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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2015

Antiproliferative activities of halogenated pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidines.

Kartik W Temburnikar, Christina R Ross, Gerald M Wilson, Jan Balzarini, Brian M Cawrse, Katherine L Seley-Radtke

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Selected Thieno[2,3-Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. Synthesis of pyrrolo[3,2-Beilstein journal of organic chemistry · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Kartik W TemburnikarDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
Christina R RossDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Gerald M WilsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 N. Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Jan BalzariniRega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Brian M CawrseDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.
Katherine L Seley-RadtkeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. Electronic address: kseley@umbc.edu.

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND GREENEBAUM CANCER CENTERSUPPORT GRANTP30CA134274 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Vu H. Duong · 2008 to 2026
$51.0M
Graduate Training at The Chemistry Biology InterfaceT32GM066706 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY · PI SELEY-RADTKE, KATHERINE L, SMITH, AARON T · 2004 to 2023
$3.3M
Mechanisms directing oncoprotein and cytokine mRNA decayR01CA102428 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI WILSON, GERALD M. · 2003 to 2013
$2.8M
Fused Pyrimidine (IsoA) Nucleosides:Design and SynthesisR01CA097634 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY · PI RADTKE, KATHERINE L. · 2002 to 2006
$1.5M
Unnatural Base Pairs as DNA BioprobesR01GM073645 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY · PI SELEY-RADTKE, KATHERINE L · 2005 to 2009
$1.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA134274NCI NIH HHS R01 CA097634NCI NIH HHS R01 CA102428NCI NIH HHS R01CA102428NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM073645NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM066706NIGMS NIH HHS T32GM066706-12
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vitro evaluation of the halogenated pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidines identified antiproliferative activities in compounds 1 and 2 against four different cancer cell lines. Upon screening of a series of pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidines, the 2,4-Cl compound 1 was found to exhibit antiproliferative activity at low micromolar concentrations. Introduction of iodine at C7 resulted in significant enhancement of potency by reducing the IC50 into sub-micromolar levels, thereby suggesting the importance of a halogen at C7. This finding was further supported by an increased antiproliferative effect for 4 as compared to 3. Cell-cycle and apoptosis studies conducted on the two potent compounds 1 and 2 showed differences in their cytotoxic mechanisms in triple negative breast cancer MDA-MB-231 cells, wherein compound 1 induced cells to accumulate at the G2/M stage with little evidence of apoptotic death. In contrast, compound 2 robustly induced apoptosis with concomitant G2/M cell cycle arrest in this cell model.

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Antineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorG2 Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsHalogenationHumansM Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsPyrimidinesPyrrolesStructure-Activity RelationshipAntineoplastic AgentsPyrimidinesPyrrolespyrrolopyrimidineApoptosisCell cycle arrestCytostaticHeterocyclic chemistryThieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine

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PMID26122770
PMCPMC5661880

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