In this study, new 7-chloro-4-aminoquinoline-benzimidazole compounds were synthesized and characterized by NMR, MS, and elemental analysis. These novel hybrids differ in the type of linker and in the substituent on the benzimidazole moiety. Their antiproliferative activities were evaluated on one non-tumor (MDCK1) and seven selected tumor (CaCo-2, MCF-7, CCRF-CEM, Hut78, THP-1, and Raji) cell lines by MTT test and flow cytometry analysis. The compounds with different types of linkers and an unsubstituted benzimidazole ring, 5d, 8d, and 12d, showed strong cytotoxic activity (the GI50 ranged from 0.4 to 8 µM) and effectively suppressed the cell cycle progression in the leukemia and lymphoma cells. After 24 h of treatment, compounds 5d and 12d induced the disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential as well as apoptosis in HuT78 cells. The drug-like properties and bioavailability of the compounds were calculated using the Swiss ADME web tool, and a molecular docking study was performed on tyrosine-protein kinase c-Src (PDB: 3G6H). Compound 12d showed good solubility and permeability and bound to c-Src with an energy of −119.99 kcal/mol, forming hydrogen bonds with Glu310 and Asp404 in the active site and other residues with van der Waals interactions. The results suggest that compound 12d could be a leading compound in the further design of effective antitumor drugs.
本研究合成了新的 7-氯-4-氨基喹啉-苯并咪唑化合物,并通过核磁共振、质谱和元素分析对其进行了表征。这些新型杂交化合物在连接剂类型和苯并咪唑分子上的取代基方面存在差异。通过 MTT 试验和流式细胞仪分析,评估了它们对一种非肿瘤细胞系(MDCK1)和七种选定肿瘤细胞系(CaCo-2、MCF-7、CCRF-CEM、Hut78、THP-1 和 Raji)的抗增殖活性。具有不同类型连接体和未取代苯并咪唑环的化合物 5d、8d 和 12d 显示出很强的细胞毒活性(GI50 在 0.4 至 8 µM 之间),并能有效抑制白血病和淋巴瘤细胞的细胞周期进展。经过 24 小时的处理后,化合物 5d 和 12d 引发了 HuT78 细胞线粒体膜电位的破坏和细胞凋亡。利用瑞士 ADME 网络工具计算了化合物的类药物特性和生物利用度,并对酪氨酸蛋白激酶 c-Src (PDB:3G6H)进行了分子对接研究。化合物 12d 显示出良好的溶解性和渗透性,与 c-Src 结合的能量为 -119.99 kcal/mol,与活性位点中的 Glu310 和 Asp404 形成氢键,并与其他残基形成范德华相互作用。结果表明,化合物 12d 可能成为进一步设计有效抗肿瘤药物的主要化合物。