PMID- 15868957 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050609 LR - 20181201 IS - 0250-7005 (Print) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 2A DP - 2005 Mar-Apr TI - Structure-activity relationships of a new class of aromatic bisphosphonates that inhibit tumor cell proliferation in vitro. PG - 1139-45 AB - We previously reported a simple and efficient one-pot procedure for synthesis of 1-hydroxymethylene-1,1-bisphosphonic acids (HMBP). According to this method, we synthesized a series of new aromatic HMBP and investigated structure-activity relationships by evaluating their anti-proliferative activity against A431 human tumor cell line. Our results showed that the introduction of an extra methylene group in a pyridyl-containing R2 side chain increased 100-fold the anti-proliferative activity of the HMBP. In contrast, this chemical modification did not modify the anti-proliferative activity of compounds substituted with a phenyl-containing R2 side chain. Para-substitution of the phenyl ring with various groups markedly influenced the HMBP activity, the order of potency (bromine > chlorine > fluorine = none) closely matching the atomic volume of the substituted group. Moreover, changes in the substitution position of the bromine group also affected the anti-proliferative activity, the more potent activity being obtained with para-substitution of the phenyl ring. In conclusion, this structure-activity study led us to identify the new aromatic HMBP [(4-Bromo-phenyl)-hydroxy-phosphono-methyl]-phosphonic acid as a potent in vitro anti-proliferative molecule against tumor cell lines (IC50 value of 9.5 x 10(-5) M). Interestingly, this compound can be further easily esterified on its phosphonic acid functions according to our chemical method and, thus, represents a potential candidate for the development of new esterified HMBP with enhanced pharmacokinetics. FAU - Guenin, Erwann AU - Guenin E AD - Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale Biomoleculaire (BioMoCeTi), CNRS UMR 7033, Universite Paris 13, UFR SMBH, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, 93000 Bobigny, France. FAU - Ledoux, Dominique AU - Ledoux D FAU - Oudar, Olivier AU - Oudar O FAU - Lecouvey, Marc AU - Lecouvey M FAU - Kraemer, Michel AU - Kraemer M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Diphosphonates) RN - 15468-10-7 (hydroxymethanediphosphonic acid) RN - KM2Z91756Z (Risedronic Acid) RN - M2F465ROXU (Etidronic Acid) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Diphosphonates/chemical synthesis/*chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor MH - Etidronic Acid/*analogs & derivatives/chemical synthesis/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Risedronic Acid MH - Structure-Activity Relationship EDAT- 2005/05/05 09:00 MHDA- 2005/06/10 09:00 CRDT- 2005/05/05 09:00 PHST- 2005/05/05 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/06/10 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/05/05 09:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2005 Mar-Apr;25(2A):1139-45.