Selective cytotoxic and genotoxic activities of 5-(2-bromo-5-methoxybenzylidene)-thiazolidine-2,4-dione against NCI-H292 human lung carcinoma cells
作者:Maria do D. Rodrigues、Priscila B.G.S. Santiago、Karla M.R. Marques、Valéria R.A. Pereira、Maria C.A.B. de Castro、Jeanne C.L.L. Cantalice、Teresinha G. da Silva、Mônica L. Adam、Silene C. do Nascimento、Julianna F.C. de Albuquerque、Gardenia C.G. Militao
DOI:10.1016/j.pharep.2017.11.008
日期:2018.6
Background: Thiazolidine-2,4-dione ring system is used as a pharmacophore to build various heterocyclic compounds aimed to interact with biological targets. In the present study, benzylidene-2,4-thiazolidinedione derivatives (compounds 2-5) were synthesized and screened against cancer cell lines and the genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of the most active compound (5) was investigated on normal and lung cancer cell line.Methods: For in vitro cytotoxic screening, the MTT assay was used for HL60 and K562 (leukemia), MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma), HT29 (colon adenocarcinoma), HEp-2 (cervix carcinoma) and NCI-H292 (lung carcinoma) tumor cell lines and Alamar-blue assay was used for non-tumor cells (PBMC, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells) were used. Cell morphology was visualized after Giemsa-May-Grunwald staining. DNA content, phosphatidylserine externalization and mitochondrial depolarization were measured by flow cytometry. Genotoxicity was assessed by Comet assay.Results: 5-(2-Bromo-5-methoxybenzylidene)-thiazolidine-2,4-dione (5) presented the most potent cytotoxicity, especially against NCI-H292 lung cancer cell line, with IC50 value of 1.26 mu g/mL after 72 h incubation. None of the compounds were cytotoxic to PBMC. After 48 h incubation, externalization of phosphatidylserine, mitochondrial depolarization, internucleosomal DNA fragmentation and morphological alterations consistent with apoptosis were observed in NCI-H292 cells treated with compound (5). In addition, compound (5) also induced genotoxicity in NCI-H292 cells (2.8-fold increase in damage index compared to the negative control), but not in PBMC.Conclusion: Compound 5 presented selective cytotoxic and genotoxic activity against pulmonary carcinoma (NCI-H292 cells). (c) 2017 Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier Sp. z o.o. All rights reserved.