Recent Developments on Phenstatins as Potent Antimitotic Agents

Title:Recent Developments on Phenstatins as Potent Antimitotic Agents

Volume: 25 Issue: 20

Author(s): Xing Chen , Shi-Meng Wang , Gajjela Bharath Kumar, Grant A.L. Bare, Jing Leng, Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari*Hua-Li Qin*

Affiliation:

• Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070,China

• Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Life Science, Wuhan University of Technology, 205 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070,China

Keywords: Structure-activity relationship, Cytotoxic activity, Antimitotic activity, Tubulin polymerization inhibition, Colchicine binding site, phenstatins.

Abstract: Background: Phenstatin and their derivatives display remarkable antiproliferative activity toward a wide variety of preclinical tumor models. Structural simplicity and excellent stability of phenstatins offer a stimulating premise for developing various derivatives with profound antimitotic activity and excellent cytotoxicity.

Objective: To do analysis of literature that phenstatins derivatives inhibit tubulin polymerization through their interaction at the colchicine binding site of microtubules and arrest the G2/M phase of the cell cycle. In addition, phenstatin derivatives are undergoing clinical evaluation as vascular targeting/disrupting agents and also exhibit direct antiangiogenic properties.

Methods: An organised well designed and appropriately managed search of bibliographic databases for peer-reviewed research literature using a focused review question and inclusion/ exclusion criteria has been done for this article.

Conclusion: In this review article, the synthesis and structure-activity relationships of phenstatin and a wide number of their reported analogues with modifications to ring A, ring B, and to the keto position are discussed in the perspective of medicinal chemistry with proper conclusion.

Cite this article as:

Chen Xing , Wang Shi-Meng, Kumar Bharath Gajjela , Bare A.L. Grant, Leng Jing, Bukhari Nasir Abbas Syed *, Qin Hua-Li *, Recent Developments on Phenstatins as Potent Antimitotic Agents, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2018; 25 (20) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867324666171106162048