PMID- 24370011 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140826 LR - 20140113 IS - 1464-3405 (Electronic) IS - 0960-894X (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 2 DP - 2014 Jan 15 TI - Synthesis, anticancer activity and DNA-binding properties of novel 4-pyrazolyl-1,8-naphthalimide derivatives. PG - 586-90 LID - S0960-894X(13)01386-3 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.014 [doi] AB - A novel series of 4-pyrazolyl-1,8-naphthalimide derivatives have been designed and facilely synthesized. For anticancer activity in vitro, most of the compounds were found to be more toxic against human mammary cancer cells (MCF-7) than human cervical carcinoma cells (Hela) and human lung cancer cells (A549). Compounds 4i, 4h, 4b and 4a showed improved cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 cells over amonafide, in particular compounds 4i and 4h, the IC50 values of which against cell lines of MCF-7 were 0.51 muM and 0.79 muM, respectively. The DNA-binding properties of 4i were investigated by UV-vis, fluorescence, and Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopies and thermal denaturation. The results indicated that compound 4i as the DNA-intercalating agent exhibited middle binding affinity with CT-DNA. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Shenghui AU - Li S AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. Electronic address: lish@hbu.edu.cn. FAU - Xu, Shengjie AU - Xu S AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. FAU - Tang, Yonghe AU - Tang Y AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. FAU - Ding, Shan AU - Ding S AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. FAU - Zhang, Jinchao AU - Zhang J AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. Electronic address: jczhang@126.com. FAU - Wang, Shuxiang AU - Wang S AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. FAU - Zhou, Guoqiang AU - Zhou G AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. FAU - Zhou, Chuanqi AU - Zhou C AD - Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. FAU - Li, Xiaoliu AU - Li X AD - Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China; Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis, Ministry of Education, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131214 PL - England TA - Bioorg Med Chem Lett JT - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters JID - 9107377 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Intercalating Agents) RN - 0 (Naphthalimides) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/*chemical synthesis/*metabolism MH - Cattle MH - DNA/*metabolism MH - Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor/methods MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Intercalating Agents/chemical synthesis/metabolism MH - MCF-7 Cells MH - Naphthalimides/*chemical synthesis/*metabolism MH - Protein Binding/physiology MH - Structure-Activity Relationship OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anticancer OT - DNA-binding OT - Naphthalimides OT - Pyrazole EDAT- 2013/12/29 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/27 06:00 CRDT- 2013/12/28 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/12/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/27 06:00 [medline] AID - S0960-894X(13)01386-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2014 Jan 15;24(2):586-90. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.12.014. Epub 2013 Dec 14.