Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Design Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2022 Dec;37(1):2063-2077. doi: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2103552.
In this study, a set of novel benzoxazole derivatives were designed, synthesised, and biologically evaluated as potential VEGFR-2 inhibitors. Five compounds (, , , , and ) displayed high growth inhibitory activities against HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines and were further investigated for their VEGFR-2 inhibitory activities. The most potent anti-proliferative member IC = 10.50 μM and 15.21 μM against HepG2 and MCF-7, respectively had the most promising VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity (IC = 97.38 nM). A further biological evaluation revealed that compound could arrest the HepG2 cell growth mainly at the Pre-G1 and G1 phases. Furthermore, compound could induce apoptosis in HepG2 cells by 35.13%. likely, compound exhibited a significant elevation in caspase-3 level (2.98-fold) and BAX (3.40-fold), and a significant reduction in Bcl-2 level (2.12-fold). Finally, docking studies indicated that exhibited interactions with the key amino acids in a similar way to sorafenib.
在这项研究中,设计、合成了一组新型苯并恶唑衍生物,并将其作为潜在的 VEGFR-2 抑制剂进行了生物评价。五种化合物(、、、、和)对 HepG2 和 MCF-7 细胞系表现出高的生长抑制活性,进一步研究了它们对 VEGFR-2 的抑制活性。最有效的抗增殖成员对 HepG2 和 MCF-7 的抑制活性分别为 IC = 10.50 μM 和 15.21 μM,对 VEGFR-2 具有最有前途的抑制活性(IC = 97.38 nM)。进一步的生物学评价表明,化合物可以主要将 HepG2 细胞生长停滞在 Pre-G1 和 G1 期。此外,化合物可以通过 35.13%诱导 HepG2 细胞凋亡。可能的是,化合物表现出 caspase-3 水平(2.98 倍)和 BAX(3.40 倍)的显著升高,以及 Bcl-2 水平(2.12 倍)的显著降低。最后,对接研究表明,化合物以类似于索拉非尼的方式与关键氨基酸相互作用。