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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 221, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113566
Keywords
Nimesulide; Synthesis; Amide; Sulfonamide; Anti-inflammatory; Anticancer; MD simulations; Docking; Binary QSAR models
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- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [117Z398]
- Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University [FYL-2019-3123]
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Experimental analyses on seventeen new amide/sulfonamide containing nimesulide derivatives revealed that compounds N8 and N10 exhibited remarkable potency and selectivity for COX-2 enzyme, with the ability to selectively reduce LPS-stimulated COX-2 mRNA expression level and suppress PGE2 release and nitric oxide production in macrophage cells.
Seventeen new amide/sulfonamide containing nimesulide derivatives were synthesized and characterized by several spectroscopic techniques and primarily investigated for their inhibitory potential on COX enzymes and other pro-inflammatory factors. Experimental analyses showed that among seventeen compounds, N8 and N10 have remarkable potency and selectivity for the COX-2 enzyme over COX-1 at very low doses as compared to nimesulide. Moreover, both N8 and N10 selectively reduced the Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated COX-2 mRNA expression level while the COX-1 level remained stable. Both PGE2 release and nitric oxide production in macrophage cells were significantly suppressed by the N8 and N10 treatment groups. In silico ADME/Tox, molecular docking and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were also conducted. Additionally, all compounds were also screened in a panel of cancer cell lines for their antiproliferative properties by MTT and SRB assays. Compound N17 exhibited a considerable antiproliferative effect on the colon (IC50: 9.24 mu M) and breast (IC50: 11.35 mu M) cancer cell lines. N17 exposure for 48 h decreased expression of anti-apoptotic protein BCL-2 and increased the expression of apoptogenic BAX. Besides, the BAX/BCL-2 ratio was increased with visible ultrastructural changes and apoptotic bodies under scanning electron microscopy. In order to investigate the structural and dynamical properties of selected hits on the target structures, multiscale molecular modeling studies are also conducted. Our combined in silico and in vitro results suggest that N8 and N10 could be further developed as potential nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), while cytotoxic N17 might be studied as a potential lead compound that could be developed as an anticancer agent. (C) 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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