title: Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of thiazolyl indolequinones.
abstract: A number of thiazolyl indolequinones have been prepared and evaluated for their antitumor properties. The compounds were synthesized from the appropriate indole, building up the thiazole ring using the Hantzsch reaction. Cytotoxic activity was determined in the human breast cancer SKBr3 cell line. Selected compounds were also studied in human lung carcinoma A549 and PV9 cell lines. In addition, some compounds were evaluated for their possible bioreductive action by determining their cytotoxicity towards V79 Chinese hamster lung fibroblasts in air and under anaerobic (hypoxic) conditions.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Exeter, Devon, UK. c.j.moody@exeter.ac.uk
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Roffey
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Swann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lockyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Houlbrook
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Strafford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D007211:Indoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D011809:Quinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007211:Indoles; D011809:Quinones; D013844:Thiazoles