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Kerdphon S, Khamto N, Buddhachat K, Ngoenkam J, Paensuwan P, Pongcharoen S, Singh T, Meepowpan P, Jongcharoenkamol J. Structure-Activity Relationship and Molecular Docking of Quinazolinones Inhibiting Expression of COX-2, IL-1β, iNOS, and TNF-α through NF-κB Pathways. ACS Med Chem Lett 2023; 14:1167-1173. [PMID: 37736179 PMCID: PMC10510524 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00098] [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: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The quinazolinone scaffold is found in natural products and biologically active compounds, including inflammatory inhibitors. Major proteins or enzymes involved in the inflammation process are regulated by the amount of gene expression. Quinazolinone derivatives were investigated and developed against the inflammatory genes cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line. The mRNA expressions were measured using a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Quinazolinone compounds at 62.5 μM demonstrated anti-COX-2 and anti-IL-1β mRNA expressions down to 0.50% and 3.10% gene expression, respectively, via inhibition of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). Molecular docking was performed to explain the interaction between the binding site and the developed compounds as well as the structure-activity relationship of the quinazolinone moiety.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sutthichat Kerdphon
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Naresuan
University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
- Center
of Excellence in Petroleum, Petrochemicals and Advanced Materials,
Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang
Mai University, Chiang
Mai 50200, Thailand
- Graduate
School, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Department
of Biology, Faculty of Science, Naresuan
University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department
of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department
of Optometry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- Department
of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Naresuan
University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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- School
of Chemistry and Physics, University of
Kwazulu-Natal, Private Bag
X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiang
Mai University, Chiang
Mai 50200, Thailand
- Center
of Excellence in Material Science and Technology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang
Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand
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Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics approach and in vitro assays revealed promising role of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives against colorectal cancer cell lines. Eur J Pharm Sci 2023; 182:106378. [PMID: 36638899 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 12/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most frequent form of gastrointestinal cancer and one of the major causes of human mortality worldwide. Many of the current CRC therapies have limitations due to multidrug resistance and/or severe side effects. Quinazoline derivatives are promising lead compounds with a wide range of pharmacological actions. In this study, the effect of seven synthesized 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one analogues as potential anticancer agents against two CRC cell lines (HCT116 and SW480) was investigated using cell viability proliferation, migration, adhesion and invasion assays. A liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) metabolomics approach was used to identify the underlying biochemical pathways disturbed in treated-HCT116 cells. Cell viability proliferation assay revealed that four compounds (C2, C3, C5, and C7) had IC50 < 10 µM with C5 displaying the most potent cytotoxic effect (IC50 1.4 and 0.3 µM against HCT116 and SW480, respectively). Additionally, the compounds showed suppression of wound closure after 72 h, and both C2 and C5 significantly decreased the number of adherent cells and suppressed HCT116 cells invasion. Metabolomics study revealed that C5 induced significant perturbations in the level of several metabolites including spermine, polyamines, glutamine, creatine and carnitine, and altered biochemical processes essential for cell proliferation and progression such as amino acids biosynthesis and metabolism, redox homeostasis, energy related processes (e.g., fatty acid oxidation, second Warburg like effect) and one-carbon metabolism. Our findings indicate that 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one analogues, particularly C5, have promising anticancer properties, and shed light on the role of metabolomics in identifying new therapeutic targets and providing better understanding of the pathways altered in treated cancer cells.
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BREAK LM, GOBOURI AA, Al-HSRTHI WS, HAGAR M, Al-KAFF NS, SAID MA. Design, synthesis, and greener pasture biological assessment of a novel nucleoside: 1-(α-D-ribofuranosyl)-6,7-difluoro-2-methyl-4-quinazolinone as an inhibitor of COVID-19 and Alzheimer's disease. Turk J Chem 2022; 46:1827-1840. [PMID: 37621349 PMCID: PMC10446935 DOI: 10.55730/1300-0527.3483] [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: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Synthesis of a new fluorinated nucleoside of 6,7-difluoro-2-methyl-4-quinazolinone was described. 2-Amino-4,5-difluorobenzoic acid 1 reacts with (CH3CO)2O followed by ammonia to form (1H)-6,7-difluoro-2-methyl-4-quinazolinone 3a. Ribosylation of a silylated 4 with l-O-acety1-2,3-5-tri-O-benzoyl-α-D-ribofuranose 5 forms a protected nucleoside 6 then unprotected from 6 to give a free nucleoside 7. Greener pasture biological docking of the cystine protease of COVID-19 [Mpro, code 7BQY, PDB] by novel nucleoside and fluoroquinazoline compounds is presented. LIGPLOT (2D) representations calculated for the same ligands are shown. A superposition of remdesivir approved medicine, N3 inhibitor, and our ligands docked together into the binding protein of 7BQY is also given for a fair comparison. The binding affinities of remdesivir, N3 inhibitor, the nucleoside 7, and fluoroquinazoline 3a, 3b compounds with 7BQY calculated under the same conditions are -7.7, -7.4, -7.6, -6.1, and -6.1 kcal mol-1, respectively. The high values were due to the existence of many hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonds between the ligands and the active amino acid residues of the receptor, indicating a promising candidate as a COVID-19 inhibitor. Pro Tox -II server showed that compound 7 has a similar feature to the approved antiviral drug remdesivir for COVID-19. Additionally, a fascinating molecular modeling investigation showed that our nucleoside demonstrated good binding inhibition of AChE enzyme towards advancing an efficient medication against Alzheimer's disease. Finally, DFT has been conducted to illustrate the MD results in terms of the molecular descriptor-based structural activity relationship calculated from FMOs.
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- Laila M. BREAK
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, Taif,
Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, Taif,
Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, Taif,
Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria,
Egypt
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- Biology Department, College of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawara,
Saudi Arabia
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawara,
Saudi Arabia
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring, Stuttgart,
Germany
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Majeed SA, Ghazal B, Nevonen DE, Goff PC, Blank DA, Nemykin VN, Makhseed S. Evaluation of the Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Properties in Solvatochromic and Electrochromic Zinc Octa(carbazolyl)phthalocyanines. Inorg Chem 2017; 56:11640-11653. [PMID: 28920685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
2,3,9,10,16,17,23·24-Octakis-(9H-carbazol-9-yl) phthalocyaninato zinc(II) (3) and 2,3,9,10,16,17,23·24-octakis-(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole) phthalocyaninato zinc(II) (4) complexes were prepared and characterized by NMR and UV-vis spectroscopies, magnetic circular dichroism (MCD), matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography. UV-vis and MCD data are indicative of the interligand charge-transfer nature of the broad band observed in 450-500 nm range for 3 and 4. The redox properties of 3 and 4 were probed by electrochemical and spectro-electrochemical methods, which are suggestive of phthalocyanine-centered first oxidation and reduction processes. Photophysics of 3 and 4 were investigated by steady-state fluorescence and time-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy demonstrating the influence of the carbazole substituents on deactivation from the first excited state in 3 and 4. Protonation of the meso-nitrogen atoms in 3 results in much faster deactivation kinetics from the first excited state. Spectroscopic data were correlated with density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT calculations on 3 and 4.
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- Shereen A Majeed
- Department of Chemistry, Kuwait University , P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait
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- Department of Chemistry, Kuwait University , P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Kuwait University , P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait
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