Cytotoxic Activity and DNA Binding Property of New Aminopyrimidine Derivatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 640-654
Author(s):  
Hamidreza Akrami ◽  
Bibi Fatemeh Mirjalili ◽  
Omidreza Firuzi ◽  
Azadeh Hekmat ◽  
Ali Akbar Saboury ◽  
...  

Background: Chromene and anilinopyrimidine heterocyclics are attractive anticancer compounds that have inspired many researchers to design novel derivatives bearing improved anticancer activity. Methods: A series of pyrimidine-fused benzo[f]chromene derivatives 6a-x were synthesized as anticancer hybrids of 1H-benzo[f]chromenes and anilinopyrimidines. The inhibitory activity of the synthesized compounds 6a-x against cell viability of human chronic myelogenous leukemia (K562), human acute lymphoblastic leukemia (MOLT-4) and human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines was evaluated using MTT assay. The interaction of the most promising compound with calf-thymus DNA was also studied using spectrometric titrations and Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Results: Most compounds showed promising activity against tested cell lines. Among them, 2,4- dimethoxyanilino derivative 6g exhibited the best profile of activity against tested cell lines (IC50s = 1.6-6.1 μM) with no toxicity against NIH3T3 normal cell (IC50 >200 μM). The spectrometric studies exhibited that compound 6g binds to DNA strongly and may change DNA conformation significantly, presumably via a groove binding mechanism. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that the prototype compound 6g can be considered as a novel lead compound for the design and discovery of novel anticancer agents.

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 2124-2130
Author(s):  
Amany Belal

Background: For further exploration of the promising pyrrolizine scaffold and in continuation of our previous work, that proved the potential anticancer activity of the hit compound I, a new series of pyrrolizines 2-5 and 7-9 were designed and synthesized. Methods: Structures of the new compounds were confirmed by IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and elemental analysis. Antitumor activity for the prepared compounds against human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), liver (HEPG2) and colon (HCT116) cancer cell lines was evaluated using SRB assay method. Result: Compounds 2, 3 and 5 were the most potent on colon cancer cells, their IC50 values were less than 5 µM. Compounds 2, 3 and 8 were the most potent on liver cancer cells, their IC50 values were less than 10 µM. As for MCF7, compounds 2, 7, 8 and 9 were the most active with IC50 values less than 10 µM. We can conclude that combining pyrrolizine scaffold with urea gave abroad spectrum anticancer agent 2 against the three tested cell lines. Micronucleus assays showed that compounds 2, 3, 8 are mutagenic and can induce apoptosis. In addition, caspase-3 activation was evaluated and compound 2 showed increase in the level of caspase-3 (9 folds) followed by 3 (8.28 folds) then 8 (7.89 folds). Conclusion: The obtained results encourage considering these three compounds as novel anticancer prototypes.


Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 793-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Lemoli ◽  
T Igarashi ◽  
M Knizewski ◽  
L Acaba ◽  
A Richter ◽  
...  

Abstract We evaluated the potential role of photoradiation therapy with a benzoporphyrin derivative, monoacid ring A (BPD-MA), and dihematoporphyrin ether (DHE), for the ex vivo purging of residual tumor cells from autologous bone marrow (BM) grafts. BPD-MA and DHE photosensitizing activity was tested against two human large-cell lymphoma cell lines and colony-forming unit-leukemia (CFU-L) derived from patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). In mixing experiments, 4-log elimination of tumor cell lines was observed after 1 hour of incubation with 75 ng/mL of BPD-MA or 30 minutes of treatment with 12.5 micrograms/mL of DHE followed by white light exposure. By comparison, using the same concentration of BPD-MA, the mean recovery of normal BM progenitors was 4% +/- 0.8% (mean +/- SD) for granulocyte- macrophage colony-forming unit (CFU-GM) and 5% +/- 0.8% for burst- forming unit-erythroid (BFU-E). Similarly, DHE treatment resulted in the recovery of 5.2% +/- 2% and 9.8% +/- 3% of CFU-GM and BFU-E, respectively. Furthermore, equivalently cytotoxic concentrations of both DHE and BPD-MA and light were found not to kill normal pluripotent stem cells in BM, as demonstrated by their survival in two-step long- term marrow culture at levels equal to untreated controls. The T- lymphoblastic leukemia cell line CEM and its vinblastine (VBL)- resistant subline CEM/VBL, along with the acute promyelocyte leukemia cell line HL-60 and its vincristine (VCR)-resistant subline HL-60/VCR, were also tested. BPD-MA at 75 ng/mL was able to provide a greater than 4-log elimination of the drug-sensitive cell lines, but only a 34% and 55% decrease of the drug-resistant HL-60/VCR and CEM/VBL cell lines, respectively. On the contrary, 12.5 micrograms/mL of DHE reduced the clonogenic growth of all the cell lines by more than 4 logs. Further experiments demonstrated decreased uptake of both BPD-MA and DHE by the resistant cell lines. However, all the cell lines took up more DHE than BPD-MA under similar experimental conditions. Our results demonstrate the preferential cytotoxicity of BPD-MA and DHE toward neoplastic cell lines and CFU-L from AML patients. In addition, DHE was slightly more effective in purging tumor cells expressing the p-170 glycoprotein. These results suggest that photoradiation with DHE would be useful for in vitro purging of residual drug-resistant leukemia and lymphoma cells.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (5) ◽  
pp. 1916-1923 ◽  
Author(s):  
HJ Buhring ◽  
I Sures ◽  
B Jallal ◽  
FU Weiss ◽  
FW Busch ◽  
...  

The class I receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) HER2 is an oncoprotein that is frequently involved in the pathogenesis of tumors of epithelial origin. Here we report mRNA expression in peripheral blood and bone marrow cells from healthy donors in hematopoietic cell lines and leukemic blasts from patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), chronic lymphoblastic leukemia (CLL), and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, cell surface expression of HER2 protein (p185HER2) was found exclusively on a subset of leukemic cells of the B-lymphoblastic lineage. p185HER2 expression was found on blasts in 2 of 15 samples from infants, 9 of 19 samples from adult patients with C-ALL (CD19+CD10+), and 1 of 2 samples from patients with pro-B ALL (CD19+CD10-), whereas none of the leukemic cells from patients with AML (0/30), T-ALL (0/7), CLL (0/5) (CD19+CD5+), or CML in chronic and accelerated phase (0/5) or in blast crisis with myeloid differentiation (0/14) were positive for p185HER2. However, cells from 3 of 4 patients with CML in B-lymphoid blast crisis (CD19+CD10+) expressed high levels of p185HER2, which was also found on the surface of the CML-derived B-cell lines BV-173 and Nalm-1. Our study shows p185HER2 expression on malignant cells of hematopoietic origin for the first time. Aberrant expression of this oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase in hematopoietic cell types may be an oncogenic event contributing to the development of a subset of B- lymphoblastic leukemias.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Laura González ◽  
Mariana Belén Joray ◽  
Jerónimo Laiolo ◽  
María Inés Crespo ◽  
Sara María Palacios ◽  
...  

Plants are a significant reservoir of cytotoxic agents, including compounds with the ability to interfere with multidrug-resistant (MDR) cells. With the aim of finding promising candidates for chemotherapy, 91 native and naturalized plants collected from the central region of Argentina were screened for their cytotoxic effect toward sensitive and MDR P-glycoprotein (P-gp) overexpressing human leukemia cells by means of MTT assays. The ethanol extracts obtained from Aldama tucumanensis, Ambrosia elatior, Baccharis artemisioides, Baccharis coridifolia, Dimerostemma aspilioides, Gaillardia megapotamica, and Vernonanthura nudiflora presented outstanding antiproliferative activity at 50 μg/mL, with inhibitory values from 93 to 100%, when tested on the acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cell line CCRF-CEM and the resistant derivative CEM-ADR5000, while 70–90% inhibition was observed against the chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cell K562 and its corresponding resistant subline, Lucena 1. Subsequent investigation showed these extracts to possess marked cytotoxicity with IC50 values ranging from 0.37 to 29.44 μg/mL, with most of them being below 7 μg/mL and with ALL cells, including the drug-resistant phenotype, being the most affected. G. megapotamica extract found to be one of the most effective and bioguided fractionation yielded helenalin (1). The sesquiterpene lactone displayed IC50 values of 0.63, 0.19, 0.74, and 0.16 μg/mL against K562, CCRF-CEM, Lucena 1, and CEM/ADR5000, respectively. These results support the potential of these extracts as a source of compounds for treating sensitive and multidrug-resistant leukemia cells and support compound 1 as a lead for developing effective anticancer agents.


Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 4241-4241
Author(s):  
Stefan H. Faderl ◽  
Quin Van ◽  
Patricia E. Koch ◽  
David M. Harris ◽  
Inbal Hallevi ◽  
...  

Abstract Novel immunochemotherapy regimens combined with imatinib mesylate (IA) have significantly improved treatment outcome of Ph+ ALL. Nevertheless, most adult patients with Ph+ ALL relapse and succumb to their disease. Recent reports suggested that Jak-2 is engaged in the signaling of Bcr-Abl in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells. Because Jak-2 inhibitory agents are currently investigated in clinical trials, we sought to explore the role of Jak-2 in the signaling of Bcr-Abl in Ph+ ALL assuming that inhibition of Jak-2 might be beneficial in the treatment of Ph+ ALL. To do this, we used our Ph+ (p190) ALL cell lines Z-119 and Z-181 (Estrov et al. J Cell Physiol166: 618, 1996). We chose these cells because in both lines Jak-2 can be activated. Both Z-119 and Z-181 cells express granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) receptors and GM-CSF activates Jak-2 and stimulates the proliferation of both cell lines. Using a clonogenic assay, we found that IA inhibited the proliferation of these cells at concentrations ranging from 50 to 500 nM. Because Bcr-Abl was found to activate the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-5 in CML cells, we used Western immunoblotting and found that IA inhibited the phosphorylation (p) of STAT5 in a dose-dependent manner in Ph+ ALL cells. To test whether JAk-2 plays a role in Bcr-Abl (p190) signaling we incubated Z-181 cells for 4 hours with or without 50, 100, 250, and 500 nM IA, extracted cellular protein and immunoprecipitated total STAT5 protein. Then, using Western immunoblotting we detected the Bcr-Abl p190 protein in all STAT5 immunoprecipitates and by using specific pSTAT5 antibodies, we demonstrated that IA induced a dose-dependent reduction in the levels of pSTAT5, but not of p190 protein, suggesting that the p190 Bcr-Abl kinase binds to and activates STAT5. Remarkably, neither Jak-2 nor pJak-2 was detected in either immunoprecipitate. To further delineate the role of Jak-2 in Bcr-Abl signaling we extracted protein from Z-181 cells and immunoprecipitated Jak-2. Neither Bcr-Abl nor STAT5 was detected in these immunoprecipitates, confirming that Jak-2 does not bind Bcr-Abl p190 protein and does not participate in the activation of STAT5. Taken together, our data suggest that Bcr-Abl (p190) binds and phosphorylates STAT5 whereas, Jak-2 is not engaged in Bcr-Abl (p190) signaling in Ph+ ALL cells.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 1606-1616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehlika D. Altıntop ◽  
Belgin Sever ◽  
Ahmet Özdemir ◽  
Sinem Ilgın ◽  
Özlem Atlı ◽  
...  

Background and Methods: In an attempt to develop potent antitumor agents, the synthesis of a series of N-(6-substituted benzothiazol-2-yl)-2-[(5-(arylamino)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio]acetamides (1-14) was described and their cytotoxic effects on A549 human lung adenocarcinoma, MCF-7 human breast adenocarcinoma, HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma and NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast cell lines were investigated using MTT assay. <p> Results: Phenyl-substituted compounds (8-14) were found to be more effective than naphthyl-substituted compounds (1-7) on cancer cells. Compounds 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 were identified as the most potent anticancer agents on MCF-7 and HepG2 cell lines and therefore their effects on DNA synthesis and apoptosis/necrosis in MCF-7 cell line were evaluated. Among these compounds, N-(6-methoxybenzothiazol-2-yl)-2-[(5- (phenylamino)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio]acetamide (13) was the most selective anticancer agent against MCF-7 and HepG2 cell lines with a SI value of 100. On the other hand, compounds 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 inhibited DNA synthesis in MCF-7 cell line in a dose-dependent manner. Flow cytometric analyses clearly indicated that the compounds showed significant anticancer activity against MCF-7 cell line via the induction of apoptosis dose dependently. <p> Conclusion: According to in vitro assays, compounds 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 and 14 stand out as promising candidates for further studies.


Blood ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 114 (22) ◽  
pp. 4110-4110
Author(s):  
Yuping Gong ◽  
Xi Yang ◽  
Ting Niu

Abstract Abstract 4110 Objective To study the proliferative inhibition of imatinib, daunorubicin and bortezomib in two kinds of Ph(+) leukemia cell lines: chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line K562 expressing P210 protein and acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line SUP-B15 expressing P190 protein. Methods (1) Cell proliferation with imatinib, daunorubicin and bortezomib for 72 hours was analyzed by the MTT assay and displayed by growth curve and IC50 value. (2) The change of bcr-abl gene mRNA levels after the 48 hours' intervention of imatinib (final concentration at 0μM, 0.35μM, 1 μM) was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Results (1) The IC50 values of K562 and SUP-B15 cells inhibited by imatinib, daunorubicin and bortezomib for 72 hours was respectively 0.286±0.06 (μmol/L), 0.303±0.009 (μmol/L), 22.127±3.592 (nmol/L) and 1.387±0.180(μmol/L), 0.117±0.017 (μmol/L), 12.350±0.740 (nmol/L), which indicated that the K562 cell line was the more sensitive to imatinib than SUP-B15 cell line, whereas the SUP-B15 cell line had the more sensitivity to daunorubicin and bortezomib. (2) There was no change of bcr-abl gene expression after the 48 hours' intervention of imatinib in both cell lines. Conclusion (1) Imatinib, daunorubicin and bortezomib had good anti-cancer effect to Ph+ leukemia cells in vitro. What's more, the K562 cell was the more sensitive to imatinib and only imatinib will have good effect on chronic myelogenous leukemia. Whereas the SUP-B15 cell had the more sensitivity to daunorubicin and bortezomib and combining imatinib with daunorubicin or bortezomib, the effect will be better on Ph(+) acute lymphoblastic leukemia. (2) The short time intervention of imatinib had no effect on the bcr-abl gene expression and imatinib could need long time to show curative effect for the Ph+ leukemia. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.


Blood ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1240-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Pesando ◽  
J Ritz ◽  
H Lazarus ◽  
SB Costello ◽  
S Sallan ◽  
...  

A cytotoxic common ALL antiserum (CALLA) specific for leukemic cells of most patients with non-T-cel- acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and of some patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in blast crisis has been reproducibly prepared using cell lines for absorption. CALLA reacts with leukemic cells of 110 of 134 patients (82%) with non-T-cell ALL; 1 of 71 (1%) patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML); 2 of 7 patients (29%) with chronic myelogenous leukemia in blast crisis; 7 of 92 patients (8%) with other hematologic malignancies; and with the leukemic cell lines Laz 221 and NALM-1. It does not react with the normal hematopoietic cells, B- or T-cell lines, or cells from 26 patients with T-cell ALL that were tested. CALLA reactivity and periodic acid Schiff (PAS) staining correlate poorly, with CALLA reacting with cells from 86% (64 of 74) of patients with PAS-positive and 76% (29 of 38) of those with PAS-negative non-T-cell ALL. In these patients, CALLA reacts with cells from 89% of those under age 12 (78 of 88); 74% of those aged 12--20 (20 of 27); and 58% of those over 20 (11 of 19). Using only CALLA and antisera specific for Ia-like and T-cell antigens, we can now distinguish most cases of ALL from AML and other hematologic malignancies.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Reza Jassbi ◽  
Marzieh Vafapour ◽  
Ardeshir Shokrollahi ◽  
Omidreza Firuzi ◽  
Mehdi Zare ◽  
...  

Background: Two cembranoid diterpenes, [(1S, 2E, 4R, 6R, 7E, 11E)-2, 7, 11-cembratriene-4, 6-diol] (1) and its epimer [(1S, 2E, 4S, 6R,7E,11E)-2, 7, 11-cembratriene-4, 6-diol] (2) were isolated from surface dichloromethane washings and chloroform extract of Nicotiana sylvestris leaves. Methods: The compounds were purified using silica gel column- thin layer- and flash column chromatography methods. The structures of the isolated compounds were elucidated using spectroscopic analysis and their 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data were compared with those of authentic samples reported in the literature. The cytotoxic activity of 1 and 2 against three human cancer cell lines, including LS180 (human colon adenocarcinoma), MCF-7 (human breast adenocarcinoma) and MOLT-4 (human lymphoblastic leukemia) were evaluated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) colorimetric bioassay. Results: The IC50 values of compounds 1 and 2 were calculated to be between (28.4±3.7 up to 44.0±6.4 µM) (mean±S.E.M.) for the above mentioned cell lines.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Erguc ◽  
Mehlika Dilek Altintop ◽  
Ozlem Atli ◽  
Belgin Sever ◽  
Gokalp Iscan ◽  
...  

Background: In medicinal chemistry, thiazoles have gained great importance in antifungal and anticancer drug design and development. Objectives: The aim of this study was to synthesize new quinoline-based thiazolyl hydrazone derivatives and evaluate their anticandidal and anticancer effects. Methods: New thiazolyl hydrazone derivatives were evaluated for their anticandidal effects using disc diffusion method. Ames MPF assay was carried out to determine the genotoxicity of the most effective antifungal derivative. MTT assay was also performed to assess the cytotoxic effects of the compounds on A549 human lung adenocarcinoma, HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma, MCF- 7 human breast adenocarcinoma and NIH/3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast (healthy) cell lines. Methods: Results: 4-(4-Fluorophenyl)-2-(2-((quinolin-4-yl)methylene)hydrazinyl)thiazole (4) showed antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Candida krusei in the concentration of 1 mg/mL. In MTT and Ames MPF tests, it was determined that compound 4 did not show cytotoxic and genotoxic effects. MTT assay indicated that 4-(naphthalen-2-yl)-2-(2-((quinolin-4-yl)methylene) hydrazinyl)thiazole (10) showed more selective anticancer activity than cisplatin against A549 and MCF-7 cell lines. Besides, 4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2-((quinolin-4-yl)methylene)hydrazinyl)thiazole (5) exhibited more selective anticancer activity than cisplatin against HepG2 cell line. Conclusion: Due to their high selectivity index, these compounds are considered as candidate compounds to participate in further research.


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