Synthesis, biological activity screening and molecular modeling study of acylaminoacetamide derivatives

In this study, non-rigid analogs of thalidomide have been designed in order to develop potentially active, more effective and safer lead molecules for disorders caused or contributed by inflammation. Five different series of acylaminoacetamide compounds were synthesized, and the biological inhibitory potency of the title compounds has been determined by evaluating their effects on COX-2 isoenzyme expression and PGE2 production in A549 (human lung adenocarcinoma) cell lines. Among the studied series, N-[2-(isopropylamino)-2-oxoethyl]isonicotinamide is the most active inhibitory compound on COX-2 isoenzyme expression, and N-[2-oxo-2-(pyrolydine-1-yl)etyl]isonicotinamide is the most active inhibitory compound on the biosynthesis of PGE2. Molecular docking studies and molecular dynamics simulations were also applied to investigate non-covalent interactions of the most active compounds inside the active side of the crystal structure of murine cyclooxygenase 2 (mCOX-2) isoenzyme. © 2015 Springer Science+Business Media New York

Evaluation of alkylating and intercalating properties of mannich bases for cytotoxic activity

A series of new "hybrid compounds", Mannich base derivatives of planar polycyclic/heterocyclic starting materials, was designed and synthesized. The structures of the compounds were confirmed by spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. Cytotoxicity of compounds was investigated in three cancer cell lines (PC3, HeLa, and MCF7) and one non-tumoral cell line (293 HEK). We tested the DNA-intercalating capability of the molecules by ethidium bromide (EtBr) fluorescence displacement experiment. Compounds' alkylation potency was investigated via in vitro incubation test using 2-mercaptoethanol, a biomimetic nucleophile. The five of the compounds (7s, 9d, 10b, 11b, 12c) are reported for first time in the literature. Our results suggest that compound 9d has a biological activity close to the reference compound doxorubicin, an intercalating agent in clinical use. © 2014 Bentham Science Publishers

Identification of a Noncanonical Necrotic Cell Death Triggered via Enhanced Proteolysis by a Novel Sapogenol Derivative

PubMed: 33136369Small molecules which activate distinct cell death pathways have promising high potential for anticancer drug research. Especially, regulated necrosis draws attention as an alternative cell death mechanism to overcome the drug resistance. Here, we report that a new semisynthetic saponin analogue (AG-08) triggers necrotic cell death with unprecedented pathways. AG-08-mediated necrosis depends on enhanced global proteolysis involving calpains, cathepsins, and caspases. Moreover, AG-08 generates several alterations in lysosomal function and physiology including membrane permeabilization, redistribution toward the perinuclear area, and lastly excessive tubulation. As a consequence of lysosomal impairment, the autophagic process was abolished via AG-08 treatment. Collectively, in addition to its ability to induce necrotic cell death, which makes AG-08 a promising candidate to cope with drug resistance, its unique activity mechanisms including autophagy/lysosome impairment and enhancement of proteolysis leading a strong death capacity emphasizes its potential for anticancer drug research

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel naphthoquinone-4-aminobenzensulfonamide/carboxamide derivatives as proteasome inhibitors

A series of novel 4-aminobenzensulfonamide/carboxamide derivatives bearing naphthoquinone pharmacophore were designed, sythesized and evaluated for their proteasome inhibitory and antiproliferative activities against human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral and elemental analyses. The proteasome inhibitory activity studies were carried out using cell-based assay. The antiproteasomal activity results revealed that most of the compounds exhibited inhibitory activity with different percentages against the caspase-like (C-L, ?1 subunit), trypsin-like (T-L, ?2 subunit) and chymotrypsin-like (ChT-L, ?5 subunit) activities of proteasome. Among the tested compounds, compound 14 bearing 5-chloro-2-pyridyl ring on the nitrogen atom of sulfonamide group is the most active compound in the series and displayed higher inhibition with IC50 values of 9.90 ± 0.61, 44.83 ± 4.23 and 22.27 ± 0.15 ?M against ChT-L, C-L and T-L activities of proteasome compared to the lead compound PI-083 (IC50 = 12.47 ± 0.21, 53.12 ± 2.56 and 26.37 ± 0.5 ?M), respectively. The antiproliferative activity was also determined by MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide) assay in vitro. According to the antiproliferative activity results, all of the compounds exhibited cell growth inhibitory activity in a range of IC50 = 1.72 ± 0.14–20.8 ± 0.5 ?M and compounds 13 and 28 were found to be the most active compounds with IC50 values of 1.79 ± 0.21 and 1.72 ± 0.14 ?M, respectively. Furthermore, molecular modeling studies were carried out for the compounds 13, 14 and 28 to investigate the ligand-enzyme binding interactions. © 2020 Elsevier Masson SAS116S300 Ege Üniversitesi: 14ECZ042 Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu, TÜBITAKThis study was supported by grants from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK, Project Number: 116S300 ) and Ege University (Project Number: 14ECZ042 ). The authors thank also to the Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Centre (FABAL) at Ege University, Faculty of Pharmacy for spectral and elemental analyses of the compounds