Novel 3-fluoro-4-morpholinoaniline derivatives: synthesis and assessment of anti-cancer activity in breast cancer cells
Title | Novel 3-fluoro-4-morpholinoaniline derivatives: synthesis and assessment of anti-cancer activity in breast cancer cells |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2022 |
Authors | More, NA, Jadhao, NL, Meshram, RJ, Tambe, P, Salve, RA, Sabane, JK, Sawant, SN, Gajbhiye, V, Gajbhiye, JM |
Journal | Journal of Molecular Structure |
Volume | 1253 |
Pagination | 132127 |
Date Published | APR |
Type of Article | Article |
ISSN | 0022-2860 |
Keywords | Anticancer activity, Apoptosis, Breast cancer, Heterocyclic compounds, Morpholine, Sulfonamide |
Abstract | Heterocyclic morpholine compounds are well-known for their anti-cancer activity. In this study, novel morpholine and its sulfonamide derivatives were designed and synthesized as potential anti-tumor agents. The new compounds were obtained from amine derivatives via nucleophilic addition reactions, providing the desired products in 70 to 90% yield. The docking analysis was performed for all thirty-one compounds. Out of them, we represent the docking poses for compounds NAM-5 and NAM-7 as representatives. After docking analysis, compounds NAM-5 and NAM- 7 were tested for in vitro antitumor activity against breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231) and healthy mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line (3T3L-1). Amongst these, sulfonamide group-containing compound NAM-5 showed significant anti-proliferative activity with IC50 of 1.811 mu M and 2.143 mu M for MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells, respectively. On the other hand, NAM-7 showed good anti-proliferative activity against MCF-7 (IC50 1.883 mu M) but slightly lower activity against MDA-MB-231 cells (IC50 4.688 mu M). The activity of both the compound was also tested on 3T3L-1 Cell line which showed activity similar to clinically approved anti-cancer drug doxorubicin (DOX). The cell death analysis by flow-cytometry confirmed apoptosis mediated cell death in 3T3L-1, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells when treated with the NAM-5 and NAM-7, respectively. The results demonstrated that the synthesized sulfonamide derivatives have significant potential as anti-cancer agents and have a substantial importance in cancer therapeutics with favourable safety profile. Structural analysis of docked poses of sulfonamide derivatives attempts to shed light on the structural basis of sulfonamide derivatives based anti-cancer effect. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.132127 |
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign) | Foreign |
Impact Factor (IF) | 3.196 |
Divison category:
Organic Chemistry
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