title: Synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of alkoxylated chalcones.
abstract: A series of chalcones a1-20 bearing a 4-OMe groups on the A-ring were initially synthesized and their anticancer activities towards HepG2 cells evaluated. Subsequently, a series of chalcones b1-42 bearing methoxy groups at the 2' and 6'-positions of the B-ring were synthesized and their anticancer activities towards five human cancer cell lines (HepG2, HeLa, MCF-7, A549 and SW1990) and two non-tumoral human cell lines evaluated. The results showed that six compounds (b6, b8, b11, b16, b18, b22, b23 and b29) displayed promising activities, with compounds b22 and b29 in particular showing higher levels of activity than etoposide against all five cancer cell lines. Compound b29 showed a promising SI value compared with both HMLE and L02 (2.1-6.5 fold in HMLE and > 33 > 103.1 fold in L02, respectively).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. baixiaoguang130@126.com.
authors.forename: Xiao-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. clxu1986@163.com.
authors.forename: Chang-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. zhshsh1112@163.com.
authors.forename: Shuang-Shuang
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. hehwei@163.com.
authors.forename: Hong-Wei
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. wyc9999@126.com.
authors.forename: Yu-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China. imbjxwang@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ju-Xian
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D047188:Chalcones / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005047:Etoposide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D061986:MCF-7 Cells
chemical_list: D047188:Chalcones; D005047:Etoposide