New 3-Substituted-2-(4-hydroxyanilino)pyridine Derivatives: Synthesis, Antitumor Activity, and Tubulin Polymerization
Salwa Elmeligie1, Nadia A Khalil1, Eman M Ahmed1
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract:
A series of new pyridine derivatives 4a-c, 5a-d, 6a-d, 7a-f, and 8a-f structurally related to ABT-751 were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic means and elemental analysis. All the synthesized compounds were tested for their cytotoxic activity in vitro against the HCT-116 and HepG-2 cancer cell lines using the MTT assay. The results showed that compound 8d has higher cytotoxic activity than the reference antimitotic agent colchicine, against both tested cell lines, with IC50 = 0.52 and 1.40 μM, respectively. The three most active compounds, 5d, 8b, and 8d, were further screened in vitro for inhibition of tubulin and showed remarkable results in comparison to colchicine.
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