title: Synthesis and antitumor activity of 1-[[(dialkylamino)alkyl]amino]-4-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]benzo[e]- and -benzo[g])indoles. A new class of antineoplastic agents.
abstract: The thermal Fischer indolization of hydrazones resulting from 4-hydrazino-5-methyl-1H-pyridin-2-one and various beta- and alpha-tetralones led to 4-methyl-6,7-dihydro-2H,5H-pyrido[4,3- b]benzo[e]indol-1-ones and 4-methyl-11-dihydro-2H,5H-pyrido[4,3- b]benzo[g]indol-1-ones, respectively. After aromatization, these compounds were transformed by phosphorus oxychloride, giving 1-chloro-4-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3- b]benzo[e]- and -benzo[g]indoles which were substituted by [(dialkylamino)alkyl]amines. The resulting 1-[[(dialkylamino)alkyl]amino]-4-methyl-5H-pyrido- [4,3-b]benzo[e]- and -benzo[g]indoles, as well as hydroxy derivatives obtained by demethylation of methoxylated compounds with hydrobromic acid, were tested for antitumor activity in vitro (leukemic and solid tumor cells) and in vivo on various experimental tumor models using the standard NCI protocols. 1-[[3-(Dialkylamino)propyl]-amino]-4-methyl-9-hydroxy-5H-pyrido[4,3- b]benzo[e]indoles appeared as a promising new class of antineoplastic agents.
authors.affiliation: URA 1387 CNRS, U 219 INSERM, Institut Curie, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lhoste
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bissery
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bisagni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011725:Pyridines