Design and evaluation of novel oxadiazole derivatives as potential prostate cancer agents
作者:Bereket Mochona、Xin Qi、Suresh Euynni、Donald Sikazwi、Nelly Mateeva、Karam F. Soliman
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.04.058
日期:2016.6
Various 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives have been synthesized and their antiproliferative properties have been studied. The in vitro screening was performed against androgen dependent (LNCaP) and androgen independent (PC-3) prostate cancer cell lines. Most of the compounds showed promising activity. Among them, compounds 2d (IC50 = 0.22 and 1.3 mu M) and 2a (IC50 = 8.34 and 2,5 mu M) have shown significant activities on PC-3 and LNCaP cell lines respectively. To investigate the mechanism of cell death we performed cell apoptosis staining and cell cycle arrest assay on more sensitive PC-3 cell lines on 2d. The results demonstrated that 2d induced apoptosis and shifted the cells to the sub G0/G1 and S phase. Our study evidently identified the potency of compound 2d as potential anti-prostate cancer agent. Published by Elsevier Ltd.