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Di Maio A, Olleik H, Courvoisier-Dezord E, Guillier S, Neulat-Ripoll F, Haudecoeur R, Bolla JM, Casanova M, Cavalier JF, Canaan S, Pique V, Charmasson Y, Baydoun E, Hijazi A, Perrier J, Maresca M, Robin M. Design and Synthesis of Novel Amino and Acetamidoaurones with Antimicrobial Activities. Antibiotics (Basel) 2024; 13:300. [PMID: 38666976 PMCID: PMC11047580 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13040300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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The development of new and effective antimicrobial compounds is urgent due to the emergence of resistant bacteria. Natural plant flavonoids are known to be effective molecules, but their activity and selectivity have to be increased. Based on previous aurone potency, we designed new aurone derivatives bearing acetamido and amino groups at the position 5 of the A ring and managing various monosubstitutions at the B ring. A series of 31 new aurone derivatives were first evaluated for their antimicrobial activity with five derivatives being the most active (compounds 10, 12, 15, 16, and 20). The evaluation of their cytotoxicity on human cells and of their therapeutic index (TI) showed that compounds 10 and 20 had the highest TI. Finally, screening against a large panel of pathogens confirmed that compounds 10 and 20 possess large spectrum antimicrobial activity, including on bioweapon BSL3 strains, with MIC values as low as 0.78 µM. These results demonstrate that 5-acetamidoaurones are far more active and safer compared with 5-aminoaurones, and that benzyloxy and isopropyl substitutions at the B ring are the most promising strategy in the exploration of new antimicrobial aurones.
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- Attilio Di Maio
- Aix Marseille University, University Avignon, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, 13013 Marseille, France; (A.D.M.); (V.P.)
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13013 Marseille, France (E.C.-D.); (Y.C.); (J.P.)
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13013 Marseille, France (E.C.-D.); (Y.C.); (J.P.)
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- Aix Marseille University, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France; (S.G.); (F.N.-R.); (J.-M.B.)
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- Aix Marseille University, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France; (S.G.); (F.N.-R.); (J.-M.B.)
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- Aix Marseille University, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France; (S.G.); (F.N.-R.); (J.-M.B.)
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LISM UMR7255, IMM FR3479, 13009 Marseille, France; (M.C.); (J.-F.C.); (S.C.)
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LISM UMR7255, IMM FR3479, 13009 Marseille, France; (M.C.); (J.-F.C.); (S.C.)
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- Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, LISM UMR7255, IMM FR3479, 13009 Marseille, France; (M.C.); (J.-F.C.); (S.C.)
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- Aix Marseille University, University Avignon, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, 13013 Marseille, France; (A.D.M.); (V.P.)
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13013 Marseille, France (E.C.-D.); (Y.C.); (J.P.)
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- Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107, Lebanon;
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- Plateforme de Recherche et D’analyse en Sciences de L’environnement (EDST-PRASE), Beirut 1107, Lebanon;
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13013 Marseille, France (E.C.-D.); (Y.C.); (J.P.)
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- Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13013 Marseille, France (E.C.-D.); (Y.C.); (J.P.)
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- Aix Marseille University, University Avignon, CNRS, IRD, IMBE, 13013 Marseille, France; (A.D.M.); (V.P.)
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Lathwal E, Kumar S, Sahoo PK, Ghosh S, Mahata S, Nasare VD, Kapavarapu R, Kumar S. Pyrazole-based and N,N-diethylcarbamate functionalized some novel aurone analogs: Design, synthesis, cytotoxic evaluation, docking and SAR studies, against AGS cancer cell line. Heliyon 2024; 10:e26843. [PMID: 38463825 PMCID: PMC10920165 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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The present study involves the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a series of thirty-three, pyrazole-based and N,N-diethylcarbamate functionalized, novel aurone analogs, against AGS cancer cell line. These novel aurone analogs are obtained from the reaction of pyrazole-based 6-hydroxyaurones with diethyl carbamoyl chloride using mild basic reagent. The cytotoxic activities of these compounds were evaluated against a human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line (AGS) and disclosed some potential outcomes as several analogs were found to have cytotoxicity better than the reference drugs Oxaliplatin and Leucovorin. The structure-activity relationship (SAR) study further unveiled the critical role of replacing the hydroxyl group in ring A with a carbamoyl group for cytotoxic activity. Among these aurone analogs, 8e and 8f, with IC50 values of 6.5 ± 0.024 μM and 6.6 ± 0.035 μM, respectively, are identified as the most active compounds. Molecular docking studies were conducted against HER2, a human epidermal growth factor involved in gastric and ovarian cancer, to investigate the binding interactions between the compounds and the protein HER2, where7e and 8e exhibited maximum interactions.
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- Ekta Lathwal
- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136119, Haryana, India
- Govt. College, Tigaon, Faridabad, 121101, Haryana, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136119, Haryana, India
- PGT Chemistry, KendriyaVidyalaya Kokrajhar, Assam, 783370, India
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Screening, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Screening, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Screening, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pathology and Cancer Screening, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Nirmala College of Pharmacy, Atmakur, Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136119, Haryana, India
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Saroha B, Kumar G, Arya P, Raghav N, Kumar S. Some morpholine tethered novel aurones: Design, synthesis, biological, kinetic and molecular docking studies. Bioorg Chem 2023; 140:106805. [PMID: 37634269 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Enzymes are the biological macromolecules that have emerged as an important drug target as their upregulation/imbalance leads to various pathological conditions, such as inflammation, parasitic infection, Alzheimer's, cancer, and many others. Here, we designed and synthesized some morpholine tethered novel aurones and evaluated them as potential inhibitors for CTSB, α-amylase, lipase and activator for trypsin. All the newly synthesized compounds were fully characterized by various spectroscopic techniques (1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS) and the Z-configuration to them was assigned based on single crystal XRD data and 1H NMR chemical shift values. Further, the hybrids were evaluated for their intracellular (cathepsin B) and extracellular (trypsin, lipase, amylase) enzyme inhibition potencies. The in-vitro inhibition screening against cathepsin B revealed that most of the synthesized compounds are good competitive inhibitors (% inhibition = 22.91-75.04), with 6q (% inhibition = 75.04) and 6r (% inhibition = 71.13) as the eminent inhibitors of the series. At the same time, they exhibited weak to moderate inhibition towards amylase (% inhibition = 7.22-22.48) and lipase (% inhibition = 16.29-54.83). A significant trypsin activation (% activation = 107.42-196.47) was observed even at the micromolar concentration of the compounds. Furthermore, the drug-modeling studies showed a good correlation between the in-vitro experimental results and the calculated binding affinity of the screened compounds with all the tested enzymes. These findings are expected to provide a new lead in drug development for different pathological disorders wherever these enzymes are involved.
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- Bhavna Saroha
- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), 2730 S Moody Ave., Portland, OR 97201
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India.
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Leonte D, Ungureanu D, Zaharia V. Flavones and Related Compounds: Synthesis and Biological Activity. Molecules 2023; 28:6528. [PMID: 37764304 PMCID: PMC10535985 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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This review focuses on the synthesis and biological activity of flavones and their related flavonoidic compounds, namely flavonols and aurones. Among the biological activities of natural and synthetic flavones and aurones, their anticancer, antioxidant, and antimicrobial properties are highlighted and detailed in this review. Starting from the structures of natural flavones acting on multiple anticancer targets (myricetin, genkwanin, and other structurally related compounds), new flavone analogs were recently designed and evaluated for their anticancer activity. The most representative compounds and their anticancer activity are summarized in this review. Natural flavones recognized for their antimicrobial properties (baicalein, luteolin, quercetol, apigenin, kaempferol, tricin) have been recently derivatized or structurally modulated by chemical synthetic methods in order to obtain new effective antimicrobial flavonoidic derivatives with improved biological properties. The most promising antimicrobial agents are systematically highlighted in this review. The most applied method for the synthesis of flavones and aurones is based on the oxidative cyclization of o-hydroxychalcones. Depending on the reaction conditions and the structure of the precursor, in some cases, several cyclization products result simultaneously: flavones, flavanones, flavonols, and aurones. Based on the literature data and the results obtained by our research group, our aim is to highlight the most promising methods for the synthesis of flavones, as well as the synthetic routes for the other structurally related cyclization products, such as hydroxyflavones and aurones, while considering that, in practice, it is difficult to predict which is the main or exclusive cyclization product of o-hydroxychalcones under certain reaction conditions.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Victor Babeş 41, RO-400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; (D.L.); (D.U.)
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Zhao YQ, Li X, Guo HY, Shen QK, Quan ZS, Luan T. Application of Quinoline Ring in Structural Modification of Natural Products. Molecules 2023; 28:6478. [PMID: 37764254 PMCID: PMC10534720 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28186478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Natural compounds are rich in pharmacological properties that are a hot topic in pharmaceutical research. The quinoline ring plays important roles in many biological processes in heterocycles. Many pharmacological compounds, including saquinavir and chloroquine, have been marketed as quinoline molecules with good anti-viral and anti-parasitic properties. Therefore, in this review, we summarize the medicinal chemistry of quinoline-modified natural product quinoline derivatives that were developed by several research teams in the past 10 years and find that these compounds have inhibitory effects on bacteria, viruses, parasites, inflammation, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and others.
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- Yu-Qing Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China; (Y.-Q.Z.); (X.L.); (H.-Y.G.); (Q.-K.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China; (Y.-Q.Z.); (X.L.); (H.-Y.G.); (Q.-K.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China; (Y.-Q.Z.); (X.L.); (H.-Y.G.); (Q.-K.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China; (Y.-Q.Z.); (X.L.); (H.-Y.G.); (Q.-K.S.)
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines of the Changbai Mountain, Ministry of Education, College of Pharmacy, Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, China; (Y.-Q.Z.); (X.L.); (H.-Y.G.); (Q.-K.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110034, China
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Szepe CK, Kafle A, Bhattarai S, Handy ST, Farone MB. Evaluation of the Antibacterial Effect of Aurone-Derived Triazoles on Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotics (Basel) 2023; 12:1370. [PMID: 37760667 PMCID: PMC10525585 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12091370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria continue to pose a significant public health threat despite their overall decreasing numbers in the last two decades. One group of compounds fundamental to the search for new agents is low-cost natural products. In this study, we explored a group of newly synthesized novel aurone-derived triazole compounds to identify those with pharmaceutical potential as inhibitors of antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Using the broth microdilution method, antibacterial activities against methicillin-resistant S. aureus ATCC 43300 (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus ATCC 29213 (MSSA) were identified for four aurone-derived triazole compounds, AT106, AT116, AT125, and AT137, using the half-maximal inhibitory concentrations for the bacteria (IC50) and mammalian cell lines (CC50). Compounds AT125 and AT137 were identified to have pharmaceutical potential as the IC50 values against MRSA were 5.412 µM and 3.870 µM, whereas the CC50 values measured on HepG2 cells were 50.57 µM and 39.81 µM, respectively, resulting in selectivity indexes (SI) > 10. Compounds AT106 and AT116 were also selected for further study. IC50 values for these compounds were 5.439 µM and 3.178 µM, and the CC50 values were 60.33 µM and 50.87 µM, respectively; however, SI values > 10 were for MSSA only. Furthermore, none of the selected compounds showed significant hemolytic activity for human erythrocytes. We also tested the four compounds against S. aureus biofilms. Although AT116 and AT125 successfully disrupted MSSA biofilms, there was no measurable potency against MRSA biofilms. Checkerboard antibiotic assays to identify inhibitory mechanisms for these compounds indicated activity against bacterial cell membranes and cell walls, supporting the pharmaceutical potential for aurone-derived triazoles against antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Examining structure-activity relationships between the four compounds in this study and other aurone-derived triazoles in our library suggest that substitution with a halogen on either the salicyl ring or triazole aryl group along with triazoles having nitrile groups improves anti-Staphylococcal activity with the location of the functionality being very important.
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- Csilla Klara Szepe
- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA (S.T.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA (S.T.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA (S.T.H.)
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- Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA;
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Ahirwar P, Kozlovskaya V, Nijampatnam B, Rojas EM, Pukkanasut P, Inman D, Dolmat M, Law AC, Schormann N, Deivanayagam C, Harber GJ, Michalek SM, Wu H, Kharlampieva E, Velu SE. Hydrogel-Encapsulated Biofilm Inhibitors Abrogate the Cariogenic Activity of Streptococcus mutans. J Med Chem 2023; 66:7909-7925. [PMID: 37285134 PMCID: PMC11188996 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c00272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We designed and synthesized analogues of a previously identified biofilm inhibitor IIIC5 to improve solubility, retain inhibitory activities, and to facilitate encapsulation into pH-responsive hydrogel microparticles. The optimized lead compound HA5 showed improved solubility of 120.09 μg/mL, inhibited Streptococcus mutans biofilm with an IC50 value of 6.42 μM, and did not affect the growth of oral commensal species up to a 15-fold higher concentration. The cocrystal structure of HA5 with GtfB catalytic domain determined at 2.35 Å resolution revealed its active site interactions. The ability of HA5 to inhibit S. mutans Gtfs and to reduce glucan production has been demonstrated. The hydrogel-encapsulated biofilm inhibitor (HEBI), generated by encapsulating HA5 in hydrogel, selectively inhibited S. mutans biofilms like HA5. Treatment of S. mutans-infected rats with HA5 or HEBI resulted in a significant reduction in buccal, sulcal, and proximal dental caries compared to untreated, infected rats.
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- Parmanand Ahirwar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- Center of Nanoscale Materials and Biointegration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
- Microbiome Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Lone MS, Nabi SA, Wani FR, Garg M, Amin S, Samim M, Shafi S, Khan F, Javed K. Design, synthesis and evaluation of 5-chloro-6-methylaurone derivatives as potential anti-cancer agents. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023; 41:13466-13487. [PMID: 36856061 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2183716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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A series of novel 5-chloro-6-methylaurone derivatives (6a-p) were synthesized and characterized by various spectroscopic techniques. The synthesized compounds were tested for anticancer activity against 60-human cancer cell line panel derived from nine cancer types at NCI, Bethesda, USA. Among the synthesized compounds, six compounds (6e, 6f, 6h, 6i, 6k and 6 m) exhibited growth inhibition and cytotoxic activity against various human cancer cell lines in one-dose data. The most potent compound among the series, 6i was active against 55 out of 60 human cancer cell lines. Compound 6i showed remarkable % growth inhibition and cytotoxicity against various cancer cell lines exhibiting % GI in the range 36.05-199.03. The compound 6i was further evaluated for five dose assay and exhibited GI50 1.90 µM and 2.70 µM against melanoma and breast cancer cell lines respectively. Further evaluation of 6i for five-dose assay exhibited a diverse spectrum of anti-cancer activity towards all the 60 human cancer cell line panel with the selectivity index ratio ranging 0.854-1.42 and 0.66-1.35 for GI50 and TGI respectively. Based on one-dose and five-dose data compound 6i was further evaluated for cell apoptosis against MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cell line and was found to induce early apoptosis in cells explaining its mode of action. The in-silico studies for the synthesized compounds as LSD1 inhibitors (2H94) have shown better docking score and binding energy comparable to vafidemstat. All the compounds followed Lipinski rule of five. These findings concluded that the compound 6i could lead to the development of a promising therapeutic anticancer agent.
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- Mehak Saba Lone
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical and Life Sciences (SCLS), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India
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Lazinski LM, Royal G, Robin M, Maresca M, Haudecoeur R. Bioactive Aurones, Indanones, and Other Hemiindigoid Scaffolds: Medicinal Chemistry and Photopharmacology Perspectives. J Med Chem 2022; 65:12594-12625. [PMID: 36126323 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hemiindigoids comprise a range of natural and synthetic scaffolds that share the same aromatic hydrocarbon backbone as well as promising biological and optical properties. The encouraging therapeutic potential of these scaffolds has been unraveled by many studies over the past years and uncovered representants with inspiring pharmacophoric features such as the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donezepil and the tubulin polymerization inhibitor indanocine. In this review, we summarize the last advances in the medicinal potential of hemiindigoids, with a special attention to molecular design, structure-activity relationship, ligand-target interactions, and mechanistic explanations covering their effects. As their strong fluorogenic potential and photoswitch behavior recently started to be highlighted and explored in biology, giving rise to the development of novel fluorescent probes and photopharmacological agents, we also discuss these properties in a medicinal chemistry perspective.
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- Leticia M Lazinski
- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS 5063, DPM, 38000 Grenoble, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS 5250, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS 5250, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Mediterranean Institute of Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), Aix Marseille Université, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, iSm2, 13397 Marseille, France
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Li Y, Zhao H, Niu C, Aisa HA, Hou X. Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Aurone Derivatives Containing Heterocyclic Substituents. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070363222080254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lathwal E, Kumar S, Kumar Sahoo P, Ghosh S, Mahata S, Nasare VD, Kumar S. Synthesis, cytotoxic evaluation and structure activity relationship of pyrazole hybrid aurones on gastric cancer (AGS) cell lines. RESULTS IN CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.rechem.2022.100590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aurones: A Golden Resource for Active Compounds. Molecules 2021; 27:molecules27010002. [PMID: 35011233 PMCID: PMC8746708 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Deemed as poorly represented in nature, aurones have been often overlooked by researchers compared to other members of the flavonoid superfamily. However, over the past two decades, they have been reassessed by the scientific community, who are increasingly appreciating their ability to modulate several biological pathways. This review summarizes the recent literature on this class of compounds, which has been analyzed from both a chemical and a functional point of view. Original articles, reviews and editorials featured in Pubmed and Scifinder over the last twenty years have been taken into account to provide the readers with a view of the chemical strategies to obtain them, their functional properties, and their potential of technological use. The resulting comprehensive picture aims at raising the awareness of these natural derivatives as effective drug candidates, fostering the development of novel synthetic analogues.
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Ashraf J, Mughal EU, Alsantali RI, Sadiq A, Jassas RS, Naeem N, Ashraf Z, Nazir Y, Zafar MN, Mumtaz A, Mirzaei M, Saberi S, Ahmed SA. 2-Benzylidenebenzofuran-3(2 H)-ones as a new class of alkaline phosphatase inhibitors: synthesis, SAR analysis, enzyme inhibitory kinetics and computational studies. RSC Adv 2021; 11:35077-35092. [PMID: 35493176 PMCID: PMC9042899 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07379f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The excelling role of organic chemistry in the medicinal field continues to be one of the main leads in the drug development process. Particularly, this industry requires organic chemists to discover small molecular structures with powerful pharmacological potential. Herein, a diverse range of chalcone (1–11) and aurone (12–22) derivatives was designed and synthesized and for the first time, and both motifs were evaluated as potent inhibitors of alkaline phosphatases (APs). Structural identification of the target compounds (1–22) was accomplished using common spectroscopic techniques. The effect of the nature and position of the substituent was interestingly observed and justified based on the detailed structure–activity relationship (SAR) of the target compounds against AP. It was concluded from the obtained results that all the newly synthesized compounds exhibit high inhibitory potential against the AP enzyme. Among them, compounds 12 (IC50 = 2.163 ± 0.048 μM), 15 (IC50 = 2.146 ± 0.056 μM), 16 (IC50 = 2.132 ± 0.034 μM), 18 (IC50 = 1.154 ± 0.043 μM), 20 (IC50 = 1.055 ± 0.029 μM) and 21 (IC50 = 2.326 ± 0.059 μM) exhibited excellent inhibitory activity against AP, and even better/more active than KH2PO4 (standard) (IC50 = 2.80 ± 0.065 μM). Remarkably, compound 20 (IC50 = 1.055 ± 0.029 μM) may serve as a lead structure to design more potent inhibitors of alkaline phosphatase. To the best of our knowledge, these synthetic compounds are the most potent AP inhibitors with minimum IC50 values reported to date. Furthermore, a molecular modeling study was performed against the AP enzyme (1EW2) to check the binding interaction of the synthesized compounds 1–22 against the target protein. The Lineweaver–Burk plots demonstrated that most potential derivative 20 inhibited h-IAP via a non-competitive pathway. Finally, molecular dynamic (MD) simulations were performed to evaluate the dynamic behavior, stability of the protein–ligand complex, and binding affinity of the compounds, resulting in the identification of compound 20 as a potential inhibitor of AP. Accordingly, excellent correlation was observed between the experimental and theoretical results. The pharmacological studies revealed that the synthesized analogs 1–22 obey Lipinski's rule. The assessment of the ADMET parameters showed that these compounds possess considerable lead-like characteristics with low toxicity and can serve as templates in drug design. Aurones are the plant secondary metabolites belonging to the flavonoid’s family. The bioactivities of aurones are very promising, thus these heterocyclic compounds can be considered as an alluring scaffold for drug design and development.![]()
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- Jamshaid Ashraf
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat Gujrat-50700 Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University P.O. Box 11099 Taif 21944 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Govt. College Women University Sialkot-51300 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Jamoum University College, Umm Al-Qura University 21955 Makkah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat Gujrat-50700 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad-44000 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad-44000 Pakistan.,Department of Chemistry, University of Sialkot Sialkot-51300 Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad Abbottabad Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Mashhad-9177948974 Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Farhangian University Tehran Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, Umm Al-Qura University 21955 Makkah Saudi Arabia .,Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University 71516 Assiut Egypt
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Kumar G, Saroha B, Kumar R, Kumari M, Dalal S, Kumar S. Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular docking studies of some novel
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- Gourav Kumar
- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra India
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- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra India
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- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra India
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- Department of Chemistry Govt. College for Women, Badhra Charkhi Dadri India
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- Department of Biotechnology Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra India
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- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra India
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Esmaeeli Z, Khodabakhshi MR, Mirjafary Z, Saeidian H. A robust three-component synthesis of dispiroheterocycles containing aurone scaffold via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides: regioselectivity and mechanistic overview using DFT calculations. Struct Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-021-01830-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kumar G, Saroha B, Kumar R, Kumari M, Kumar S. Recent Advances in Synthesis and Biological Assessment of Quinoline‐Oxygen Heterocycle Hybrids. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202100906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Gourav Kumar
- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra Haryana India- 136119
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- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra Haryana India- 136119
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- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra Haryana India- 136119
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- Department of Chemistry Govt. College for Women Charkhi Dadri Haryana India 127308
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- Department of Chemistry Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra Haryana India- 136119
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Sui G, Li T, Zhang B, Wang R, Hao H, Zhou W. Recent advances on synthesis and biological activities of aurones. Bioorg Med Chem 2020; 29:115895. [PMID: 33271454 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Aurones are naturally occurring structural isomerides of flavones that have diverse bioactivities including antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antimalarial, antioxidant, neuropharmacological activities and so on. They constitute an important class of pharmacologically active scaffolds that exhibit multiple biological activities via diverse mechanisms. This review article provides an update on the recent advances (2013-2020.4) in the synthesis and biological activities of these derivatives. In the cases where sufficient information is available, some important structure-activity relationships (SAR) of their biological activities were presented, and on the strength of our expertise in medicinal chemistry and careful analysis of the recent literature, for the potential of aurones as medicinal drugs is proposed.
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- Guoqing Sui
- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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