We have designed and synthesized novel 7-substituted-3acetyl-benzopyrones 9 a-9 g and ethyl 7-substituted-3-carboxylate-benzopyrones 10 a-10 d and screened for anticancer activity using MTT assay. Most of the tested compounds have shown very good activity against A549 cell line (lung cancer cell-line) and MCF7 cell line (breast cancer cell-line) compared to 5-Fluorouracil. Compound 9 b and 9 e exhibited excellent anticancer activity with IC 50 0.16 nM against A549 cell line and 84.8 nM against MCF7 cell line respectively. Compounds 9 b and 9 e showed excellent anticancer activity at very low concentration, well falling in nanomolar region. Compounds 9 b and 9 e exhibited very good binding constant for DNA binding through intercalation in UV based DNA titration which was further confirmed by fluorescence based EtBr displacement assay in DNA-EtBr complex.[a] S.
Herein we report design, synthesis, and anticancer activity of compounds 6a-h and 11a-j. Compounds 6a-f were designed based on 3-aminomethyl pyridine attached to different acetamide derivatives and in compounds 6g-h it was attached to coumarin moiety. Coumarin containing compounds 6g-h showed very poor anticancer activity against both A549 (Lungs cancer cell line), and MCF-7 (Breast cancer cell line) cell lines in MTT assay. Compounds 11a-j were designed as derivatives of 3-aminomethyl pyridine and 4-amino chalcones. A series of chalcone derivatives of 3-aminomethyl pyridine 11a-j have been synthesized and screened for their in vitro anticancer activity and DNA binding affinity. Most of the compounds showed very good antimitotic activity against A549 cell line as compared to fluorouracil. Compounds 11g and 11i were selected for DNA-binding studies as they showed excellent activity against cancer cell lines in MTT assay. CT-DNA binding affinity of compounds 11g and 11i have been investigated by UV based DNA titration and fluorescence emission study against DNA-EtBr complex. Interestingly, compound 11i has displayed excellent antiproliferative activity, with IC 0.0067 ± 0.0002 μm, against MCF-7 cell line. Compound 11i has been studied for its cytotoxicity using MTT, LDH, as well as EtBr/AO assay and was found to induce apoptosis in the cancerous cell line.
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