Abstract:
Twelve novel 2-cyano-3, 12-dioxooleana-1, 9(11)-dien-28-oic acid(CDDO)derivatives were designed and synthesized(
9a -
9l )by introducing different heterocyclic rings to 17-COOH of CDDO through various linkers. Their structures were determined by ESI-MS, IR and
1H NMR. The antiproliferative activity of the synthetic derivatives against human cancer cells HCT-116, A549 and HepG2 was evaluated by MTT assay. Several compounds showed potent inhibitory activities against test cell lines. Among them, compound
9c showed more potent antiproliferative activity than the CDDO-imidazolide(CDDO-Im). Moreover, rat plasma stability assay showed that compound
9c was more stable than CDDO-Im.