Designed and synthesized were a series of pyridines substituted at 2, 4, and 6 positions with various 5-or 6-memberd heteroaromatics as antitumor agents. They were evaluated their topoisomerase I and II inhibitory activities along with cytotoxicities against several human cancer cell lines. Among the prepared compounds, 10–20 showed significant topoisomerase I or II inhibitory activities, and 21–26 showed considerable cytotoxicities ...