Two series of thiosemicarbazone-based iron chelators (twenty-seven compounds) were designed and synthesized using a microwave-assisted approach. Quinoline and halogenated phenyl were selected as parent scaffolds on the basis of a similarity search. The lipophilicity of the synthesized compounds was measured using HPLC and then calculated. Primary in vitro screening of the synthesized compounds was performed against eight pathogenic fungal strains. Only a few compounds showed moderate activity against fungi, and (E)-2-(quinolin-2-ylvinyl)-N,N-dimethylhydrazine-carbothioamide appeared to be more effective than fluconazole against most of the fungal strains tested. Antiproliferative activity was measured using a human colon cancer cell line (HCT-116). Several of the tested compounds showed submicromolar antiproliferative activity. Compounds were also tested for their activity related to the inhibition of photosynthetic electron transport (PET) in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) chloroplasts. The structure-activity relationships are discussed for all of the compounds.
Synthesis and characterization of quinoline-based thiosemicarbazones and correlation of cellular iron-binding efficacy to anti-tumor efficacy
作者:Maciej Serda、Danuta S. Kalinowski、Anna Mrozek-Wilczkiewicz、Robert Musiol、Agnieszka Szurko、Alicja Ratuszna、Namfon Pantarat、Zaklina Kovacevic、Angelica M. Merlot、Des R. Richardson、Jaroslaw Polanski
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.07.030
日期:2012.9
Iron chelators have emerged as a potential anti-cancer treatment strategy. In this study, a series of novel thiosemicarbazone iron chelators containing a quinoline scaffold were synthesized and characterized. A number of analogs show markedly greater anti-cancer activity than the 'gold-standard' iron chelator, desferrioxamine. The anti-proliferative activity and iron chelation efficacy of several of these ligands (especially compound 1b), indicates that further investigation of this class of thiosemicarbazones is worthwhile. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Evaluation of DNA binding and DNA cleavage of nickel(II) complexes with tridentate α-N-heterocyclic thiosemicarbazones ligands
作者:JunGang Deng、Gaoxing Su、Peng Chen、Yunpeng Du、Yi Gou、Yani Liu
DOI:10.1016/j.ica.2017.11.013
日期:2018.2
Two mononuclear thiosemicarbazones nickel(II) complexes of the type [Ni(L1)(2)] (1) and [Ni(HL2)(L2)] (2), where HL1 = (E)-N-methyl-2-(quinolin-2-ylmethylene)hydrazinecarbothioamide and HL2 = (E)-N, N-dimethyl-2-(quinolin-2-ylmethylene)hydrazinecarbothioamidehave been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography, infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis and DFT calculations. Single-crystal diffraction analysis revealed that the HL1 ligands in 1 are predominantly in the thiolato resonance forms, while the HL2 ligands in 2 coordinate in thiolato and thione forms simultaneously. The interactions of both nickel(II) complexes with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) and supercoiled pBR322 plasmid DNA were investigated by fluorescence and UV-visible spectra, viscosity measurement, as well as agarose gel electrophoresis. The results of binding experiments displayed that both nickel(II) complexes were able to interact with CT-DNA via intercalative mode with a moderate binding affinity in the order 2 > 1. Gel electrophoresis assay revealed that the complexes could cleave the pBR322 plasmid DNA in a dose-dependent manner. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Structure−activity relationships of 2‑quinolinecarboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone gallium(III) complexes with potent and selective anticancer activity
作者:Wanbao Cao、Jinxu Qi、Kun Qian、Liang Tian、Zhen Cheng、Yihong Wang
DOI:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2018.11.017
日期:2019.2
Six gallium(III) complexes (Ga1-Ga6) with 2‑quinolinecarboxaldehyde thiosemicarbazone analogues were synthesized and characterized. These gallium(III) complexes exhibited potent anticancer activity and exceeded that of the corresponding metal free ligands. Importantly, these gallium(III) complexes have a strong selectivity for tumor cells. Through the study of cellular mechanisms, we have found that