1019-14-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis and biological evaluation of benzimidazole acridine derivatives as potential DNA-binding and apoptosis-inducing agents
Gao, Chunmei,Li, Bin,Zhang, Bin,Sun, Qinsheng,Li, Lulu,Li, Xi,Chen, Changjun,Tan, Chunyan,Liu, Hongxia,Jiang, Yuyang
, p. 1800 - 1807 (2015)
The discovery of new effective DNA-targeted antitumor agent is needed because of their clinical significance. As acridines can intercalate into DNA and benzimidazoles have the ability to bind in the DNA minor groove, a series of novel benzimidazole acridine derivatives were designed and synthesized to be new DNA-targeted compounds. MTT assay indicated that most of the synthesized compounds displayed good antiproliferative activity, among which compound 8l demonstrated the highest activity against both K562 and HepG-2 cells. Further experiments showed that 8l displayed good DNA-binding capability and inhibited topoisomerase I activity. Moreover, compound 8l could induce apoptosis in K562 cell lines through mitochondrial pathway. These data suggested that compound 8l might be potential as new DNA-binding and apoptosis-inducing antitumor agents.
Design and synthesis of some acridine-piperazine hybrids for the improvement of cognitive dysfunction
Sharma, Anuradha,Piplani, Poonam
, p. 926 - 935 (2017/10/06)
A novel series of hybrid molecules (5a–5m) was designed, synthesized and evaluated as multifunctional cholinesterase (ChE) inhibitors against cognitive dysfunction. Heterocyclic moieties acridine and piperazine were conjugated with suitable linkers in a single scaffold, and the structures of the target compounds were confirmed by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and LC-MS analysis. The pharmacological activity of synthesized compounds was evaluated using behavioral models of amnesia viz. step-down passive avoidance and elevated plus maze at a dose 0.5?mg/kg as compared to standard rivastigmine. In vitro acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition studies using brain homogenate of mice as the enzyme source revealed that most of the compounds exhibited a significant ability to inhibit the enzyme cholinesterase with compound 5c being the most potent (IC50 0.33?μm). Biochemical estimation of oxidative stress markers viz. plasma nitrite, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione has been carried out using the respective assays to see the effect of the synthesized compounds on the scopolamine-induced oxidative damage. The molecular docking studies indicated the binding mode of the compounds to the catalytic site, peripheral site, and mid-gorge of AChE simultaneously. The calculated absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion properties ensured the drug-likeness of the target compounds. The synthesized compounds were found to be potential cognitive enhancers, which were able to interfere with the scopolamine-induced oxidative stress also.
Development of acridine derivatives as selective Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA gyrase inhibitors
Medapi, Brahmam,Meda, Nikhila,Kulkarni, Pushkar,Yogeeswari, Perumal,Sriram, Dharmarajan
, p. 877 - 885 (2016/05/24)
In this study we have designed p-phenylene diamine linked acridine derivative from our earlier reported quinoline-aminopiperidine hybrid MTB DNA gyrase inhibitors with aiming more potency and less cardiotoxicity. We synthesized thirty six compounds using four step synthesis from 2-chloro benzoic acid. Among them compound 4-chloro-N-(4-((2-methylacridin-9-yl)amino)phenyl)benzenesulphonamide (6) was found to be more potent with MTB DNA gyrase super coiling IC50of 5.21 ± 0.51 μM; MTB MIC of 6.59 μM and no zHERG cardiotoxicity at 30 μM and 11.78% inhibition at 50 μM against mouse macrophage cell line RAW 264.7.
The Effects of Substituents Introduced into 9-Aminoacridine on Frameshift Mutagenicity and DNA Binding Affinity
Tomosaka, Hideyuki,Omata, Saburo,Hasegawa, Eietsu,Anzai, Kentaro
, p. 1121 - 1125 (2007/10/03)
Some derivatives of 9-aminoacridine (1) were synthesized, and their frameshift mutagenicity and DNA binding affinity were studied. The introduction of a methyl group into the acridine ring of 1 reduced the mutagenic activity and the intercalative DNA bind
