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BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2020.103621
Keywords
Pyrimidine based hybrids; Pyrazolopyrimidine hybrids; Cytotoxicity; Apoptosis
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A series of novel derivatives of hydrazinylpyrimidines, pyrazolylpyrimidines and 3-amino[3,4-d]pyrazolopyrimidines have been synthesized and tested for their in vitro cytotoxic activity against 60 tumor cell lines by NCI. The in vitro cytotoxic IC 50 values for the most active compounds were determined against the colon-KM12 cell line (5d, 7c and 7d), breast-MCF-7 (6a) and melanoma-MDA-MB-435 (6h) using 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) as a positive control. Derivatives 5d and 7c were found to be the most potent derivatives against KM12 cell line (IC50 = 1.73 and 1.21 mu M, respectively) with a high selectivity index (SI) (18.82 and 35.49, respectively) compared to 5-FU (IC50 = 12.26 mu M, SI = 1.93). Compounds 5d and 7c were further investigated for their apoptotic behavior in KM12 cell line. The investigations showed the up-regulation of caspase 3/9 and the proapoptotic factor Bax. On the other hand, the expression of the anti-apoptotic factor Bcl-2, was down-regulated, as well as its inhibition at a nanomolar concentration. Furthermore, the apoptotic effect for derivatives 5d and 7c in KM12 cells was detected using annexin V-FITC staining method.
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