1,2-Benzisoxazole-3-acetamide derivatives as dual agents for DPP-IV inhibition and anticancer activity

Abstract

Herein, we have designed various benzisoxazole acetamide derivatives with and without glycine spacer as DPP-IV inhibitors. Compounds 9a–d and 11a–e were synthesized and screened for their in vitro DPP-IV inhibition. Compounds 11a and 11c showed moderate activity for DPP-IV inhibition, whereas other remained inactive at 25–200?µM concentrations. DPP-IV inhibition can be a good strategy for modulating diabetes and cancer; hence, we have screened compounds 9a–d and 11a–e for their anticancer activity using MTT assay against A549 and MCF7 cell lines. Compounds 9a–d without glycine spacer have shown good anticancer activity compared to compounds 11a–e with glycine spacer. Compound 9b has shown moderate activity with IC₅₀ values 4.72?±?0.72 and 4.39?±?0.809?µM against A549 and MCF7 cell lines, respectively. Interestingly, compound 9c with cyano group has shown very good anticancer activity with IC₅₀ 2.36?±?0.34?µM against MCF7 cell line as compared to fluorouracil with IC₅₀ 45.04?±?1.02?µM.     

Design,synthesis and MAO inhibitory activity of 2-(arylmethylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-3-one derivatives

A series of 2-(arylmethylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-3-one derivatives(aurones, 1–20) were synthesized and screened for their inhibitory activity against h MAO. Seventeen compounds(1–5, 7–17,19) were found to be selective towards h MAO-B, while two were non-selective(6 and 20) and one(18)selective towards h MAO-A. Compound 17(Ki = 0.10 0.01 mmol/L) was found to be equally potent and selective towards h MAO-B, when compared with the standard drug Selegiline(Ki = 0.12 0.01 mmol/L).Nature and position of substitution in aryl ring at 2nd position of benzofuranone influences h MAO-B inhibitory potency, while their structural bulkiness influences selectivity between h MAO-A and h MAO-B.Molecular docking simulation was also carried out to understand the interaction of inhibitor with the enzyme at molecular level, and we found the docking results were in good agreement with the experimental values. Comparison of the activity profile of the aurones with their corresponding flavones reported earlier by our group revealed that there exists no difference in potency as well as selectivity.     

New triazole derivatives containing substituted 1, 2, 3-triazole side chains: Design,synthesis and antifungal activity

In order to discover new generation of triazole antifungal agents,a series of novel antifungal triazoles were designed and synthesized by structural simplification of our previously identified triazole-piperdine-heterocycle lead compounds.Several target compounds showed good antifungal activity with a broad spectrum.In particular,compound 7l was highly active against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata.Moreover,compound 7l showed potent in vivo antifungal efficacy in the Caenorhabditis elegans-C.albicans infection model.     

Design,synthesis and antiviral activities of chalcone derivatives containing pyrimidine

A series of chalcone derivatives (T1-T23) containing pyrimidine were synthesized, characterized, and assessed for their antiviral activity against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) activities. Most target compounds displayed better antiviral activities against TMV than commercial ningnanmycin. Among them, the EC₅₀ value of curative activities of compounds T1, T7, T9 and T19 (219.2, 228.2, 279.9 and 234.9 μg/mL, respectively) were superior to that of ningnanmycin (320.1 μg/mL). In addtion, the EC₅₀ value of protective activities of compounds T5, T9, T19 and T23 (235.0, 220.0, 199.5 and 187.2 μg/mL, respectively) were superior to that of ningnanmycin (307.4 μg/mL). Then, the antiviral mechanism of T19 and TMV coat protein (TMV-CP) was preliminarily investigated by microscale thermophoresis (MST) and molecular docking technology. The results showed that T19 had a strong binding affinity for TMV coat protein, and its dissociation constant (K_d) was 0.00310 ± 0.000916 μM, which was superior to ningnanmycin(0.165 ± 0.0799 μM). This study suggests that chalcone derivatives containing pyrimidine could be used as novel antiviral agents for controlling the plant viruses.     

Synthesis,characterization, anticancer activity,and molecular docking of some new sugar hydrazone and arylidene derivatives

New sugar hydrazone moieties, their oxadiazoline derivatives, and arylidene analogues were prepared and chemically elucidated using spectroscopic analysis, such as nuclear magnetic resonance, for hydrogen ¹HNMR, carbon ¹³CNMR, elemental analysis, and Infrared (IR). The prepared compounds were purified and tested against breast cancer cells (MCF-7). Compounds 4c, 4d, 6b, and 6d exhibited moderate to very high anti-breast cancer activity, with a percentage of inhibition of 96.19%, 93.08%, 74.33%, and 86.05% respectively; the reference 5-fluorouracil had an inhibitory percentage of 96.02%.     

Novel indan-1,3-dione derivatives: Design,green synthesis,effect against tomato damping-off disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum and in silico molecular docking study

An effective method for synthesizing series of twenty-two new compounds 1, 2a,b, 3, 4a,b, 5a-e, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13a-d, 15a,b was performed starting from reaction of 1,2,3-indenetrione thiourea, and ethyl cyanoacetate under microwave irradiation and / or 2-(1,3-dioxo-1H-inden-2(3H)-ylidene) hydrazine carbothioamide with acetic anhydride. Chemical structure of the obtained products has been established by spectroscopic techniques including FTIR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, DEPT-135, and mass spectroscopy. The designed new compounds have been successfully examined in-vitro for their antifungal activities. The relation between the structure of the synthesized compounds and their activity against tomato damping-off disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum fungi was studied and favourable results were obtained. The antifungal studies indicated that compounds 1, 7, 4a and 5a-d exerted the highest antifungal activities, while 3 and 4b recorded the lowest effect. The obtained results confirmed the possibility of the application of ethyl 6′-amino-1,3-dioxo-2′-thioxo-1,2′,3,3′-tetrahydro-1′H-spiro[indene-2,4′-pyrimidine]-5′-carboxylate 1 as a new effective regulator of the vegetative growth of tomatoes. The molecular docking analysis was performed within succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) as a target enzyme in order to rationalize the promising findings obtained for the active compounds 1, 2a,b, 5a-d, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 13a.     

Design,synthesis, and biological evaluation of diarylpyrazole derivatives as antitumor agents targeting microtubules

A new series of novel diarylpyrazole derivatives as microtubule destabilizers were synthesized and evaluated for the anti-proliferative activities. Anti-proliferative assays were performed on the human cervix adenocarcinoma cell line (HeLa) and human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line (SGC-7901), and the compound 9s containing indole ring showed great anti-proliferative activity against HeLa cells with IC₅₀ value of 1.9 ± 0.11 μM. Further biological studies showed that 9s was able to inhibit tubulin polymerization, disrupt the cytoskeleton, block the cell cycle in the G2/M phase, and induce cell apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, the results of molecular docking studies showed that compound 9s could bind tightly to the colchicine binding site of tubulin through hydrogen bonding interaction. These preliminary results recommend that compound 9s is likely to be a microtubule destabilizer that deserves further investigation.     

Design,Synthesis, and Thrombin Inhibitory Activity Evaluation of Some Novel Benzimidazole Derivatives

Some benzimidazole derivatives were designed and screened via molecular docking. Six compounds which obtained high scores were selected for synthesis and all compounds were characterized by ¹H‐ and ¹³C‐NMR, and HR‐ESI‐MS. Subsequently, these compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activities on thrombin. Compound 5a (IC₅₀ 3.11 nm ) showed a better activity than the reference argatroban (IC₅₀ 9.88 nm ). These results, along with related molecular model studies, indicated that 5a could be a potential thrombin inhibitor for further research.     

Synthesis of 5-{[(1Hbenzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)sulfonyl]methyl}-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazole derivatives,invitro antibacterial and antioxidant studies along with their insilico analyses

Synthesis of a series of novel sulfone derivatives 6(a-u) possessing benzimidazoles and isoxazoline rings tailored in a single molecule 5(a-u) was done by reactions using 5-(bromomethyl)-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles 3(a-u) and 5-{[(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)thio]methyl}-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles 4(a-u) molecules. The chemical structures of all the newly synthesized compounds were established by IR, ¹HNMR, ¹³CNMR and LCMS spectral data. The biological characteristics of the novel sulfone compounds, such as their antioxidant and antibacterial activity, were evaluated. Among the synthesized sulfones derivatives, compounds 6 g, 6b, and 6e demonstrated outstanding antibacterial activity while compounds 6b, 6c, 6i, 6j, and 6 k demonstrated higher antioxidant activity. Further insilico absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity (ADMET) studies of synthesized sulfones were studied which exhibited excellent intestinal absorption which is more than 80 %, and relatively moderate toxicity. Molecular docking studies confirmed the antibacterial and antioxidant potential which is comparable with the standard.     

Design,Synthesis, Biological Activity and Molecular Docking Study of Coumarin Derivatives Bearing 2-Methylbiphenyl Moiety

A hybrid pharmacophore approach was used to design and synthesize a series of coumarin derivatives bearing 2-methylbiphenyl moiety, which were evaluated for their in vitro anticancer activities against four cancer cell lines(MCF-75 A549, H460 and HT29) and PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitory activities. Moreover, several compounds with excellent anticancer activities were selected to evaluate the cytotoxicities against one normal cell line(HEK-293). The most promising compound llo showed the best anticancer activities against the four tested cancer cell lines with the IC50 values of 6.45, 8.65, 6,57 and 8.13 gmol/L, respectively, and displayed weak cytotoxicity on the normal cell(HEK-293). Furthermore, screening of PD-1 /PD-L1 inhibitory activity revealed that compound llo could effectively inhibit the binding of PD-1/PD-L1, and the binding interactions of compound llo with PD-L1 protein were explored by molecular docking. All above evidences showed that compound llo might be worthy of further study as a valuable leading compound for the treatment of cancer.     

Synthesis, antibacterial and antifungal activity of some derivatives of 2-phenyl-chromen-4-one

Some derivatives of 2-phenyl-chromen-4-one (flavone ring) have been synthesized and tested for antibacterial and antifungal activities along with their chalcone precursors against four human pathogenic bacteria and five plant mould fungi. The structures of the synthesized compounds were elucidated by UV, IR and¹H NMR spectroscopic techniques, and elemental analysis. The antibacterial and antifungal screens of the synthesized compounds were performed in vitro by the filter paper disc diffusion method and the poisoned food technique.     

Design,synthesis and evaluation of PPAR gamma binding activity of 2-thioxo-4-thiazolidinone derivatives

We designed and synthesized a series of 2-thioxo-4-thiazolidinone derivatives and evaluated them on peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ(PPARγ) binding activities.Through the biological assays,compounds 18 and 38 were highlighted with K_i values of 12.15 nmol/Land 14.46 nmol/L,respectively.Then structure-activity relationship(SAR) was analyzed to screen privileged structural modifications.Moreover,molecular fitting of these compounds onto the approved drug Rosightazone in the PPARγligand binding domain was performed to elucidate the SAR and explore potential receptor-ligand interactions.These results demonstrate that the 2-thioxo-4-thiazolidinones can be considered as new promising molecular probes with excellent binding activities to PPARγ.     

Synthesis and antifungal activity of chalcone derivatives

In the present study, using chalcone as a lead compound, a series of its derivatives (compounds 1–30) were designed and synthesised. Their activity of anti-pathogenic fungi of plants has been evaluated. It is found that these compounds have good antifungal activity against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Helminthosprium maydis, Botrytis cinerea, Rhizoctonia solani and Gibberella zeae. Among them, the inhibition of growth for compound 30 against S. sclerotiorum showed 89.9%, with the median effective concentrations (EC₅₀) of 15.4 μg mL^? 1. The inhibition of growth for compounds 28, 29 and 30 at a concentration of 100 μg mL^? 1 against H. maydis is 90.3%, 90.7% and 91.1%, with EC₅₀ of 15.1, 18.3 and 18.1μg mL^? 1, respectively.     

Design,synthesis, antimicrobial evaluations and in silico studies of novel pyrazol-5(4H)-one and 1H-pyrazol-5-ol derivatives

A new series of 1,4-disubstituted 3-methylpyrazol-5(4H)-one derivatives were synthesized by reacting various substituted aromatic aldehydes with 3-methylpyrazol-5(4H)-one derivatives through Knoevenagel condensation by conventional as well as by exposure to microwave irradiations. After that newly synthesized compounds of 1,4-disubstituted 3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-ol were prepared from these derivatives by reduction reaction of sodium borohydride at 0–5 °C. Sixty-four heterocyclic compounds containing a pyrazole moiety were synthesized with good to excellent yields (51 to 91%). Compounds (3d, 3m, 4a, 4b, 4d, and 4g) showed potent antibacterial activity against MSSA (Methicillin-susceptible strains of Staphylococcus aureus) and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus) with MIC (the minimum inhibitory concentration) ranging between 4 and 16 µg/mL as compared to ciprofloxacin (MIC = 8–16 µg/mL). Compounds (4a, 4h, 4i, and 4l) showed potent antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger with MIC ranging between 16 and 32 µg/mL as compared to fluconazole (MIC = 128 µg/mL). In particular, compound 4a exhibited the strongest activity among the synthesized compounds in both bacterial and fungal strains with MIC ranging between 4 and 16 µg/mL. Furthermore, the nine most active compounds showed a good ADMET (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity) profile in comparison to ciprofloxacin and fluconazole as reference drugs. Molecular docking predicted that DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) protein from Staphylococcus aureus and NMT (N-myristoyl transferase) protein from Candida albicans are the most suitable targets for the antimicrobial activities of these potent compounds.     

In-vitro antidiabetic activity,theoretical investigation by DFT and molecular docking of mono oxo vanadyl (IV) azomethine macromolecule

Prospective antidiabetic applicant [VO(IV)HBDB] was synthesized qualitatively and rapidly, spending HBDB of the mode N, N′-bis (2-hydroxy benzylidene)-1,2-diaminobenzene/Salophen a well familiar Schiff base with myriad property. Interesting and valuable details of physical and electronic properties, band gap energy, electronic configuration, and NLO possessions of the complex were reported. The complex consent with extraordinary NLO property accords with first-order hyperpolarizability. The impressiveness of the monooxo Vanadyl complex is elevated further by biological applications. The antibacterial evaluation accounts that [VO(IV)HBDB] shows greater activity than HBDB. DPPH scavenging report demonstrates that [VO(IV)HBDB] exhibits greater antioxidant potential than standard assay. Subsequently, in-vitro antidiabetic activity with α-glucosidase enzyme was also excellent. Molecular docking with α-glucosidase protein of PDB id: 3 WY1 illustrates greater binding energy of about −12.3 kcal/mol defined for [VO(IV)HBDB] than HBDB roughly −7.6 kcal/mol with more amino acid binding residues. The above-disclosed findings of HBDB and its complex firmly sustenance the biochemists and pharmacological field.     

Design,synthesis, antimicrobial activity and computational studies of novel azo linked substituted benzimidazole,benzoxazole and benzothiazole derivatives

Novel azo linked substituted benzimidazole, benzoxazole, and benzothiazole were synthesized by diazo coupling and characterized by ¹H NMR, elemental analysis, FTIR and UV–vis spectroscopy. The newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for invitro antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia Coli strains by Resazurin microtiter assay method (REMA). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC in μg/mL) were used to express the antibacterial activities. The azo linked compounds exhibited good to moderate or high antibacterial activities in vitro. Computational studies were performed to correlate HOMO-LUMO gap with antibacterial activity. The comparative molecular docking studies revealed better insights into binding mechanisms.     

2-巯基苯并咪唑衍生物的设计、合成及抗肿瘤活性研究

为了从苯并咪唑类衍生物中寻找新的活性化合物,以溴乙酸作为起始原料,设计合成了17个2-巯基苯并咪唑衍生物4a～4q。采用噻唑蓝(MTT)法测试了目标化合物对人宫颈癌细胞(He La)、人乳腺癌细胞(MCF-7)、人肝癌细胞(HepG2)、人非小细胞肺癌细胞(A549)的增殖抑制活性。结果显示,大部分化合物具有较好的抗肿瘤活性,其中,((1H-苯并[d]咪唑-2-基)硫基)-1-(4-二苯甲基哌嗪-1-基)乙烷-1-酮(4l)对HepG2细胞的抑制活性最好,IC_(50)值为12. 62±0. 78μmol/L,接近于对照药品吉非替尼(9. 72±0. 38μmol/L)。此外,利用分子对接方法对目标化合物的构效关系进行了讨论。     

CuSO4/sodium ascorbate catalysed synthesis of benzosuberone and 1,2,3-triazole conjugates: Design,synthesis and in vitro anti-proliferative activity

A novel series of conjugates of benzosuberone and 1,2,3-triazole i.e. 3-(4-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)propyl-9-chloro-2,3-dimethyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzo[7]annulene-8-carboxylic acids (8a-j) were synthesized in good to excellent yields catalysed by CuSO₄ under milder reaction conditions and evaluated for their anti-proliferative activity. The structural elucidation of the prepared compounds was carried out using IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and Mass spectral analysis. The newly synthesized derivatives (8a-j) were evaluated for their anti-proliferative activity against four human cell lines and the novel derivatives showed moderate to excellent activity. The obtained results suggest that these compounds can be considered as new hits for anti-proliferative drug development programme and further SAR studies can help obtain better anticancer agents.     

Synthesis,nematicidal activity and docking study of novel chromone derivatives containing substituted pyrazole

A series of chromone derivatives containing substituted pyrazole were designed and synthesized. Preliminary bioassays showed that most of the synthesized compounds exhibited good nematicidal activity in vivo against Meloidogyne incognita at 10 mg/L.