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Ibrahim TM, Abada G, Dammann M, Maklad RM, Eldehna WM, Salem R, Abdelaziz MM, El-Domany RA, Bekhit AA, Beockler FM. Tetrahydrobenzo[h]quinoline derivatives as a novel chemotype for dual antileishmanial-antimalarial activity graced with antitubercular activity: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 257:115534. [PMID: 37269671 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Derivatives with tetrahydrobenzo[h]quinoline chemotype were synthesized via one-pot reactions and evaluated for their antileishmanial, antimalarial and antitubercular activities. Based on a structure-guided approach, they were designed to possess antileishmanial activity through antifolate mechanism, via targeting Leishmania major pteridine reductase 1 (Lm-PTR1). The in vitro antipromastigote and antiamastigote activity are promising for all candidates and superior to the reference miltefosine, in a low or sub micromolar range of activity. Their antifolate mechanism was confirmed via the ability of folic and folinic acids to reverse the antileishmanial activity of these compounds, comparably to Lm-PTR1 inhibitor trimethoprim. Molecular dynamics simulations confirmed a stable and high potential binding of the most active candidates against leishmanial PTR1. For the antimalarial activity, most of the compounds exhibited promising antiplasmodial effect against P. berghei with suppression percentage of up to 97.78%. The most active compounds were further screened in vitro against the chloroquine resistant strain P. falciparum, (RKL9) and showed IC50 value range of 0.0198-0.096 μM, compared to IC50 value of 0.19420 μM for chloroquine sulphate. Molecular docking of the most active compounds against the wild-type and quadruple mutant pf DHFR-TS structures rationalized the in vitro antimalarial activity. Some candidates showed good antitubercular activity against sensitive Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low micromolar range of MIC, compared to 0.875 μM of isoniazid. The top active ones were further tested against a multidrug-resistant strain (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant strain (XDR) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Interestingly, the in vitro cytotoxicity test of the best candidates displayed high selectivity indices emphasizing their safety on mammalian cells. Generally, this work introduces a fruitful matrix for new dual acting antileishmanial-antimalarial chemotype graced with antitubercular activity. This would help in tackling drug-resistance issues in treating some Neglected Tropical Diseases.
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- Tamer M Ibrahim
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt; Laboratory for Molecular Design and Pharmaceutical Biophysics, Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany; Scientific Research and Innovation Support Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt
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- Laboratory for Molecular Design and Pharmaceutical Biophysics, Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt; Scientific Research and Innovation Support Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt
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- The Regional Center for Mycology & Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, P.O. Box 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21521, Egypt; Pharmacy Program, Allied Health Department, College of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Bahrain, P.O. Box 32038, Bahrain
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- Laboratory for Molecular Design and Pharmaceutical Biophysics, Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany
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Al-Warhi T, Almahli H, Maklad RM, Elsayed ZM, El Hassab MA, Alotaibi OJ, Aljaeed N, Ayyad RR, Ghabour HA, Eldehna WM, El-Ashrey MK. 1-Benzyl-5-bromo-3-hydrazonoindolin-2-ones as Novel Anticancer Agents: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modeling Insights. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28073203. [PMID: 37049966 PMCID: PMC10096524 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28073203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Human health is experiencing several obstacles in the modern medical era, particularly cancer. As a result, the cancer therapeutic arsenal should be continually expanded with innovative small molecules that preferentially target tumour cells. In this study, we describe the development of two small molecule series (7a–d and 12a–e) based on the 1-benzyl-5-bromoindolin-2-one scaffold that connected through a hydrazone linker to a 4-arylthiazole (7a–d) or 4-methyl-5-(aryldiazenyl)thiazole (12a–e) moiety. The anticancer activity of all the reported indolin-2-one derivatives was assessed against breast (MCF-7) and lung (A-549) cancer cell lines. The 4-arylthiazole-bearing derivatives 7c and 7d revealed the best anticancer activity toward MCF-7 cells (IC50 = 7.17 ± 0.94 and 2.93 ± 0.47, respectively). Furthermore, the VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity for 7c and 7d was evaluated. Both molecules disclosed good inhibitory activity, and their IC50 values were equal to 0.728 µM and 0.503 µM, respectively. Additionally, the impacts of 7d on the cell cycle phases as well as on the levels of different apoptotic markers (caspase-3, caspase-9, Bax, and Bcl-2) were assessed. Molecular docking and dynamic simulations are carried out to explore the binding mode of 7d within the VEGFR-2 active site.
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- Tarfah Al-Warhi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt
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- Scientific Research and Innovation Support Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Salman International University (KSIU), South Sinai 46612, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt
- School of Biotechnology, Badr University in Cairo, Badr City 11829, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr Elini St., Cairo 11562, Egypt
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Marae IS, Maklad RM, Samir S, Bakhite EA, Sharmoukh W. Thieno[2,3-c]isoquinolines: A novel chemotype of antiproliferative agents inducing cellular apoptosis while targeting the G2/M phase and Tubulin. Drug Dev Res 2023. [PMID: 36999479 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.22054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2022] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
Abstract
In the era of modern synthetic methodology and advanced bio-evaluation techniques and considering the notorious history of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), hopeful expectations regarding novel bioactive chemotypes have grown dramatically. Among the widely versatile motifs in drug discovery studies are isoquinoline and thieno[2,3-b]pyridine. Herein, the molecular merging of both motifs evoked thieno[2,3-c]isoquinoline as a novel antiproliferative chemotype being hardly studied against HCC. Accordingly, compound series 4, 5, 7 and 8 were synthesized and bioevaluated against the HepG2 cell line. The role of C7-Ac/C8-OH substituents, C8-C9 unsaturation, 1H-pyrrol-1-yl ring closure at C1-NH2 and C6-Ph p-halo-substitution were biologically studied and successfully furnished the lead 5b while showing safe profile against Vero cells. Further, flow cytometric and Annexin V-FITC/PI apoptotic bio-investigations of 5b unveiled remarkable cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase besides a 60-fold increase in apoptosis. The use of a DFT conformational study followed by Molecular docking and molecular mechanics/generalized born surface area scoring evoked potential tubulin-targeting activity of 5b at colchicine-binding site, which was confirmed by experimental evidence (Tub Inhib IC50 = 71 µM vs. 14 µM for colchicine). Accordingly, preserving C7-acetyl and optimizing halogen position while preserving [6S,7R]-stereochemistry is crucial for optimum binding to colchicine binding site of tubulin.
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- Islam S Marae
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
- Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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Eldehna WM, Maklad RM, Almahli H, Al-Warhi T, Elkaeed EB, Abourehab MAS, Abdel-Aziz HA, El Kerdawy AM. Identification of 3-(piperazinylmethyl)benzofuran derivatives as novel type II CDK2 inhibitors: design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and in silico insights. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2022; 37:1227-1240. [PMID: 35470754 PMCID: PMC9126595 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2062337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In the current work, a hybridisation strategy was adopted between the privileged building blocks, benzofuran and piperazine, with the aim of designing novel CDK2 type II inhibitors. The hybrid structures were linked to different aromatic semicarbazide, thiosemicarbazide, or acylhydrazone tails to anchor the designed inhibitors onto the CDK2 kinase domain. The designed compounds showed promising CDK2 inhibitory activity. Compounds 9h, 11d, 11e and 13c showed potent inhibitory activity (IC50 of 40.91, 41.70, 46.88, and 52.63 nM, respectively) compared to staurosporine (IC50 of 56.76 nM). Moreover, benzofurans 9e, 9h, 11d, and 13b showed promising antiproliferative activities towards different cancer cell lines, and non-significant cytotoxicity on normal lung fibroblasts MRC-5 cell line. Furthermore, a cell cycle analysis as well as Annexin V-FITC apoptosis assay on Panc-1 cell line were performed. Molecular docking simulations were performed to explore the ability of target benzofurans to adopt the common binding pattern of CDK2 type II inhibitors.
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- Wagdy M Eldehna
- School of Biotechnology, Badr University in Cairo, Badr City, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt.,Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, NewGiza University (NGU), Cairo, Egypt
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Al-Warhi T, Elimam DM, Elsayed ZM, Abdel-Aziz MM, Maklad RM, Al-Karmalawy AA, Afarinkia K, Abourehab MAS, Abdel-Aziz HA, Eldehna WM. Development of novel isatin thiazolyl-pyrazoline hybrids as promising antimicrobials in MDR pathogens. RSC Adv 2022; 12:31466-31477. [PMID: 36382148 PMCID: PMC9629177 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04385h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Microbial Multidrug Resistance (MDR) is an emerging global crisis. Derivatization of natural or synthetic scaffolds is among the most reliable strategies to search for and obtain novel antimicrobial agents for the treatment of MDR infections. Here, we successfully manipulated the synthetically flexible isatin moieties to synthesize 22 thiazolyl-pyrazolines hybrids, and assessed their potential antimicrobial activities in vitro against various MDR pathogens, using the broth microdilution calorimetric XTT reduction method. We chose 5 strains to represent the major MDR microorganisms, viz: Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and Vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis (VRE) as Gram-positive bacteria; Carbapenem-resistant K. pneumonia (CRKP), and Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase E. coli (ESBL-E), as Gram-negative bacteria; and Fluconazole-resistant C. albicans (FRCA), as a yeast-like unicellular fungus. The cytotoxicity of compounds 9f and 10h towards mammalian lung fibroblast (MRC-5) cells demonstrated their potential satisfactory safety margin as represented by their relatively high IC50 values. The target compounds showed promising anti-MDR activities, suggesting they are potential leads for further development and in vivo studies. As promising antimicrobials against MDR pathogens, two novel series of isatin thiazolyl-pyrazoline conjugates were developed. Compounds 9f and 10h were the most effective against the tested MDR strains.![]()
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- Tarfah Al-Warhi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Scientific Research and Innovation Support Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- The Regional Center for Mycology & Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, 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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- Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, University of Bradford, Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, 33516, Egypt
- School of Biotechnology, Badr University in Cairo, Badr City, 11829, Egypt
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Al-Sanea MM, Al-Ansary GH, Elsayed ZM, Maklad RM, Elkaeed EB, Abdelgawad MA, Bukhari SNA, Abdel-Aziz MM, Suliman H, Eldehna WM. Development of 3-methyl/3-(morpholinomethyl)benzofuran derivatives as novel antitumor agents towards non-small cell lung cancer cells. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2021; 36:987-999. [PMID: 33985397 PMCID: PMC8128204 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2021.1915302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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As one of the most lethal malignancies, lung cancer is considered to account for approximately one-fifth of all malignant tumours-related deaths worldwide. This study reports the synthesis and in vitro biological assessment of two sets of 3-methylbenzofurans (4a-d, 6a-c, 8a-c and 11) and 3-(morpholinomethyl)benzofurans (15a-c, 16a-b, 17a-b and 18) as potential anticancer agents towards non-small cell lung carcinoma A549 and NCI-H23 cell lines, with VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity. The target benzofuran-based derivatives efficiently inhibited the growth of both A549 and NCI-H23 cell lines with IC50 spanning in ranges 1.48-47.02 and 0.49-68.9 µM, respectively. The three most active benzofurans (4b, 15a and 16a) were further investigated for their effects on the cell cycle progression and apoptosis in A549 (for 4b) and NCI-H23 (for 15a and 16a) cell lines. Furthermore, benzofurans 4b, 15a and 16a displayed good VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity with IC50 equal 77.97, 132.5 and 45.4 nM, respectively.
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- Mohammad M. Al-Sanea
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacy Program, Batterejee Medical College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Scientific Research and Innovation Support Unit, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
- Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
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- The Regional Center for Mycology & Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt
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Maklad RM, AbdelHafez ESMN, Abdelhamid D, Aly OM. Tubulin inhibitors: Discovery of a new scaffold targeting extra-binding residues within the colchicine site through anchoring substituents properly adapted to their pocket by a semi-flexible linker. Bioorg Chem 2020; 99:103767. [PMID: 32325332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Bis-hydrazides 13a-h were designed and synthesized as potential tubulin inhibitors selectively targeting the colchicine site between α- and β-tubulin subunits. The newly designed ring-B substituents were assisted at their ends by 'anchor groups' which are expected to exert binding interaction(s) with new additional amino acid residues in the colchicine site (beyond those amino acids previously reported to interact with reference inhibitors as CA-4 and colchicine). Conformational flexibility of bis-hydrazide linker assisted these 'extra-binding' properties through reliving ligands' strains in the final ligand-receptor complexes. Compound 13f displayed the most promising computational and biological study results in the series: MM/GBSA binding energy of -62.362 kcal/mol (extra-binding to Arg α:221, Thr β:353 & Lys β:254); 34% NCI-H522 cells' death (at 10 µM), IC50 = 0.073 µM (MTT assay); significant cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase; 11.6% preG1 apoptosis induction and 83.1% in vitro tubulin inhibition (at concentration = IC50). Future researchers in bis-hydrazide tubulin inhibitors are advised to consider the 2-chloro-N-(4-substituted-phenyl)acetamide derivatives as compound 13f due to extra-binding properties of their ring B.
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- Raed M Maklad
- Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt; Zewail City of Science and Technology, 6th of October, Giza, Egypt.
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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Aly OM, Beshr EA, Maklad RM, Mustafa M, Gamal-Eldeen AM. Synthesis, cytotoxicity, docking study, and tubulin polymerization inhibitory activity of novel 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxanilides. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2014; 347:658-67. [PMID: 24996189 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201400096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2014] [Revised: 03/29/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
A series of novel 1-(3,4-methoxyphenyl)-5-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxylic acid derivatives (4a-n) were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against the growth of four different human cell lines (hepatocarcinoma HepG2, breast adenocarcinoma MCF-7, colon carcinoma DLD-1, and leukemia HL-60). The anilides of m-anisidine 4e, o-anisidine 4f, and 3,5-difluoroaniline 4l demonstrated best results on MCF-7 cells and mean IC50 values of 7.79, 10.79, and 13.20 µM, respectively. The compounds produced a significant reduction in cellular microtubules at a concentration of 25 µg/mL, for microtubule loss. Molecular modeling studies involving compounds 4d, 4e, 4f, and 4l with the colchicine binding site of α,β-tubulin revealed hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions with several amino acids in the colchicine binding site of β-tubulin.
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- Omar M Aly
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry Department, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
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