dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-12T08:48:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-12T08:48:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.date.submitted | 2012-01-26 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Akselsen, Øyvind W.. Studies of an ortho- Formylation Reaction and its Application for the Syntheses of Anti-Cancer Agents. Doktoravhandling, University of Oslo, 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12016 | |
dc.description.abstract | Recently caspases have received much attention as potential drug targets in the treatment of cancer. Procaspase-3, the executioner of apoptosis, was found to be in elevated concentrations in cancer cells. Procaspase activating compound 1, PAC-1, induced cell death through activation of caspases in a dose dependent manner in cancer cell lines. This prompted us to synthesize 16 PAC-1 analogues which were tested for their cytotoxic properties in seven cancer cell lines. Two compounds, 128 and 130, were equally cytotoxic as PAC-1 in the PC12 cell line. PAC-1 was investigated for its toxicity in non-dividing cells; chicken granular neurons, and was established as a potential neurotoxin.
The ortho-formylation reaction employing the MgCl2/Et3N base system has been well established as a versatile and environmental benign method. This base system have been employed in the syntheses of salicylaldehydes, one-pot procedures and total synthesis of natural products. The original ortho-formylation method article by Skattebøl and Hofsløkken has close to 100 citations. We have explored the reaction conditions on mono-protected resorcinols and estrogens. In both compound classes, good to high yields were obtained, as well as regioselectivity. The ortho-formylation of estradiol was used as a key step in the preparation of the anti-cancer agent 2-methoxyestradiol.
The phosphate prodrugs of combretastatin A-1 and A-4 are currently in human clinical trials for their anti-cancer properties. Even though the solubility problems the combretastatins first faced have been solved now, there is still an issue with the isomerization of the cis-olefinic bridge to the inactive trans-isomers of the combretastatins. Our laboratory has successfully replaced the bridge with the heterocyclic moiety 1,2,3-triazole to produce cis-restricted analogues of CA-1. The analogues were subjected to cytotoxicity testing against four cancer cell lines and evaluated for their anti-angiogenetic properties. The most cytotoxic triazoles were also tested for their ability to inhibit tubulin polymerization. Compound 180 showed equal potency as CA-1 (19) in all the cell lines and was equally active as a inhibitor of tubulin polymerization and angiogenesis. These activities are most likely, at least in part, due to binding to the colchicine binding site of a,ß-tubulin, as supported by molecular modeling studies. | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.relation.haspart | Paper I ortho-Formylation of oxygenated phenols. Akselsen, Ø. W.; Skattebøl, L.; Hansen, T. V. Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 6339-6341. The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.08.101 | |
dc.relation.haspart | Paper II Procaspase-activating compound 1 induces a caspase-3-dependent cell death in cerebellar granule neurons. Aziz, G.; Akselsen, Ø. W.; Hansen, T. V.; Paulsen, R. E. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2010, 247, 238-242. The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2010.07.002 | |
dc.relation.haspart | Paper III ortho-Formylation of estrogens. Synthesis of the anti-cancer agent 2-methoxyestradiol. Akselsen, Ø. W.; Hansen, T. V. Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 7738-7742. The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.08.005 | |
dc.relation.haspart | Paper IV Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular modeling of 1,2,3-triazole analogs of combretastatin A-1. Akselsen, Ø. W.; Odlo, K.; Cheng, J-J.; Maccari, G.; Botta, M.; Hansen. T. V. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2012, 20, 234–242. The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2011.11.010 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.08.101 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2010.07.002 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2011.08.005 | |
dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2011.11.010 | |
dc.title | Studies of an ortho- Formylation Reaction and its Application for the Syntheses of Anti-Cancer Agents | en_US |
dc.type | Doctoral thesis | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2012-09-17 | en_US |
dc.creator.author | Akselsen, Øyvind W. | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::568 | en_US |
cristin.unitcode | 152300 | en_US |
cristin.unitname | Farmasøytisk institutt | en_US |
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitation | info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Akselsen, Øyvind W.&rft.title=Studies of an ortho- Formylation Reaction and its Application for the Syntheses of Anti-Cancer Agents&rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2011&rft.degree=Doktoravhandling | en_US |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-30566 | en_US |
dc.type.document | Doktoravhandling | en_US |
dc.identifier.duo | 150315 | en_US |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Trond Vidar Hansen, Ragnhild E. Paulsen | en_US |
dc.identifier.bibsys | 12115212x | en_US |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/12016/3/dravhandling-akselsen.pdf | |