Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of pteridine dione and trione monocarboxylate transporter 1 inhibitors

J Med Chem. 2014 Sep 11;57(17):7317-24. doi: 10.1021/jm500640x. Epub 2014 Aug 22.

Abstract

Novel substituted pteridine-derived inhibitors of monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1), an emerging target for cancer therapy, are reported. The activity of these compounds as inhibitors of lactate transport was confirmed using a (14)C-lactate transport assay, and their potency against MCT1-expressing human tumor cells was established using MTT assays. The four most potent compounds showed substantial anticancer activity (EC50 37-150 nM) vs MCT1-expressing human Raji lymphoma cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Biological Transport / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / metabolism
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Mice
  • Models, Chemical
  • Molecular Structure
  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters / metabolism
  • Pteridines / chemical synthesis
  • Pteridines / chemistry
  • Pteridines / pharmacology*
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Symporters / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Symporters / metabolism

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters
  • Pteridines
  • Symporters
  • monocarboxylate transport protein 1
  • Lactic Acid