为发现氟喹诺酮由抗菌活性到抗肿瘤活性转化的有效结构修饰策略,以均三唑硫醇(酮)杂环为C-3羧基的等排体,经硫醚化修饰得C-3均三唑硫醚酮(6a~6g),进一步优化得C-3均三唑硫醚酮缩氨基硫脲(7a~7g)和C-3噻唑并三唑稠杂环类(8a~8g)。用元素分析和光谱数据确证化合物的结构,用MTT方法评价3类化合物对Hep-3B、Capan-1和HL60的体外抗增值活性。结果表明,上述3类化合物的体外抗肿瘤活性均强于环丙沙星,其中相应化合物的活性次序为7〉8〉6,对肿瘤细胞的选择性为Capan-1〉Hep-3B〉HL60。同时,含吸电子基(F、NO2)取代的目标化合物(6f、7f、8f和6g、7g、8g)均强于其他取代基目标物的活性,尤其是缩氨基硫脲类(7f、7g)对Capan-1的IC50值与对照药多柔比星相当。为此,硫醚酮缩氨基硫脲修饰的均三唑杂环作为C-3羧基等排体值得关注和进一步发展。
To discover an efficient strategy for the conversion of the antibacterial activity of fluoroquinolones into the antitumor activity, the three series of C-3 s-triazole-based derivatives including sulfide ketones (6a-6g), thiosemiearbazones (Ta-Tg) and fused heterocyclic thiazolotriazoles (8a-8g) were synthesized from ciprofloxacin (1), respectively. The structures were characterized by elemental analysis and spectral data. The antitumor activity was tested against three tumor cell lines (Hep-3B, Capan-1 and HL60) using the MTT assay. The three types of compounds all exhibited stronger anti-proliferative activities than ciprofloxacin in the test. The order of their activities was in compounds 7〉8〉6, and the order of selectivity against cancer cell lines was Capan-1, Hep-3B and HLf60. Meanwhile, the SAR revealed that some compounds with electron-drawing group substituted such as fluoro- and nitro-phenyl compounds (6f, 7f, 8f) and (6g, 7g, 8g) displayed more significant activity than the control compounds, especially the IC50 values of thiosemicarbazone compounds 7f and 7g against Capan-1 was comparable to doxorubicin. Thus, a five-membered triazole as the C-3 bioisostere modified with thefunctionalized side-chain of sulfide-ketone thiosemicarbazone warrants special attention and further investigation.