基于新型3-取代-2H-色烯支架的氟化疏水片段作为体外抗增殖剂和凋亡诱导剂,通过分子对接模拟靶向VEGFR-2/BRAF和h-DHFR。
Novel 3-Substituted-2H-Chromene Scaffold Based Fluorinated Hydrophobic Fragment as In-Vitro Antiproliferative Agents and Apoptosis Inducers Targeting Both VEGFR-2/BRAF and h-DHFR With Molecular Docking Simulation.
作者信息
Salem Mohamed A, Abusaif Moustafa S, Gohar Nirvana A, Ammar Yousry A, Ragab Ahmed
机构信息
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts, King Khalid University, Mohail, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science (boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
出版信息
Drug Dev Res. 2025 Apr;86(2):e70085. doi: 10.1002/ddr.70085.
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the use of protein kinase inhibitors as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of cancer. In this study, a new series of 2H-chromene derivatives (2-5 and 6-8) and 3H-benzo[f]chromene carbohydrazide derivative (9) were synthesized. The structure of the designed derivatives was characterized by IR, H/C NMR, and elemental analysis. Moreover, the cytotoxic activity of the newly synthesized chromenes was evaluated against breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) and a cervical cancer cell line (HeLa). The results of these evaluations demonstrated promising activity, ranging from good to moderate. Additionally, the lung fibroblast cell line (WI-38), as a normal cell line, was also utilized to assess the active derivatives' selectivity. Among the compounds tested, chromene derivative 3 demonstrated the highest potency, exhibiting IC values of 5.36 ± 0.50, 7.82 ± 0.60, and 9.28 ± 0.70 µM against the MDA-MB 231, MCF-7, and HeLa cell lines, respectively. The potential of chromone 3 as a multi-targeted anticancer agent was assessed by evaluating its activity against BRAF and VEGFR-2. Notably, the most promising chromene derivative 3 demonstrated significant VEGFR2 activity with an IC value of 0.224 µM compared to sorafenib's 0.045 µM, while exhibiting inhibitory activity against BRAF with an IC value of 1.695 µM relative to Vemurafenib's IC value of 0.468 µM. In addition, compound 3 inhibits the DHFR enzyme with an IC value of 2.217 ± 0.014 µM, compared to methotrexate (IC = 0.4315 ± 0.019 µM). These results revealed that the compound has multifaceted mechanisms of action that may augment its therapeutic effectiveness. In addition, compound 3 causes overexpression of caspase-3 and Bax by 6.13 and 8.85-fold, respectively. It also downregulates the antiapoptotic Bcl-2 level by 0.4775-fold compared to the untreated MDA-MB 231 cells. Flow cytometry analysis of MDA-MB-231 cells indicates that compound 3 induces cell cycle arrest in the G0-G1 phase, with an observed percentage of 73.15%. The in-silico toxicity prediction was evaluated and demonstrated a good toxicity profile. Finally, molecular docking studies supported these findings by confirming strong binding affinities of the derivatives to VEGFR-2, BRAF, and DHFR.
最近,人们对使用蛋白激酶抑制剂作为癌症治疗策略的兴趣日益浓厚。在本研究中,合成了一系列新的2H-色烯衍生物(2-5和6-8)以及3H-苯并[f]色烯碳酰肼衍生物(9)。通过红外光谱(IR)、氢/碳核磁共振(H/C NMR)和元素分析对所设计衍生物的结构进行了表征。此外,评估了新合成的色烯对乳腺癌细胞系(MDA-MB-231和MCF-7)和子宫颈癌细胞系(HeLa)的细胞毒性活性。这些评估结果显示出有前景的活性,范围从良好到中等。此外,还利用肺成纤维细胞系(WI-38)作为正常细胞系来评估活性衍生物的选择性。在所测试的化合物中,色烯衍生物3表现出最高的效力,对MDA-MB 231、MCF-7和HeLa细胞系的IC值分别为5.36±0.50、7.82±0.60和9.28±0.70μM。通过评估色酮3对BRAF和VEGFR-2的活性,来评估其作为多靶点抗癌剂的潜力。值得注意的是,最有前景的色烯衍生物3对VEGFR2表现出显著活性,IC值为0.224μM,而索拉非尼的IC值为0.045μM,同时相对于维莫非尼的IC值0.468μM,其对BRAF的抑制活性IC值为1.695μM。此外,化合物3抑制二氢叶酸还原酶(DHFR)酶,IC值为2.217±0.014μM,而甲氨蝶呤的IC值为0.4315±0.019μM。这些结果表明该化合物具有多方面的作用机制,可能会增强其治疗效果。此外,化合物3使半胱天冬酶-3和Bax的表达分别上调6.13倍和8.85倍。与未处理的MDA-MB 231细胞相比,它还使抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2的水平下调0.4775倍。对MDA-MB-231细胞的流式细胞术分析表明,化合物3诱导细胞周期停滞在G0-G1期,观察到的百分比为73.15%。进行了计算机模拟毒性预测,结果显示其毒性特征良好。最后,分子对接研究通过证实衍生物与VEGFR-2、BRAF和DHFR具有强结合亲和力,支持了这些发现。