title: In vitro antineoplastic activity of C7-substituted mitomycin C analogues MC-77 and MC-62 against human breast-cancer cell lines.
abstract: Mitomycin C (MIT-C) is one of the most potent antineoplastic agents used for the treatment of breast cancer and a wide variety of malignant tumors. However, administration of MIT-C is frequently accompanied by the delayed onset of severe myelosuppression We have synthesized a new series of MIT-C analogues that are predicted on a structure/function basis to retain cytotoxicity but exhibit decreased toxicity. These new compounds feature a sugar substitution at the N7 position. Using a series of human breast-cancer cell lines growing in vitro, we determined the structure/activity relationship of two independent N7-substituted spacers displaying the same glucopyranose moiety. N-( [(2-acetamide-3,4,6-tri-O-acetyl-2-deoxy-beta- D-glucopyranosyl)amino]carbonyl] propylmitomycin C (MC-62) contains the sugar moiety linked to MIT-C through a butanoic acid spacer. MC-62 exhibits significantly less biological potency as compared with the parent drug. In contrast, N-[4-(tetra-O-acetylglucopyranosyl)oxy]phenylmitomycin C (MC-77) contains the glucopyranose moiety linked to MIT-C through a phenolic spacer. This analogue generally exhibits greater antitumor activity in vitro as compared with either MC-62 or MIT-C. Thus, N7-substituted analogues containing sugar moieties exhibit altered biological activity, the degree of which is related to the properties/structure of the spacer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghiorghis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Talebian
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008937:Mitomycins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D008937:Mitomycins; C073154:MC 77; C073153:MC 62; D016685:Mitomycin