Medicina (Jun 2023)

Design and Synthesis of New 4-(3,4,5-Trimethoxyphenyl)Thiazole–Pyrimidine Derivatives as Potential Antiproliferative Agents

  • Ashraf K. El-Damasy,
  • Heewon Jin,
  • Mohamed A. Sabry,
  • Hyun Ji Kim,
  • Mohammed M. Alanazi,
  • Seon Hee Seo,
  • Eun-Kyoung Bang,
  • Gyochang Keum

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59061076
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 59, no. 6
p. 1076

Abstract

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A new series of 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl thiazole pyrimidines has been synthesized and biologically evaluated for its in vitro anticancer activity. Compounds 4a, 4b, and 4h with substituted piperazine showed the best antiproliferative activity. In the NCI-60 cell line screening, compound 4b showed promising cytostatic activity against multiple cell lines. Notably, it elicited a GI value of 86.28% against the NSCL cancer cell line HOP-92 at a 10 μM dose. Compounds 4a and 4h at 10 μM showed promising GI values of 40.87% and 46.14% against HCT-116 colorectal carcinoma and SK-BR-3 breast cancer cell lines, respectively. ADME-Tox prediction of compounds 4a, 4b, and 4h revealed their acceptable drug-likeness properties. In addition, compounds 4a, 4b, and 4h showed a high probability of targeting kinase receptors via Molinspiration and Swiss TargetPrediction.

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