TY - JOUR
T1 - An evaluation of Minor Groove Binders as anti-lung cancer therapeutics
AU - Scott, Fraser J.
AU - Puig-Sellart, Mireia
AU - Khalaf, Abedawn I.
AU - Henderson, Catherine J.
AU - Westrop, Gareth
AU - Watson, David G.
AU - Carter, Katharine
AU - Grant, M. Helen
AU - Suckling, Colin J.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - A series of 47 structurally diverse MGBs, derived from the natural product distamycin, was evaluated for anti-lung cancer activity by screening against the melanoma cancer cell line B16-F10. Five compounds have been found to possess significant activity, more so than a standard therapy, Gemcitabine. Moreover, one compound has been found to have an activity around 70-fold that of Gemcitabine and has a favourable selectivity index of greater than 125. Furthermore, initial studies have revealed this compound to be metabolically stable and thus it represents a lead for further optimisation towards a novel treatment for lung cancer.
AB - A series of 47 structurally diverse MGBs, derived from the natural product distamycin, was evaluated for anti-lung cancer activity by screening against the melanoma cancer cell line B16-F10. Five compounds have been found to possess significant activity, more so than a standard therapy, Gemcitabine. Moreover, one compound has been found to have an activity around 70-fold that of Gemcitabine and has a favourable selectivity index of greater than 125. Furthermore, initial studies have revealed this compound to be metabolically stable and thus it represents a lead for further optimisation towards a novel treatment for lung cancer.
KW - Anti-cancer
KW - Lung cancer
KW - Minor Groove Binders
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84977575344&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.journals.elsevier.com/bioorganic-and-medicinal-chemistry-letters
U2 - 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.06.040
DO - 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.06.040
M3 - Article
C2 - 27349332
AN - SCOPUS:84977575344
VL - 26
SP - 3478
EP - 3486
JO - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
JF - Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
SN - 0960-894X
IS - 15
ER -