Abstract
Novel tertiary amine N-oxides of naphthalimides were designed and synthesized as potential anticancer agents against hypoxic solid tumors. Although their ctDNA-binding affinities and cytotoxic activities against usual tumor cell lines were lower than those of corresponding amines, the N-oxides A1 and A4 showed hypoxia preference activities against A375 cells in vitro and might be used as interesting candidates of prodrug leads in hypoxic tumor cells.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2166-2170 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Apr 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Biological evaluation
- Hypoxic solid tumor
- N-Oxide of naphthalimides
- Prodrug leads
- Synthesis