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1-Phenyl-dihydrobenzoindazoles as novel colchicine site inhibitors: Structural basis and antitumor efficacy
Junhang Jiang1, Hao Zhang2, Chongqing Wang1
1School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, 325 Guohe Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Abstract:
The colchicine site inhibitors (CSIs) showed promising prospects as antitumor agents due to their vascular disrupting activities besides antimitotic activities. 1-Phenyl-dihydrobenzoindazole was found as a novel scaffold of CSI without the cis-trans isomerization problem. The X-ray co-crystal structure of the lead compound with tubulin was determined, which revealed the binding mode including special water-bridged hydrogen bonds. The structure also provided guidance for the structural optimization of this type of CSI, which led to the discovery of the most potent inhibitor A3, with growth IC50 lower than 1 nM against human colon cancer cell lines and tubulin polymerization IC50 of 1.6 μM. In addition, its water-soluble prodrug B1 showed good in vivo antitumor activity on two human colon cancer xenograft nude mice models, encouraging further study of this type of antitumor compound.
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