Design, synthesis and antitumor evaluation of arylsulfonylhydrazone compounds.

Author(s)

Thais Batista Fernandes

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ)
• Defense date: 2015-09-18

Examining board members

Roberto Parise Filho; Wanda Pereira Almeida; Daniela Gonçales Rando

• Advisor: Roberto Parise Filho

Abstract

Capsaicin is a primary pungent compound in red peppers, which has antitumor activity. In view of demand for more selective and less toxic anticancer agents, our group reported a synthetic sulfonamide capsaicin-like analogue, RPF101, which presents higher cytotoxicity in adenocarcinoma cell line than its prototype. Thus, the aim of this work is to optimize RPF101 activity by the synthesis of sulfonylhydrazone analogues, using the bioisosterism as molecular modification strategy. Thirteen analogues were synthesized in three reaction steps: oxidation of piperonyl alcohol to the piperonyl aldehyde; nucleophilic substitution reaction between sulfonyl chloride and hydrazine hydrate to obtain the intermediate sulfonylhydrazide; nucleophilic addition reaction between sulfonylhydrazide and piperonal of vanilin to obtain sulfonylhydrazones, which showed yields between 23 and 85%. All compounds were characterized by NMR 1H/13C, melting point and elemental analisys and evaluated for their cytotoxic activity in breast tumor cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7). Two analogues showed cytotoxic effect although RPF906 (IC50 in MDA-MB-231= 104.6 µM) had been the most promising and was further evaluated about its mechanistic properties. This compound induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase. Results showed that the introduction of benzodioxol group increases cytotoxicity. Molecular modeling studies suggests that superior hydrophilicity is related to superior activity. Sulfonyl-hydrazone analogues were less cytotoxic than their prototype, but they are still promising compounds. Molecular modifications strategies should be done to optimize the activity and selectivity of these compounds. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/19311-6 - Design, synthesis and antitumor activity of aryl-sulfonylhydrazone compounds
• Grantee: Thais Batista Fernandes
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master