Synthesis,Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking of Novel Phenylpyrimidine Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents

Based on our previous researches, a novel phenylpyrimidine pharmacophore model was proposed and fifteen derivatives were synthesized and characterized by means of spectroscopy methods. The inhibitory effects of them were screened against HeLa cell line by virtue of MTT assay in vitro. The results indicate some of the phenylpyrimidine derivatives exhibit potent biological activities. Among them, compounds 6g and 6h exhibit the best activity at half maximal inhibitory concentrations of 1.5 and 2.8 μmol/L, respectively. These compounds also exhibit good activities against HepG2 cell line and MCF-7 cell line. FLT-3 kinase was screened as the most potent molecular target. Computational docking between compound 6g and FLT-3 was carried out to interpret the binding mode. The results show phenylpyrimidine derivatives have effective antitumor activities, which provides a base for further research of them as antitumor agents.     

Novel Pyridothienopyrimidine Derivatives: Design,Synthesis and Biological Evaluation as Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents

The growing risk of antimicrobial resistance besides the continuous increase in the number of cancer patients represents a great threat to global health, which requires intensified efforts to discover new bioactive compounds to use as antimicrobial and anticancer agents. Thus, a new set of pyridothienopyrimidine derivatives 2a,b–9a,b was synthesized via cyclization reactions of 3-amino-thieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxamides 1a,b with different reagents. All new compounds were evaluated against five bacterial and five fungal strains. Many of the target compounds showed significant antimicrobial activity. In addition, the new derivatives were further subjected to cytotoxicity evaluation against HepG-2 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines. The most potent cytotoxic candidates (3a, 4a, 5a, 6b, 8b and 9b) were examined as EGFR kinase inhibitors. Molecular docking study was also performed to explore the binding modes of these derivatives at the active site of EGFR-PK. Compounds 3a, 5a and 9b displayed broad spectrum antimicrobial activity with MIC ranges of 4–16 µg/mL and potent cytotoxic activity with IC₅₀ ranges of 1.17–2.79 µM. In addition, they provided suppressing activity against EGFR with IC₅₀ ranges of 7.27–17.29 nM, higher than that of erlotinib, IC₅₀ = 27.01 nM.     

Synthesis of Thiazolidine and Thiophene Derivatives for Evaluation as Anticancer Agents

The non-isolated adducts (3a,b) were used as key intermediates to synthesize some novel thiazolidine and thiophene derivatives. Compound (4) exhibited a remarkable antitumor activity against EAC cells compared with the Doxorubicin as a positive control.     

Design,Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of 1,2,4-Oxadiazole-Isoxazole Linked Quinazoline Derivatives as Anticancer Agents

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - A series of novel 1,2,4-oxadiazole-isoxazole linked quinazoline compounds is designed, synthesized and screened for anticancer activity on four human cancer...     

基于UDP-半乳糖变异酶靶标的肉桂酰氨基酸衍生物的合成及生物活性

为改善前期发现的UDP-半乳糖变异酶(UGM)抑制剂迷迭香酸的稳定性,通过生物电子等排策略,引入稳定性较好的酰胺键来重新构建该化合物。本文设计合成了8个新的肉桂酰氨基酸衍生物,并进行酶水平和菌株水平的活性评价。酶活性测定结果表明,化合物5a～5h对UGM具有不同程度的抑制活性,其中化合物5e、5g和5h表现出显著的抑制活性,K_d值均达到了微摩尔级,与目前文献报道的最好抑制剂活性相当。化合物5e对UGM的亲和力比母体化合物迷迭香酸提高了17倍,K_d分别为4±2μmol/L(KpUGM)和38±5μmol/L(MtUGM)。5e和5h体外对牛型结核分枝杆菌的MIC分别为50和100μg/mL。结果表明,目标化合物对UGM具有较强的抑制作用,值得进一步的结构修饰,其也可为开发具有较好前景的抗结核候选药物提供参考。     

1,2-苯并噻嗪类化合物的设计、合成及抗肿瘤活性研究

依据生物电子等排原理,设计合成了13个全新结构的1,2-苯并噻嗪类化合物,其结构均经IR,1H NMR,13C NMR和MS确证.以A431,A549,MDA-MB-468和HL60 4种细胞株为活性筛选对象,采用四甲基偶氮唑盐(MTT)法进行初步的体外抗肿瘤活性研究.结果表明,部分化合物对肿瘤细胞有一定的抑制活性,其中化合物5b对A431具有显著的抑制活性,IC50值为1.57μmol/L,化合物9a对A431,A549和MDA-MB-468 3种细胞株的抑制活性均强于阳性对照药gefitinib.并采用Moe软件对所合成的化合物与表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)结合位点进行对接,以进一步阐释所合成化合物的作用靶标.     

Design,Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Pyrazolo[1,2,4]triazolopyrimidine Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents

Three novel pyrazolo-[4,3-e][1,2,4]triazolopyrimidine derivatives (1, 2, and 3) were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their in vitro biological activity. All three compounds exhibited different levels of cytotoxicity against cervical and breast cancer cell lines. However, compound 1 showed the best antiproliferative activity against all tested tumor cell lines, including HCC1937 and HeLa cells, which express high levels of wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Western blot analyses demonstrated that compound 1 inhibited the activation of EGFR, protein kinase B (Akt), and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk)1/2 in breast and cervical cancer cells at concentrations of 7 and 11 µM, respectively. The results from docking experiments with EGFR suggested the binding of compound 1 at the ATP binding site of EGFR. Furthermore, the crystal structure of compound 3 (7-(4-bromophenyl)-9-(pyridin-4-yl)-7H-pyrazolo[4,3-e][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine) was determined by single crystal X-ray analysis. Our work represents a promising starting point for the development of a new series of compounds targeting EGFR.     

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Amino Chalcone Derivatives as Antiproliferative Agents

Chalcone is a common scaffold found in many biologically active compounds. The chalcone scaffold was also frequently utilized to design novel anticancer agents with potent biological efficacy. Aiming to continue the research of effective chalcone derivatives to treat cancers with potent anticancer activity, fourteen amino chalcone derivatives were designed and synthesized. The antiproliferative activity of amino chalcone derivatives was studied in vitro and 5-Fu as a control group. Some of the compounds showed moderate to good activity against three human cancer cells (MGC-803, HCT-116 and MCF-7 cells) and compound 13e displayed the best antiproliferative activity against MGC-803 cells, HCT-116 cells and MCF-7 cells with IC₅₀ values of 1.52 μM (MGC-803), 1.83 μM (HCT-116) and 2.54 μM (MCF-7), respectively which was more potent than the positive control (5-Fu). Further mechanism studies were explored. The results of cell colony formatting assay suggested compound 10e inhibited the colony formation of MGC-803 cells. DAPI fluorescent staining and flow cytometry assay showed compound 13e induced MGC-803 cells apoptosis. Western blotting experiment indicated compound 13e induced cell apoptosis via the extrinsic/intrinsic apoptosis pathway in MGC-803 cells. Therefore, compound 13e might be a valuable lead compound as antiproliferative agents and amino chalcone derivatives worth further effort to improve amino chalcone derivatives’ potency.     

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Benzoxaboroles as Potential Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents

Several novel benzoxaborole derivatives were synthesized starting from 2‐formylphenylboronic acid utilizing Baylis–Hillman reaction, Barbier allylation, Passerini reaction, and aldol reaction protocols as the key step. All the synthesized benzoxaboroles have been evaluated for their antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities.     

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Laxiflorin J Derivatives as Potential Antitumor Agents

Laxiflorin J, isolated from the leaves of Isodon eriocalyx var. laxiflora, showed significant inhibitory activity toward T‐24 cells. A series of laxiflorin J derivatives were synthesized and their in vitro activity was evaluated against BEL‐7402, A‐549, HT‐29, HL‐60, MOLT‐4 tumor cell lines, with IC₅₀ values ranging from 1.3 to 42.2 μg mL^?1.     

Synthesis,Structure and Biological Evaluation of Thiourea Derivatives as Antitumor Agents

Two substituted-3-phenylthiourea derivatives have been synthesized and characteri- zed by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, MS and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Structural stabili- zation of them followed by intramolecular as well as intermolecular H-bonds makes these molecules as perfect examples in molecular recognition with self-complementary donor and acceptor units within a single molecule. The antitumor activities of compounds I and 2 against breast adeno carcinoma cell line MCF-7 have been evaluated by MTT method. Docking simulations have also been performed to position compounds into the telomerase active sites so as to determine their probable binding models.     

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Tricyclic Oximino Derivatives as Antitumor Agents

A series of novel alkylthio/sulfinyl-8H-thieno[2,3-b]pyrrolizin-8-oximino derivatives Ⅴ1--Ⅷ15 were designed and synthesized as antitumor agents. Their structures were confirmed using IR, ^1H NMR, elemental analysis, and MS. The antitumor activities of all the target compounds were tested by the MTT method in vitro against Bel-7402, HT-1080, SGC-7901, and A549 Cell Lines. Among them, compound Ⅵ9 displayed a promising antitumor activity superior to that of Cisplatin.     

Synthesis and Anticancer Evaluation of Amide Derivatives of 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Linked with Benzoxazole

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - A novel series of amide 1,3,4-oxadiazole linked benzoxazole derivatives 12a–12j are synthesized and their anticancer activity is screened against four...     

Synthesis of Novel 3-Substituted Pyridothienopyrimidine Derivatives with Biological Evaluation as Antimicrobial Agents

Novel 3-substituted pyridothienopyrimidine derivatives have been synthesized via the reaction of 2-{7,9-dimethyl-4-oxopyrido[3',2':4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-3(4H)-yl}acetohydrazide(5) with a variety of active reagents and chemicals. Structures of the newly synthesized compounds were established based on spectral data. The resulting pyridothienopyrimidine derivatives were evaluated for their possible antimicrobial activity and some of them represent a new class of potentially antimicrobial compounds, especially compounds 9 and 18 which displayed the highest activity against Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and Fungi in MIC range of 0.12-1.95 μg/mL.     

1,5-Benzothiazepine Derivatives: Green Synthesis,In Silico and In Vitro Evaluation as Anticancer Agents

Considering the importance of benzothiazepine pharmacophore, an attempt was carried out to synthesize novel 1,5-benzothiazepine derivatives using polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG-400)-mediated pathways. Initially, different chalcones were synthesized and then subjected to a cyclization step with benzothiazepine in the presence of bleaching clay and PEG-400. PEG-400-mediated synthesis resulted in a yield of more than 95% in less than an hour of reaction time. Synthesized compounds 2a–2j were investigated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity. Moreover, the same compounds were subjected to systematic in silico screening for the identification of target proteins such as human adenosine kinase, glycogen synthase kinase-3β, and human mitogen-activated protein kinase 1. The compounds showed promising results in cytotoxicity assays; among the tested compounds, 2c showed the most potent cytotoxic activity in the liver cancer cell line Hep G-2, with an IC₅₀ of 3.29 ± 0.15 µM, whereas the standard drug IC₅₀ was 4.68 ± 0.17 µM. In the prostate cancer cell line DU-145, the compounds displayed IC₅₀ ranges of 15.42 ± 0.16 to 41.34 ± 0.12 µM, while the standard drug had an IC₅₀ of 21.96 ± 0.15 µM. In terms of structural insights, the halogenated phenyl substitution on the second position of benzothiazepine was found to significantly improve the biological activity. This characteristic feature is supported by the binding patterns on the selected target proteins in docking simulations. In this study, 1,5-benzothiazepines have been identified as potential anticancer agents which can be further exploited for the development of more potent derivatives.     

Novel Approaches for the Solid-Phase Synthesis of Dihydroquinazoline-2(1H)-One Derivatives and Biological Evaluation as Potential Anticancer Agents

In the design of antineoplastic drugs, quinazolinone derivatives are often used as small molecule inhibitors for kinases or receptor kinases, such as the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib, p38MAP kinase inhibitor DQO-501, and BRD4 protein inhibitor PFI-1. A novel and convenient approach for the solid-phase synthesis of dihydroquinazoline-2(1H)-one derivatives was proposed and 19 different compounds were synthesized. Cytotoxicity tests showed that most of the target compounds had anti-proliferative activity against HepG-2, A2780 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. Among them, compounds CA1-e and CA1-g had the most potent effect on A2780 cells, with IC₅₀ values of 22.76 and 22.94 μM, respectively. In addition, in an antioxidant assay, the IC₅₀ of CA1-7 was 57.99 μM. According to bioinformatics prediction, ERBB2, SRC, TNF receptor, and AKT1 were predicted to be the key targets and play an essential role in cancer treatment. ADMET prediction suggested 14 of the 19 compounds had good pharmacological properties, i.e., these compounds displayed clinical potential. The correct structure of the final compounds was confirmed based on LC/MS, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR.     

Design,Synthesis and In-Vitro Biological Evaluation of Antofine and Tylophorine Prodrugs as Hypoxia-Targeted Anticancer Agents

Phenanthroindolizidines, such as antofine and tylophorine, are a family of natural alkaloids isolated from different species of Asclepiadaceas. They are characterized by interesting biological activities, such as pronounced cytotoxicity against different human cancerous cell lines, including multidrug-resistant examples. Nonetheless, these derivatives are associated with severe neurotoxicity and loss of in vivo activity due to the highly lipophilic nature of the alkaloids. Here, we describe the development of highly polar prodrugs of antofine and tylophorine as hypoxia-targeted prodrugs. The developed quaternary ammonium salts of phenanthroindolizidines showed high chemical and metabolic stability and are predicted to have no penetration through the blood–brain barrier. The designed prodrugs displayed decreased cytotoxicity when tested under normoxic conditions. However, their cytotoxic activity considerably increased when tested under hypoxic conditions.     

Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Cholestanoheterocyclic Steroids as Anticancer Agents

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Modification of steroid molecules by introducing heterocyclic ring into the core structure of steroids has been utilized as an attractive approach for...     

新型双氢青蒿素哌嗪-脂肪族酰胺类化合物的合成及其抗癌活性

以双氢青蒿素（DHA）为原料,与草酰氯和哌嗪经“一锅”法制得DHA哌嗪衍生物（2）; 2与脂肪族酰氯经酰化反应合成了6个新型的双氢青蒿素哌嗪-酰胺类衍生物（4a～4f）,其结构经¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR,IR和HR-ESI-MS进行表征。以四甲基偶氮唑盐比色法（MTT法）初步研究了4a～4f对人肝癌细胞株SMMC-7721的抑制活性。结果表明,4a～4f显著抑制SMMC-7721的增殖,并诱导其凋亡。其中,双氢青蒿素哌嗪-氯乙酰胺（4c）的活性最好,IC₅₀为0.05 μM,优于青蒿素（IC₅₀ 0.53 μM）和DHA（IC₅₀0.52 μM）。