Hosseini Nasab N, Han Y, Hassan Shah F, Vanjare BD, Kim SJ. Synthesis, biological evaluation, migratory inhibition and docking study of Indenopyrazolones as potential anticancer agents.
Chem Biodivers 2022;
19:e202200399. [PMID:
35977918 DOI:
10.1002/cbdv.202200399]
[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: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Some bioactive derivatives of indeno[1,2- c ]pyrazolones were synthesized through the reaction of phenylhydrazine, different aldehydes and indan-1,2,3-trione at room temperature in acetonitrile. Analytical and spectroscopic studies have confirmed the structural characteristics of the synthesized compounds. In addition, the target compounds were screened for the in-vitro antiproliferative properties against the B16F10 melanoma cancer cell line by the standard MTT assay. The effect on inflammatory marker cyclooxygenase 2 and matrix metalloproteinase 2, 9 was also checked to determine the anti-inflammatory and anti-cell migratory properties of these compounds. The final compounds were also tested for their tyrosinase inhibitory activity. Among all compounds, screened for anticancer activity, three compounds 4e , 4f and 4h reduced the cell proliferation significantly comparable to that of the positive standard drug erlotinib (IC 50 = 418.9±1.54 µM) with IC 50 values ranging from 20.72-29.35 µM. The compounds 4c-4h decreased the COX-2 expression whereas the MMP 2, 9 expressions were significantly reduced by 4a , 4b and 4h . This was confirmed by molecular docking studies, as 4e , 4f and 4h displayed good interactions with the active site of BRAF protein. The compounds 4b , 4f and 4h exhibited moderate tyrosinase inhibition effect as compared to α-MSH. Collectively, compound 4h can be considered as a candidate for further optimization in the development of anticancer therapies based on the results of biological investigations in this study.
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