Synthesis and anticancer activity evaluation of some novel imidazo[1,2-<i>a</i>]pyridine based heterocycles containing <i>S</i>-alkyl/aryl moiety


Kaya B., YURTTAŞ L., BAYSAL M., Celikates B., KAPLANCIKLI Z. A., İMAMOĞLU R.

PHOSPHORUS SULFUR AND SILICON AND THE RELATED ELEMENTS, cilt.199, sa.5, ss.383-393, 2024 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 199 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/10426507.2024.2349305
  • Dergi Adı: PHOSPHORUS SULFUR AND SILICON AND THE RELATED ELEMENTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chemical Abstracts Core
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.383-393
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: BrDU, cytotoxicity, flow cytometry, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine, molecular docking, MTT assay
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Here we report the synthesis and anticancer activities of fourteen novel imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives (6a-6n) containing S-alkyl/aryl moiety. The target compounds were obtained via a six-step synthetic route. 1-(4-Aminophenyl)ethan-1-one was the starting material. In the last step, 2-chloro-N-[4-(imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)phenyl]acetamide (5) was allowed to react with various aliphatic/aromatic thiol derivatives, affording the final compounds 6a-6n. The cytotoxicity of the compounds was evaluated against A549 (human non-small cell lung cancer), C6 (rat glioma), MCF-7 (human breast carcinoma) and HepG2 (human liver carcinoma) tumor cells and NIH/3T3 (mouse embryonic fibroblast cells) healthy cells. First step MTT assay reported that compounds 6a, 6d, 6e and 6i exhibited antiproliferative activity against all tested tumor lines. Second step BrdU cell proliferation assay and flow cytometric analysis revealed that compounds 6d and 6i inhibited DNA synthesis on HepG2 cell line time-dependently by apoptotic pathway. Molecular docking study of compounds 6d and 6i with caspase-3 and caspase-9 revealed their binding interactions with the enzyme's active site, confirming the experimental findings.