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Functionalized Spirocyclic Heterocycle Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Assay
Published on: February 9, 2021
Synthesis and anticancer activity of some novel 2-phenazinamine derivatives
Xiaochun Gao1, Yuanyuan Lu, Lei Fang
1State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China.
Abstract:
In this study, we report the synthesis and spectral characterization of a novel series of 2-phenazinamine derivatives. In vitro evaluation for their anticancer activity toward cultured K562 (human chronic myelogenous leukemia), HepG2 (human hepatocellular carcinoma), MGC803 (human gastric carcinoma), HCT116 (human colorectal carcinoma), MCF7 (human breast adenocarcinoma) cell lines, as well as 293T (epithelial cells from human embryo kidney) non-cancer cell was carried out. The compounds 4, 7, 16 and 19 showed good positive anticancer activity in vitro. In particular, compound 4, 2-chloro-N-(phenazin-2-yl)benzamide, possessed a potent anticancer effect comparable to cisplatin against both K562 and HepG2 cancer cells but was very low or had no effect against 293T non-cancer cell. Preliminary anticancer mechanism of 4 was investigated by cell apoptosis assays compared with cisplatin using flow cytometry.
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