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Design, Syntheses of Novel Triazenes with Better Druggability and the Investigation on Their Anti-tumor Activities
Received date: 2023-11-22
Revised date: 2023-12-20
Online published: 2024-01-18
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Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021A1515011238)
Eleven novel 1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl-3-methyl-3-alkyl (R2) triazenes have been designed and synthesized. Firstly, 4-aminobenzoic acid, as starting material, underwent diazo reaction following the reaction with methyl alkylamine to build the triazene scaffold. Condensation of carboxylic group with 2-diethylaminoethylamine resulted in all the title compounds. The overall yield of these 3-step reactions was between 46.5% and 68.3%. By using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, 1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl- 3-methyl-3-cyclohexyltriazene (6a), 1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl-3-methyl-3-phenyltriazene (6e)~1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl-3-methyl-3-(4-methoxyl)benzyltriazene (6j) were confirmed as good broad-spectrum anti-cancer agents again/st human liver cancer cells (HepG-2), rat glioma cells (C6), human colon cancer cells (SW620), human prostate cancer cells (PC-3), murine melanoma cells (B16), and human non-small-cell lung cancer cells (A549). Among them, 1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl-3-methyl-3-(4-chloro)phenyltriazene (6g) show- ed as the most active agent, where IC50 values of 6g against C6, SW620, PC-3, and B16 cell lines are less than 10 μmol/L, which is far better than the positive dacarbazine. It was found that when R2 is aryl group with propriate electron-withdrawal intensity, the triazene will have good even excellent anti-cancer activity. Through drug safety evaluation, the safety indexes (SI) of 6e, 6g, and 1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl-3-methyl-3-(4-chloro)benzyltriazene (6h) against C6, SW620, and PC-3 cell lines, respectively; 6g, 6h, and 1-(4-(N-(2-diethylamino)ethyl)aminoformoxyl)phenyl-3-methyl-3-(4- methoxyl)phenyltriazene (6i) against B16 cell line respectively; 6e, 6h, and 6i against HepG-2 cell line respectively; 6i against C6, and SW620 cell lines, respectively; were identified more than 2.0, implied better drug safety than dacarbazine. The partition coefficient (lg P) of 6e, 6g~6i lied between 3.0 and 4.0, meaning good membrane permeability. All the data support that the novel triazenes 6e, 6g~6i have better druggability.
Key words： triazenes; anti-cancer; drug safety evaluation; druggability; drug design-synthesis
Qinfang Xu , Jianling Hu , Yuanlin Liu , Chao Zhang , Mingyue Li , Shuling Peng , Zhijun Liu , Heru Chen . Design, Syntheses of Novel Triazenes with Better Druggability and the Investigation on Their Anti-tumor Activities[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024 , 44(5) : 1606 -1619 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc202311020
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