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Batran RZ, Ahmed EY, Awad HM, Abdel Latif NA. Naturally based pyrazoline derivatives as aminopeptidase N, VEGFR2 and MMP9 inhibitors: design, synthesis and molecular modeling. RSC Adv 2024; 14:22434-22448. [PMID: 39010911 PMCID: PMC11248911 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra01801j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 07/06/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024] Open
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Aminopeptidase N (APN) is regarded as an attractive target for cancer treatment due to its overexpression in various types of malignancies and its close association with cancer angiogenesis, metastasis and invasion. Herein the authors describe the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of some naturally based pyrazoline derivatives. Among these compounds, the diphenylpyrazole carbothioamide 8 showed significant activity and selectivity index (SI = 4.7) on breast (MCF-7) human cancer cell line and was capable of inhibiting APN with pIC50 value of 4.8, comparable to the reference standard. Further evaluation of derivative 8 against VEGFR2 and MMP9 as biomarkers for angiogenesis and invasion showed that the selected compound had an inhibitory activity on both proteins with pIC50 values of 6.7 and 6.4, respectively. Additionally, the migration ability of cells following treatment with the diphenylpyrazole derivative decreased to record a percentage wound closure of 57.77 for compound 8versus 97.03 for the control. The promising derivative arrested cell growth at the G1 phase inducing early and late apoptosis. Finally, docking and ADMET in silico studies were performed.
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- Rasha Z Batran
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Tanning Materials and Leather Technology Department, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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Singh A, Singh K, Kaur K, Singh A, Sharma A, Kaur K, Kaur J, Kaur G, Kaur U, Kaur H, Singh P, Bedi PMS. Coumarin as an Elite Scaffold in Anti-Breast Cancer Drug Development: Design Strategies, Mechanistic Insights, and Structure-Activity Relationships. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1192. [PMID: 38927399 PMCID: PMC11200728 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12061192] [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: 05/05/2024] [Revised: 05/24/2024] [Accepted: 05/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. Currently, it poses a significant threat to the healthcare system due to the emerging resistance and toxicity of available drug candidates in clinical practice, thus generating an urgent need for the development of new potent and safer anti-breast cancer drug candidates. Coumarin (chromone-2-one) is an elite ring system widely distributed among natural products and possesses a broad range of pharmacological properties. The unique distribution and pharmacological efficacy of coumarins attract natural product hunters, resulting in the identification of numerous natural coumarins from different natural sources in the last three decades, especially those with anti-breast cancer properties. Inspired by this, numerous synthetic derivatives based on coumarins have been developed by medicinal chemists all around the globe, showing promising anti-breast cancer efficacy. This review is primarily focused on the development of coumarin-inspired anti-breast cancer agents in the last three decades, especially highlighting design strategies, mechanistic insights, and their structure-activity relationship. Natural coumarins having anti-breast cancer efficacy are also briefly highlighted. This review will act as a guideline for researchers and medicinal chemists in designing optimum coumarin-based potent and safer anti-breast cancer agents.
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- Atamjit Singh
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, Penn State Cancer Institute, CH72, Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
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- University School of Business Management, Chandigarh University, Gharuan 140413, Mohali, India;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (H.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (H.K.); (P.S.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India; (K.S.); (A.S.); (K.K.); (J.K.); (G.K.)
- Drug and Pollution Testing Laboratory, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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Yadav AK, Maharjan Shrestha R, Yadav PN. Anticancer mechanism of coumarin-based derivatives. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 267:116179. [PMID: 38340509 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116179] [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: 11/26/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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The structural motif of coumarins is related with various biological activities and pharmacological properties. Both natural coumarin extracted from various plants or a new coumarin derivative synthesized by modification of the basic structure of coumarin, in vitro experiments showed that coumarins are a promising class of anti-tumor agents with high selectivity. Cancer is a complex and multifaceted group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled and abnormal growth of cells in the body. This review focuses on the anticancer mechanism of various coumarins synthesized and isolated in more than a decade. Isopentenyloxycoumarins inhibit angiogenesis by reducing CCl2 chemokine levels. Ferulin C is a potent colchicine-binding agent that destabilizes microtubules, exhibiting antiproliferative and anti-metastatic effects in breast cancer cells through PAK1 and PAK2-mediated signaling. Trimers of triphenylethylene-coumarin hybrids demonstrated significant proliferation inhibition in HeLa, A549, K562, and MCF-7 cell lines. Platinum(IV) complexes with 4-hydroxycoumarin have the potential for high genotoxicity against tumor cells, inducing apoptosis in SKOV-3 cells by up-regulating caspase 3 and caspase 9 expression. Derivatives of 3-benzyl coumarin seco-B-ring induce apoptosis, mediated through the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. Sesquiterpene coumarins inhibit the efflux pump of multidrug resistance-associated protein. Coumarin imidazolyl derivatives inhibit the aromatase enzyme, a major contributor to estrogen overproduction in estrogen-dependent breast cancer.
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- Anand Kumar Yadav
- Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
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- Central Department of Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Abd El-Haleem AH, Ellafy MA, Abbas SES, El-Ashrey MK. Design, synthesis and anticancer evaluation of some novel 7-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-substituted benzopyran-2-one derivatives. Future Med Chem 2024; 16:417-437. [PMID: 38352986 DOI: 10.4155/fmc-2023-0294] [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: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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Aim: 22 derivatives of 7-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-substituted benzopyran-2-one were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer activity. Materials & methods: The prepared compounds were screened for their cytotoxicity against the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. The best five were then evaluated against MCF10a to check their safety and then tested for their PI3K and Akt-1 inhibitory action. The best two derivatives were further analyzed through cell cycle analysis, caspase 3/7 activation, increasing BAX level and decreasing BCL-2. Docking and absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion prediction studies were also performed. Results & conclusion: Compounds 3b, 3c, 3j, 7 and 8 were the most active. Compounds 3c and 8 showed remarkable inhibitory action against PI3K and Akt-1 enzymes, and both are promising candidates for treatment of breast cancer.
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- Akram H Abd El-Haleem
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Misr University for Science & Technology, P.O. 77, 6th of October City, Giza, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Misr University for Science & Technology, P.O. 77, 6 of October City, Giza, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr Elini St., Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr Elini St., Cairo, 11562, Egypt
- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Salman International University (KSIU), South Sinai, 46612, Egypt
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Koley M, Han J, Soloshonok VA, Mojumder S, Javahershenas R, Makarem A. Latest developments in coumarin-based anticancer agents: mechanism of action and structure-activity relationship studies. RSC Med Chem 2024; 15:10-54. [PMID: 38283214 PMCID: PMC10809357 DOI: 10.1039/d3md00511a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Many researchers around the world are working on the development of novel anticancer drugs with different mechanisms of action. In this case, coumarin is a highly promising pharmacophore for the development of novel anticancer drugs. Besides, the hybridization of this moiety with other anticancer pharmacophores has emerged as a potent breakthrough in the treatment of cancer to decrease its side effects and increase its efficiency. This review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent development of coumarin derivatives and their application as novel anticancer drugs. Herein, we highlight and describe the largest number of research works reported in this field from 2015 to August 2023, along with their mechanisms of action and structure-activity relationship studies, making this review different from the other review articles published on this topic to date.
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- Manankar Koley
- CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute Kolkata India
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, University of the Basque Country San Sebastián Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science Bilbao Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University Urmia Iran
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- Institute of Pharmacy, University of Hamburg Hamburg Germany
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He B, Ding L, Tan HZ, Liu CB, He LQ. Synthesis and antitumor activity evaluation of coumarin Mannich base derivatives. Chem Biol Drug Des 2024; 103:e14389. [PMID: 37955286 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14389] [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] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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Twenty-one new coumarin Mannich base derivatives (11a-u) were synthesized, which exhibited antiproliferation activities in HepG2 (liver cancer), A549 (lung cancer), MCF-7 (breast cancer), and HT-29 (colon cancer). Most of the target compounds showed the most potent activity against HepG2 cells compared with other cancer cells, compound 11g showed the strongest antiproliferative activity (2.10 μM) against HepG2, even superior to the positive control drug 5-FU(5.49 μM). The nitric oxide (NO) release of all compounds in HepG2 cells was determined, of which compound 11g showed high levels of NO release (10.8 μM). Notably, the solubility of compound 11g increased 13-fold compared with the lead 8. The preliminary cytotoxicity studies suggest that 11g had little effect on LO2 cells(normal liver cells, >50 μM). The effect of compound 11g on the apoptosis of HepG2 cells was also studied, and the results showed that the induction effect of compound 11g on apoptosis is a concentration-dependent manner. Our results indicate that compound 11g might be a promising lead for further studies.
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- Bing He
- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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Singh K, Sharma S, Tyagi R, Sagar R. Recent progress in the synthesis of natural product inspired bioactive glycohybrids. Carbohydr Res 2023; 534:108975. [PMID: 37871479 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2023.108975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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Carbohydrates are a basic structural component that are indispensable to all cellular processes. In addition to being employed as chiral starting materials in the synthesis of a variety of natural products, carbohydrates are recognized as naturally occurring molecules having an enormous variety of functional, stereochemical, and structural properties. The understanding and biological roles of carbohydrate derived molecules can be greatly improved by selectively synthesizing functional carbohydrates through incorporating them with privileged scaffolds. For a deeper understanding of their roles and the development of functional materials based on sugar, it is crucial to develop new techniques for efficiently synthesizing, functionalizing, and modifying carbohydrates. Glycohybrids have a wide range of structural and functional characteristics along with protein-carbohydrate interactions that are crucial to mammalian biology and a number of disease states. This review, consisting the literature from January 2017 to July 2023 and provide an overview of recent developments in the chemical synthesis of glycohybrids based on natural product scaffolds of coumarin, quinolone, naphthalene diimide, indole, isatin, naphthoquinone, imidazole and pyrimidine. The biological activity of active glycohybrids are discussed in this review.
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- Kavita Singh
- Glycochemistry Laboratory, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Glycochemistry Laboratory, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Glycochemistry Laboratory, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Glycochemistry Laboratory, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Batran RZ, Ahmed EY, Awad HM, Ali KA, Abdel Latif NA. EGFR and PI3K/m-TOR inhibitors: design, microwave assisted synthesis and anticancer activity of thiazole-coumarin hybrids. RSC Adv 2023; 13:29070-29085. [PMID: 37800132 PMCID: PMC10548181 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra03483f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
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A series of thiazoline and thiazolidinone-based 4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives were synthesized using both conventional synthesis procedures and microwave-assisted techniques. The new compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxic effect against three human cancer cell lines; MCF-7, HCT-116 and HepG2 and one normal human cell line (BJ-1). The promising anti-proliferative compounds 2a, 2b, 6a and 6b were assessed for inhibiting EGFR and PI3K/mTOR. Compound 6a showed the highest inhibition activity towards the signaling pathway. The apoptotic effect and cell cycle arrest potential of derivative 6a were examined. Moreover, the molecular docking, physicochemical properties and pharmacokinetic parameters of the promising compound were investigated, as well.
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- Rasha Z Batran
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Tanning Materials and Leather Technology Department, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Applied Organic Chemistry Department, Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Group, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre Dokki Cairo 12622 Egypt
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Emam SH, Hassan RA, Osman EO, Hamed MIA, Abdou AM, Kandil MM, Elbaz EM, Mikhail DS. Coumarin derivatives with potential anticancer and antibacterial activity: Design, synthesis, VEGFR-2 and DNA gyrase inhibition, and in silico studies. Drug Dev Res 2023; 84:433-457. [PMID: 36779381 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.22037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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A series of coumarin derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity. Compound 3e exhibited significant antiproliferative activity and was further evaluated at five doses at the National Cancer Institute. It effectively inhibited vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) with an IC50 value of 0.082 ± 0.004 µM compared with sorafenib. While compound 3e significantly downregulated total VEGFR-2 and its phosphorylation, it markedly reduced the HUVEC's migratory potential, resulting in a significant disruption in wound healing. Furthermore, compound 3e caused a 22.51-fold increment in total apoptotic level in leukemia cell line HL-60(TB) and a 6.91-fold increase in the caspase-3 level. Compound 3e also caused cell cycle arrest, mostly at the G1/S phase. Antibacterial activity was evaluated against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. Compound 3b was the most active derivative, with the same minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration value of 128 μg/mL against K. pneumonia and high stability in mammalian plasma. Moreover, compounds 3b and 3f inhibited Gram-negative DNA gyrase with IC50 = 0.73 ± 0.05 and 1.13 ± 0.07 µM, respectively, compared to novobiocin with an IC50 value of 0.17 ± 0.02 µM. The binding affinity and pattern of derivative 3e toward the VEGFR-2 active site and compounds 3a-c and 3f in the DNA gyrase active site were evaluated using molecular modeling. Overall, ADME studies of the synthesized coumarin derivatives displayed promising pharmacokinetic properties.
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- Soha H Emam
- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Recent advances on biologically active coumarin-based hybrid compounds. Med Chem Res 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-023-03025-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Kurbanova M, Ashfaq M, Tahir MN, Maharramov A, Dege N, Koroglu A. SYNTHESIS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLY EXPLORATION BY HIRSHFELD SURFACE ANALYSIS AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF 6-BROMO-2-OXO- 2H-CHROMENE-3-CARBONITRILE (BOCC). J STRUCT CHEM+ 2023. [DOI: 10.1134/s0022476623020142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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S V, Kajal K, Mondal S, Wahan SK, Das Kurmi B, Das Gupta G, Patel P. Novel VEGFR-2 Kinase Inhibitors as Anticancer Agents: A Review Focusing on SAR and Molecular Docking Studies (2016-2021). Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202200847. [PMID: 36721068 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202200847] [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: 09/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cancer growth, annexation, and metastatic spread are all aided by the formation of new blood vessels (angiogenesis). The commencement of the VEGF pathway leads to signal transduction that enhances endothelial cell survival, relocation, and divergence from pre-existing vasculature. The ability of solid malignancies to bloom and spread depends critically on their ability to establish their independent blood circulation (tumor angiogenesis). VEGFR is a major receptor tyrosine kinase that regulates angiogenesis, cell growth, and metastasis, diminishing apoptosis, cytoskeletal function, and other biological processes VEGFR has proven to be a remarkable focus for a variety of anticancer medicines in clinical studies. This Review explores the development of anti-VEGF-based antiangiogenic therapies having different scaffolds. This review had focused on SAR and docking studies of previously reported molecules.
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- Vishakha S
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, 142001, Punjab, India
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Şuekinci Yılmaz A, Uluçam G. Novel N-benzyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydrofuro [3,4-d]pyrimidine-3(4H)-carboxamide as anticancer agent: Synthesis, drug-likeness, ADMET profile, DFT and molecular modelling against EGFR target. Heliyon 2023; 9:e12948. [PMID: 36711281 PMCID: PMC9876965 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12948] [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: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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A novel compound N-benzyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydrofuro [3,4-d]pyrimidine-3(4H)-carboxamide (DHFP) was synthesized by addition, rearrangement, and intramolecular cyclization reactions. The three-dimensional geometry of DHFP has been determined by density functional theory calculations in the gas phase. Thus, the geometrical properties of DHFP such as the bond lengths, bond angles, and dihedral bond angles have been determined in the optimized molecular configuration. Also, the HOMO-LUMO energies were calculated. The charge distribution of the DHFP has been calculated by Natural Population Analysis (NPA) approach. NMR and FTIR spectra were calculated and compared with their experimental corresponding to confirm the synthesis of the DHFP. The anticancer activities of the DHFP were also determined on human colon cancer (HT29) and prostate cancer (DU145) cell lines. Molecular docking studies of the DHFP with EGFR tyrosine kinase, which is responsible for cancer cell proliferation and growth, were performed and it was observed that docking interaction took place. The DHFP has the potential to be a drug, as it is determined that DHFP obeys Lipinski's five rules, can cross the blood-brain barrier, and can be rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal wall.
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- Ayşen Şuekinci Yılmaz
- Corresponding author. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Trakya University, 22030, Edirne, Turkey.
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Gomaa MS, Ali IAI, El Enany G, El Ashry ESH, El Rayes SM, Fathalla W, Ahmed AHA, Abubshait SA, Abubshait HA, Nafie MS. Facile Synthesis of Some Coumarin Derivatives and Their Cytotoxicity through VEGFR2 and Topoisomerase II Inhibition. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27238279. [PMID: 36500372 PMCID: PMC9737644 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Novel semisynthetic coumarin derivatives were synthesized to be developed as chemotherapeutic anticancer agents through topoisomerase II, VEGFR2 inhibition that leads to apoptotic cancer cell death. The coumarin amino acids and dipeptides derivatives were prepared by the reaction of coumarin-3-carboxylic acid with amino acid methyl esters following the N,N-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) method and 1-hydroxy-benzotriazole (HOBt), as coupling reagents. The synthesized compounds were screened towards VEGFR2, and topoisomerase IIα proteins to highlight their binding affinities and virtual mechanism of binding. Interestingly, compounds 4k (Tyr) and 6c (β-Ala-L-Met) shared the activity towards the three proteins by forming the same interactions with the key amino acids, such as the co-crystallized ligands. Both compounds 4k and 6c exhibited potent cytotoxic activities against MCF-7 cells with IC50 values of 4.98 and 5.85 µM, respectively causing cell death by 97.82 and 97.35%, respectively. Validating the molecular docking studies, both compounds demonstrated promising VEGFR-2 inhibition with IC50 values of 23.6 and 34.2 µM, compared to Sorafenib (30 µM) and topoisomerase-II inhibition with IC50 values of 4.1 and 8.6 µM compared to Doxorubicin (9.65 µM). Hence, these two promising compounds could be further tested as effective and selective target-oriented active agents against cancer.
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- Mohamed S. Gomaa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Clinical Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Arts in Uglat Asugour, Qassim University, Buraidah 52571, Saudi Arabia
- Scientific Department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said 42526, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, University of Alexandria, Alexandria 21526, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Scientific Department, Faculty of Engineering, Port Said University, Port Said 42526, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Medicinal Science, University of Science and Technology, Aden 15201, Yemen
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
- Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Basic Science Department, Deanship of Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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Zaręba P, Drabczyk AK, Wnorowski A, Pindelska E, Latacz G, Jaśkowska J. Eco-friendly methods of synthesis and preliminary biological evaluation of sulfonamide derivatives of cyclic arylguanidines. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2022; 90:106165. [PMID: 36183548 PMCID: PMC9529985 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.106165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The chemotype of arylsulfonamide derivatives of cyclic arylguanidines is a source of molecules with valuable biological activities, including antimicrobial and antitumor properties. The methods of the synthesis presented in the literature are characterized with low selectivity and high environmental nuisance. In this publication, we present a developed alternative and earlier undescribed pathway C, for the synthesis of arylsulfonamide derivatives of cyclic arylguanidines (N-(1H-arylimidazol-2-yl)arylsulfonamides and N-(1,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-yl)arylsulfonamides), including reaction between 2-(methylsulfanyl)-benzimidazole or 2-(methylsulfanyl)-3,4-dihydroquinazoline with arylsulfonamides. We also optimized previously reported methods; A (reaction of 2-aminobenzimidazole or 2-amino-3,4-dihydroquinazoline with arylsulfonyl chlorides) and B (reaction of dimethyl-(arylsulfonyl)carbonodithioimidate with aryldiamines). The conducted research allowed achieving two independent ecological and quick methods of obtaining the desired products. We used ecological methods of ultrasound-assisted or microwave synthesis, solvent-free reactions and a"green" reaction environment. In both pathways, it has proven advantageous to use H2O as the solvent and K2CO3 (1 or 3 equivalent) as the basic agent. In the sonochemical variant, the efficiency reached B: 37-89 %, C: 90 % in 60 min (P = 80 W and f = 40 kHz), while in the microwave synthesis it was B: 38-74 %, C: 63-85 % in 0.5-4 min (P = 50 W). Path A led to a complementary substitution product (i.e. 1-(arylsulfonyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-amine or 1-(arylsulfonyl)-1,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-amine). We obtained a small group of compounds that were tested for cytotoxicity. The 10f (N-(1,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-yl)naphthalene-1-sulfonamide) showed cytotoxic activity towards human astrocytoma cell line 1321 N1. The calculated IC50 value was 8.22 µM at 24 h timepoint (doxorubicin suppressed 1321 N1 cell viability with IC50 of 1.1 µM). The viability of the cells exposed to 10f for 24 h dropped to 48.0 % compared to vehicle control, while the cells treated with doxorubicin experienced decline to 47.5 %. We assessed its potential usefulness in pharmacotherapy in the ADMET study, confirming its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (Pe = 5.0 ± 1.5 × 10-6 cm/s) and the safety of its potential use in terms of DDI and hepatotoxicity.
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- Przemysław Zaręba
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Technology and Environmental Analytics, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31-155 Cracow, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Biomaterials, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, 1 Banacha, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Technology and Biotechnology of Drugs, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Street, 30-688 Cracow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Cracow University of Technology, 24 Warszawska Street, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
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Romaniszyn M, Skrzyńska A, Dybowska J, Albrecht Ł. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Approach to γ,δ-Functionalization of 3-Cyano-4-styrylcoumarins via Bifunctional Catalysis. Org Lett 2022; 24:7722-7726. [PMID: 36252955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel organocatalytic reaction cascade between 3-cyano-4-styrylcoumarins and 2-mercaptoacetophenones is described. It is based on stereocontrolled functionalization of cyanocoumarins proceeding in a sequence of thia-Michael/aldol/annulation reactions. This highly diastereo- and enantioselective reaction is realized by employing enantioselective bifunctional catalysis and exhibits a broad substrate scope and excellent functional group tolerance. The synthetic application involves the transformation of the imidoester group, thus opening access to biologically relevant coumarin and δ-lactone-fused products.
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- Marta Romaniszyn
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
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Coumarins as Fungal Metabolites with Potential Medicinal Properties. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11091156. [PMID: 36139936 PMCID: PMC9495007 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11091156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Coumarins are a structurally varied set of 2H-chromen-2-one compounds categorized also as members of the benzopyrone group of secondary metabolites. Coumarin derivatives attract interest owing to their wide practical application and the unique reactivity of fused benzene and pyrone ring systems in molecular structure. Coumarins have their own specific fingerprints as antiviral, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiadipogenic, cytotoxic, apoptosis, antitumor, antitubercular, and cytotoxicity agents. Natural products have played an essential role in filling the pharmaceutical pipeline for thousands of years. Biological effects of natural coumarins have laid the basis of low-toxic and highly effective drugs. Presently, more than 1300 coumarins have been identified in plants, bacteria, and fungi. Fungi as cultivated microbes have provided many of the nature-inspired syntheses of chemically diverse drugs. Endophytic fungi bioactivities attract interest, with applications in fields as diverse as cancer and neuronal injury or degeneration, microbial and parasitic infections, and others. Fungal mycelia produce several classes of bioactive molecules, including a wide group of coumarins. Of promise are further studies of conditions and products of the natural and synthetic coumarins’ biotransformation by the fungal cultures, aimed at solving the urgent problem of searching for materials for biomedical engineering. The present review evaluates the fungal coumarins, their structure-related peculiarities, and their future therapeutic potential. Special emphasis has been placed on the coumarins successfully bioprospected from fungi, whereas an industry demand for the same coumarins earlier found in plants has faced hurdles. Considerable attention has also been paid to some aspects of the molecular mechanisms underlying the coumarins’ biological activity. The compounds are selected and grouped according to their cytotoxic, anticancer, antibacterial, antifungal, and miscellaneous effects.
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Mahato M, Mardanya S, Rahman Z, Tohora N, Pramanik P, Ghanta S, Chowdhury AA, Kumar Shaw T, Kumar Das S. A Coumarin Coupled Electron Donor-Acceptor Dyad for Cascade Detection of Aluminium Ions and Explosive Nitroaromatic Compounds. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Philip BM, John JS, V S, Kuruvilla TK, Paulose TAP, Sajan D. Vibrational spectra and molecular docking studies of bergapten isolated from Melicopedenhamii leaves as anti-breast cancer agents. J Mol Struct 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.132656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Ahmed EY, Abdelhafez OM, Zaafar D, Serry AM, Ahmed YH, El-Telbany RFA, Abd Elmageed ZY, Ali HI. Antitumor and multikinase inhibition activities of some synthesized coumarin and benzofuran derivatives. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2022; 355:e2100327. [PMID: 35285986 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202100327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Two new series of coumarin and benzofuran derivatives were designed, synthesized, and assessed for their in vitro and in vivo antitumor activities against breast cancer. Compounds 8, 9, 14, 15, and 17 exhibited the best antiproliferative activities (IC50 : 0.07-2.94 μM) against the MCF-7 cell line, compared with lapatinib (IC50 : 4.69 μM). Compound 14, with the most potent cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 cells, was capable of enhancing preG1 apoptosis and triggering cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. The kinase inhibitory activity of compound 14 against a panel of 22 kinases was examined to reveal multikinase inhibition within -39% to -97%. Furthermore, compound 14 exhibited potent in vivo Ehrlich (mammary adenocarcinoma) tumor regression, positive caspase-3, and negative EGFR immunoreaction, and was capable of elevating the catalase level. The physicochemical properties and pharmacokinetic parameters of compound 14 were investigated in silico for its druglikeness.
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- Eman Y Ahmed
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt
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- Cytology and Histology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Louisiana, Monroe, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
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Shaji SK, Drishya G, Sunilkumar D, Suravajhala P, Kumar GB, Nair BG. Systematic understanding of anti-tumor mechanisms of Tamarixetin through network and experimental analyses. Sci Rep 2022; 12:3966. [PMID: 35273218 PMCID: PMC8913656 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07087-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Tamarixetin, a flavonoid derived from Quercetin, was shown to possess anti-cancer properties in various types of cancer. However, the mechanism of action of this compound is not well understood. Observations from reverse docking and network pharmacology analysis, were validated by cell based studies to analyse the chemotherapeutic potential and elucidate the molecular mechanism of action of Tamarixetin in breast cancer. In silico analysis using reverse docking and PPI analysis clearly indicated that out of 35 proteins targeted by Tamarixetin, the top 3 hub genes, namely, AKT1, ESR1 and HSP90AA1, were upregulated in breast tumor tissues and more importantly showed strong negative correlation to breast cancer patient survival. Furthermore, the KEGG pathway analysis showed enrichment of target proteins of Tamarixetin in 33 pathways which are mainly involved in neoplastic signalling. In vitro cell-based studies demonstrated that Tamarixetin could inhibit cell proliferation, induce ROS and reduce mitochondrial membrane potential, leading to cell death. Tamarixetin induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and inhibited the migration as well as the invasion of breast cancer cells. Taken together, the combination of in silico and in vitro approaches used in the present study clearly provides evidence for the chemotherapeutic potential of Tamarixetin in breast cancer.
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- Sanu K Shaji
- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India.
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- School of Biotechnology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Clappana P.O, Kollam, Kerala, 690525, India.
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Ahmed EY, Latif NAA, Nasr T, Awad HM, Abdelhafez OM. Design, Synthesis and Molecular Modeling of Coumarin Derivatives as MDM2 Inhibitors Targeting Breast Cancer. Chem Biol Drug Des 2022; 99:609-619. [PMID: 35156778 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14028] [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: 10/02/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The coumarin ring was used as a central scaffold that was substituted with a variety of bioactive functional groups, for designing and synthesizing novel MDM2 inhibitors targeting breast cancer. The synthesized derivatives, 3c, 3d, 3g, 7b, 7c and 8 with IC50s ranging from 9.4 to 9.9 µM were evaluated for their safety on MCF10a normal breast cell line. The compounds showed selectivity indices of 2.15, 3.85, 2.75, 1.38, 3.72 and 5.20 respectively. 7c was selected for further investigation, the compound was capable of down-regulating MDM2 and the anti-apoptosis proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, up-regulating the level of p53 and the pro-apoptosis protein BAX, causing cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and activating Caspase-9 to induce apoptosis. Molecular docking study revealed the capability of derivative 7c to interact with the key amino acids in p53 binding pocket of MDM2 protein. Moreover, the physicochemical properties of compound 7c were studied in silico.
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- Eman Y Ahmed
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt
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- Tanning Materials and Leather Technology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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Abdel Ghany LMA, El-Dydamony NM, Helwa AA, Abdelraouf SM, Abdelnaby RM. Coumarin-acetohydrazide derivatives as novel antiproliferative agents via VEGFR-2/AKT axis inhibition and apoptosis triggering. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj02436e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The VEGFR-2/AKT pathway is a crucial axis in tumor survival where it is highly dysregulated in many cancer types.
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- Lina M. A. Abdel Ghany
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Manufacturing, Misr University for Science and Technology, 6th of October City, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of pharmacy, Misr International University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Heliopolis University, Cairo, Egypt
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Batran RZ, El-Daly SM, El-Kashak WA, Ahmed EY. Design, Synthesis and Molecular Modeling of Quinoline Based Derivatives as Anti-Breast Cancer Agents Targeting EGFR/AKT Signaling Pathway. Chem Biol Drug Des 2021; 99:470-482. [PMID: 34939319 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two series of quinoline-thiazole and quinoline-thiazolidinone hybrids were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antitumor activity on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. In comparison to lapatinib (IC50 =4.69 µM), compounds 4b and 6b exhibited the best antiproliferative activity with IC50 values of 33.19 and 5.35 µM, respectively. Although compound 6b showed higher cytotoxicity, compound 4b exhibited better inhibitory activity towards the EGFR pathway than compound 6b as represented by the significant reduction in the EGFR kinase activity and the levels of phosho-EGFR and phosho-AKT when compared to lapatinib as a reference standard. Moreover, compound 4b was capable of down-regulating the anti-apoptotic genes Bcl-2 and survivin and up-regulating the level of the pro-apoptotic gene BAX. Molecular modeling study was carried out to predict the binding interactions of both compounds into the target kinase. Finally, the physicochemical properties were investigated in silico as well.
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- Rasha Z Batran
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Biochemistry Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.,Cancer Biology and Genetics Laboratory, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki Cairo, Egypt
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HWANG S, ROH E. Synthesis of Geranyloxycoumarin Derivatives under Mild Conditions Using Cs2CO3. JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH CHEMICAL SOCIETY, SECTION A: CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.18596/jotcsa.996363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Elkaeed EB, Salam HAAE, Sabt A, Al-Ansary GH, Eldehna WM. Recent Advancements in the Development of Anti-Breast Cancer Synthetic Small Molecules. Molecules 2021; 26:7611. [PMID: 34946704 PMCID: PMC8709016 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26247611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Among all cancer types, breast cancer (BC) still stands as one of the most serious diseases responsible for a large number of cancer-associated deaths among women worldwide, and diagnosed cases are increasing year by year worldwide. For a very long time, hormonal therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy were used for breast cancer treatment. However, these treatment approaches are becoming progressively futile because of multidrug resistance and serious side effects. Consequently, there is a pressing demand to develop more efficient and safer agents that can fight breast cancer belligerence and inhibit cancer cell proliferation, invasion and metastasis. Currently, there is an avalanche of newly designed and synthesized molecular entities targeting multiple types of breast cancer. This review highlights several important synthesized compounds with promising anti-BC activity that are categorized according to their chemical structures.
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- Eslam B. Elkaeed
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh 13713, Saudi Arabia;
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt
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Romaniszyn M, Gronowska K, Albrecht Ł. Remote Functionalization of 4‐(Alk‐1‐en‐1‐yl)‐3‐Cyanocoumarins via the Asymmetric Organocatalytic 1,6‐Addition. Adv Synth Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202100660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Marta Romaniszyn
- Institute of Organic Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry Lodz University of Technology Zeromskiego 116 90-924 Łódź Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry Lodz University of Technology Zeromskiego 116 90-924 Łódź Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry Lodz University of Technology Zeromskiego 116 90-924 Łódź Poland
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Batran RZ, El‐Kashak WA, El‐Daly SM, Ahmed EY. Dual Kinase Inhibition of EGFR/HER2: Design, Synthesis and Molecular Docking of Thiazolylpyrazolyl‐Based Aminoquinoline Derivatives as Anticancer Agents**. ChemistrySelect 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202102917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Rasha Z. Batran
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division National Research Centre Dokki Cairo Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division National Research Centre Dokki Cairo Egypt
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- Medical Biochemistry Department Medical Research Division National Research Centre Cairo Egypt
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Laboratory Centre of Excellence for Advanced Sciences National Research Centre Cairo Egypt
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- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division National Research Centre Dokki Cairo Egypt
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The antithrombotic activity of natural and synthetic coumarins. Fitoterapia 2021; 154:104947. [PMID: 34352355 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2021.104947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Thrombosis, which seriously endangers human health and life, is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Antithrombotic drugs can interfere with the occurrence and development of thrombotic diseases and play an important role in the treatment of thrombotic diseases. However, unsatisfactory efficacy and serious adverse effects of existing antithrombotic drugs increase the research for new, efficient and safer drugs. Natural and synthetic coumarins have been shown to possess antithrombotic activity, namely, anticoagulation and antiplatelet aggregation. Especially, coumarin-based warfarin, phenprocoumon and cloricromen have long been used in clinical treatment of thrombosis. Coumarin with low toxicity is the privileged structure for developing novel antithrombotic drugs with multiple mechanisms of action. The present review aims to compile current research on the development of coumarins against thrombosis, emphasizing the relationship between their chemical structures and therapeutic effectiveness. It is intended to provide promising ideas for the discovery of novel coumarin derivatives with high antithrombotic activity.
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Ahmed EY, Elserwy WS, El-Mansy MF, Serry AM, Salem AM, Abdou AM, Abdelrahman BA, Elsayed KH, Abd Elaziz MR. Angiokinase inhibition of VEGFR-2, PDGFR and FGFR and cell growth inhibition in lung cancer: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking of novel azaheterocyclic coumarin derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 48:128258. [PMID: 34246754 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The present work represents the design and synthesis of some azaheterocyclic coumarin derivatives which are evaluated as anti-lung cancer agents. Ten out of the twenty azaheterocyclic compounds showed superior activity than the standard drug staurosporine against non-small cell lung cancer (A549). Representing the four different azaheterocyclic series, compounds 4a, 5d, 6e, and 7d, which demonstrated IC50s of 2.38, 2.39, 1.05 and 3.98 µM, respectively, each exhibiting the best cytotoxicity in its group, were selected for further assessment of their toxicity on normal lung cells (WI-38). Compound 4a was selected for further investigations because it remarkably revealed less cytotoxicity (IC50 = 53.76 µM) than 7d (IC50 = 19.95 µM) on (WI-38) compared to staurosporine (IC50 = 24.41 µM). 4a was assessed for its ability to inhibit the angiokinases VEGFR-2, PDGFR, FGFR and the growth factor EGFR, remarkably it showed better VEGFR-2, PDGFR, FGFR inhibition than the reference drugs used and exhibited as well noticeable EGFR inhibition. Going further, 4a was capable of arresting the cell cycle at pre-G1 phase and S phase and inducing apoptosis. Moreover, the capability of the target 4a to interact with the key amino acids of VEGFR-2 binding site was detected by molecular docking. Finally, the in silico physicochemical properties of 4a were studied.
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- Eman Y Ahmed
- Chemistry of Natural Compounds Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre. Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, National Research Centre. Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Organometallic and Organometalloid Chemistry Department, Chemical Industries Division, National Research Centre. Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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Mohammed FZ, Rizzk YW, Abdelhamid MS, El-Deen IM. In Vivo Biological Evaluation of Ethyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoquinolin-1- ylamino)-coumarin-3-carboxylate as an Antitumor Agent. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2021; 20:2246-2266. [PMID: 32723257 DOI: 10.2174/1871520620666200728131219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hybridization of coumarin moiety with additional antitumor pharmacophores is an auspicious stratagem to afford precious therapeutic interference for the medication of cancer. OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to evaluate the antitumor activity of ethyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2- oxoquinolin-1-ylamino)-coumarin-3-carboxylate against Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma (EAC) cells in the peritoneal cavity of female mice. METHODOLOGY Molecular docking was used to predict the binding between the test compound and the receptor of breast cancer mutant 3HB5-oxidoreductase, as well as the viability of tumor cells and life span prolongation. The total anti-oxidant capacity was evaluated in the liver and kidneys. Serum alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, albumin, total protein, creatinine, and urea were estimated. The concentrations of Bcl-2 and Bax were measured in the liver and kidney tissues. Histopathological examination of the liver and kidney tissues was also carried out. RESULTS EAC-bearing mice injected with the test compound showed a highly significant decrease in tumor cell viability by 100%, compared to the EAC control. Also, it exhibited significant anti-oxidant and apoptotic agents through the results of total anti-oxidant capacity and apoptosis assays. Confirmed by histological examination, the results of the liver and kidney function tests revealed that the test compound had no harmful effect on either of the organs. The docking investigation disclosed an auspicious interaction between the test compound and the receptor (3HB5). To confirm these results, correlations between different parameters were carried out. It was found that there were significant positive and negative correlations between the parameters. CONCLUSION Hybrid molecules containing coumarin and quinolinone exhibited a potential antitumor effect against EAC cells by the induction of apoptosis and anti-oxidant activities. Results of liver and kidney function tests and the histopathological study revealed that the administration of the test compound nullified most of the pathological alterations induced by EAC cells in mice. Based on these findings, the test compound can be developed as an effective chemotherapeutic agent.
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- Faten Z Mohammed
- Chemistry Department (Biochemistry division), Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department (Biochemistry division), Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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Zaki I, El-Sayed ESH, Radwan EM. Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of Some New Coumarin Derivatives Derived from 8-Hydroxycoumarin. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.1134/s106816202102028x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Hassan A, Badr M, Hassan HA, Abdelhamid D, Abuo-Rahma GEDA. Novel 4-(piperazin-1-yl)quinolin-2(1H)-one bearing thiazoles with antiproliferative activity through VEGFR-2-TK inhibition. Bioorg Med Chem 2021; 40:116168. [PMID: 33962153 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2021.116168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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A new series of 2-(4-(2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-N-(4-phenylthiazol-2-yl)acetamide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for anticancer activity. All target compounds showed anticancer activity higher than that of their 2-oxo-4-piperazinyl-1,2-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one precursors. Multidose testing of target compounds was performed against breast cancer T-47D cell line. Five compounds showed higher cytotoxic activity than Staurosporine. The dihalogenated derivative showed the best cytotoxic activity with IC50 2.73 ± 0.16 µM. In addition, the VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity of all synthetic compounds was evaluated. Two compounds of 6-fluoro-4-(piperazin-1-yl)quinolin-2(1H)-ones showed inhibitory activity comparable to sorafenib with IC50 46.83 ± 2.4, 51.09 ± 2.6 and 51.41 ± 2.3 nM, respectively. The cell cycle analysis of two compounds namely, 2-(4-(6-fluoro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)-N-(4-phenylthiazol-2-yl)acetamide and N-(4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl)-2-(4-(2-oxo-1-phenyl-1,2-dihydroquinolin-4-yl)piperazin-1-yl)acetamide revealed that the arrest of cell cycle occurred at S phase. In apoptosis assay, the same two compounds were able to induce significant levels of early and late apoptosis. In a similar manner to Sorafenib, docking of target compounds with VEGFR-2 protein 4ASD showed HB with Cys919 in hinge region of enzyme and HB with both Glu885 and Asp1046 in gate area. Using SwissADME, all target compounds were predicted to be highly absorbed from gastrointestinal tract with no BBB permeability. It is clear that the two compounds are promising antiproliferative candidates that require further optimization.
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- Abdelfattah Hassan
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt.
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, 61519 Minia, Egypt; Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, New Minia, Minia, Egypt.
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AbstractThe research was aimed at exploring the biological activities of novel series of β-lactam derivatives against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines via computer modeling such as quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), designing new compounds and analyzing the drug likeliness of designed compounds. The QSAR model was highly robust as it also conforms to the least minimum requirement for QSAR model from the statistical assessments with a correlation coefficient squared (R2) of 0.8706, correlation coefficient adjusted squared (R2adj) of 0.8411, and cross-validation coefficient (Q2) of 0.7844. The external validation of R2pred was calculated as 0.6083 for model 4. The model parameters (MATS5i and MATS1s) were used in designing new derivative compounds with higher potency against estrogen-positive breast cancer. The pharmacokinetics test on the restructured compounds revealed that all the compounds passed the drug likeness test and they could further proceed to clinical trials. These reveal a breakthrough in medicine, in the research for breast cancer drug with higher effectiveness against the MCF-7 cell line.
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Reddy NN, Hung SJ, Swamy MK, Sanjeev A, Rao VS, Rohini R, Raju AK, Bhaskar K, Hu A, Reddy PM. Synthesis and Rational Design of New Appended 1,2,3-Triazole-uracil Ensembles as Promising Anti-Tumor Agents via In Silico VEGFR-2 Transferase Inhibition. Molecules 2021; 26:1952. [PMID: 33808444 PMCID: PMC8037033 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Angiogenesis inhibition is a key step towards the designing of new chemotherapeutic agents. In a view to preparing new molecular entities for cancer treatment, eighteen 1,2,3-triazole-uracil ensembles 5a-r were designed and synthesized via the click reaction. The ligands were well characterized using 1H-, 13C-NMR, elemental analysis and ESI-mass spectrometry. The in silico binding propinquities of the ligands were studied sequentially in the active region of VEGFR-2 using the Molegro virtual docker. All the compounds produced remarkable interactions and potentially inhibitory ligands against VEGFR-2 were obtained with high negative binding energies. Drug-likeness was assessed from the ADME properties. Cytotoxicity of the test compounds was measured against HeLa and HUH-7 tumor cells and NIH/3T3 normal cells by MTT assay. Compound 5h showed higher growth inhibition activity than the positive control, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), against both HeLa and HUH-7 cells with IC50 values of 4.5 and 7.7 μM respectively. Interestingly, the compounds 5a-r did not show any cytotoxicity towards the normal cell lines. The results advance the position of substituted triazoles in the area of drug design with no ambiguity.
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- Nadipolla Naresh Reddy
- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Dermatology, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualien 97002, Taiwan;
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien 97002, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500001, India;
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- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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- Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien 97002, Taiwan
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien 97004, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana 500007, India; (N.N.R.); (M.K.S.); (A.S.); (V.S.R.); (R.R.); (K.B.)
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Wu Y, Xu J, Liu Y, Zeng Y, Wu G. A Review on Anti-Tumor Mechanisms of Coumarins. Front Oncol 2020; 10:592853. [PMID: 33344242 PMCID: PMC7746827 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.592853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Coumarins are a class of compound with benzopyrone as their basic structure. Due to abundant sources, easy synthesis, and various pharmacological activities, coumarins have attracted extensive attention from researchers. In particular, coumarins have very significant anti-tumor abilities and a variety of anti-tumor mechanisms, including inhibition of carbonic anhydrase, targeting PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathways, inducing cell apoptosis protein activation, inhibition of tumor multidrug resistance, inhibition of microtubule polymerization, regulating the reactive oxygen species, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis, etc. This review focuses on the mechanisms and the research progress of coumarins against cancers in recent years.
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- Yi Wu
- School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- School of Stomatology, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Zaki I, Ramadan HMM, El-Sayed ESH, Abd El-Moneim M. Design, synthesis, and cytotoxicity screening of new synthesized imidazolidine-2-thiones as VEGFR-2 enzyme inhibitors. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2020; 353:e2000121. [PMID: 32757353 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202000121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 06/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A series of imidazolin-2-thione derivatives was synthesized and structurally confirmed through the use of different spectroscopic techniques such as infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry along with elemental analyses. The breast cancer cell line MCF-7 was utilized in the evaluation of the cytotoxic activity of the prepared molecules. The tested molecules 3 and 7 exhibited the best results on MCF-7 cells, with mean IC50 values of 3.26 and 4.31 µM, respectively. The results of the VEGFR-2 assay indicated that compounds 3 and 7 displayed a good inhibition of the VEGFR-2 kinase enzyme. Additionally, DNA flow cytometry of compounds 3 and 7 showed cell cycle arrest at the G0/G1 phase, cell apoptosis, and marked DNA fragmentation in MCF-7 cells. Finally, compounds 3 and 7 were proved to upregulate the activation of effector caspase-3/7, as presented by the caspase-3/7 green flow cytometry assay.
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- Islam Zaki
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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Overview on developed synthesis procedures of coumarin heterocycles. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-020-01984-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AbstractConsidering highly valuable biological and pharmaceutical properties of coumarins, the synthesis of these heterocycles has been considered for many organic and pharmaceutical chemists. This review includes the recent research in synthesis methods of coumarin systems, investigating their biological properties and describing the literature reports for the period of 2016 to the middle of 2020. In this review, we have classified the contents based on co-groups of coumarin ring. These reported methods are carried out in the classical and non-classical conditions particularly under green condition such as using green solvent, catalyst and other procedures.
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Song X, Fan J, Liu L, Liu X, Gao F. Coumarin derivatives with anticancer activities: An update. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2020; 353:e2000025. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202000025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Xu‐Feng Song
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Environmental and Energy EngineeringBeijing University of Technology Beijing China
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- Hengshui University Hengshui Hebei China
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- Medicine Vocational and Technical SchoolWuhan University Wuhan Hubei China
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- Sinolite Industrial Co., Ltd. Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP)Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan Shandong China
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Redox cycling of copper by coumarin-di(2-picolyl)amine hybrid molecule leads to ROS-mediated modulation of redox scavengers, DNA damage and cell death in diethylnitrosamine induced hepatocellular carcinoma. Bioorg Chem 2020; 99:103818. [PMID: 32276135 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Targeted therapy is a new strategy for cancer treatment that targets chemical entities specific to cancer cells than normal ones. One of the features associated with malignancy is the elevated copper which plays an integral role in angiogenesis. Work is in progress in our lab to identify new copper chelators to target elevated copper under targeted therapy for the killing of cancer cells. Recently, a coumarin-based copper chelator, di(2-picolyl)amine-3(bromoacetyl)coumarin hybrid molecule (ligand-L) has been synthesized by us, and also studied its copper-dependent macromolecular damage response in copper overloaded lymphocytes. The present study investigates the anticancer activity of ligand-L and its mode of action in rat model of diethylnitrosamine (DEN) induced hepatocellular carcinoma. It has been found that liver tissue has a marked increase in copper levels in DEN induced hepatocellular carcinoma. Ex vivo results showed that ligand-L inhibited cell viability, induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, DNA damage, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and caspase-3 activation in isolated hepatocellular carcinoma cells (HCC). All these effects induced by ligand-L were abrogated by neocuproine and N-acetylcysteine (ROS scavenger). Further, ligand-L treatment of animals bearing hepatocellular carcinoma results in an increment in the cellular redox scavengers, lipid peroxidation and DNA breakage in malignant hepatocytes. In vivo studies using ligand-L also showed that ligand-L possesses anticancer properties as evidenced by improvement in liver marker enzymes and liver surface morphology, and reduced alpha-fetoprotein in the treated group compared to untreated cancer-induced group. Overall, this study suggests that copper-ligand-L interaction leads to ROS generation which caused DNA damage and apoptosis in malignant cells. This study provides enough support to establish ligand-L as a clinically relevant lead molecule for the treatment of different malignancies.
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