scholarly journals SYNTHESIS OF SOME 2,3-DIHYDRO-1,3,4-OXADIAZOLES AND 4,5-DIHYDRO-1,2,4-TRIAZOLES AS ANTICANCER AGENTS

Author(s):  
TAWFEEK A. YAHYA ◽  
JALAL H. ABDULLAH

Objective: The main objective of this work was to synthesize and evaluate the novel 2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazole and 4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazole derivatives for cytotoxic activities. Methods: The 2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives 4a-h were synthesized by cyclization of N'-(substituted-benzylidene) isonicotinohydrazide 3a-e in refluxing acetic anhydride. The 2,3-dihydro-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives 4a-h were converted into the corresponding 4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazoles 5a-h using ammonia. All the synthesized compounds were identified, depending on the physical and spectral data. Title compounds were assessed for their cytotoxic activity against human cancer cell line (MCF-7) by using Sulforhodamine B (SRB) colorimetric assay. Results: All the synthesized compounds showed characteristic peaks in FTIR, 1HNMR and Mass spectral analysis. The results of the in vitro cytotoxic activity revealed that the compound 4c exhibited equipotent cytotoxic activity with an IC50 value of 8.04 µM when compared with that of standard drug doxorubicin (IC50= 8.02 µM). The reminder compounds have shown good to moderate cytotoxic activities when compared with that of a reference standard. Conclusion: We synthesized a series of title compounds in quantitative yields. Most derivatives showed moderate to good cytotoxic activity.  

Marine Drugs ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reda F. A. Abdelhameed ◽  
Eman S. Habib ◽  
Nermeen A. Eltahawy ◽  
Hashim A. Hassanean ◽  
Amany K. Ibrahim ◽  
...  

Bioactivity-guided isolation supported by LC-HRESIMS metabolic profiling led to the isolation of two new compounds, a ceramide, stylissamide A (1), and a cerebroside, stylissoside A (2), from the methanol extract of the Red Sea sponge Stylissa carteri. Structure elucidation was achieved using spectroscopic techniques, including 1D and 2D NMR and HRMS. The bioactive extract’s metabolomic profiling showed the existence of various secondary metabolites, mainly oleanane-type saponins, phenolic diterpenes, and lupane triterpenes. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of the isolated compounds was tested against two human cancer cell lines, MCF-7 and HepG2. Both compounds, 1 and 2, displayed strong cytotoxicity against the MCF-7 cell line, with IC50 values at 21.1 ± 0.17 µM and 27.5 ± 0.18 µM, respectively. They likewise showed a promising activity against HepG2 with IC50 at 36.8 ± 0.16 µM for 1 and IC50 30.5 ± 0.23 µM for 2 compared to the standard drug cisplatin. Molecular docking experiments showed that 1 and 2 displayed high affinity to the SET protein and to inhibitor 2 of protein phosphatase 2A (I2PP2A), which could be a possible mechanism for their cytotoxic activity. This paper spreads light on the role of these metabolites in holding fouling organisms away from the outer surface of the sponge, and the potential use of these defensive molecules in the production of novel anticancer agents.


2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Gracia-Mora ◽  
Lena Ruiz-Ramírez ◽  
Celedonio Gómez-Ruiz ◽  
Mabel Tinoco-Méndez ◽  
Adriana Márquez-Quiñones ◽  
...  

We synthesized a novel anticancer agents based on mixed chelate copper (II) complexes, named Casiopeínas® has of general formula [Cu(N-N)(N-O)H2O]NO3 (where, N-N = diimines as 1,10- phenanthroline, 2,2-bipyridine, or substituted and N-O=aminoeidate or [Cu(N-N)(O-O)H2O]NO3 (where NN= diimines as 10-phenanthroline, 2,2-bipyridine or substituted Casiopeínas I, II, IV, V, VI, VII VIII and O-O=acetylacetonate, salicylaldehidate Casiopínas III). We evaluated the in vitro antitumor activity using a human cancer cell panel and some nurine cancer cells. Eleven Casiopeinas are evaluated in order to acquire some structure-activity correlations and some monodentated Casiopeinäs analogues; cisplatinum was used as control drug. The 50% growth inhibition observed is, in all cases reach with concentrations of Casiopeina's 10 or 100 times lower than cisplatinum. In a previous work we reported the induction of apoptosis by Casiopeina II. The results indicate that Casiopeinass are a promising new anticancer drug candidates to be developed further toward clinical trials.


Author(s):  
Pravinkumar Patil ◽  
Sainath Zangade

A series of binary metal complexes [halo, hydroxyl and methoxy sub-stituted bis (2-(E) acryloyl)naphthalen-1-yl)oxy)Cu(II) and Zn(II) (C1-C10)] of Cu2+ and Zn2+ ions derived from bi-coordinated hydroxylated 1,3-diaryl-2- -propene-1-ones were synthesized. The newly synthesized metal complexes were structurally determined by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13CNMR, ESR spectral, XRD and TGA analysis. The FT-IR and ESR studies demonstrated that interactions between metal ions with ligands occur through carbonyl oxygen and deprotonated hydroxyl oxygen and corresponds to square-planar geometry for all complexes. In-vitro the metal complexes were screened and evaluated for their antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity. The complexes C1 and C4 showed the significant antimicrobial activity while the remaining complexes were showed the moderately antimicrobial activity against the tested pathogens. The complexes were evaluated for cytotoxic activity against the organism Artemia salina. The complexes C2, C3, C4 and C5 were showed the LC50 values as 630.45, 969.99, 921.94 and 918.41 ?M mL-1 respectively. Further complexes were evaluated for anticancer activity against liver cancer cell line (Hep G2) in comparison with 5-fluorouracil standard. The complex C5 showed the significant IC50 value 58.94 ?g mL-1. Therefore the present study is useful to develop the new class of antimicrobial and anticancer agents.


Synlett ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anh Tuan Tran ◽  
Chien Van Tran ◽  
Hai Van Le ◽  
Loc Van Tran ◽  
Thao Thi Phuong Tran ◽  
...  

AbstractSynthesis of tubulysin analogues, containing an N-methyl substituent on tubuvaline-amide together with the replacement of either the hydrophobic N-terminal N-methyl pipecolic acid (Mep) or at both N- and C- terminal peptides with available heteroaromatic acids and an unsaturated tubuphenylalanine moiety, respectively, were described. The in vitro cytotoxic activity by SRB assay on five cancer cell lines for sixteen tubulysins was evaluated. Among them, five analogues exhibited strong cytotoxic activities against five human cancer cell lines, including human breast carcinoma (MCF7), human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT-29), HL-60, SW-480, human lung adenocarcinoma (A459). Interestingly, one analogue showed the strongest cytotoxicity on all five tested cell lines even much higher toxicity than the reference compound ellipticine.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Hua Lin ◽  
Bao Yan Zhang ◽  
Zhi Chao Chen ◽  
Jian Feng Wei

Abstract: A new β-dihydroagarofuran-type sesquiterpenoid named 1α,2α,5α,11-tetraacetoxy-8α-(trans-p-coumaroyl)-β-dihydroagarofuran (1), together with five known compounds (2-6) were isolated from the CHCl3-soluble extract of the stems of Celastrus orbiculatus. The structure of new compound was elucidated with spectroscopic physico-chemical analyses. All isolates were evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against four human cancer lines including HepG2, MCF-7, A549 and HCT-116 cells. Among them, compounds 1 and 6 showed potent cytotoxic activities on HepG2 cells with IC50 values of 8.78 ± 2.31 and 10.28 ± 1.15 μM, respectively. In addition, compound 6 exhibited significant cytotoxic activity on HCT-116 cells with IC50 value of 6.37 ± 2.52 μM


2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 783-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essam M. Hussein ◽  
Hossa F. Al-Shareef ◽  
Amany H. Aboellil ◽  
Heba A. Elhady

AbstractA series of novel substituted 6′-(4-chlorophenyl)-3,4′-bipyridine-3′-carbonitriles with incorporated pyrazole and/or triazole moieties have been synthesized using 2-(6′-(4-chlorophenyl)-3′-cyano-3,4′-bipyridin-2′-yloxy)acetohydrazide (3) as starting material. Also, the key intermediate 3 reacted with aromatic aldehydes and tosyl chloride to give the corresponding Schiff bases and tosyl hydrazide derivatives, respectively. The antimicrobial of these newly synthesized compounds was evaluated against Bacillus subtilis as Gram-positive bacteria and Trichoderma viride as a fungus; some of these compounds such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 14 showed excellent activities as antimicrobial agents. Moreover, the cytotoxic activity of the most active compounds was assessed in vitro against human tumor liver cancer cell line (HEPG2); compounds 8, 10, 13a, and 14 showed potent activities relative to Doxorubicin which was used as a reference standard drug in this study.


2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asif Husain ◽  
Silky Bedi ◽  
Shazia Parveen ◽  
Shah Alam Khan ◽  
Aftab Ahmad ◽  
...  

Abstract In the present study, a novel series of new furanone-based benzothiazole derivatives (4a-j) were synthesized from 4-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-4-oxobutanoic acid (3) as potential anticancer agents. In vitro cytotoxicity against three human cancer cell lines (A549, MCF7, and DUI45) revealed substantial activity. Di-substituted compound, 4i emerged as a promising anticancer compound which showed IC50 values of 7.2 ± 0.5, 6.6 ± 1.4, and 7.3 ± 0.1 µM against A549, MCF7, and DUI45 cell lines, respectively. Four compounds 4c, 4e, 4f, and 4i evaluated for their acute toxicity were found to be non-toxic on the two vital organs (liver and heart). Further, these compounds were found to be more efficient and less hepatotoxic in comparison to standard drug doxorubicin. Molecular docking studies carried out with VEGFR-2 revealed compounds 4a and 4i as potential VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors. In silico ADME evaluation was carried out to estimate and predict drug-likeness. Compound 4i demonstrated the best ADME parameters. Based on the results of docking analyses, ADME, and in vitro cytotoxicity, compound 4i is identified as the lead compound for further development of anticancer agents.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 1267-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annapratima G. Nikalje ◽  
Pramod A. Gawhane ◽  
Shailee V. Tiwari ◽  
Jaiprakash N. Sangshetti ◽  
Manoj G. Damale

Background: Regardless of recent advances in the development of clinically authorized anticancer agents the number of deaths due to cancer is increasing day by day all over the world. The aim of this research work is to synthesis novel anticancer agents. Method: In this work, a new series of diethyl ((1H-indole-3-yl)((5-phenyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-yl)amino) methyl)phosphonate derivatives 6(a-j) were designed and synthesized in Ultrasound by green protocol using Kabachnik-Fields reaction. The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral analysis such as elemental analyses, IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 31P NMR and mass spectra. The synthesized compounds 6(a-j) were appraised for their in vitro anticancer activity against human cancer cell lines such as SK-MEL-2 (melanoma), IMR-32 (Neuroblastoma), HT-29(Colon) and also on normal murine embryonic fibroblast NIH/3T3 by Sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay, using Adriamycin as a standard drug. Result: The treatment of SK-MEL-2 cancer cells with 6i showed apoptosis and morphological changes like cell shrinkage, cell wall deformation and reduced number of viable cells. The synthesized derivatives were also evaluated for their anti-tyrosinase effect. Nearly all the tested derivatives have been found to be potent tyrosinase inhibitors. Conclusion: Nearly all the compounds were tested, the docking study was performed and indicates that the compounds have good binding interactions with tyrosine kinase enzyme. Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Elimination (ADME) properties of the synthesized compounds were also analyzed which manifested their potentiality to thrive as good oral drug candidates.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (16) ◽  
pp. 3709
Author(s):  
Yi-hong Lu ◽  
Ming-cang Chen ◽  
Fang Liu ◽  
Zhou Xu ◽  
Xiao-ting Tian ◽  
...  

We selectively oxidized the C-23 hydroxyl group in an asiatic acid (AA) derivative and then, for the first time with AA, modification of the C-23 carboxyl group was conducted to synthesize a series of new AA derivatives. The evaluation of their cytotoxic activities against two human cancer cell lines (SKOV-3 and HCT116) using the MTT assay in vitro revealed a distinctive structure activity relationship (SAR) associated with the intramolecular hydrogen bonding of the amide moiety at C-23. According to the established SAR, the cytotoxic activities of four promising compounds were then evaluated against MCF-7, A549, A2780, HepG2 and HL-60 cancer cell lines. Compound 10 had the best cytotoxic activity among all tested derivatives in the HL-60 cell line, giving IC50 = 0.47 μM, while showing no cytotoxic effect against human normal cells (HUVEC).


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-82
Author(s):  
Zeinab Faghih ◽  
Zahra Rezaei ◽  
Akram Jamshidzade ◽  
Aboozar Keshavarz ◽  
Soghra Khabnadideh

Azole derivatives are an important class of compounds in medicinal chemistry with a wide variety of biological activities. We previously described synthesis and antimicrobial evaluations of some new Azole derivatives. Most of our compounds showed desirable activity against different species of microorganisms. Here, we chose seventeen of these compounds, in four different groups including imidazole (group a, 1a-6a), 2-methylimidazole (group b, 1b-4b), 2-methyl-4-nitroimidazole (group c, 1c-4c) and benzimidazole (group d, 1d-3d) to further evaluate their cytotoxic activities against a human cancer cell line (HepG2) in comparison to cisplatin using colorimetric MTT cytotoxic assay. We also compared their cytotoxic activities with clotrimazole to find the safer compounds as antimicrobial agents. Our results indicated that Azole compounds including 2b, 4c, 2d and 3d displayed desirable anti-tumor activities against HepG2 (IC50<50μM) and might be considered as potential anticancer agents for further studies. The o her compounds with less cytotoxicity compared to clotrimazole could introduce as good candidates for antimicrobial agents.


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