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Published on: June 28, 2021
Design, synthesis and biological evaluations of novel pyridone-thiazole hybrid molecules as antitumor agents
Wenlin Xie1, Yiqiang Wu2, Jingai Zhang2
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China; Key Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Function Molecule of Ministry of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China; Hunan Provincal Key Laboratory of Controllable Preparation and Functional Application of Fine Polymers, Xiangtan 411201, China.
Abstract:
A hybrid pharmacophore approach was adopted to design and synthesize new series of pyridone-thiazole hybrid compounds. The structures of the compounds were established by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and HRMS. All the newly prepared compounds (3a-3m) were in vitro evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against three human cancer cell lines, namely Colon cancer (HCT-116), gastric carcinoma (MGC803) and hepatocellular cancer (Huh7). Bioassay results demonstrated that most of the tested compounds showed potent anti-tumor activities against various cancer cells in vitro, and some compounds exhibited stronger effects than positive control 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU). Compound 3b showed the best anti-tumor activity with IC50 values of 8.17 μM and 3.15 μM against HCT116 and MGC803 cell lines, respectively, which was 1.4-8.1 times more potent than 5-Fluorouracil (IC50 = 11.29 μM and 25.54 μM against HCT116 and MGC803 respectively). These findings suggest that compound 3b may have potential to be developed as a promising lead for the design of novel anticancer small-molecule drugs.
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