Abstract
As a continuation of our efforts to develop the benzimidazole-PBD conjugates as potential anticancer agents, a series of heteroaryl substituted benzimidazole linked PBD conjugates has been synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer potential in 60 human cancer cell lines. Most of the compounds exhibited promising anticancer activity and interestingly, compounds 4c and 4d displayed significant activity in most of the cell lines tested. Whereas, compound 4e showed selectivity in renal cancer cells with GI50 values of < 10 and 70 nM against RXF 393 and UO-31 cell lines, respectively. Further, these compounds also showed significant DNA-binding affinity by thermal denaturation study using duplex form of calf thymus (CT) DNA.
Keywords: Pyrrolobenzodiazepine, benzimidazoles, cytotoxicity, DNA-binding affinity.
Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Synthesis, DNA Binding Ability and Anticancer Activity of 2-heteroaryl Substituted Benzimidazoles Linked Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine Conjugates
Volume: 9 Issue: 5
Author(s): Ahmed Kamal, Praveen Kumar Pogula, Mohammed Naseer Ahmed Khan, Bobburi Naga Seshadri and Kokkonda Sreekanth
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Keywords: Pyrrolobenzodiazepine, benzimidazoles, cytotoxicity, DNA-binding affinity.
Abstract: As a continuation of our efforts to develop the benzimidazole-PBD conjugates as potential anticancer agents, a series of heteroaryl substituted benzimidazole linked PBD conjugates has been synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer potential in 60 human cancer cell lines. Most of the compounds exhibited promising anticancer activity and interestingly, compounds 4c and 4d displayed significant activity in most of the cell lines tested. Whereas, compound 4e showed selectivity in renal cancer cells with GI50 values of < 10 and 70 nM against RXF 393 and UO-31 cell lines, respectively. Further, these compounds also showed significant DNA-binding affinity by thermal denaturation study using duplex form of calf thymus (CT) DNA.
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Kamal Ahmed, Pogula Kumar Praveen, Khan Naseer Ahmed Mohammed, Seshadri Naga Bobburi and Sreekanth Kokkonda, Synthesis, DNA Binding Ability and Anticancer Activity of 2-heteroaryl Substituted Benzimidazoles Linked Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine Conjugates, Medicinal Chemistry 2013; 9 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573406411309050004
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573406411309050004 |
Print ISSN 1573-4064 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6638 |
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