Fluorocyclopentenyl-cytosine with broad spectrum and potent antitumor activity

  • Won Jun Choi
  • , Hwa Jin Chung
  • , Girish Chandra
  • , Varughese Alexander
  • , Long Xuan Zhao
  • , Hyuk Woo Lee
  • , Akshata Nayak
  • , Mahesh S. Majik
  • , Hea Ok Kim
  • , Jin Hee Kim
  • , Young B. Lee
  • , Chang H. Ahn
  • , Sang Kook Lee
  • , Lak Shin Jeong

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Abstract

On the basis of the potent biological activity of cyclopentenyl- pyrimidines, fluorocyclopentenyl-pyrimidines were designed and synthesized from d-ribose. Among these, the cytosine derivative 5a showed highly potent antigrowth effects in a broad range of tumor cell lines and very potent antitumor activity in a nude mouse tumor xenograft model implanted with A549 human lung cancer cells. However, its 2′-deoxycytidine derivative 5b did not show any antigrowth effects, indicating that 2′-hydroxyl group is essential for the biological activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4521-4525
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume55
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 10 May 2012

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