%0 Journal Article
%T Design and synthesis of novel 3-amino-5-phenylpyrazole derivatives as tubulin polymerization inhibitors targeting the colchicine-binding site.
%A Yang Y
%A Cao Y
%A Yu J
%A Yu X
%A Guo Y
%A Wang F
%A Ren Q
%A Li C
%J Eur J Med Chem
%V 267
%N 0
%D 2024 Mar 5
%M 38280356
%F 7.088
%R 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116177
%X As the basic unit of microtubules, tubulin is one of the most important targets in the study of anticarcinogens. A novel series of 3-amino-5-phenylpyrazole derivatives were designed and synthesized, and evaluates for their biological activities. Among them, a majority of compounds exerted excellent inhibitory activities against five cancer cell lines in vitro. Especially, compound 5b showed a strong antiproliferative activity against MCF-7 cells, with IC50 value of 38.37 nM. Further research indicated that compound 5b can inhibit the polymerization of tubulin targeting the tubulin colchicine-binding sites. Furthermore, 5b could arrest MCF-7 cells at the G2/M phase and induce MCF-7 cells apoptotic in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manners, and regulate the level of related proteins expression. Besides, compound 5b could inhibit the cancer cell migration and angiogenesis. In addition, 5b could inhibit tumor growth in MCF-7 xenograft model without obvious toxicity. All these results indicating that 5b could be a promising antitumor agent targeting tubulin colchicine-binding site and it was worth further study.