Discovery of novel thiazolyl-pyrazolines as dual EGFR and VEGFR-2 inhibitors endowed with in vitro antitumor activity towards non-small lung cancer. (31st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abdelsalam, Esraa A.; Abd El-Hafeez, Amer Ali; Eldehna, Wagdy M.; El Hassab, Mahmoud A.; Marzouk, Hala Mohamed M.; Elaasser, Mahmoud M.; Abou Taleb, Nageh A.; Amin, Kamilia M.; Abdel-Aziz, Hatem A.; Ghosh, Pradipta; Hammad, Sherif F.
• Is Part Of: Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry. Volume 37:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 2265
• Page End: 2282
• Publication Date: 2022-12-31
• Subjects: Anticancer -- molecular docking -- EGFR inhibitors -- VEGFR-2 inhibitors -- EGFR-mutated NSCLC -- dual kinase inhibitors; Enzyme inhibitors -- Periodicals; Enzyme Inhibitors -- periodicals; Biochemistry -- periodicals; 572.7
• DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2022.2104841
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1475-6366

Abstract

Abstract: New series of thiazolyl-pyrazoline derivatives (7a–7d, 10a–10d and 13a–13f ) have been synthesised and assessed for their potential EGFR and VEGFR-2 inhibitory activities. Compounds 10b and 10d exerted potent and selective inhibitory activity towards the two receptor tyrosine kinases; EGFR (IC50 = 40.7 ± 1.0 and 32.5 ± 2.2 nM, respectively) and VEGFR-2 (IC50 = 78.4 ± 1.5 and 43.0 ± 2.4 nM, respectively). The best anti-proliferative activity for the examined thiazolyl-pyrazolines was observed against the non-small lung cancer cells (NSCLC). Compounds 10b and 10d displayed pronounced efficacy against A549 (IC50 = 4.2 and 2.9 µM, respectively) and H441 cell lines (IC50 = 4.8 and 3.8 µM, respectively). Moreover, our results indicated that 10b and 10d were much more effective towards EGFR-mutated NSCLC cell lines (NCI-H1650 and NCI-H1975 cells) than gefitinib. Finally, compounds 10b and 10d induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis and inhibit migration in A549 cancerous cells. Graphical Abstract: UF0001