Design, Synthesis and Anti-tumor Activity Study of Novel Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Containing Isatin-based Caps and O-phenylenediamine-based Zinc Binding Groups

Publication date: Available online 19 March 2017
Source:Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Author(s): Shuai Gao, Jie Zang, Qianwen Gao, Xuewu Liang, Qinge Ding, Xiaoyang Li, Wenfang Xu, C. James Chou, Yingjie Zhang
As a hot topic of epigenetic studies, histone deacetylases (HDACs) are related to lots of diseases, especially cancer. Further researches indicated that different HDAC isoforms played various roles in a wide range of tumor types. Herein a novel series of HDAC inhibitors with isatin-based caps and o-phenylenediamine-based zinc binding groups have been designed and synthesized through scaffold hopping strategy. Among these compounds, the most potent compound 9n exhibited similar if not better HDAC inhibition and antiproliferative activities against multiple tumor cell lines compared with the positive control entinostat (MS-275). Additionally, compared with MS-275 (IC50 values for HDAC1, 2 and 3 were 0.163, 0.396 and 0.605 µM, respectively), compound 9n with IC50 values of 0.032, 0.256 and 0.311 µM for HDAC1, 2 and 3 respectively, showed a moderate HDAC1 selectivity.

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