3β-hydroxy-6-aza-cholestane and related analogues as phosphatidylinositol specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) inhibitors with antitumor activity

Wenge Xie, Hairuo Peng, Leon H. Zalkow, Yu Hua Li, Cheng Zhu, Garth Powis, Mark Kunkel

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Abstract

6-Aza steroid analogues were synthesized as PI-PLC inhibitors. The most active compound, 3β-hydroxy-6-aza-cholestane (1) showed potent PI-PLC inhibition (IC50=1.8 μM), similar to that of the commercially available steroid analogue U73122 (IC50=1-2.1 μM). Compound 1 exhibited significant growth inhibition effects (IC50=1.3 μM in each case) against MCF-7 and HT- 29 cancer cells in in vitro cell culture. Compound 1 also inhibited the in vitro adhesion and transmigration of HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells at 2.5 and 5.0 μM, respectively. In vivo, compound 1, at 1 mg/kg/day, reduced the volume of MCF-7 tumors in xenograft models, without weight loss in mice. Structure-activity relationships of this series of compounds revealed that a hydrophobic cholesteryl side chain, 3β-hydroxy group and a C-6 nitrogen containing a hydrogen atom at position-6 are crucial for activity. N-Maleic amidoacid derivative 11 also exhibited weak inhibition (IC50=16.2 μM). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)699-706
Number of pages8
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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