Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 3,4,5-trisubstituted aminothiophenes as inhibitors of p53-MDM2 interaction. Part 2

Five series of novel 3,4,5-trisubstituted aminothiophene derivatives and analogs were designed and synthesized based on our previous studies. All target compounds were evaluated for their p53-MDM2 binding inhibitory activities and anti-proliferation activities against A549 and PC3 tumor cell lines. Twelve compounds displayed comparable p53-MDM2 binding inhibitory activities to that of Nutlin-3. Among them, compound 7a exhibited marked binding affinity (IC50 = 0.086 mu M). In addition, most target compounds showed potent anti-proliferation activities with IC50 values at low micromolar level. A good selective profile for wild-type p53 expression cell line was also observed. Molecular docking analysis was performed as well to predict possible binding modes of target compounds with MDM2. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.