BPR0L075 (2) is a potential anticancer drug candidate designed from Combretastatin A-4 (1) based on the bioisosterismprinciple.Metabolites of 2, proposed from in vitrohumanmicrosome studies,were synthesized, leading to the identification of metabolite-derived analogue 10 with 40-350 pM potency against various cancer cell lines. Insights gained from the major inactive metabolite of 2 led to the development of 29, with better pharmacokinetics and improved potency in the tumor xenograft model than 2.
Date:
2009-08-13
Relation:
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2009 Aug 13;52(15):4941-4945.
