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Alzahrani AYA, Shehab WS, Amer AH, Assy MG, Mouneir SM, Aziz MA, Abdel Hamid AM. Design, synthesis, pharmacological evaluation, and in silico studies of the activity of novel spiro pyrrolo[3,4- d]pyrimidine derivatives. RSC Adv 2024; 14:995-1008. [PMID: 38174254 PMCID: PMC10759174 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra07078f] [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: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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In the present study, spiro compounds are shown to have distinctive characteristics because of their interesting conformations and their structural impacts on biological systems. A new family of functionalized spiro pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidines is prepared via the one-pot condensation reaction of amino cyclohexane derivatives with benzaldehyde to prepare fused azaspiroundecanedione and azaspirodecenone/thione derivatives. A series of synthesized spiro compounds were scanned against DPPH and evaluated for their ability to inhibit COX-1 and COX-2. All compounds exhibit significant antiinflammatory activity, and they inhibited both COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes with a selectivity index higher than celecoxib as a reference drug. The most powerful and selective COX-2 inhibitor compounds were 11 and 6, with selectivity indices of 175 and 129.21 in comparison to 31.52 of the standard celecoxib. However, candidate 14 showed a very promising antiinflammatory activity with an IC50 of 6.00, while celecoxib had an IC50 of 14.50. Our findings are promising in the area of medicinal chemistry for further optimization of the newly designed and synthesized compounds regarding the discussed structure-activity relationship study (SAR), in order to obtain a superior antioxidant lead compound in the near future. All chemical structures of the novel synthesized candidates were unequivocally elucidated and confirmed utilizing spectroscopic and elemental investigations.
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- Abdullah Y A Alzahrani
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, King Khalid University Mohail Assir Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University Cairo 12211 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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Shahin IG, Mohamed KO, Taher AT, Elsebaei MM, Mayhoub AS, Kassab AE, Elshewy A. New Phenylthiazoles: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation as Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Anti-COVID-19 Candidates. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202301143. [PMID: 37857580 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202301143] [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: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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The combination of antibacterial and antiviral agents is becoming a very important aspect of dealing with resistant bacterial and viral infections. The N-phenylthiazole scaffold was found to possess significant anti-MRSA, antifungal, and anti-COVID-19 activities as previously published; hence, a slight refinement was proposed to attach various alkyne lipophilic tails to this promising scaffold, to investigate their effects on the antimicrobial activity of the newly synthesized compounds and to provide a valuable structure-activity relationship. Phenylthiazole 4 m exhibited the most potent anti-MRSA activity with 8 μg/mL MIC value. Compounds 4 k and 4 m demonstrated potent activity against Clostridium difficile with MIC values of 2 μg/mL and moderate activity against Candida albicans with MIC value of 4 μg/mL. When analyzed for their anti-COVID-19 inhibitory effect, compound 4 b emerged with IC50 =1269 nM and the highest selectivity of 138.86 and this was supported by its binding score of -5.21 kcal mol-1 when docked against SARS-CoV-2 M pro . Two H-bonds were formed, one with His164 and the other with Met49 stabilizing phenylthiazole derivative 4 b, inside the binding pocket. Additionally, it created two arene-H bonds with Asn142 and Glu166, through the phenylthiazole scaffold and one arene-H bond with Leu141 via the phenyl ring of the lipophilic tail.
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- Inas G Shahin
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Giza, 11787, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, October 6 University, 6-October, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 11884, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, 11884, Egypt
- University of Science and Technology, Nanoscience Program, Zewail, City of Science and Technology, October Gardens, 6th October, Giza, 12578, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University, Galala Plateau, Attaka, Suez, 43713, Egypt
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Magdy Abbass L, Atia Sadeek S, Abd El-Raouf Aziz M, Abd-allah Zordok W, Saeed El-Attar M. Synthesis of some new nanoparticles mixed metal complexes of febuxostat in presence of 2,2′-bipyridine: Characterization, DFT, antioxidant and molecular docking activities. J Mol Liq 2023; 386:122460. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.122460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Salem MA, Mohamed OG, Mosalam EM, Elberri AI, Abdel-Bar HM, Hassan M, Al-Karmalawy AA, Tripathi A, Ezzat SM, Abo Mansour HE. Investigation of the phytochemical composition, antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-osteoarthritis, and wound healing activities of selected vegetable waste. Sci Rep 2023; 13:13034. [PMID: 37563154 PMCID: PMC10415269 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38591-y] [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: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Agri-food wastes, produced following industrial food processing, are mostly discarded, leading to environmental hazards and losing the nutritional and medicinal values associated with their bioactive constituents. In this study, we performed a comprehensive analytical and biological evaluation of selected vegetable by-products (potato, onion, and garlic peels). The phytochemical analysis included UHPLC-ESI-qTOF-MS/MS in combination with molecular networking and determination of the total flavonoid and phenolic contents. Further, the antimicrobial, anti-osteoarthritis and wound healing potentials were also evaluated. In total, 47 compounds were identified, belonging to phenolic acids, flavonoids, saponins, and alkaloids as representative chemical classes. Onion peel extract (OPE) showed the higher polyphenolic contents, the promising antioxidant activity, the potential anti-osteoarthritis activity, and promising antimicrobial activity, especially against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Furthermore, OPE revealed to have promising in vivo wound healing activity, restoring tissue physiology and integrity, mainly through the activation of AP-1 signaling pathway. Lastly, when OPE was loaded with nanocapsule based hydrogel, the nano-formulation revealed enhanced cellular viability. The affinities of the OPE major metabolites were evaluated against both p65 and ATF-2 targets using two different molecular docking processes revealing quercetin-3,4'-O-diglucoside, alliospiroside C, and alliospiroside D as the most promising entities with superior binding scores. These results demonstrate that vegetable by-products, particularly, those derived from onion peels can be incorporated as natural by-product for future evaluation against wounds and osteoarthritis.
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- Mohamed A Salem
- Department of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, Menoufia University, Gamal Abd El Nasr st., Shibīn al-Kawm, 32511, Menoufia, Egypt.
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr el Aini St., Cairo, 11562, Egypt
- Natural Products Discovery Core, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Menoufia University, Gamal Abd El Nasr st., Shebin El-Koum, 32511, Egypt
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- Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Division, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, 32511, Menoufia, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr el Aini st., Cairo, 11562, Egypt
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Galala University, New Galala City, Suez, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, 6th of October City, Giza, 12566, Egypt
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- Natural Products Discovery Core, Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr el Aini St., Cairo, 11562, Egypt
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), Giza, 12451, Egypt
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- Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Menoufia University, Gamal Abd El Nasr st., Shebin El-Koum, 32511, Egypt
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Mohammed SM, Shehab WS, Emwas AHM, Jaremko M, Abdellattif MH, Zordok WA, Tantawy ES. Eco-Friendly Synthesis of 1 H-benzo[ d]imidazole Derivatives by ZnO NPs Characterization, DFT Studies, Antioxidant and Insilico Studies. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2023; 16:969. [PMID: 37513881 PMCID: PMC10385378 DOI: 10.3390/ph16070969] [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: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Benzimidazoles are classified as a category of heterocyclic compounds. Molecules having benzimidazole motifs show promising utility in organic and scientific studies. A series of mono-substituted benzimidazoles were synthesized by ZnO-NPs via cyclocondensation between substituted aromatic aldehydes and o-phenylene diamine. The synthesized compounds were characterized and compared with the traditional methods. The nano-catalyzed method displayed a higher yield, shorter time and recyclable catalyst. The DFT study and antioxidant activity were investigated for benzo[d]imidazole derivatives. Compound 2a exhibited the highest antioxidant activity among the tested compounds. We focused on the catalytic activity of ZnO in the synthesis of heterocyclic structures with the goal of stimulating further progress in this field. The superiorities of this procedure are high yield of product, low amounts of catalyst and short reaction time.
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- Samar M Mohammed
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Sciences College, Taif University, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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Moulishankar A, Thirugnanasambandam S. Quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) modeling study of some novel thiazolidine 4-one derivatives as potent anti-tubercular agents. J Recept Signal Transduct Res 2023; 43:83-92. [PMID: 37990804 DOI: 10.1080/10799893.2023.2281671] [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: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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This study aims to develop a QSAR model for Antitubercular activity. The quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approach predicted the thiazolidine-4-ones derivative's Antitubercular activity. For the QSAR study, 53 molecules with Antitubercular activity on H37Rv were collected from the literature. Compound structures were drawn by ACD/Labs ChemSketch. The energy minimization of the 2D structure was done using the MM2 force field in Chem3D pro. PaDEL Descriptor software was used to construct the molecular descriptors. QSARINS software was used in this work to develop the 2D QSAR model. A series of thiazolidine 4-one with MIC data were taken from the literature to develop the QSAR model. These compounds were split into a training set (43 compounds) and a test set (10 compounds). The PaDEL software calculated 2300 descriptors for this series of thiazolidine 4-one derivatives. The best predictive Model 4, which has R2 of 0.9092, R2adj of 0.8950 and LOF parameter of 0.0289 identify a preferred fit. The QSAR study resulted in a stable, predictive, and robust model representing the original dataset. In the QSAR equation, the molecular descriptor of MLFER_S, GATSe2, Shal, and EstateVSA 6 positively correlated with Antitubercular activity. While the SpMAD_Dzs 6 is negatively correlated with Antitubercular activity. The high polarizability, Electronegativities, Surface area contributions and number of Halogen atoms in the thiazolidine 4-one derivatives will increase the Antitubercular activity.
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- Anguraj Moulishankar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SRM College of Pharmacy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu 603203, India
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Liu Y, Li X, Pu Q, Fu R, Wang Z, Li Y, Li X. Innovative screening for functional improved aromatic amine derivatives: Toxicokinetics, free radical oxidation pathway and carcinogenic adverse outcome pathway. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 454:131541. [PMID: 37146326 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Aromatic amines, one of the most widely used low-cost antioxidants in rubbers, have been regarded as pollutants with human health concerns. To overcome this problem, this study developed a systematic molecular design, screening, and performance evaluation method to design functionally improved, environmentally friendly and synthesizable aromatic amine alternatives for the first time. Nine of 33 designed aromatic amine derivatives have improved antioxidant property (lower bond dissociation energy of N-H), and their environmental and bladder carcinogenicity impacts were evaluated through toxicokinetic model and molecular dynamics simulation. The environmental fate of the designed AAs-11-8, AAs-11-16, and AAs-12-2 after antioxidation (i.e., peroxyl radicals (ROO·), hydroxyl radicals (HO·), superoxide anion radicals (O2·-) and ozonation reaction) was also analyzed. Results showed that the by-products of AAs-11-8 and AAs-12-2 have less toxicity after antioxidation. In addition, human bladder carcinogenicity of the screened alternatives was also evaluated through adverse outcome pathway. The carcinogenic mechanisms were analyzed and verified through amino acid residue distribution characteristics, 3D-QSAR and 2D-QSAR models. AAs-12-2, with high antioxidation property, low environmental impacts and carcinogenicity, was screened as the optimum alternative for 3,5-Dimethylbenzenamine. This study provided theoretical support for designing environmentally friendly and functionally improved aromatic amine alternatives from toxicity evaluation and mechanism analysis.
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- Yajing Liu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Systems Optimization, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Ecological Effect and Risk Assessment of Chemicals, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China; Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University, St. John's, NL A1B 3X5, Canada.
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Cholinesterase Inhibitors from an Endophytic Fungus Aspergillus niveus Fv-er401: Metabolomics, Isolation and Molecular Docking. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28062559. [PMID: 36985531 PMCID: PMC10052609 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28062559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/08/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease poses a global health concern with unmet demand requiring creative approaches to discover new medications. In this study, we investigated the chemical composition and the anticholinesterase activity of Aspergillus niveus Fv-er401 isolated from Foeniculum vulgare (Apiaceae) roots. Fifty-eight metabolites were identified using UHPLC-MS/MS analysis of the crude extract. The fungal extract showed acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) inhibitory effects with IC50 53.44 ± 1.57 and 48.46 ± 0.41 µg/mL, respectively. Two known metabolites were isolated, terrequinone A and citrinin, showing moderate AChE and BuChE inhibitory activity using the Ellman’s method (IC50 = 11.10 ± 0.38 µg/mL and 5.06 ± 0.15 µg/mL, respectively for AChE, and IC50 15.63 ± 1.27 µg/mL and 8.02 ± 0.08 µg/mL, respectively for BuChE). As evidenced by molecular docking, the isolated compounds and other structurally related metabolites identified by molecular networking had the required structural features for AChE and BuChE inhibition. Where varioxiranol G (−9.76 and −10.36 kcal/mol), penicitrinol B (−9.50 and −8.02 kcal/mol), dicitrinol A (−8.53 and −7.98 kcal/mol) and asterriquinone CT5 (−8.02 and −8.25 kcal/mol) showed better binding scores as AChE and BuChE inhibitors than the co-crystallized inhibitor (between −7.89 and 7.82 kcal/mol) making them promising candidates for the development of new drugs to treat Alzheimer’s.
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Fibrosis: Types, Effects, Markers, Mechanisms for Disease Progression, and Its Relation with Oxidative Stress, Immunity, and Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24044004. [PMID: 36835428 PMCID: PMC9963026 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24044004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Most chronic inflammatory illnesses include fibrosis as a pathogenic characteristic. Extracellular matrix (ECM) components build up in excess to cause fibrosis or scarring. The fibrotic process finally results in organ malfunction and death if it is severely progressive. Fibrosis affects nearly all tissues of the body. The fibrosis process is associated with chronic inflammation, metabolic homeostasis, and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) signaling, where the balance between the oxidant and antioxidant systems appears to be a key modulator in managing these processes. Virtually every organ system, including the lungs, heart, kidney, and liver, can be affected by fibrosis, which is characterized as an excessive accumulation of connective tissue components. Organ malfunction is frequently caused by fibrotic tissue remodeling, which is also frequently linked to high morbidity and mortality. Up to 45% of all fatalities in the industrialized world are caused by fibrosis, which can damage any organ. Long believed to be persistently progressing and irreversible, fibrosis has now been revealed to be a very dynamic process by preclinical models and clinical studies in a variety of organ systems. The pathways from tissue damage to inflammation, fibrosis, and/or malfunction are the main topics of this review. Furthermore, the fibrosis of different organs with their effects was discussed. Finally, we highlight many of the principal mechanisms of fibrosis. These pathways could be considered as promising targets for the development of potential therapies for a variety of important human diseases.
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Abdel Hamid AM, Amer AH, Assy MG, Zordok WA, Mouneir SM, El-Kalyoubi S, Shehab WS. Synthesis, pharmacological evaluation, DFT calculation, and theoretical investigation of spirocyclohexane derivatives. Bioorg Chem 2023; 131:106280. [PMID: 36436418 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Polycyclic structures fused at a central carbon are of great interest due to their appealing conformational features and their structural implications in biological systems. Although progress in the development of synthetic methodologies toward such structures has been impressive, the stereo selective construction of such quaternary stereo centers remains a significant challenge in the total synthesis of natural products. From the computational calculations by Density Functional Theory along with the B3LYP as basis set, It is obvious that the all studied compounds are soft molecules and η varied from 0.069 for compound (10) to 0.087 for compound (15), while the compound (14) is treated as hard molecule, the value of η is 0.102, also the electronic transition within the soft compounds is easy as indicated from the △E, the compound (10) is absolute soft according to the (σ = 14.49 eV), while the compound (14) is treated as hard compounds (σ = 9.804 eV). The newly formed compounds exhibited both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities on HRBC homolytic and membrane stabilization and DPPH scavenging percent, respectively.
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- Atef M Abdel Hamid
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 12211, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11651, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt
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Ahmed S, Kamel MS, Aboelez MO, Ma X, Al-Karmalawy AA, Mousa SAS, Shokr EK, Abdel-Ghany H, Belal A, El Hamd MA, Al Shehri ZS, El Aleem Ali Ali El-Remaily MA. Thieno[2,3- b]thiophene Derivatives as Potential EGFR WT and EGFRT 790M Inhibitors with Antioxidant Activities: Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Quantitative In Vitro and In Silico Studies. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:45535-45544. [PMID: 36530244 PMCID: PMC9753534 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c06219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Microwave-assisted synthesis and spectral analysis of certain novel derivatives of 3,4-diaminothieno[2,3-b]thiophene-2,5-dicarbonitrile 1-7 were carried out. Compounds 1-7 were examined for cytotoxicity against MCF-7 and A549 cell lines using the quantitative MTT method, and gefitinib and erlotinib were used as reference standards. Compounds 1-7 were shown to be more active than erlotinib against the two cell lines tested. Compound 2 outperformed regular erlotinib by 4.42- and 4.12-fold in MCF-7 and A549 cells, respectively. The most cytotoxic compounds were subsequently studied for their suppression of kinase activity using the homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence assay versus epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFRWT) and EGFR790M. With IC50 values of 0.28 ± 0.03 and 5.02 ± 0.19, compound 2 was demonstrated to be the most effective against both forms of EGFR. Furthermore, compound 2 also had the best antioxidant property, decreasing the radical scavenging activity by 78%. Molecular docking research, on the other hand, was carried out for the analyzed candidates (1-7) to study their mechanism of action as EGFR inhibitors. In silico absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity tests were also performed to explain the physicochemical features of the examined derivatives.
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- Sanaa
A. Ahmed
- Department
of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag
University, Sohag82524, Egypt
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag
University, Sohag82524, Egypt
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sohag University, Sohag82524, Egypt
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- School
of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong
University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430030, China
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- Pharmaceutical
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, 6th
of October City, Giza12566, Egypt
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar
University, Assiut Branch, Assiut71524, Egypt
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- Department
of Physics, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag82524, Egypt
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Sohag
University, Sohag82524, Egypt
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef62514, Egypt
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif21944, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Shaqra University, Shaqra11961, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry, Faculty
of Pharmacy, South Valley University, Qena83523, Egypt
- . Phone: +966554117991
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- Department of Medical Laboratories, College
of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Shaqra11961, Saudi Arabia
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Elagawany M, Elmaaty AA, Mostafa A, Abo Shama NM, Santali EY, Elgendy B, Al-Karmalawy AA. Ligand-based design, synthesis, computational insights, and in vitro studies of novel N-(5-Nitrothiazol-2-yl)-carboxamido derivatives as potent inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:2112-2132. [PMID: 35912578 PMCID: PMC9344964 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2105322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic provokes scientists to make a prompt development of new effective therapeutic interventions for the battle against SARS-CoV-2. A new series of N-(5-nitrothiazol-2-yl)-carboxamido derivatives were designed and synthesised based on the structural optimisation principle of the SARS-CoV Mpro co-crystallized WR1 inhibitor. Notably, compound 3b achieved the most promising anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity with an IC50 value of 174.7 µg/mL. On the other hand, compounds 3a, 3b, and 3c showed very promising SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitory effects with IC50 values of 4.67, 5.12, and 11.90 µg/mL, respectively. Compound 3b docking score was very promising (-6.94 kcal/mol) and its binding mode was nearly similar to that of WR1. Besides, the molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of compound 3b showed its great stability inside the binding pocket until around 40 ns. Finally, a very promising SAR was concluded to help to design more powerful SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors shortly.
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- Mohamed Elagawany
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.,Institute of Medical Microbiology, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Clinical Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt
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Obaid RJ. New benzimidazole derivatives: Design, synthesis, docking, and biological evaluation. ARAB J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.104505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Hamed EO, Elsayed DA, Assy MG, Shehab WS. Design, Synthesis, Docking, 2D‐QSAR Modelling, Anticancer and Antioxidant Evaluation of Some New Azo‐Compounds Derivatives and Investigation of Their Fluorescence Properties. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202202534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Eman O. Hamed
- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Zagazig University Zagazig 44519 Egypt
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Salah N, Emara AAA, Adly OMI, Taha A, Nabeel AI, Aziz MA, Ibrahim MA. Novel NO
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semicarbazone ligand and its metal complexes as VEGFR‐2 inhibitors: Synthesis, spectral characterization, DFT calculations, molecular docking, antimicrobial and antitumor evaluation. Appl Organomet Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.6845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Nesma Salah
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education Ain Shams University, Roxy Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education Ain Shams University, Roxy Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education Ain Shams University, Roxy Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education Ain Shams University, Roxy Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education Ain Shams University, Roxy Cairo Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Zagazig University Zagazig Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education Ain Shams University, Roxy Cairo Egypt
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TiO2 nanoparticle as catalyst for an efficient green one-pot synthesis of 1H-3-Indolyl Derivatives as significant antiviral activity. Bioorg Chem 2022; 124:105805. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hammoud MM, Khattab M, Abdel-Motaal M, Van der Eycken J, Alnajjar R, Abulkhair HS, Al-Karmalawy AA. Synthesis, structural characterization, DFT calculations, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics simulations of a novel ferrocene derivative to unravel its potential antitumor activity. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022:1-18. [PMID: 35674744 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2082533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In this article, we describe a set of subsequent five-steps chemical reactions to synthesize a ferrocene derivative named 1-(5-(diphenylphosphaneyl)cyclopenta-1,3-dien-1-yl)ethyl)imino)-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-5-yl)methanol (compound 10). Structural characterization of 10 and its intermediate products was also performed and reported to attest to their formation. A molecular docking study was performed to propose the novel synthesized ferrocene derivative (10) as a potential antitumor candidate targeting the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases interacting kinase (Mnk) 1. The computed docking score of (10) at -9.50 kcal/mol compared to the native anticancer staurosporine at -8.72 kcal/mol postulated a promising anticancer activity. Also, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were carried out for 500 ns followed by MM-GBSA-binding free energy calculations for both the docked complexes of ferrocene and staurosporine to give more deep insights into their dynamic behavior in physiological conditions. Furthermore, DFT calculations were performed to unravel some of the physiochemical characteristics of the ferrocene derivative (10). The quantum mechanics calculations shed the light on some of the structural and electrochemical configurations of (10) which would open the horizon for further investigation. HighlightsThe synthesis of a ferrocene derivative named 1-(5-(diphenylphosphaneyl)cyclopenta-1,3-dien-1-yl)ethyl)imino)-1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-5-yl)methanol (compound 10) was described.Structural characterizations of ferrocene derivative (10) and its intermediate products were also performed.DFT calculations, molecular docking, molecular dynamics, and MM-GBSA calculations were carried out.Computational studies revealed the antitumor potential of ferrocene derivative (10) through targeting and inhibiting mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases interacting kinase (Mnk) 1.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Mohamed M Hammoud
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia.,Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.,Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Synthesis, Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya.,Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt
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Ezz Eldin RR, Saleh MA, Alotaibi MH, Alsuair RK, Alzahrani YA, Alshehri FA, Mohamed AF, Hafez SM, Althoqapy AA, Khirala SK, Amin MM, A. F Y, AbdElwahab AH, Alesawy MS, Elmaaty AA, Al-Karmalawy AA. Ligand-based design and synthesis of N'-Benzylidene-3,4-dimethoxybenzohydrazide derivatives as potential antimicrobial agents; evaluation by in vitro, in vivo, and in silico approaches with SAR studies. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:1098-1119. [PMID: 35430934 PMCID: PMC9037180 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2063282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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- Rogy R. Ezz Eldin
- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Girls), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- National Center for Chemical Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Center for Chemical Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Center for Chemical Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- National Center for Chemical Technologies, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al‐Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta, Egypt
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El-Naggar AM, Hassan AMA, Elkaeed EB, Alesawy MS, Al-Karmalawy AA. Design, synthesis, and SAR studies of novel 4-methoxyphenyl pyrazole and pyrimidine derivatives as potential dual tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting both EGFR and VEGFR-2. Bioorg Chem 2022; 123:105770. [PMID: 35395446 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.105770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Guided by the pharmacophoric features of both EGFR and VEGFR-2 antagonists, two novel series of 4-methoxyphenyl pyrazole and pyrimidine derivatives [(4a-c) and (5a-c, 6, 7a-c, 8, 9, 10, 11a,c, 12, 13a-c, 14a-c, and 15a,b)], respectively, were designed and synthesized as dual EGFR/VEGFR-2 inhibitors. Interestingly, compound 12 showed very strong antiproliferative effects towards all the five studied cell lines (HepG-2, MCF-7, MDA-231, HCT-116, and Caco-2) with IC50 values of 3.74, 7.81, 4.85, 2.96, and 9.27 µM, respectively. Also, it achieved the highest inhibitory activities against both EGFR and VEGFR-2 as well (IC50 = 0.071 and 0.098 µM) compared to the two reference drugs, erlotinib (IC50 = 0.063 µM) and sorafenib (IC50 = 0.041 µM), respectively. Moreover, four compounds (4a, 7a, 7c, and 12) were selected for further evaluation through cell cycle analysis and Annexin V-based flow cytometry assay in the HepG-2 cell line. In addition, deep computational studies including molecular docking, physicochemical properties, profiling pharmacokinetics, ADMET studies, and toxicity predictions were performed for the designed compounds to evaluate the prospective drug candidates. Finally, analyzing the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of the new derivatives gives us a lot of interesting promising results which could help medicinal chemists to design more potent drug candidates soon as well.
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- Abeer M El-Naggar
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassiya 11566, Cairo, Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassiya 11566, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo 35527, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34518, Egypt.
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Matsuzaka Y, Uesawa Y. A Deep Learning-Based Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship System Construct Prediction Model of Agonist and Antagonist with High Performance. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042141. [PMID: 35216254 PMCID: PMC8877122 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Molecular design and evaluation for drug development and chemical safety assessment have been advanced by quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) using artificial intelligence techniques, such as deep learning (DL). Previously, we have reported the high performance of prediction models molecular initiation events (MIEs) on the adverse toxicological outcome using a DL-based QSAR method, called DeepSnap-DL. This method can extract feature values from images generated on a three-dimensional (3D)-chemical structure as a novel QSAR analytical system. However, there is room for improvement of this system’s time-consumption. Therefore, in this study, we constructed an improved DeepSnap-DL system by combining the processes of generating an image from a 3D-chemical structure, DL using the image as input data, and statistical calculation of prediction-performance. Consequently, we obtained that the three prediction models of agonists or antagonists of MIEs achieved high prediction-performance by optimizing the parameters of DeepSnap, such as the angle used in the depiction of the image of a 3D-chemical structure, data-split, and hyperparameters in DL. The improved DeepSnap-DL system will be a powerful tool for computer-aided molecular design as a novel QSAR system.
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- Yasunari Matsuzaka
- Department of Medical Molecular Informatics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose 204-8588, Japan;
- Center for Gene and Cell Therapy, Division of Molecular and Medical Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato City 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Medical Molecular Informatics, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose 204-8588, Japan;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-42-495-8983
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Rumex Vesicarius L. extract improves the efficacy of doxorubicin in triple-negative breast cancer through inhibiting Bcl2, mTOR, JNK1 and augmenting p21 expression. INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE UNLOCKED 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2022.100869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Shehab WS, Aziz MA, Elhoseni NKR, Assy MG, Abdellattif MH, Hamed EO. Design, Synthesis, Molecular Docking, and Evaluation Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities for Novel 3-Phenylimidazolidin-4-One and 2-Aminothiazol-4-One Derivatives. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27030767. [PMID: 35164032 PMCID: PMC8840376 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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On our way to discovering and developing compounds that have an antioxidant impact compared to ascorbic acid and other biological activities, we designed, synthesized, and evaluated a new series of heterocyclic moieties drugs (1–11) as antioxidants and antimicrobial agents. As starting moieties, these new candidates were derived from two promising heterocyclic compounds, imidazoldin-4-one and thiazol-4-one. Firstly, diphenylimidazol 1 was obtained because of the cyclo condensation one-pot ternary reaction of urea, aniline, and chloroacetic acid under thermal conditions. Out of this starting compound, we could design and create new vital rings such as purine and triazine as in compounds 5 and 6, respectively. Secondly, the start thiazole derivative 7 was obtained from the intermolecular cyclization of thiourea, chloroacetic acid, p-nitobezaldehyde in the presence of sodium acetate. We synthesized various derivatives from this second starting compound 7 by being subjected to different reagents such as aniline, phenylenediamine, phenylhydrazine, and barbituric acid to yield 8, 9, 10, and 11, respectively. Using ascorbic acid as the standard compound, the pharmacological testing for antioxidant activity assessment of the produced derivatives was evaluated against ABTS (2,20-azinobis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid). Candidate 6 exhibited the best activity as an antioxidant agent compared to ascorbic acid as a reference compound. Moreover, all compounds were evaluated as antimicrobial agents against a series of bacteria and fungi. Among all synthesized compounds, compound 6 achieved high efficiency against two types of fungi and four kinds of bacteria, as Clotrimazole and Ampicillin were used as the reference agents, respectively. All chemical structures of the novel synthesized candidates were unequivocally elucidated and confirmed utilizing spectroscopical and elemental investigations.
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- Wesam S. Shehab
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (M.A.A.); (N.K.R.E.); (M.G.A.); (E.O.H.)
- Correspondence: or
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (M.A.A.); (N.K.R.E.); (M.G.A.); (E.O.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (M.A.A.); (N.K.R.E.); (M.G.A.); (E.O.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (M.A.A.); (N.K.R.E.); (M.G.A.); (E.O.H.)
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt; (M.A.A.); (N.K.R.E.); (M.G.A.); (E.O.H.)
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Elmaaty A, Darwish KM, Chrouda A, Boseila AA, Tantawy MA, Elhady SS, Shaik AB, Mustafa M, Al-karmalawy AA. In Silico and In Vitro Studies for Benzimidazole Anthelmintics Repurposing as VEGFR-2 Antagonists: Novel Mebendazole-Loaded Mixed Micelles with Enhanced Dissolution and Anticancer Activity. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:875-899. [PMID: 35036753 PMCID: PMC8757357 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide and its incidence is unfortunately anticipated to rise in the next years. On the other hand, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) is highly expressed in tumor-associated endothelial cells, where it affects tumor-promoting angiogenesis. Therefore, VEGFR-2 is considered one of the most promising therapeutic targets for cancer treatment. Furthermore, some FDA-approved benzimidazole anthelmintics have already shown potential anticancer activities. Therefore, repurposing them against VEGFR-2 can provide a rapid and effective alternative that can be implicated safely for cancer treatment. Hence, 13 benzimidazole anthelmintic drugs were subjected to molecular docking against the VEGFR-2 receptor. Among the tested compounds, fenbendazole (FBZ, 1), mebendazole (MBZ, 2), and albendazole (ABZ, 3) were proposed as potential VEGFR-2 antagonists. Furthermore, molecular dynamics simulations were carried out at 200 ns, giving more information on their thermodynamic and dynamic properties. Besides, the anticancer activity of the aforementioned drugs was tested in vitro against three different cancer cell lines, including liver cancer (HUH7), lung cancer (A549), and breast cancer (MCF7) cell lines. The results depicted potential cytotoxic activity especially against both HUH7 and A549 cell lines. Furthermore, to improve the aqueous solubility of MBZ, it was formulated in the form of mixed micelles (MMs) which showed an enhanced drug release with better promising cytotoxicity results compared to the crude MBZ. Finally, an in vitro quantification for VEGFR-2 concentration in treated HUH7 cells has been conducted based on the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The results disclosed that FBZ, MBZ, and ABZ significantly (p < 0.001) reduced the concentration of VEGFR-2, while the lowest inhibition was achieved in MBZ-loaded MMs, which was even much better than the reference drug sorafenib. Collectively, the investigated benzimidazole anthelmintics could be encountered as lead compounds for further structural modifications and thus better anticancer activity, and that was accomplished through studying their structure-activity relationships.
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- Ayman
Abo Elmaaty
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said 42526, Egypt
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department
of Chemistry, College of Science Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Sciences, Monastir University, Monastir 5000, Tunisia
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- Pharmaceutics
Department, Egyptian Drug Authority EDA
(Formerly Known as National Organization for Drug Control and Research
NODCAR) Dokki, Giza 12611, Egypt
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- Hormones
Department, Medical Research Division, National
Research Centre, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
- Stem
Cells Lab, Center of Excellence for Advanced Sciences, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt
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- Department
of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vignan Pharmacy College, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Vadlamudi 522 213, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Deraya University, Minia 61111, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal
Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34518, Egypt
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El-Masry RM, Al-Karmalawy AA, Alnajjar R, Mahmoud SH, Mostafa A, Kadry HH, Abou-Seri SM, Taher AT. Newly synthesized series of oxoindole–oxadiazole conjugates as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents: in silico and in vitro studies. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04816c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The pharmacophoric features of the novel series of 1,3,4-oxadiazole–oxoindole conjugates (IVa–g) as potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents based on the reported Mpro inhibitor (Ia) are presented.
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- Rana M. El-Masry
- Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), October 6 city, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34518, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
- Department of Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, October 6 University (O6U), October 6 City, Giza, Egypt
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reda R, Al-Karmalawy AA, Alotaibi M, saleh M. Quinoxaline Derivatives as a Promising Scaffold for Breast Cancer Treatment. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00050d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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According to Global Cancer Statistics 2021, female breast cancer has exceeded lung cancer as the most frequently diagnosed cancer. As a result of this widespread breast cancer, it was necessary...
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Madbouly EA, Lashine ESM, Al-Karmalawy AA, Sebaiy MM, Pratsinis H, Kletsas D, Metwally K. Design and synthesis of novel quinazolinone–chalcone hybrids as potential apoptotic candidates targeting caspase-3 and PARP-1: in vitro, molecular docking, and SAR studies. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj04053k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Novel quinazolinone–chalcone hybrids as potential apoptotic candidates targeting caspase-3 and PARP-1.
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- Eman A. Madbouly
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, 6th of October City, Giza 12566, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Ageing, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Ageing, Institute of Biosciences and Applications, National Centre of Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hammoud MM, Nageeb AS, Morsi MA, Gomaa EA, Elmaaty AA, Al-Karmalawy AA. Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and SAR studies of novel cyclopentaquinoline derivatives as DNA intercalators, topoisomerase II inhibitors, and apoptotic inducers. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj01646j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Novel cyclopentaquinoline derivatives as promising DNA intercalators, topoisomerase II inhibitors, and apoptotic inducers.
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- Mohamed M. Hammoud
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said 42526, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta 34518, Egypt
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Elebeedy D, Badawy I, Elmaaty AA, Saleh MM, Kandeil A, Ghanem A, Kutkat O, Alnajjar R, Abd El Maksoud AI, Al-Karmalawy AA. In vitro and computational insights revealing the potential inhibitory effect of Tanshinone IIA against influenza A virus. Comput Biol Med 2021; 141:105149. [PMID: 34953359 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Seasonal human influenza is a serious respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses that can be found all over the world. Type A influenza is a contagious viral infection that, if left untreated, can lead to life-threatening consequences. Fortunately, the plant kingdom has many potent medicines with broad-spectrum antiviral activity. Herein, six plant constituents, namely Tanshinone IIA 1, Carnosic acid 2, Rosmarinic acid 3, Glycyrrhetinic acid 4, Baicalein 5, and Salvianolic acid B 6, were screened for their antiviral activities against H1N1 virus using in vitro and in silico approaches. Hence, their anti-influenza activities were tested in vitro to determine inhibitory concentration 50 (IC50) values after measuring their CC50 values using MTT assay on MDCK cells. Interestingly, Tanshinone IIA (TAN) 1 was the most promising member with CC50 = 9.678 μg/ml. Moreover, the plaque reduction assay carried on TAN 1 revealed promising viral inhibition percentages of 97.9%, 95.8%, 94.4%, and 91.7% using concentrations 0.05 μg/μl, 0.025 μg/μl, 0.0125 μg/μl, and 0.006 μg/μl, respectively. Furthermore, in silico molecular docking disclosed the superior affinities of Salvianolic acid B (SAL) 6 towards both surface glycoproteins of influenza A virus (namely, hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA)). The docked complexes of both SAL and TAN inside HA and NA receptor pockets were selected for 100 ns MD simulations followed by MM-GBSA binding free energy calculation to confirm the docking results and give more insights regarding the stability of both compounds inside influenza mentioned receptors, respectively. The selection criteria of the previously mentioned complexes were based on the fact that SAL showed the highest docking scores on both viral HA and NA glycoproteins whereas TAN achieved the best inhibitory activity on the other hand. Finally, we urge more advanced preclinical and clinical research, particularly for TAN, which could be used to treat the human influenza A virus effectively.
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- Dalia Elebeedy
- College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6th of October City, Egypt
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- College of Biotechnology, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), 6th of October City, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said, 42526, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, 42526, Port Said, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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- Center of Scientific Excellence for Influenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya; Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
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- Industrial Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Horus University-Egypt, New Damietta, 34518, Egypt.
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