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Design, synthesis and biological study of novel pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine as anti-proliferative CDK2 inhibitors

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2011

The design and synthesis of a small library of 4-aminopyrido [2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives is reported. The potential activity of these compounds as CDK2/Cyclin A, CDK4/Cyclin D, EGFR and anti-tumor was evaluated by cytotoxicity studies in A431a, SNU638b, HCT116 and inhibition of CDK2-Cyclin A, CDK4/ Cyclin D and EGFR enzyme activity in vitro. The anti-proliferative and CDK2-Cyclin A inhibitory activity of compounds 4c and 11a was significantly more active than roscovotine with IC 50 0.3 and 0.09 mM respectively. Molecular modeling study, including fitting to a 3D-pharmacophore model, docking into cyclin dependant kinase2 (CDK2) active site and binding energy calculations were carried out and these studies suggested the same binding orientation inside the CDK2 binding pocket for these analogs compared to ATP.

Synthesis, Characterization and Docking Study of Novel Pyrimidine Derivatives as Anticancer Agents

Indonesian Journal of Chemistry

New compounds 5 and 9 using DNA bases e.g. Adenine 1 and Guanine 6 derivatives have been synthesized. The use of simple methods to synthesize compounds 5 and 9 were done using pyrimidine as an alternative DNA base ring. Another design to synthesize new simple pyrimidine rings utilizing thiourea and ethylcyano acetate to afford 6-amino-2-thiouracil was adopted. The reaction of thiouracil 10 with chloro cyano or chloro ester and ketone, resulted in the formation of adduct compounds 18-21, rather than the formation of compound 17. All the synthesized compounds were subjected to docking study, in order to gain insights into their binding modes against cyclin-dependent protein kinase 2 (CDK-2) that is involved heavily in cell cycle regulation and receptor protein B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) which is involved in cell apoptosis. These targets were selected based on their key roles in cancer progression via the regulation of the cell cycle and DNA replication. Molecular-docking analyses showe...

Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine CDK2 Inhibitors as Anti-Tumor Agents

Scientia Pharmaceutica, 2011

Direct and indirect involvement of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs) in tumor growth and metastasis makes them ideal targets for anticancer therapy. A paradigm shift from inhibition of single RTK to inhibition of multiple RTKs has been recently demonstrated. We designed and synthesized eight N 4-phenylsubstituted-6-(2-phenylethylsubstituted)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4diamines as homologated series of our previously published RTK inhibitors. We reasoned that increased flexibility of the side chain, that determines potency and selectivity, would improve the spectrum of RTK inhibition. These compounds were synthesized using a bis-electrophilic cyclization to afford substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines followed by chlorination and substitution at the 4position with various anilines. Five additional compounds of this series were previously reported by Gangjee et al. 1 with activities against IGFR only. There synthesis, characterization and biological activities against a variety of other RTKs are reported in this study for the first time. The biological evaluation, in whole cell assays, showed several analogs had remarkable inhibitory activity against epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-1 (VEGFR-1), platelet derived growth factor receptor-β (PDGFR-β), the growth of A431 cells in culture and in the chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) angiogenesis assay. The inhibitory data against the RTKs in this study demonstrates that variation of the 6-ethylaryl substituents as well as the N 4phenyl substituents of these analogs does indeed control both the potency and specificity of inhibitory activity against RTKs. In addition, homologation of the chain length of the 6-substituent from a methylene to an ethyl increases the spectrum of RTK inhibition. New multi-RTK inhibitors (8, 12) and potent inhibitors of angiogenesis (15, 19) were identified with the best compound, N 4-(3trifluromethylphenyl)-6-(2-phenylethyl)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-diamine (15), with an IC 50 value of 30 nM in the CAM angiogenesis inhibition assay.

Design, synthesis, in vitro anticancer, molecular docking and SAR studies of new series of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives

BMC Chemistry

The current study involves the design and synthesis of a newly synthesized pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives to contain chlorine atoms in positions 4 and 6 and trichloromethyl group in position 2 using microwave technique as a new and robust approach for preparation of this type of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives. The chemical structure of the synthesized pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives 3–19 was well-characterized using spectral and elemental analyses as well as single-crystal X-ray diffraction. All compounds were tested in vitro against seven selected human cancer cell lines, namely, MCF7, A549, HCT116, PC3, HePG2, PACA2 and BJ1 using MTT assay. It was found that compounds 14a, 16b and 18b were the most active toward MCF7 with IC50 (1.7, 5.7, and 3.4 μg/ml, respectively) relative to doxorubicin (Dox.) (26.1 μg/ml). Additionally, compound 17 exerted promising cytotoxic effects against HePG2 and PACA2 with IC50 (8.7 and 6.4 μg/ml, respectively) relative to Dox. (21.6 and...

Synthesis and Optimization of an Original V-Shaped Collection of 4-7-Disubstituted Pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidines as CDK5 and DYRK1A Inhibitors

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2014

We here report the synthesis and biological evaluation of an original collection of 4,7-disubstituted pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidines designed as potential kinase inhibitors. The collection was generated from a single starting material, 4,7-dichloropyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidine, which afforded the final compounds after two steps: a sequential or one-pot sequence including selective cross coupling reactions in C-4, followed by the second cross-coupling in C-7. In position C-4, a Suzuki-Miyaura type reaction led to monosubstituted derivatives whereas in position C-7, synthesis was achieved via a Suzuki or a Buchwald type reaction using commercially available or undescribed boron derivatives. The biological activity of the Vshaped family was measured in protein kinase assays. The structure activity relationship (SAR) revealed that some compounds selectively inhibited DYRK1A and CDK5 without affecting GSK3. Docking studies furnished possible explanations that correlate with the SAR data. The most active compound on the two biological targets was 27 which exhibited the following IC 50 : 110 nM for CDK5, 24 nM for DYRK1A and only 1.2 mM for GSK3. In the C-7 amino subfamily, the best derivative was indubitably compound 48 which led to a near selective action on DYRK1A and a remarkable IC 50 of 60 nM.

Medicinal chemistry perspective of pyrido[2,3-d] pyrimidines as anticancer agents

RSC Advances, 2023

Cancer is a major cause of deaths across the globe due to chemoresistance and lack of selective chemotherapy. Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine is an emerging scaffold in medicinal chemistry having a broad spectrum of activities, including antitumor, antibacterial, CNS depressive, anticonvulsant, and antipyretic activities. In this study, we have covered different cancer targets, including tyrosine kinase, extracellular regulated protein kinases-ABL kinase, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase, mammalian target of rapamycin, p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases, BCR-ABL, dihydrofolate reductase, cyclin-dependent kinase, phosphodiesterase, KRAS and fibroblast growth factor receptors, their signaling pathways, mechanism of action and structure-activity relationship of pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives as inhibitors of the above-mentioned targets. This review will represent the complete medicinal and pharmacological profile of pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines as anticancer agents, and will help scientists to design new selective, effective and safe anticancer agents.

Synthesis, cytotoxic assessment and molecular docking studies of 2,6-diaryl-substituted pyridine and 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2 (1H)-one (DHPM) scaffolds

TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Cancer is one of the main global health problems. In order to develop novel antitumor agents, we synthesized 3,4-dihydropyrimidine-2(1H)-one (DHPM) and 2,6-diaryl-substituted pyridine derivatives as potential antitumor structures and evaluated their cytotoxic effects against several cancer cell lines. An easy and convenient method is reported for the synthesis of these derivatives, employing cobalt ferrite (CoFe 2 O 4 @SiO 2-SO 3 H) magnetic nanoparticles under microwave irradiation and solvent-free conditions. The structural characteristics of the prepared nanocatalyst were investigated by FTIR, XRD, SEM, and TGA techniques. In vitro cytotoxic effects of the synthesized products were assessed against the human breast adenocarcinoma cell line (MCF-7), gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS), and human embryonic kidney (HEK293) cells via MTT assay. The results indicated that compound 4r (DHPM derivative) was the most toxic molecule against the MCF-7 cell line (IC 50 of 0.17 µg/mL). Moreover, compounds 4j and 4r (DHPM derivatives) showed excellent cytotoxic activities against the AGS cell line, with an IC 50 of 4.90 and 4.97 µg/mL, respectively. Although they are pyridine derivatives, compounds 5g and 5m were more active against the MCF-7 cell line. Results showed that the candidate compounds exhibited low cytotoxicity against HEK293 cells. The kinesin Eg5 inhibitory potential of the candidate compounds was evaluated by molecular docking. The docking results showed that, among the pyridine derivatives, compound 5m had the most free energy of binding (-9.52 kcal/mol) and lowest Ki (0.105 µM), and among the pyrimidine derivatives, compound 4r had the most free energy of binding (-7.67 kcal/mol) and lowest Ki (2.39 µM). Ligand-enzyme affinity maps showed that compounds 4r and 5m had the potential to interact with the Eg5 binding site via H-bond interactions to GLU116 and GLY117 residues. The results of our study strongly suggest that DHPM and pyridine derivatives inhibit important tumorigenic features of breast and gastric cancer cells. Our results may be helpful in the further design of DHPMs and pyridine derivatives as potential anticancer agents.

Development of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives: Synthesis, anticancer activity and docking study

Azhar International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Sciences

It has been revealed that scaffolds made from pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines exhibit valuable biological activities, particularly anti-proliferative efficacy and blocking CDK activity. Therefore, new derivatives of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines 5a-c were synthesized, and their chemical structures were validated using several spectral studies. These compounds were screened against MCF-7, HCT-116, and HepG2 malignant cell lines in comparison to doxorubicin to determine their anticancer activity. From the results, it is found that the order of activity of the examined compounds in general is 5b with a methoxy group, which is better in activity than 5a having phenyl group and 5c bearing methyl group. The anti-tumor potency against HCT-116 demonstrated that compound 5b was promising and close to the reference (IC50 = 8.64 µM). In addition, the synthesized compounds were submitted to molecular docking research against the CDK2 kinase enzyme in order to investigate the method of binding and understand the mechanism of the promising cytotoxic activity.