Conversion of antibacterial quinolone drug levofloxacin to potent cytotoxic agents
Abstract Levofloxacin, the optical S‐(‐) isomer of ofloxacin, is a broad‐spectrum antibacterial agent widely used to control various infections caused by Gram‐positive and Gram‐negative bacteria. While the COOH group is necessary for antibacterial activity, its modification can offer anticancer activity to the fluoroquinolone framework. Therefore, several levofloxacin carboxamides11a‐j and12 containing 5‐substituted‐1,3,4‐thiadiazole residue were synthesized and screened in vitro for their anticancer activity. The in vitro MTT viability assay revealed that the most compounds had significant activity against cancer cells MCF‐7, A549, and SKOV3. In particular, the 3‐chloro‐ and 4‐fluoro‐ benzyl derivatives (11b and11h), with IC50 values of 1.69–4.76 μM were as potent as or better than doxorubicin. It should be noted that the mother quinolone levofloxacin showed no activity on the tested cancer cell lines. The SAR analysis demonstrated that the 3‐chloro or 4‐fluoro substituent on the S‐benzyl moiety had positive effect on the activity. Further in vitro evaluations of the most promising compounds11b and11h by flow cytometric analysis and comet test revealed the ability of compounds in the induction of apoptosis and blockage of the cell proliferation at the G1‐phase by nuclear fragmentation and DNA degradation in cancer cells. The obtained results demonstrated that the alteration of 6‐COOH functional group in the levofloxacin structure and conjugation with a proper heterocyclic pharmacophore is a good strategy to obtain new anticancer agents..
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2023 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37 |
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Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology - 37(2023), 6 |
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Ahadi, Hamideh [VerfasserIn] |
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