A comprehensive review of topoisomerase inhibitors as anticancer agents in the past decade

X Liang, Q Wu, S Luan, Z Yin, C He, L Yin, Y Zou… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The topoisomerase enzymes play an important role in DNA metabolism, and searching for
enzyme inhibitors is an important target in the search for new anticancer drugs. Discovery of …

Roles of pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives as privileged scaffolds in anticancer agents

S Prachayasittikul, R Pingaew… - Mini Reviews in …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Cancer has been considered to be a global health concern due to the impact of
disease on the quality of life. The continual increase of cancer cases as well as the …

Discovery of novel topoisomerase II inhibitors by medicinal chemistry approaches

W Hu, XS Huang, JF Wu, L Yang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
DNA topoisomerase II (topo II) is an important enzyme involved in DNA replication,
recombination, and repair. Despite the popular applications of topo II inhibitors in cancer …

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 7-alkylamino substituted benzo [a] phenazin derivatives as dual topoisomerase I/II inhibitors

BL Yao, YW Mai, SB Chen, HT Xie, PF Yao… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
A novel series of benzo [a] phenazin derivatives bearing alkylamino side chains were
designed, synthesized and evaluated for their topoisomerases inhibitory activity as well as …

New trinuclear nickel (II) complexes as potential topoisomerase I/IIα inhibitors: in vitro DNA binding, cleavage and cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines

T Göktürk, C Topkaya, E Sakallı Çetin, R Güp - Chemical Papers, 2022 - Springer
Nickel (II) complexes containing p-substitute (–H,–CI,–CH3,–OCH3)
isonitrosoacetophenone-based bis (oxime) ligands were synthesized by metal template …

Design, synthesis, topoisomerase I & II inhibitory activity, antiproliferative activity, and structure–activity relationship study of pyrazoline derivatives: An ATP-competitive …

P Ahmad, H Woo, KY Jun, AA Kadi… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2016 - Elsevier
A series of pyrazoline derivatives (5) were synthesized in 92–96% yields from chalcones (3)
and hydrazides (4). Subsequently, topo-I and IIα-mediated relaxation and antiproliferative …

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrazoline derivatives containing indole skeleton as anti-cancer agents targeting topoisomerase II

Y Song, S Feng, J Feng, J Dong, K Yang, Z Liu… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to develop potent anticaner agents, a novel series of 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2, 3, 3a, 4-
tetrahydrothiochromeno [4, 3-c] pyrazole derivatives were synthesized. Structures of all …

Overview of the New Bioactive Heterocycles as Targeting Topoisomerase Inhibitors Useful Against Colon Cancer

MB Santos… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer globally, with high mortality.
Metastatic CRC is incurable in most cases, and multiple drug therapy can increase patients' …

New spiro-acridines: DNA interaction, antiproliferative activity and inhibition of human DNA topoisomerases

SMV de Almeida, EA Lafayette, WL Silva… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Two new spiro-acridines were synthesized by introducing cyano-N-acylhydrazone between
the acridine and phenyl rings followed by spontaneous cyclization. The final compounds (E) …

New 3-Cyano-2-substituted pyridines induce apoptosis in MCF 7 breast cancer cells

A Malki, M Mohsen, H Aziz, O Rizk, O Shaaban… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
The synthesis of new 3-cyano-2-substituted pyridines bearing various pharmacophores and
functionalities at position 2 is described. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for …