title: Synthesis and cytotoxicity of artemisinin derivatives containing cyanoarylmethyl group.
abstract: A series of 12alpha-deoxoartemisinyl cyanoarylmethyl dicarboxylates (4a-4o), dicarboxylic acids 12alpha-deoxoartemisinyl ester cyanoarylmethyl amide (5a-5k), and dicarboxylic acids 12alpha-deoxoartemisinyl ester N-methylcyanoarylmethyl amide (6a-6l), showing moderate cytotoxicity against P388 and L1210 cells were prepared. They induced the significant accumulation of L1210 and P388 cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. This mechanism of action was quite different from that of the majority of cytotoxic compounds used in the chemotherapy of cancer. Compound 4b possessed better cytotoxicity than the other compounds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Atassi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leonce
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Caignard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Renard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037621:Artemisinins; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D037621:Artemisinins; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; C031327:artemisinin