- Discovery of novel triazolophthalazine derivatives as DNA intercalators and topoisomerase II inhibitors
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A new series of triazolophthalazine derivatives was designed and synthesized as topoisomerase II (Topo II) inhibitors and DNA intercalators. The synthesized derivatives were evaluated in vitro for their cytotoxic activities against three human cancer cell lines: HepG2, MCF-7, and HCT-116 cells. Compound IXb was the most potent counterpart with IC50 values of 5.39 ± 0.4, 3.81 ± 0.2, and 4.38 ± 0.3 μM, as it was about 1.47, 1.77, and 1.19 times more active than doxorubicin (IC50 = 7.94 ± 0.6, 6.75 ± 0.4, and 5.23 ± 0.3 μM) against HepG2, MCF-7, and HCT-116 cells, respectively. Additionally, the binding affinity of the synthesized compounds toward the DNA molecule was assessed using the DNA/methyl green assay. Compound?IXb showed an excellent DNA binding affinity with an IC50 value of 27.16 ± 1.2 μM, which was better than that of the reference drug doxorubicin (IC50 = 31.02 ± 1.80 μM). Moreover, compound IXb was the most potent member among the tested compounds when investigated for their Topo II inhibitory activity. Furthermore, compound IXb induced apoptosis in HepG2 cells and arrested the cell cycle at the G2/M phase. Additionally, compound IXb showed Topo II poisoning effects at 2.5 μM and Topo II catalytic inhibitory effects at 5 and 10 μM. Finally, molecular docking studies were carried out against the DNA–Topo II complex and DNA, to investigate the binding patterns of the designed compounds.
- Sakr, Helmy,Ayyad, Rezk R.,El-Helby, Ali A.,Khalifa, Mohamed M.,Mahdy, Hazem A.
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- Novel triazolophthalazine-hydrazone hybrids as potential PCAF inhibitors: Design, synthesis, in vitro anticancer evaluation, apoptosis, and molecular docking studies
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Three novel series of triazolophthalazine derivatives bearing hydrazone moiety were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their anticancer activity against four human cancer cell lines by MTT assay. Six derivatives demonstrated comparable activity with Doxorubicin reference drug against the selected cancer cells. Especially, compound 16 showed the most potent activity with IC50 values of 5.70, 8.04, 11.15, and 4.25, μM against HePG2, MCF-7, PC3, and HCT-116 respectively. Also, compound 26 exhibited comparable inhibitory effect with that of Doxorubicin against the selected cancer cell lines with IC50 values of 6.45, 8.63, 12.28, and 7.03 μM against HePG2, MCF-7, PC3, and HCT-116 respectively. Investigation of the apoptotic activity of the two most active compounds revealed that compounds 16 and 26 could induce both the early and the late apoptosis of HePG2. Further mechanistic study of the HePG2 cell cycle confirmed the spectacular cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of both compounds. Compounds 16 and 26 showed a pronounced increase in cells in G2/M and Pre G1 phases with a concomitant reduction of cells in G0-G1 and S phases. A follow up enzymatic assay indicated that these two compounds have comparable activities with that of bromosporine as PCAF inhibitors with IC50 values of 8.13 and 5.31 μM respectively. Moreover, molecular docking study for all the synthesized compounds was performed to predict their binding affinities toward the active site of histone acetyltransferase GCN5. Results of molecular docking were strongly correlated with that of the cytotoxicity study.
- Abulkhair, Hamada S.,Ahmed, Hany E. A.,Bayoumi, Ashraf H.,Ghiaty, Adel,Turky, Abdallah
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- Design, synthesis, and antitumor activity of novel compounds based on 1,2,4-triazolophthalazine scaffold: Apoptosis-inductive and PCAF-inhibitory effects
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The antitumor activity of newly synthesised triazolophthalazines (L-45 analogues) 10–32 was evaluated in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HePG-2), breast cancer (MCF-7), prostate cancer (PC3), and colorectal carcinoma (HCT-116) cells. Compounds 17, 18, 25, and 32 showed potent antitumor activity (IC50, 2.83–13.97 μM), similar to doxorubicin (IC50, 4.17–8.87 μM) and afatinib (IC50, 5.4–11.4 μM). HePG2 was inhibited by compounds 10, 17, 18, 25, 26, and 32 (IC50, 3.06–10.5 μM), similar to doxorubicin (IC50, 4.50 μM) and afatinib (IC50, 5.4 μM). HCT-116 and MCF-7 were susceptible to compounds 10, 17, 18, 25, and 32 (IC50, 2.83–10.36 and 5.69–11.36 μM, respectively), similar to doxorubicin and afatinib (IC50 = 5.23 and 4.17, and 11.4 and 7.1 μM, respectively). Compounds 17, 25, and 32 exerted potent activities against PC3 (IC50, 7.56–12.28 μM) compared with doxorubicin (IC50, 8.87 μM) and afatinib (IC50 7.7 μM). Compounds 17 and 32 were the strongest PCAF inhibitors (IC50, 5.31 and 10.30 μM, respectively) and compounds 18 and 25 exhibited modest IC50 values (17.09 and 32.96 μM, respectively) compared with bromosporine (IC50, 5.00 μM). Compound 17 was cytotoxic to HePG2 cells (IC50, 3.06 μM), inducing apoptosis in the pre-G phase and arresting the cell cycle in the G2/M phase. Molecular docking for the most active PCAF inhibitors (17 and 32) was performed.
- Turky, Abdallah,Bayoumi, Ashraf H.,Ghiaty, Adel,El-Azab, Adel S.,A.-M. Abdel-Aziz, Alaa,Abulkhair, Hamada S.
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- Design, synthesis, molecular modeling, in vivo studies and anticancer activity evaluation of new phthalazine derivatives as potential DNA intercalators and topoisomerase II inhibitors
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Herein we report the design and synthesis of a new series of phthalazine derivatives as Topo II inhibitors and DNA intercalators. The synthesized compounds were in vitro evaluated for their cytotoxic activities against HepG-2, MCF-7 and HCT-116 cell lines. Additionally, Topo II inhibitory activity and DNA intercalating affinity were investigated for the most active compounds as a potential mechanism for the anticancer activity. Compounds 15h, 23c, 32a, 32b, and 33 exhibited the highest activities against Topo II with IC50 ranging from 5.44 to 8.90 μM, while compounds 27 and 32a were found to be the most potent DNA binders at IC50 values of 36.02 and 48.30 μM, respectively. Moreover, compound 32a induced apoptosis in HepG-2 cells and arrested the cell cycle at the G2/M phase. Besides, compound 32a showed Topo II poisoning effect at concentrations of 2.5 and 5 μM, and Topo II catalytic inhibitory effect at a concentration of10 μM. In addition, compound 32b showed in vivo a significant tumor growth inhibition effect. Furthermore, molecular docking studies were carried out against DNA-Topo II complex and DNA to investigate the binding patterns of the designed compounds.
- Khalifa, mohamed m.,Radwan, mohamed m.,Rashed, mahmoud,Sakr, Helmy,ayyad, Rezk R.,belal, amany,eissa, Ibrahim H.,el-Helby, abdel-Ghany a.,el-Sharkawy, abdou,elSohly, mahmoud a.,elhendawy, mostafa a.,mahdy, Hazem a.,metwaly, ahmed m.
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- Design, Synthesis, Molecular Docking, and Anticancer Activity of Phthalazine Derivatives as VEGFR-2 Inhibitors
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Novel series of phthalazine derivatives 6–11 were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their anticancer activity against two human tumor cell lines, HCT-116 human colon adenocarcinoma and MCF-7 breast cancer cells, targeting the VEGFR-2 enzyme. Compounds 7a,b and 8b,c showed the highest anticancer activities against both HCT116 human colon adenocarcinoma cells with IC50 of 6.04 ± 0.30, 13.22 ± 0.22, 18 ± 0.20, and 35 ± 0.45 μM, respectively, and MCF-7 breast cancer cells with IC50 of 8.8 ± 0.45, 17.9 ± 0.50, 25.2 ± 0.55, and 44.3 ± 0.49 μM, respectively, in comparison to sorafenib as reference drug with IC50 of 5.47 ± 0.3 and 7.26 ± 0.3 μM, respectively. Eleven compounds in this series were further evaluated for their inhibitory activity against VEGFR-2, where compounds 7a, 7b, 8c, and 8b also showed the highest VEGFR-2 inhibition with IC50 of 0.11 ± 0.01, 0.31 ± 0.03, 0.72 ± 0.08, and 0.91 ± 0.08 μM, respectively, in comparison to sorafenib as reference ligand with IC50 of 0.1 ± 0.02. Furthermore, molecular docking studies were performed for all synthesized compounds to predict their binding pattern and affinity towards the VEGFR-2 active site, in order to rationalize their anticancer activity in a qualitative way.
- El-Helby, Abdel-Ghany A.,Ayyad, Rezk R. A.,Sakr, Helmy,El-Adl, Khaled,Ali, Mamdouh M.,Khedr, Fathalla
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- 3-substituted-6 - (1-substituted piperazinyl) - 1, 2, 4-triazole [3,4-a] [...] compound, preparation method thereof, and use thereof
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The invention belongs to the field of medicinal chemistry and discloses a 3-substituted-6-(1-substituted piperazinyl)-1,2,4-triazoleo[3,4-a] phthalazine compound with antitumor activity as well as a preparation method and an application thereof. The compound has a structure as shown in a general formula I, wherein in the general formula I, R1 is hydrogen, methyl or phenyl; R2 is hydrogen, 4-fluorophenyl, 4-chlorphenyl, 3-trifluoromethylphenyl or 2-fluorophenyl. The preliminary in-vitro antitumor activity evaluation proves that the series of compounds have obvious effects of inhibiting and killing multiple tumor cells. The compound can serve as an active ingredient to be developed into a novel drug and is applied to clinical prevention and cancer therapy.
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- 3,6-substituted -1, 2, 4-triazole [3,4-a] [...] compound and its preparation and use
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The invention belongs to the field of medicinal chemistry, and discloses a 3, 6 modified-[1, 2, 4] triazole [3, 4-alpha] phthalazine compound having antitumor activity as well as a synthesizing method and application of the 3, 6 modified-[1, 2, 4] triazole [3, 4-alpha] phthalazine compound. The 3, 6 modified-[1, 2, 4] triazole [3, 4-alpha] phthalazine compound has a structure as shown in a general formula I, wherein R1 refers to H, methyl or phenyl; R2 refers to 4-fluorophenyl, 4-chloroanilino, 4-bromophenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 4-hydroxydiphenyl, 2-fluorophenyl, 3-trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino, naphthylamine-1-yl, pyrrolidone-1-yl, piperidine-1-yl, 3,5-dimethyl piperidine-1-yl, morpholine-4-yl, or piperazidine-1-yl. The preliminary in-vitro antitumor activity finds that the serial compounds have obvious inhibit and killing effects on multiple tumor cells, and the 3, 6 modified-[1, 2, 4] triazole [3, 4-alpha] phthalazine compound can act as an active ingredient to be applied to clinical prevention and cancer treatment after being developed into a novel medicament.
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- Synthesis and antimicrobial activities of novel 1,2,4-triazolo [3,4-a] phthalazine derivatives
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A series of novel 1,2,4-triazolo [3,4-a] phthalazine derivatives were synthesized in five steps from a common precursor, phthalic anhydride. Most of synthesized phthalazine derivatives showed inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus. One of phthalazine derivatives 5l showed inhibitory activity against all tested bacterial and fungal strains.
- Zhang, Qiu-Rong,Xue, Deng-Qi,He, Peng,Shao, Kun-Peng,Chen, Peng-Ju,Gu, Yi-Fei,Ren, Jing-Li,Shan, Li-Hong,Liu, Hong-Min
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p. 1236 - 1238
(2014/03/21)
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- Synthesis and positive inotropic evaluation of [1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a] phthalazine and tetrazolo[5,1-a]phthalazine derivatives bearing substituted piperazine moieties
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Four series of [1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a]phthalazine and tetrazolo[5,1-a] phthalazine derivatives bearing substituted piperazine moieties were synthesized and evaluated for their positive inotropic activity by measuring the left atrium stroke volume in isolated rabbit-heart preparations. Several compounds were developed and showed favorable activities compared to the standard drug milrinone, with (4-([1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-a]phthalazin-6-yl)piperazin-1-yl)(p- tolyl)methanone (5g) being identified as the most potent with an increased stroke volume of 19.15 ± 0.22% (milrinone: 2.46 ± 0.07%) at a concentration of 3 × 10-5 M. A preliminary study of mechanism of action revealed that 5g displayed its positive inotropic effect may be related to the PDE-cAMP-PKA signaling pathway. Compounds exhibiting inotropic effects were also evaluated in terms of the chronotropic effects.
- Ma, Long-Xu,Cui, Bai-Ri,Wu, Yan,Liu, Jia-Chun,Cui, Xun,Liu, Li-Ping,Piao, Hu-Ri
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p. 1737 - 1741
(2014/04/17)
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- Synthesis and anticancer activities of novel 1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-a] phthalazine derivatives
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Trying to develop potent and selective anticancer agents, two series of novel 1,2,4-triazolo[3,4-a]phthalazine derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their antitumor activities were evaluated by MTT method against four selected human cancer cell lines (MGC-803, EC-9706, HeLa and MCF-7). Our results showed that compound 11h exhibited good anticancer activities compared to 5-fluorouracil against the four tested cell lines, with IC50 values ranging from 2.0 to 4.5 μM. Flow cytometry analysis indicated that compound 11h induced the cellular early apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase in EC-9706.
- Xue, Deng-Qi,Zhang, Xu-Yao,Wang, Chao-Jie,Ma, Li-Ying,Zhu, Nan,He, Peng,Shao, Kun-Peng,Chen, Peng-Ju,Gu, Yi-Fei,Zhang, Xiao-Song,Wang, Cai-Feng,Ji, Cong-Hui,Zhang, Qiu-Rong,Liu, Hong-Min
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p. 235 - 244
(2014/08/18)
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