Potent Vinblastine C20′ Ureas Displaying Additionally
Improved Activity Against a Vinblastine-Resistant Cancer Cell Line
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Abstract
A series of disubstituted C20′-urea
derivatives of vinblastine
were prepared from 20′-aminovinblastine that was made accessible
through a unique Fe(III)/NaBH<sub>4</sub>-mediated alkene functionalization
reaction of anhydrovinblastine. Three analogues were examined across
a panel of 15 human tumor cell lines, displaying remarkably potent
cell growth inhibition activity (avg. IC<sub>50</sub> = 200–300
pM), being 10–200-fold more potent than vinblastine (avg. IC<sub>50</sub> = 6.1 nM). Significantly, the analogues also display further
improved activity against the vinblastine-resistant HCT116/VM46 cell
line that bears the clinically relevant overexpression of Pgp, exhibiting
IC<sub>50</sub> values on par with that of vinblastine against the
sensitive HCT116 cell line, 100–200-fold greater than the activity
of vinblastine against the resistant HCT116/VM46 cell line, and display
a reduced 10–20-fold activity differential between the matched
sensitive and resistant cell lines (vs 100-fold for vinblastine)