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Havlicek L, Hanus J, Vesely J, Leclerc S, Meijer L, Shaw G, Strnad M: Cytokinin-derived cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors: synthesis and cdc2 inhibitory activity of olomoucine and related compounds. J Med Chem. 1997 Feb 14;40(4):408-12.
Cyclin-dependent kinases (cdk) have recently raised considerable interest in view of their essential role in the regulation of the cell division cycle. The structure-activity relationships of cdk inhibition showed that the 1, 3; and 7 positions of the purine ring must remain free, probably for a direct interaction, in which it behaves as a hydrogen bond acceptor. Olomoucine (6-(benzylamino)-2-[(2-hydroxyethyl) amino]-9-methylpurine, OC), roscovitine (6-(benzylamino)-2 (R)-[[1-(hydroxymethyl) propyl] amino]-9-isopropylpur ine), and other N6,2,9-trisubstituted adenines were found to exert a strong inhibitory effect on the p34cdc2/cyclin B kinase. Removal or change of the side chain at position 2 or the hydrophobic group at position 9 dramatically decreased the inhibitory activity of olomoucine or roscovitine. Inhibition of cdk with OC and related compounds clearly arrests cell proliferation of many tumor cell lines at G1/S and G2/M transitions and also triggers apoptosis in the target tumor cells in vitro and in vivo. Thus, from a pharmacological point of view, OC may represent a model compound for a new class of antimitotic and antitumor drugs. |
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