三環口夫口南[2,3-b]口奎口林構型對於生物活性上的天然物是很重要的架構,例如:dictamnine, acrophylline, confusameline, skimmianine, kokusaginine, 和haplopine等。這些生物鹼有廣泛的生物特性,包含抗過敏(anti-allergic)、抗發炎(anti-inflammatory)、細胞毒性(cytotoxic)以及抗血小板凝集(antiplatelet aggregation)和阻斷鈣離子通道(voltage-gated potassium channel blocking)的活性。由於口夫口南[2,3-b]口奎口林的衍生物具有廣泛地生物用途,我們以合成一系列有關直線型的口夫口南[2,3-b]口奎口林的衍生物,並評估其4位碳原子上以不同環狀胺基的修飾時,以探討其抗腫瘤增生的活性。為了評估此類構效關係(SAR),我們也合成了一系列角型的口夫口南[3,2-c]口奎口林的衍生物,其為直線型的口夫口南[2,3-b]口奎口林的同分異構物。初步細胞生長活性抑制的分析,發現所有合成的化合物在4 μg/ml濃度時,對於MCF-7(乳癌細胞)、NCH460(肺癌細胞)、SF268(中樞神經癌細胞)的生長沒有抑制效果。關於它們在抗發炎和抗血小板的生物活性我們也將持續進行探討中。
The tricyclic furo[2,3-b]quinoline skeleton constitutes an important group of bioactive natural products such as dictamnine, acrophylline, confusameline, skimmianine, kokusaginine, and haplopine. These alkaloids were found to possess wide-ranging biological properties including anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, antiplatelet aggregation, and the voltage-gated potassium channel blocking activities. Due to the biological versatility of furo[2,3-b]quinoline derivatives, we have synthesized a number of linear furo[2,3-b]quinoline derivatives with cyclic amino moiety substituted at C-4 position for antiproliferative evaluation. In order to establish structure-activity relationship (SAR), we have also synthesized certain isomeric angular furo[3,2-c]quinoline derivatives for comparison. The preliminary assay indicated these compounds did not significantly inhibit the growth of MCF7, NCI-H460, and SF-268 at a concentration of 4 μg/ml. Their anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet activities will also be evaluated.