Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of 1-(5-(benzylthio)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-3-phenylurea derivatives as anticancer agents

Abstract A novel series of 1-(5-(benzylthio)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-3-phenylurea derivatives (5a–l) were designed and synthesized as sorafenib analogs. The in vitro cytotoxicity effects of synthesized compounds were evaluated against four different human cancer cells including MCF-7, HepG2, A549, and HeLa cell lines. The biological results showed that most of the compounds significantly prevented the proliferation of tested cancer cells. In particular, 2-F, 4-Cl, and 2,6-diF substituted derivatives (5d, 5g, and 5k) showed promising activities, especially against Hela cancer cells ($ IC_{50} $ = 0.37, 0.73 and 0.95 µM, respectively) which were significantly more potent than sorafenib as the reference drug ($ IC_{50} $ = 7.91 µM). Flow cytometry analysis revealed that the prototype compounds (5d, 5g, and 5k) significantly induced apoptotic cell death in HeLa cancer cells and blocked the cell cycle at the sub-G1 phase. Moreover, in silico docking study confirmed the binding of the prototype compound to the active site of VEGFR-2..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

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Medicinal chemistry research - 29(2020), 11 vom: 24. Aug., Seite 2000-2010

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Aghcheli, Ayoub [VerfasserIn]
Toolabi, Mahsa [VerfasserIn]
Ayati, Adileh [VerfasserIn]
Moghimi, Setareh [VerfasserIn]
Firoozpour, Loghman [VerfasserIn]
Bakhshaiesh, Tayebeh Oghabi [VerfasserIn]
Nazeri, Elahe [VerfasserIn]
Norouzbahari, Maryam [VerfasserIn]
Esmaeili, Rezvan [VerfasserIn]
Foroumadi, Alireza [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1,3,4-Thiadiazole
Anticancer
Cytotoxic activity
Sorafenib

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doi:

10.1007/s00044-020-02616-2

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2119481601