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New pyridine and chromene scaffolds as potent vasorelaxant and anticancer agents

Dawood, D. H., Srour, A. M., Saleh, D. O., Huff, K. J., Greco, F. and Osborn, H. M. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-0457 (2021) New pyridine and chromene scaffolds as potent vasorelaxant and anticancer agents. RSC Advances, 11. pp. 29441-29452. ISSN 2046-2069

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1039/D1RA04758B

Abstract/Summary

Based on studies that have reported the association between cancer and cardiovascular diseases, new series of pyridine- (3a-o) and/or chromene- (4a-e) carbonitrile analogous were designed, synthesized and screened for their vasodilation and cytotoxic properties. The majority of the new chemical entities demonstrated significant vasodilation efficacies, compounds 3a, 3h, 3j, 3m, 3o, 4d and 4e exhibited the most promising potency with IC50 = 437.9, 481.0, 484.5, 444.8, 312.1, 427.6 and 417.2 µM, respectively, exceeding prazosin hydrochloride (IC50 = 487.3 μM). Compounds 3b-e, 3k and 3l also, revealed moderate vasodilation activity with IC50 values ranging from 489.7 to 584.5 µM. In addition, the anti-proliferative activity evaluation of the experimental compounds at 10 µM on the MCF-7 and MDA-MB 231 breast cancer cell lines illustrated the excellent anti-proliferative properties of derivatives 3d, 3g and 3i. Compound 3d was the most potent analogue with IC50 = 4.55 ± 0.88 and 9.87 ± 0.89 µM against MCF-7 and MDA-MB 231, respectively. Moreover, compound 3d stimulated apoptosis and cell cycle arrest at the S phase in MCF-7 cells in addition to its capability in accumulation of cells in pre-G1phase and activating caspase-3. Furthermore, the molecular docking of 3d was performed to discover the binding modes within the active site of caspase-3. 3d, as the only common bi-functional agent among the tested hits, demonstrated that new pyridine-3-carbonitrile derivatives bearing cycloheptyl ring systems offer potential as new therapeutic candidates with combined vasodilation and anticancer properties.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Medicinal Chemistry Research Group
Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > School of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutics Research Group
ID Code:100110
Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry

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