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Mirza Feroz Baig1, V Lakshma Nayak2, Prasad Budaganaboyina2
1Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad 500007, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, New Delhi 110 025, India.
Abstract:
A series of imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole-benzimidazole conjugates were synthesized and evaluated for their antiproliferative activity against four human cancer cell lines i.e.; HeLa (cervical), A549 (lung), MCF-7 (breast) and DU-145 (prostate) along with normal HEK-293 cell line. Amongst them, conjugate 6d displayed significant cytotoxicity against human lung cancer cell line, A549 with IC50 value 1.08 µM. Further, cell cycle analysis revealed that this compound arrested the cell cycle at G2/M phase in A549 cells. Furthermore, the tubulin polymerization assay results suggest that this conjugate (6d) exhibits significant inhibitory effect on the tubulin assembly with an IC50 value of 1.68 µM. Moreover, the apoptotic inducing properties of compound 6d was confirmed by Hoechst staining, measurement of mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) and annexin V-FITC assay. Further, molecular docking studies revealed that compound 6d occupied the colchicine binding site.
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