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. 2015 Mar 24;20(4):5260-75.
doi: 10.3390/molecules20045260.

Synthesis and biological properties of 5-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)isoxazolidines: a new class of C-nucleosides

Salvatore V Giofrè  1 , Roberto Romeo  2 , Caterina Carnovale  3 , Raffaella Mancuso  4 , Santa Cirmi  5 , Michele Navarra  6 , Adriana Garozzo  7 , Maria A Chiacchio  8
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Synthesis and biological properties of 5-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)isoxazolidines: a new class of C-nucleosides

Salvatore V Giofrè et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

A novel series of C-nucleosides, featuring the presence of a 1,2,3-triazole ring linked to an isoxazolidine system, has been designed as mimetics of the pyrimidine nucleobases. An antiproliferative effect was observed for compounds 17a and 17b: the growth inhibitory effect reaches the 50% in HepG2 and HT-29 cells and increases up to 56% in the SH-SY5Y cell line after 72 h of incubation at a 100 µM concentration.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Examples of C-Nucleosides.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Phosphonated N,O-nucleosides.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Examples of N,O-Nucleosides.
Scheme 1
Scheme 1
Synthesis of C-Vinyl triazoles 12a–g.
Scheme 2
Scheme 2
Synthesis of isoxazolidinyl-triazoles 16a–g and 17a–g by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Compound 17a reduces cell proliferation and induce LDH release. HepG2, HT-29 and SH-SY5Y cells were exposed to increased concentration of 17a compound for 24, 48 and 72 h. (A) Proliferation rate assessed by BrdU assay. (B) Cytotoxic effect assessed in terms of LDH release after 24 h of exposure. Each value is the mean ± S.E.M. of three experiments performed eight times (BrdU) or in triplicate (LDH) and repeated three different times. * p < 0.05 vs. ctrl, ** p < 0.01 vs. ctrl, *** p < 0.001 vs. ctrl.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Compound 17b inhibit cell growth and determine LDH release. (A) Proliferation rate assessed by BrdU assay after 24–72 h of treatment. (B) Cytotoxic activities evaluated by the test of LDH after 24 h of incubation. Each value is the mean ± S.E.M. of three experiments performed in eight times (BrdU) or in triplicate (LDH) and repeated three different times. * p < 0.05 vs. ctrl, ** p < 0.01 vs. ctrl, *** p < 0.001 vs. ctrl.
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