title: Antitumor agents. 120. New 4-substituted benzylamine and benzyl ether derivatives of 4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin as potent inhibitors of human DNA topoisomerase II.
abstract: A number of new 4'-O-demethylepipodophyllotoxin derivatives possessing various 4 beta-N- or 4 beta-O-benzyl groups have been synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activity against the human DNA topoisomerase II as well as for their activity in causing cellular protein-linked DNA breakage. The 4 beta-N-benzyl derivatives 9-22 are, in general, as active or more active than etoposide (1). The most active compounds are 14, 16, and 17, which are more than 2-fold more potent than 1. The results indicated that a basic unsubstituted 4 beta-benzylamino moiety is structurally required for the enhanced activity. Replacement of the benzyl nitrogen with oxygen gave compounds (23 and 24) which are inactive. The ability of these compounds to inhibit human DNA topoisomerase II and to cause protein-linked DNA breakage appears to have no direct correlation with cytotoxicity in KB cells.
authors.affiliation: Natural Products Laboratory, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: X M
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D011034:Podophyllotoxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D059005:Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D059005:Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; D011034:Podophyllotoxin