scholarly journals Synthesis and In Vitro Anticancer Evaluation of Novel Chrysin and 7-Aminochrysin Derivatives

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 888 ◽  
Author(s):  
Szabolcs Mayer ◽  
Péter Keglevich ◽  
Péter Ábrányi-Balogh ◽  
Áron Szigetvári ◽  
Miklós Dékány ◽  
...  

Chrysin is a naturally occurring flavonoid with mild anticancer activity. In this paper we report the synthesis of new chrysin derivatives alkylated with N-phenylchloroacetamides in position 7. A novel method was developed for the preparation of 7-aminochrysin derivatives via the Smiles rearrangement, resulting in diphenylamine-type compounds. In silico studies of the Smiles rearrangement were performed. We also present the in vitro antiproliferative activity of the synthesized compounds against 60 human tumor cell lines (NCI60). The most potent derivative exhibited nanomolar antitumor activity on the MCF7 cell line of breast cancer (GI50 = 30 nM) and on the HCT-15 cell line of colon cancer (GI50 = 60 nM).

2012 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pitucha ◽  
J. Rzymowska ◽  
A. Olender ◽  
L. Grzybowska-Szatkowska

A series of 1,6-bis(3-substituted-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-on-4- yl)hexanes (3a-g) were synthesized by the cyclization reaction of 1,6-bis(1- substituted-semicarbazide-4-yl)hexanes (2a-g) in alkaline medium. New derivatives (3a-c) were screened in vitro for their antiproliferative and anticancer activity in human tumor cell lines derived from breast and lung carcinoma cells. Compounds 3a (in concentration of 0.18 mM), 3b (in concentrations of 0.12 mM and 0.02 mM) and 3c (in concentrations of 0.23 mM and 0.11 mM) were found to be the most effective against lung cell line. The compound (3a) had the most antiproliferative effect on breast carcinoma cell line. Representative compounds were established and evaluated as antimicrobial agents. All tested derivatives showed MIC in range 1.87-7.5 (?g/mL). The compound (3b) was the most effective against C. albicans (MIC 1.87 ?g/mL).


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-517
Author(s):  
Ognyan Ivanov Petrov ◽  
Yordanka Borisova Ivanova ◽  
Mariana Stefanova Gerova ◽  
Georgi Tsvetanov Momekov

Background: Chemotherapy is one of the mainstays of cancer treatment, despite the serious side effects of the clinically available anticancer drugs. In recent years increasing attention has been directed towards novel agents with improved efficacy and selectivity. Compounds with chalcone backbone have been reported to possess various biological activities such as anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, etc. It was reported that aminomethylation of hydroxy chalcones to the corresponding Mannich bases increased their cytotoxicity. In this context, our interest has been focused on the design and synthesis of the so-called multi-target molecules, containing two or more pharmacophore fragments. Methods: A series of Mannich bases were synthesized by the reaction between 6-[3-(3,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl)-2-propenoyl]-2(3Н)-benzoxazolone, formaldehyde, and a secondary amine. The structures of the compounds were confirmed by elemental analysis, IR and NMR spectra. The new Mannich bases were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity against a panel of human tumor cell lines, including BV-173, SKW-3, K-562, HL-60, HD-MY-Z and MDA-MB-231. The effects of selected compounds on the cellular levels of glutathione (GSH) were determined. Results: The new compounds 4a-e exhibited concentration-dependent cytotoxic effects at micromolar concentrations in MTT-dye reduction assay against a panel of human tumor cell lines, similar to those of starting chalcone 3. The tested agents led to concentration - dependent depletion of cellular GSH levels, whereby the effects of the chalcone prototype 3 and its Mannich base-derivatives were comparable. Conclusion: The highest chemosensitivity to the tested compounds was observed in BV- 173followed by SKW-3 and HL-60 cell lines.


Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Bashir Lawal ◽  
Yen-Lin Liu ◽  
Ntlotlang Mokgautsi ◽  
Harshita Khedkar ◽  
Maryam Rachmawati Sumitra ◽  
...  

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcriptional regulator of a number of biological processes including cell differentiation, proliferation, survival, and angiogenesis, while cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are a critical regulator of cell cycle progression. These proteins appear to play central roles in angiogenesis and cell survival and are widely implicated in tumor progression. In this study, we used the well-characterized US National Cancer Institute 60 (NCI60) human tumor cell lines to screen the in vitro anti-cancer activities of our novel small molecule derivatives (NSC765690 and NSC765599) of salicylanilide. Furthermore, we used the DTP-COMPARE algorithm and in silico drug target prediction to identify the potential molecular targets, and finally, we used molecular docking to assess the interaction between the compounds and prominent potential targets. We found that NSC765690 and NSC765599 exhibited an anti-proliferative effect against the 60 panels of NCI human cancer cell lines, and dose-dependent cytotoxic preference for NSCLC, melanoma, renal, and breast cancer cell lines. Protein–ligand interactions studies revealed that NSC765690 and NSC765599 were favored ligands for STAT3/CDK2/4/6. Moreover, cyclization of the salicylanilide core scaffold of NSC765690 mediated its higher anti-cancer activities and had greater potential to interact with STAT3/CDK2/4/6 than did NSC765599 with an open-ring structure. NSC765690 and NSC765599 met the required safety and criteria of a good drug candidate, and are thus worthy of further in-vitro and in-vivo investigations in tumor-bearing mice to assess their full therapeutic efficacy.


2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (10) ◽  
pp. 1271-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfredo Hernández ◽  
Juan Paz ◽  
Fernando Carrasco ◽  
Abraham Vaisberg ◽  
Jorge Manzur ◽  
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With the ligands 4-phenyl-1-(furan-2-carbaldehyde)thiosemicarbazone, HTSC1, (1), 4-phenyl-1- (5´-phenyl-furan-2-carbaldehyde)thiosemicarbazone, HTSC2 (2), o-methoxy-benzaldehydethiosemicarbazone, HTSC3 (3), and o-cyano-benzaldehydethiosemicarbazone, HTSC4 (4), the corresponding palladium(II) complexes, Pd(TSC1)2 (5), Pd(TSC2)2 (6), Pd(TSC3)2 (7), and Pd(TSC4)2 (8) were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis and spectroscopic techniques. The crystal structure of Pd(TSC3)2 (7) was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Complex 7 shows a squareplanar geometry, where two deprotonated ligands are coordinated to the PdII center through the nitrogen and sulfur atoms in a trans arrangement. In vitro antitumor studies against different human tumor cell lines have revealed that the palladium(II) complexes 5- 8 are more cytotoxic (IC50 values in the range of 0.21 - 3.79 μM) than their corresponding ligands (1 - 4) (> 60 μM). These results indicate that the antiproliferative activity is enhanced when thiosemicarbazone ligands are coordinated to the metal. Among the studied palladium(II) complexes, 8 exhibits high antitumor activity on K562 chronic myelogenous leukemia cells with a low value of the inhibitory concentration (IC50 = 0.21 μM).


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan M. Faidallah ◽  
Sherif A. F. Rostom ◽  
Khalid A. Khan

The synthesis of polysubstituted pyridines, in addition to some derived pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine ring systems supported with chemotherapeutically active functionalities, is described. They were evaluated for theirin vitrocytotoxic effects against three different human tumor cell lines (human colon carcinoma HT29, hepatocellular carcinoma Hep-G2, and Caucasian breast adenocarcinoma MCF7). Nine compounds displayed variable cytotoxic potential, among which alkylthio analogs33,34, and37emerged as the most active members, being almost twice as active as doxorubicin against the colon carcinoma HT29 cell line. In addition, the same three analogs showed a clear differential cytotoxic profile as they exhibited a marginal inhibitory effect on the growth of the normal nontransformed human foreskin fibroblast Hs27 cell line. Meanwhile, nineteen compounds were able to exhibit significant antibacterial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, together with moderate antifungal activities. The pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2(1H)-thione30together with its alkylthio derivatives33and34stemmed as the most active antimicrobial members being equipotent to ampicillin againstS. aureus,E. coli,andP. aeruginosa,together with a noticeable antifungal activity againstC. albicans.Compounds33and34could be considered as a promising template for possible dual antimicrobial-anticancer candidates.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesica M. Ramírez-Villalobos ◽  
César I. Romo-Sáenz ◽  
Karla S. Morán Santibañez ◽  
Patricia Tamez-Guerra ◽  
Ramiro Quintanilla-Licea ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Arid zone plants such as cacti are known to harbor diverse groups of endophytic fungi, which represent potential sources of new compounds with anticancer properties. In the present study we isolated, identified, and characterized Pachycereus marginatus (DC.) Britton & Ros endophytic fungi with cytotoxic activity against murine and human tumor cell lines.Methods: Endophytic fungi were isolated from P. marginatus stems. Methanol extracts were then obtained from fungi liquid cultures and their cytotoxic activity at concentrations ranging from 31 µg/ml to 250 µg/ml against murine L5178Y-R lymphoma, human colorectal adenocarcinoma HT-29, and human breast cancer MCF-7 was evaluated by the colorimetric 3-(4, 5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide reduction assay, using the normal cells Macacus rhesus monkey epitelial kidney MA-104 and human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) as controls. IC50 values were obtained and the selectivity index (SI) was calculated from the IC50 ratio of cancer cells and normal cells. Furthermore, molecular identification of fungi showing cytotoxic activity was determined by the internal transcribed spacer molecular marker.Results: The Cladosporium sp. PME-H008 strain showed significant (P < 0.01) 94.3% and 36.8% cytotoxicity against L5178Y-R and HT-29 cells, respectively. The highest SI was observed by L5178Y-R cells with 2.4 and 2.9 for MA-104 and PBMC respectively. In addition, the Metarhizium anisopliae PME-H007 strain was more effective against MCF-7 with 55.8% cytotoxicity. The lowest IC50 was obtained with the Aspergillus sp. PME-H005 strain at 95.21 µg/ml against the MCF-7 cell line, followed by PME-H008 strain at 101 µg/ml against L5178Y-R cells.Conclusion: P. marginatus endophytic fungi showed in vitro cytotoxic activity against murine and human tumor cell lines, without affecting normal cells.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1766 ◽  
pp. 9-17
Author(s):  
E. Klimova ◽  
J. Sánchez ◽  
M. Flores ◽  
S. Cortez ◽  
T. Ramírez ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe reactions of 2-cyano-3-ferrocenylacrylonitrile with malononitrile in a ROH/H2O medium in the presence of Na2CO3 afforded 6-alkoxy-2-amino-4-ferrocenylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles, 6-alkoxy-2-amino-4-ferrocenyl-3-ferrocenyl-methyl-3,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles and Na+ polymeric complexes: {[Na+(2-ferrocenyl(tetracyano)propenyl)−L]∞ and [Na+(2-amino-3,5-dicyano-4-ferrocenyl-6-pyridyl-dicyanomethyl)−L]∞ where L = ethanol, methanol. Complexes with L = acetonitrile (c), dimethylformamide (d), acetone (e), ethyl acetate (f) were prepared by recrystallization. The structures of the compounds 4b and Na+ polymeric complexes 5c and 6d, e were established by the spectroscopic data and X-ray diffraction analysis. Two compounds 3a and 4a were tested in vitro against six human tumor cell lines U-251, PC-3, K-562, HCT-15, MCF-7 and SKLU-1 to assess their in vitro antitumor activity. The results suggest biological specificity towards PC-3, K-562 and HCT-15 cells for compound 3a, and towards PC-3 cell for compound 4a at doses 50 μM, which are lower than Cisplatin IC50′s in the three cell lines.


2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1000501
Author(s):  
Ning Li ◽  
Wan Xiao ◽  
Bailing Hou ◽  
Xian Li

Two new cycloartane glycosides were isolated from the whole herbs of Camptosorus sibiricus Rupr. By means of chemical and spectroscopic methods (1D and 2D NMR, HRMS, ESIMS), the structures were established as (24 R)-3β,7β,24,25,30-pentahydroxycycloartane-30- O-coumaroyl-3- O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-24- O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1) and (24 R)-3β,7β,24,25,30-pentahydroxy-1-ene-cycloartane 24- O-β-D-glucopyranoside (2). The two new compounds were inactive in vitro against A375-S2 and Hela human tumor cell lines using the MTT method.


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