Antitumour and antimalarial activity of artemisinin-acridine hybrids

  • Michael Jones
  • , Amy E. Mercer
  • , Paul A. Stocks
  • , Louise J.I. La Pensée
  • , Rick Cosstick
  • , B. Kevin Park
  • , Miriam E. Kennedy
  • , Ivo Piantanida
  • , Steve Ward
  • , Jill Davies
  • , Patrick G. Bray
  • , Sarah L. Rawe
  • , Jonathan Baird
  • , Tafadzwa Charidza
  • , Omar Janneh
  • , Paul M. O'Neill

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Abstract

Artemisinin-acridine hybrids were prepared and evaluated for their in vitro activity against tumour cell lines and a chloroquine sensitive strain of Plasmodium falciparum. They showed a 2-4-fold increase in activity against HL60, MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells in comparison with dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and moderate antimalarial activity. Strong evidence that the compounds induce apoptosis in HL60 cells was obtained by flow cytometry, which indicated accumulation of cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2033-2037
Number of pages5
JournalBioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume19
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009

Keywords

  • Acridine
  • Anticancer
  • Antimalarial
  • Apoptosis
  • Artemisinin
  • Confocal microscopy
  • DNA

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