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Chloro-substituted pyridine squaramates as new DNase I inhibitors: Synthesis, structural characterization, in vitro
Nina Ruseva1, Mariyana Atanasova1, Hristina Sbirkova-Dimitrova2
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, 2 Dunav Str., 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
Having continued our recent study on the synthesis and DNase I inhibition of several monosquaramides, two new chloro-substituted pyridine squaramates were synthesized and their structure was identified by X-ray. Their inhibitory properties towards deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) and xanthine oxidase (XO) were evaluated in vitro. 3-(((6-Chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl)amino)-4-ethoxycyclobut-3-ene-1,2-dione (compound 3a) inhibited DNase I with an IC50 value of 43.82 ± 6.51 μM, thus standing out as one of the most potent small organic DNase I inhibitors tested to date. No cytotoxicity to human tumor cell lines (HL-60, MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) was observed for the tested compounds. In order to investigate the drug-likeness of the squaramates, the ADME profile and pharmacokinetic properties were evaluated. Molecular docking was performed to reveal the binding mode of the studied compounds on DNase I.
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