Cancer is the disease with the highest mortality. Drug studies contribute to promising treatments; however there is an urgent need for selective drug candidates. Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat and the cancer progresses rapidly. Unfortunately, current treatments are ineffective. In this study, ten new diarylthiophene-2-carbohydrazide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their pharmacological activity. The 2D and 3D anticancer activity studies suggested the compounds 7a, 7d, and 7f were promising. Among these, 7f (4.86 µM) showed the best 2D inhibitory activity against PaCa-2 cells. Compounds 7a, 7d and 7f were also tested for their cytotoxic effects on healthy cell line but only compound 7d showed selectivity. Compounds 7a, 7d, and 7f showed the best 3D cell line inhibitory effect according to spheroid diameters. The compounds were screened for their COX-2 and 5-LOX inhibitory activity. For COX-2, the best IC50 value was observed for 7c (10.13 µM) and all compounds showed significantly lower inhibition compared to standard. In the 5-LOX inhibition study, compounds 7a (3.78 µM), 7c (2.60 µM), 7e (3.3 µM), and 7f (2.94 µM) demonstrated influential activity compared to standard. Regarding molecular docking studies, binding mode of compounds 7c, 7e, and 7f to the 5-LOX enzyme were non-redox or redox types, but not the iron-binding type. As dual inhibitors of 5-LOX and pancreatic cancer cell line, 7a and 7f were identified as the most promising compounds.
癌症是死亡率最高的疾病。药物研究有助于找到有希望的治疗方法,但目前迫切需要有选择性的候选药物。胰腺癌难以治疗,而且进展迅速。遗憾的是,目前的治疗方法效果不佳。本研究合成了十种新的二芳基噻吩-2-甲酰肼衍生物,并对其药理活性进行了评估。二维和三维抗癌活性研究表明,化合物 7a、7d 和 7f 具有良好的抗癌前景。其中,7f(4.86 µM)对 PaCa-2 细胞的二维抑制活性最佳。还测试了化合物 7a、7d 和 7f 对健康细胞系的细胞毒性作用,但只有化合物 7d 显示出选择性。根据球形直径,化合物 7a、7d 和 7f 对三维细胞系的抑制效果最好。对化合物的 COX-2 和 5-LOX 抑制活性进行了筛选。对于 COX-2,7c 的 IC50 值(10.13 µM)最佳,与标准值相比,所有化合物的抑制作用都明显降低。在 5-LOX 抑制研究中,与标准化合物相比,化合物 7a(3.78 µM)、7c(2.60 µM)、7e(3.3 µM)和 7f(2.94 µM)显示出有影响力的活性。在分子对接研究方面,化合物 7c、7e 和 7f 与 5-LOX 酶的结合模式为非氧化还原型或氧化还原型,而不是铁结合型。作为 5-LOX 和胰腺癌细胞系的双重抑制剂,7a 和 7f 被认为是最有前途的化合物。