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Wu YC, Ren XY, Rao GW. Research Progress of Diphenyl Urea Derivatives as Anticancer Agents and Synthetic Methodologies. MINI-REV ORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1570193x15666181029130418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The malignant neoplasm, which is recognized as cancer, is a serious threat to human
health and frequently-occurring disease. Diphenylurea, an important link structure in the design of
active substance for treating cancer due to its near-perfect binding with certain acceptors, has demonstrated
many activities against several human cancer cell lines. Various novel compounds with diphenyl
urea as anticancer agents were constructed with the successful development of sorafenib.
Diphenylurea is utilized to treat cancer by inhibiting cell signaling transduction, such as RAS-RAFMEK-
ERK signaling pathway and PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway. In addition, this structure inhibits tumor
cell growth by inhibiting receptor tyrosine kinases multiply, such as Vascular Endothelial
Growth Factor Receptors (VEGFRs), Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptors (PDGFRs), Epidermal
Growth Factor Receptors (EGFRs). It regulates the pH value in cells by inhibiting CAIX/XII and
to achieve cancer therapeutic effect. Besides, the diphenyl urea structure is applied to the synthesis of
reagents like Aurora kinases inhibitors and HDAC inhibitors that affect cell division and differentiation
to treat cancer. To reach the goal of treating tumor, this structure is also used as a DNA-directed
alkylating agent by affecting the expression of genes. An application of the most representative diphenyl
urea derivatives as antitumor agents is summarized in this review, focusing on their mechanisms
bound to the targets. Meanwhile, the progress of researches on methods of synthesizing diphenyl
urea derivatives is provided.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yi-Cong Wu
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
| | - Guo-Wu Rao
- College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, China
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