Title: 14-Aminocamptothecins: their synthesis, preclinical activity, and potential use for cancer treatment.

Abstract: 14-Aminocamptothecins were synthesized in good yields by treating camptothecin (1a) and 7-ethylcamptothecin (1b) with 90% fuming nitric acid either neat or in acetic anhydride and then followed by reduction of the resulting 14-nitrocamptothecins (2). 14-Aminocamptothecin (3a) and 7-ethyl-14-aminocamptothecin (3b) demonstrated excellent cytotoxic potency against human tumor cell lines in vitro, and they are not substrates for any of the major clinically relevant efflux pumps (MDR1, MRP1, and BCRP). 3a and 3b showed similar cytotoxicity against human and mouse bone marrow progenitor cells. This is in contrast to many camptothecin analogues, which are substrates for efflux pumps and are dramatically more toxic to human marrow cells relative to murine. 3a and 3b demonstrated significant brain penetration when dosed orally in mice. 3b showed significantly better efficacy relative to topotecan when dosed orally in the three ectopic xenograft models, H460, HT29, and PC-3. On the basis of its favorable in vitro and in vivo profile, 3b warrants future development.
(PMID: 21341674)

Compounds with activity <= 50uM or explicitly reported as active by ChEMBL are flagged as active in this PubChem assay presentation.

Putative Target:

ChEMBL Target ID: 80166
Target Type: CELL-LINE
Cell Line: HT-29
Tissue: Colon adenocarcinoma cells
Pref Name: HT-29
Organism: Homo sapiens
Tax ID: 9606
Confidence: Target assigned is non-molecular
Relationship Type: Non-molecular target assigned

ChEMBL Assay Type: Functional

ChEMBL Assay Data Source: Scientific Literature