Design, synthesis, biological assessment, and in-Silico studies of 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives as tubulin polymerization inhibitors. 2022

Heba S Mohamed, and Noha H Amin, and Mohammed T El-Saadi, and Hamdy M Abdel-Rahman
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, Beni-Suef, Egypt. Electronic address: heba.ibrahim@nub.edu.eg.

A series of 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives have been designed and synthesized as combretastatin CA-4 analogs. They were screened for anticancer and tubulin polymerization inhibition activities. The trimethoxyphenyl 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivative 4c showed significant antiproliferative activity in which it exhibited IC50 = 0.53 μM against HCT-116 cancer cell line. It was further tested as a tubulin polymerization inhibitor showing an IC50 = 3.84 μM if compared to combretastatin IC50 = 1.10 μM. Further mechanism studies revealed that compound 4c could obviously inhibit the proliferation of HCT-116 cancer cells by inducing apoptosis and arresting the cell cycle at the G2/M phase. Furthermore, docking studies showed that compound 4c illustrated good fitting to the colchicine binding site of tubulin. Thus, it is considered an anticancer lead compound worthy of further development as a tubulin polymerization inhibitor.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011743 Pyrimidines A family of 6-membered heterocyclic compounds occurring in nature in a wide variety of forms. They include several nucleic acid constituents (CYTOSINE; THYMINE; and URACIL) and form the basic structure of the barbiturates.
D004354 Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor Methods of investigating the effectiveness of anticancer cytotoxic drugs and biologic inhibitors. These include in vitro cell-kill models and cytostatic dye exclusion tests as well as in vivo measurement of tumor growth parameters in laboratory animals. Anticancer Drug Sensitivity Tests,Antitumor Drug Screens,Cancer Drug Tests,Drug Screening Tests, Tumor-Specific,Dye Exclusion Assays, Antitumor,Anti-Cancer Drug Screens,Antitumor Drug Screening Assays,Tumor-Specific Drug Screening Tests,Anti Cancer Drug Screens,Anti-Cancer Drug Screen,Antitumor Drug Screen,Cancer Drug Test,Drug Screen, Anti-Cancer,Drug Screen, Antitumor,Drug Screening Tests, Tumor Specific,Drug Screens, Anti-Cancer,Drug Screens, Antitumor,Drug Test, Cancer,Drug Tests, Cancer,Screen, Anti-Cancer Drug,Screen, Antitumor Drug,Screens, Anti-Cancer Drug,Screens, Antitumor Drug,Test, Cancer Drug,Tests, Cancer Drug,Tumor Specific Drug Screening Tests
D000970 Antineoplastic Agents Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS. Anticancer Agent,Antineoplastic,Antineoplastic Agent,Antineoplastic Drug,Antitumor Agent,Antitumor Drug,Cancer Chemotherapy Agent,Cancer Chemotherapy Drug,Anticancer Agents,Antineoplastic Drugs,Antineoplastics,Antitumor Agents,Antitumor Drugs,Cancer Chemotherapy Agents,Cancer Chemotherapy Drugs,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Agents,Chemotherapeutic Anticancer Drug,Agent, Anticancer,Agent, Antineoplastic,Agent, Antitumor,Agent, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Anticancer,Agents, Antineoplastic,Agents, Antitumor,Agents, Cancer Chemotherapy,Agents, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Chemotherapy Agent, Cancer,Chemotherapy Agents, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drug, Cancer,Chemotherapy Drugs, Cancer,Drug, Antineoplastic,Drug, Antitumor,Drug, Cancer Chemotherapy,Drug, Chemotherapeutic Anticancer,Drugs, Antineoplastic,Drugs, Antitumor,Drugs, Cancer Chemotherapy
D013329 Structure-Activity Relationship The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships
D014404 Tubulin A microtubule subunit protein found in large quantities in mammalian brain. It has also been isolated from SPERM FLAGELLUM; CILIA; and other sources. Structurally, the protein is a dimer with a molecular weight of approximately 120,000 and a sedimentation coefficient of 5.8S. It binds to COLCHICINE; VINCRISTINE; and VINBLASTINE. alpha-Tubulin,beta-Tubulin,delta-Tubulin,epsilon-Tubulin,gamma-Tubulin,alpha Tubulin,beta Tubulin,delta Tubulin,epsilon Tubulin,gamma Tubulin
D015195 Drug Design The molecular designing of drugs for specific purposes (such as DNA-binding, enzyme inhibition, anti-cancer efficacy, etc.) based on knowledge of molecular properties such as activity of functional groups, molecular geometry, and electronic structure, and also on information cataloged on analogous molecules. Drug design is generally computer-assisted molecular modeling and does not include PHARMACOKINETICS, dosage analysis, or drug administration analysis. Computer-Aided Drug Design,Computerized Drug Design,Drug Modeling,Pharmaceutical Design,Computer Aided Drug Design,Computer-Aided Drug Designs,Computerized Drug Designs,Design, Pharmaceutical,Drug Design, Computer-Aided,Drug Design, Computerized,Drug Designs,Drug Modelings,Pharmaceutical Designs
D015394 Molecular Structure The location of the atoms, groups or ions relative to one another in a molecule, as well as the number, type and location of covalent bonds. Structure, Molecular,Molecular Structures,Structures, Molecular
D045744 Cell Line, Tumor A cell line derived from cultured tumor cells. Tumor Cell Line,Cell Lines, Tumor,Line, Tumor Cell,Lines, Tumor Cell,Tumor Cell Lines
D049109 Cell Proliferation All of the processes involved in increasing CELL NUMBER including CELL DIVISION. Cell Growth in Number,Cellular Proliferation,Cell Multiplication,Cell Number Growth,Growth, Cell Number,Multiplication, Cell,Number Growth, Cell,Proliferation, Cell,Proliferation, Cellular
D050257 Tubulin Modulators Agents that interact with TUBULIN to inhibit or promote polymerization of MICROTUBULES. Microtubule Modulator,Tubulin Inhibitor,Tubulin Modulator,Tubulin Polymerization Inhibitor,Tubulin Polymerization Promoter,Tubulin Promoter,Microtubule Modulators,Tubulin Inhibitors,Tubulin Polymerization Inhibitors,Tubulin Polymerization Promoters,Tubulin Promoters,Inhibitor, Tubulin,Inhibitor, Tubulin Polymerization,Inhibitors, Tubulin,Inhibitors, Tubulin Polymerization,Modulator, Microtubule,Modulator, Tubulin,Modulators, Microtubule,Modulators, Tubulin,Polymerization Inhibitor, Tubulin,Polymerization Inhibitors, Tubulin,Polymerization Promoter, Tubulin,Polymerization Promoters, Tubulin,Promoter, Tubulin,Promoter, Tubulin Polymerization,Promoters, Tubulin,Promoters, Tubulin Polymerization

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