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- Title
Design, synthesis, and antitumor screening of new thiazole, thiazolopyrimidine, and thiazolotriazine derivatives as potent inhibitors of VEGFR‐2.
- Authors
Abd Elhameed, Alaa A.; Ali, Ahmed R.; Ghabbour, Hazem A.; Bayomi, Said M.; El‐Gohary, Nadia S.
- Abstract
New thiazole, thiazolopyrimidine, and thiazolotriazine derivatives 3–12 and 14a–f were synthesized. The newly synthesized analogs were tested for in vitro antitumor activity against HepG2, HCT‐116, MCF‐7, HeP‐2, and Hela cancer cells. Results indicated that compound 5 displayed the highest potency toward the tested cancer cells. Compound 11b possessed enhanced effectiveness over MCF‐7, HepG2, HCT‐116, and Hela cancer cells. In addition, compounds 4 and 6 showed promising activity toward HCT‐116, MCF‐7, and Hela cancer cells and eminent activity against HepG2 and HeP‐2 cells. Moreover, compounds 3–6 and 11b were tested for their capability to inhibit vascular endothelial growth factor receptor‐2 (VEGFR‐2) activity. The obtained results showed that compound 5 displayed significant inhibitory activity against VEGFR‐2 (half‐maximal inhibitory concentration [IC50] = 0.044 μM) comparable to sunitinib (IC50 = 0.100 μM). Also, the synthesized compounds 3–6 and 11b were subjected to in vitro cytotoxicity tests over WI38 and WISH normal cells. It was found that the five tested compounds displayed significantly lower cytotoxicity than doxorubicin toward normal cell lines. Cell cycle analysis proved that compound 5 induces cell cycle arrest in the S phase for HCT‐116 and Hela cancer cell lines and in the G2/M phase for the MCF‐7 cancer cell line. Moreover, compound 5 induced cancer cell death through apoptosis accompanied by a high ratio of BAX/BCL‐2 in the screened cancer cells. Furthermore, docking results revealed that compound 5 showed the essential interaction bonds with VEGFR‐2, which agreed with in vitro enzyme assay results. In silico studies showed that most of the analyzed compounds complied with the requirements of good oral bioavailability with minimal toxicity threats in humans.
- Subjects
VASCULAR endothelial growth factors; HELA cells; CELL cycle; THIAZOLES; CANCER cells
- Publication
Drug Development Research, 2023, Vol 84, Issue 8, p1664
- ISSN
0272-4391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ddr.22109