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Synthesis and biological evaluation of new amino acid and dipeptide derivatives of neocryptolepine as anticancer agents. 

Katarzyna Sidoryk 1Marta Świtalska 2Joanna Wietrzyk 2Anna Jaromin 3Magdalena Piętka-Ottlik 4Piotr Cmoch 1,5Joanna Zagrodzka 1Wojciech J. Szczepek 1Łukasz S. Kaczmarek 1Wanda Peczyńska-Czoch 4

1. Pharmaceutical Research Institute (IF), Rydygiera 8, Warszawa 01-793, Poland
2. Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy (IITD), Rudolfa Weigla 12, Wrocław 53-114, Poland
3. Wrocław University, Faculty of Biotechnology, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, Wrocław 51-148, Poland
4. Wrocław University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, Wrocław 50-370, Poland
5. Institute of Organic chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ICHOPAS), Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw 01-224, Poland

Abstract

The syntheses of neocryptolepine derivatives containing an amino acid or a dipeptide at the C-9 position, their evaluation for antitumor activity in vitro and in vivo were reported. To establish the influence of the amino acid or the peptide on the physicochemical properties of 5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinoline (DiMIQ), lipophilic and hemolytic properties were investigated. Most of the compounds displayed a high anticancer activity in vitro, and strongly inhibited growth of tumor in mice compared to cyclophosphamide. The attachment of the hydrophilic amino acid or peptide to the hydrophobic DiMIQ increased its hydrophilic properties, and decreased its hemotylic activity.

The glycylglycine conjugate (7a) was the most promising derivative. It strongly inhibited the growth of the tumor in mice (at dose 50mg/kg/day it inhibited the tumor growth by 46-63% on days 11th-16th, and by 29-43% on day 18th-23th), and significantly decreased hemolytic activity and lowered the in vivo toxicity compared to DiMIQ.

 

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Submitted: 2012-03-03 11:51
Revised:   2012-04-01 21:33