title: Novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives as potential antitumor agents: Synthesis, physicochemical and structural properties, DNA interactions and antiproliferative activity.
abstract: The paper describes synthesis of several novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives. Furthermore, crystal and molecular structure of 4-diethylamino-salicylaldehyde 4-phenylthiosemicarbazone revealed planarity of conjugated aromatic system, which suggested the possibility of DNA binding by intercalation, especially for here studied naphthalene derivatives. However, here presented DNA binding studies excluded this mode of action. Physicochemical and structural properties of novel derivatives were compared with previously studied analogues, taken as reference compounds, revealing distinctive differences. In addition, novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives (1, 2 and 5-8) clearly display stronger antiproliferative activity on five tumor cell lines than the reference compounds 3 and 4, which supports their further investigation as potential antitumor agents.
authors: Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Horvatovac 102(a), 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
authors: Ivica
authors: I
authors: Dilović
authors: Mirta
authors: M
authors: Rubcić
authors: Visnja
authors: V
authors: Vrdoljak
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Kraljević Pavelić
authors: Marijeta
authors: M
authors: Kralj
authors: Ivo
authors: I
authors: Piantanida
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Cindrić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / Q000379:methods; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013696:Temperature; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013882:Thiosemicarbazones; D004247:DNA; C427203:calf thymus DNA