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Dai J, Zhang J, Fu D, Liu M, Zhang H, Tang S, Wang L, Xu S, Zhu W, Tang Q, Zheng P, Chen T. Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-(4-aminophenoxy)picolinamide derivatives as potential antitumor agents. Eur J Med Chem 2023; 257:115499. [PMID: 37229832 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
Abstract
Cancer is a leading cause of death in humans. Molecular targeted therapy for cancer has become a research hotspot as it is associated with low toxicity and high efficiency. In this study, a total of 36 derivatives of 4-(4-aminophenoxy)pyridinamide were designed and synthesized, based on the analysis of the binding patterns of cabozantinib and BMS-777607 to MET protein. Most target compounds exhibited moderate to excellent antiproliferative activity against three different cell lines (A549, HeLa and MCF-7). A total of 7 compounds had stronger inhibitory activities than cabozantinib, and the IC50 value of the most promising compound 46 was 0.26 μM against the A549 cells, which was 2.4 times more active than that of cabozantinib. The structure-activity relationship of the target compounds was analyzed and summarized, and the action mechanism was discussed. The acridine orange (AO) staining assay and cell cycle apoptosis revealed that compound 46 dose-dependently induced apoptosis of A549 cells, and blocked the cells mainly in G0/G1 phase. The IC50 value of compound 46 on c-Met kinase was 46.5 nM. Further docking studies and molecular dynamics simulations signaled that compound 46 formed four key hydrogen bonds to c-Met kinase, and these key amino acids played a major role in binding free energy. In addition, compound 46 also showed good pharmacokinetic characteristics in rats. In conclusion, compound 46 is a promising antitumor agent.
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- Jintian Dai
- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China; Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China; Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China; Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430000, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China; Chemical Biology Research Center, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
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- Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Evaluation, School of Pharmacy, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang, 330013, China.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, China.
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Al-Otaibi JS, Mary YS, Mary YS, Thirunavukkarasu M, Trivedi R, Chakraborty B. Conformational, Reactivity Analysis, Wavefunction-Based Properties, Molecular Docking and Simulations of a Benzamide Derivative with Potential Antitumor Activity-DFT and MD Simulations. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2039229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jamelah S. Al-Otaibi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Physics, Indo-American College, Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, India
- Department of Physics, Thiru A. Govindasamy Govt. Arts College, Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
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- High Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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Huang D, Yang J, Zhang Q, Wang G, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Li J. Structure-guided design and development of novel N-phenylpyrimidin-2-amine derivatives as potential c-Met inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 223:113648. [PMID: 34175535 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The HGF/Met signaling pathway is over-expressed in many types of cancers and closely related to oncogenesis and metastasis. Thus, we developed novel N-phenylpyrimidin-2-amine derivatives to test their inhibitory activities towards c-Met kinase, and most of the compounds (15a-i, 15o-r, 20 and 34a-c) could inhibit the target with IC50 values from 550.8 nM to 15.0 nM. Subsequently, compound 15b, 15d, 15f, 15i, 15o, 15r, 20, 34a and 34b also showed high antiproliferative activities in c-Met sensitive tumor cell lines (PC-3, Panc-1, HepG2, HCT116 and Caki-1) with IC50 values from 0.53 to 1.37 μM. The lead compound 34a displayed outstanding c-Met inhibitory activity (IC50: 15.0 nM) and antiproliferative activities. Furthermore, 34a also performed favorable pharmacokinetic properties in mice (F%: 59.3) and an acceptable safety profile in preclinical studies. Further docking studies showed a common interaction of 34a with c-Met at the ATP-binding site, which indicated that 34a could be a potential candidate for c-Met inhibitors.
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- Daowei Huang
- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, 201203, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, 201203, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, 201203, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China.
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- Novel Technology Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, Shanghai, 201203, China; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Pharmaceutical Process, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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