Evaluation of Cytotoxicity of Some Mannich Bases of Various Aryl and Arylidene Ketones and Their Corresponding Arylhydrazones

Mannich bases were synthesized and converted to the corresponding arylhydrazones. X‐ray analysis of a ketone (1a) and a hydrazone (4d) revealed structural features of interest. All of the compounds showed cytotoxicity toward murine lymphocytic leukemia L1210 cells in the 4.9–25.0‐μM range. The corre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 1992-12, Vol.81 (12), p.1147-1152
Hauptverfasser: Dimmock, J.R., Advikolanu, K.M., Scott, H.E., Duffy, M.J., Reid, R.S., Quail, J.W., Jia, Z., Hickie, R.A., Allen, T.M., Rutledge, J.M., Tempest, M.L., Oreski, A.B.
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Zusammenfassung:Mannich bases were synthesized and converted to the corresponding arylhydrazones. X‐ray analysis of a ketone (1a) and a hydrazone (4d) revealed structural features of interest. All of the compounds showed cytotoxicity toward murine lymphocytic leukemia L1210 cells in the 4.9–25.0‐μM range. The correlation coefficients generated by plotting the IC50 values (the concentrations of compounds that inhibit the growth of tumors by 50%) of some hydrazones against certain electronic, hydrophobic, and steric constants of the aryl substituents indicated only weak correlations. A few ketones and hydrazones displayed significant cytotoxicity to the WiDr human colon cancer cells, and these derivatives, especially the ketones, may serve as prototypes for future drug development. The KB tumor (a human epidermoid carcinoma of the nasopharynx) was somewhat refractory to selected compounds. In an in vitro assay conducted by the National Cancer Institute and involving ∼53 tumor cell lines originating from eight neoplastic diseases, 65% of the compounds showed some selectivity toward one or more groups of cancers, principally leukemia, melanoma, and colon cancer. The bioevaluation of the ketones and hydrazones against the L1210, WiDr, and KB tumors, as well as evidence from proton nuclear magnetic resonance studies did not support the suggestion that hydrazones may be prodrugs of the corresponding ketones.
ISSN:0022-3549
1520-6017
DOI:10.1002/jps.2600811203