Indole-fused benzooxazepines: a new structural class of anticancer agents.

AIM

A new series of compounds () bearing indole-fused benzooxazepine was synthesized, characterized and evaluated for anticancer activity.

MATERIALS & METHODS: In this study, all the synthesized compounds were screened via anticancer testing on Hep-G2 cancer cell line. A computational study was carried out on cancer-related targets including IL-2, IL-6, COX-2 Caspase-3 and Caspase-8.

RESULTS

Some of the synthesized compounds effectively controlled the growth of cancerous cells.

CONCLUSION

The most active compounds - , , , and - exemplify notable anticancer profile with GI <10 μg/ml. Preliminary structure-activity relationship among the tested compounds can produce an assumption that the electronegative groups at phenyl ring attached with indole-fused benzooxazepine are instrumental for the activity. Molecular docking study showed crucial hydrogen bond and π-π stacking interactions, with good ADMET profiling and molecular dynamic simulation.