM) showed remarkable cytotoxicity against HT-29, H460, A549, MKN-45 and U87MG cell lines with IC50 values of 0.06μM, 0.05μM, 0.18μM, 0.023μM and 0.66μM, respectively, and thus it was 1.22- to 3.50-fold more potent than foretinib. Their preliminary structure-activity relationships (SARs) studies indicate that electron-withdrawing groups on the terminal phenyl rings are beneficial for improving the antitumor activity.

Keywords

4-Phenoxyquinoline derivatives; Antitumor activity; Synthesis; c-Met inhibitors.

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