Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, United States.
J Med Chem. 2012 Feb 23;55(4):1758-70. doi: 10.1021/jm201688n. Epub 2012 Feb 3.
We previously reported the selective transport of classical 2-amino-4-oxo-6-substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines with a thienoyl-for-benzoyl-substituted side chain and a three- (3a) and four-carbon (3b) bridge. Compound 3a was more potent than 3b against tumor cells. While 3b was completely selective for transport by folate receptors (FRs) and the proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT) over the reduced folate carrier (RFC), 3a was not. To determine if decreasing the distance between the bicyclic scaffold and l-glutamate in 3b would preserve transport selectivity and potency against human tumor cells, 3b regioisomers with [1,3] (7 and 8) and [1,2] (4, 5, and 6) substitutions on the thienoyl ring and with acetylenic insertions in the four-atom bridge were synthesized and evaluated. Compounds 7 and 8 were potent nanomolar inhibitors of KB and IGROV1 human tumor cells with complete selectivity for FRα and PCFT over RFC.
我们之前报道了具有噻吩甲酰基取代苯甲酰基侧链和三(3a)和四碳(3b)桥的经典 2-氨基-4-氧代-6-取代吡咯并[2,3-d]嘧啶的选择性转运。化合物 3a 对肿瘤细胞的活性比 3b 更强。虽然 3b 对叶酸受体 (FRs) 和质子偶联叶酸转运蛋白 (PCFT) 的转运具有完全选择性,而对还原叶酸载体 (RFC) 则没有,但 3a 并非如此。为了确定减少 3b 中环丙二酰基支架和 l-谷氨酸之间的距离是否会保留对人类肿瘤细胞的转运选择性和效力,我们合成并评估了噻吩甲酰环上具有 [1,3](7 和 8)和 [1,2](4、5 和 6)取代以及在四原子桥中具有炔插入的 3b 区域异构体。化合物 7 和 8 对 KB 和 IGROV1 人类肿瘤细胞具有强效的纳摩尔抑制作用,对 FRα 和 PCFT 具有完全选择性,而对 RFC 则没有。