title: DNA-binding antitumor agents: from pyrimido[5,6,1-de]acridines to other intriguing classes of acridine derivatives.
abstract: In the field of antitumor DNA-binding agents, the class of acridine derivatives play an important role either as number of compounds or as importance of their anticancer properties. We have synthesized a number of acridine derivatives as potential antitumor drugs, in which the chromophore is fully or partially constituted by acridine or by 9-acridone ring systems: from the pyrimido[5,6,1-de]acridines, to the pyrimido[4,5,6-kl]acridines, the bis(amine-functionalized) 9-acridone-4-carboxamides, the bis(amine-functionalized) acridine-4-carboxamides, and the pyrazolo[3,4,5-kl]acridine-5-carboxamides. In the present revue we will describe the rational design, the synthesis, and the salient biological characteristics of these classes of acridine derivatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino 1, Camerino, 62032, Italy. ippolito.antonini@unicam.it
authors.forename: Ippolito
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Antonini
mesh_terms: D000166:Acridines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000166:Acridines; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D004247:DNA