Abstract:
To discover an efficient approach for the conversion of antibacterial fluoroquinolones into an antitumor activity, a fused heterocycle ring core, thiazolo[3, 2-
b][1, 2, 4]triazol-5-one was used as an isostere and further modified with an arylidene group. Then, 12 novel C-3 fused heterocyclic unsaturated ketones, 1- ethyl-6-fluoro-7-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-3-[6-arylidene-thiazolo[3, 2-
b][1, 2, 4]triazol-5(6
H)-one-3-yl]- quinolon-4(1
H)-ones(
6a -
6l ), were designed and synthesized from pefloxacin(
1 ). The structures were characterized by elemental analysis and spectral data, and the
in vitro antitumor activity of the title compounds against SMMC-7721, Capan-1 and HL60 cell lines was evaluated. The preliminary pharmacological results demonstrated that the title compounds exhibited more significantly antiproliferative activity than the parent
1 . The compounds with fluorophenyl or
o-methoxyphenyl showed comparable activity to the comparasion doxorubicin. Thus, it appears to be an alternative route for a fused heterocyclic unsaturated ketone as an isostere of the C-3 carboxylic group to improve the antitumor activity.