Synthesis, in vitro cytotoxicity activity against the human cervix carcinoma cell line and in silico computational predictions of new 4-arylamino-3-nitrocoumarin analogues
作者:Ahmed H. Halawa、Essam M. Eliwa、Ahmed A. Hassan、Hesham S. Nassar、R.A. El-Eisawy、Mohamed Ismail、Marcel Frese、Mohamed Shaaban、Ahmed M. El-Agrody、Ahmed H. Bedair、Norbert Sewald
DOI:10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127047
日期:2020.1
A new series of 4-arylamino-3-nitrocoumarin analogues (4-18) have been synthesized and characterized by sophisticated spectroscopic techniques (H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR) and mass spectrometry. All the new synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against the human cervix carcinoma cell line (KB-3-1) using resazurin assay with (+)-griseofulvin as the positive control (IC50 = 19 mu M). Among them, thiazolidinylidene derivative 17a that bearing malononitrile unit displayed the best cytotoxic potency with IC50 value of 21 mu M. Also, in silico docking simulation studies were conducted on human DNA topoisomerase 1 (Top1) (PDB: 1T8I) to explore and interpret the interaction pattern between the selected compounds and target enzyme as well confirm the acquired cytotoxicity results. In addition to the above, in silico predictions of physicochemical properties, ADME (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) parameters, oral toxicity and indication of toxicity targets were implemented for some title compounds. (C) 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.