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Bukhari SNA, Alsahli TG, Ejaz H, Ahmed N, Ahmad W, Elsherif MA, Alotaibi NH, Junaid K, Janković N. Dual activity of indolin-2-ones containing an arylidene motif: DNA and BSA interaction. RSC Adv 2023; 13:28139-28147. [PMID: 37753394 PMCID: PMC10518658 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra04997c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
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Applying a multistep approach, novel indolin-2-ones (IND) that possess an arylidene motif have been synthesized. Eight compounds were chosen for different biological tests (antimicrobial and cytotoxicity). IND containing 2-thienyl (4h) fragment have been found to exhibit good antimicrobial activity against B. cereus. Molecules that have 3-aminophenyl (4d) or 2-pyridyl (4g) groups have shown the best antifungal activities against all tested fungi. These compounds have also been noticed as promising pharmaceuticals against MCF-7 cancer cell lines. Experimental outcomes from the investigation of the interaction of 4d with DNA implied its moderate binding to DNA (KSV = 1.35 × 104 and 3.05 × 104 M-1 for EB and Hoechst binder, respectively). However, considerably stronger binding of 4d to BSA has been evidenced (Ka = 6.1 × 106 M-1). In summary, IND that contains m-aminobenzylidene fragment (4d) exhibits a good dual biological activity making it a promising candidate for further investigation in the drug discovery sector.
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- Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University Sakaka Al Jouf 72388 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University Sakaka Al Jouf 72388 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University Sakaka Al Jouf 72388 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University Sakaka Al Jouf 72388 Saudi Arabia
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- Discipline of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Gelugor 11800 Penang Malaysia
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- Chemistry Department, College of Science, Jouf University Sakaka Al Jouf 72388 Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University Sakaka 72388 Saudi Arabia
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- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London London E1 4NS UK
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- University of Kragujevac, Institute for Information of Technologies Kragujevac, Department of Science Jovana Cvijića bb 34000 Kragujevac Serbia
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Sanap D, Avhad L, Ghotekar S, Gaikwad ND. An expedient synthesis of C3-arylidene-oxindole derivatives using calcite nanoflowers as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2022.110387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Abdelgawad MA, Hayallah AM, Bukhari SNA, Musa A, Elmowafy M, Abdel-Rahman HM, Abd El-Gaber MK. Design, Synthesis, Molecular Modeling, and Anticancer Evaluation of New VEGFR-2 Inhibitors Based on the Indolin-2-One Scaffold. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:1416. [PMID: 36422546 PMCID: PMC9698773 DOI: 10.3390/ph15111416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 11/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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A new series of indoline-2-one derivatives was designed and synthesized based on the essential pharmacophoric features of VEGFR-2 inhibitors. Anti-proliferative activities were assessed for all derivatives against breast (MCF-7) and liver (HepG2) cancer cell lines, using sunitinib as a reference agent. The most potent anti-proliferative derivatives were evaluated for their VEGFR-2 inhibition activity. The effects of the most potent inhibitor, 17a, on cell cycle, apoptosis, and expression of apoptotic markers (caspase-3&-9, BAX, and Bcl-2) were studied. Molecular modeling studies, such as docking simulations, physicochemical properties prediction, and pharmacokinetic profiling were performed. The results revealed that derivatives 5b, 10e, 10g, 15a, and 17a exhibited potent anticancer activities with IC50 values from 0.74-4.62 µM against MCF-7 cell line (sunitinib IC50 = 4.77 µM) and from 1.13-8.81 µM against HepG2 cell line (sunitinib IC50 = 2.23 µM). Furthermore, these compounds displayed potent VEGFR-2 inhibitory activities with IC50 values of 0.160, 0.358, 0.087, 0.180, and 0.078 µM, respectively (sunitinib IC50 = 0.139 µM). Cell cycle analysis demonstrated the ability of 17a to induce a cell cycle arrest of the HepG2 cells at the S phase and increase the total apoptosis by 3.5-fold. Moreover, 17a upregulated the expression levels of apoptotic markers caspase-3 and -9 by 6.9-fold and 3.7-fold, respectively. In addition, 17a increased the expression level of BAX by 2.7-fold while decreasing the expression level of Bcl-2 by 1.9-fold. The molecular docking simulations displayed enhanced binding interactions and similar placement as sunitinib inside the active pocket of VEGFR-2. The molecular modeling calculations showed that all the test compounds were in accordance with Lipinski and Veber rules for oral bioavailability and had promising drug-likeness behavior.
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- Mohamed A. Abdelgawad
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sphinx University, New Assiut 71515, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Aljouf 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University, Assiut 2014101, Egypt
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Sánchez-González R, Leyton P, Aguilar LF, Reyna-Jeldes M, Coddou C, Díaz K, Mellado M. Resveratrol-Schiff Base Hybrid Compounds with Selective Antibacterial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and Computational Study. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10081483. [PMID: 35893541 PMCID: PMC9330556 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10081483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nowadays, antimicrobial resistance is a serious concern associated with the reduced efficacy of traditional antibiotics and an increased health burden worldwide. In response to this challenge, the scientific community is developing a new generation of antibacterial molecules. Contributing to this effort, and inspired by the resveratrol structure, five new resveratrol-dimers (9a−9e) and one resveratrol-monomer (10a) were synthetized using 2,5-dibromo-1,4-diaminobenzene (8) as the core compound for Schiff base bridge conformation. These compounds were evaluated in vitro against pathogenic clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus sp., and Listeria monocytogenes. Antibacterial activity measurements of resveratrol-Schiff base derivatives (9a−9e) and their precursors (4−8) showed high selectivity against Listeria monocytogenes, being 2.5 and 13.7 times more potent than chloramphenicol, while resveratrol showed an EC50 > 320 µg/mL on the same model. Moreover, a prospective mechanism of action for these compounds against L. monocytogenes strains was proposed using molecular docking analysis, finding a plausible inhibition of internalin C (InlC), a surface protein relevant in bacteria−host interaction. These results would allow for the future development of new molecules for listeriosis treatment based on compound 8.
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- Rodrigo Sánchez-González
- Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2373223, Chile; (R.S.-G.); (P.L.); (L.F.A.)
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- Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2373223, Chile; (R.S.-G.); (P.L.); (L.F.A.)
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- Instituto de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2373223, Chile; (R.S.-G.); (P.L.); (L.F.A.)
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo 1781421, Chile; (M.R.-J.); (C.C.)
- Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Pain (MiNuSPain), Santiago 8330025, Chile
- Núcleo para el Estudio del Cáncer a Nivel Básico, Aplicado y Clínico, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo 1781421, Chile; (M.R.-J.); (C.C.)
- Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Pain (MiNuSPain), Santiago 8330025, Chile
- Núcleo para el Estudio del Cáncer a Nivel Básico, Aplicado y Clínico, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta 1270709, Chile
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso 2390123, Chile
- Correspondence: (K.D.); (M.M.)
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- Instituto de Investigación y Postgrado, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago 8330507, Chile
- Correspondence: (K.D.); (M.M.)
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Çevik U, Celik I, Mella J, Mellado M, Özkay Y, Kaplancıklı ZA. Design, Synthesis, and Molecular Modeling Studies of a Novel Benzimidazole as an Aromatase Inhibitor. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:16152-16163. [PMID: 35571854 PMCID: PMC9097188 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this study, a series of novel 1,3,4-oxadiazole-benzimidazole derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their cytotoxic activities against five cancer cell lines, including A549, MCF-7, C6, HepG2, and HeLa, were evaluated by the MTT assay. The compounds 5b,c showed satisfactory potencies with much higher anticancer activity in comparison to the reference drug doxorubicin against the studied cancer cell lines. In vitro, enzymatic inhibition assays of aromatase (ARO) enzymes were performed. Molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and binding free energy analyses were used to better understand the structure-activity connections and mechanism of action of the aromatase inhibitors. Two types of satisfactory 3D-QSAR (CoMFA and CoMSIA) models were generated, to predict the inhibitory activities of the novel inhibitors. Molecular docking studies were also carried out to find their binding sites and types of their interactions with the aromatase enzyme. Additionally, molecular dynamics simulations were performed to explore the most likely binding modes of compounds 5b,c with CYP19A1.
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- Ulviye
Acar Çevik
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskişehir 26470, Turkey
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Erciyes University, Kayseri 38039, Turkey
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- Institute
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Valparaíso, Av. Great Britain, 1111 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Institute
of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Pontificia
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Av. Universidad 330, Curauma, 0000 Valparaíso, Chile
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskişehir 26470, Turkey
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Anadolu University, Eskişehir 26470, Turkey
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Taha I, Keshk EM, Khalil AGM, Fekri A. Benzocaine as a precursor of promising derivatives: synthesis, reactions, and biological activity. CHEMICAL PAPERS 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11696-021-01808-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mellado M, Reyna-Jeldes M, Weinstein-Oppenheimer C, Coddou C, Jara-Gutierrez C, Villena J, Aguilar LF. Inhibition of Caco-2 and MCF-7 cancer cells using chalcones: synthesis, biological evaluation and computational study. Nat Prod Res 2021; 36:4410-4416. [PMID: 34583595 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1984465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cancer is the second death cause worldwide, with breast and colon cancer among the most prevalent types. Traditional treatment strategies have several side effects that inspire the development of novel anticancer agents derived from natural sources, like chalcone derivatives. For this investigation, twenty-three chalcones (4a-w) were synthesized and evaluated as antiproliferative agents against MCF-7 and Caco-2 cells, finding three and two compounds with similar or higher antiproliferative activity than daunorubicin, while only two chalcones showed better selectivity indexes than daunorubicin on MCF-7. From these results, we developed good-performance QSAR models (r > 0.850, q2>0.650), finding several structural features that could modify chalcone activity and selectivity. According to these models, chalcones 4w and 4t have high potency and selectivity against Caco-2 and MCF-7, respectively, which make them attractive candidates for hit-to-lead development of ROS-independent pro apoptotic agents.
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- Marco Mellado
- Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.,Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Pain (MiNuSPain), Santiago, Chile
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- Facultad de Química y Farmacia, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.,Centro de Investigación Farmacopea Chilena, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile.,Millennium Nucleus for the Study of Pain (MiNuSPain), Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioensayos, Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CIB), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Bioensayos, Facultad de Medicina, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CIB), Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Química, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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