title: Synthesis and antitumoral evaluation of indole alkaloid analogues containing an hexahydropyrrolo[1',2',3':1,9a,9]imidazo[1,2-a]indole skeleton.
abstract: The scope of acid-mediated cyclative additions of electrophiles to tryptophan-derived alpha-amino nitriles for the synthesis of 10b-substituted-1,2,4,5,10b,10c-hexahydropyrrolo[1',2',3':1,9a,9]imidazo[1,2-a]indoles analogues of indole alkaloids has been studied. The results demonstrate the high potential of the methodology for the synthesis of 10b-bromo-derivatives, by bromination with NBS, 10b-allyl-derivatives, by bromo-allyl exchange, and 10b-prenyl-derivatives, by reaction with prenyl bromide in the presence of Mg(NO(3))(2).6H(2)0. Some of the new pyrroloimidazoindole derivatives displayed moderate microM cytotoxicities in human cancer cell lines and at 10 microg/mL inhibited more than 50% EGFR or HIF-1alpha.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Química Médica (CSIC), Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ventosa-Andrés
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: González-Vera
authors.forename: Angel M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Valdivielso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Teresa García-López
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herranz
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D026121:Indole Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D026121:Indole Alkaloids; D009570:Nitriles