Recent Advances in Heterocyclic Tubulin Inhibitors Targeting the Colchicine Binding Site

Microtubules are involved in many critical cellular processes including cell division, cell shape maintenance, vesicle transportation and motility regulation. Disruption of tubulin dynamics is a well-validated cancer drug target with several FDA approved, highly efficacious tubulin inhibitors targeting the taxane or the vinca binding sites. Despite the tremendous successes for these clinical tubulin inhibitors, their limitations are also...