Part I: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrazole-benzimidazole conjugates as checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) inhibitors with studying their activities alone and in combination with genotoxic drugs

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2017.0

Abstract

Activated checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) is a tumor suppressor as one of the main enzymes that affect the cell cycle. 2-Biarylbenzimidazoles are potent selective class of Chk2 inhibitors; the structure-based design was applied to synthesize a new series of this class with replacing the lateral aryl group by substituted pyrazoles. Ten pyrazole-benzimidazole conjugates from the best fifty candidates according to docking programs have been subjected to chemical synthesis in this study. The activities of the conjugates 5-14 as checkpoint kinase inhibitors and as antitumor alone and in combination with genotoxic drugs were evaluated. The effect of compounds 7 and 12 on cell-cycle phases was analyzed by flow cytometry analysis. Antitumor activity of compounds 7 and 12 as single-agents and in combinations with doxorubicin was assessed in breast cancer bearing animals induced by MNU. The Results indicated that compounds 5-14 inhibited Chk2 activity with high potency (IC50 52.8 nM-5.5 nM). The cytotoxicity of both cisplatin and doxorubicin were significantly potentiated by the most of the conjugates against MCF-7 cell lines. Compounds 7 and 12 and their combinations with doxorubicin induced the cell cycle arrest in MCF-7 cells. Moreover, compound 7 exhibited marked higher antitumor activity as a single agent in animals than it's combination with doxorubicin or doxorubicin alone. The combination of compound 12 with doxorubicin was greatly effective on animal than their single-dose treatment. In conclusion, pyrazole-benzimidazole conjugates are highly active Chk2 inhibitors that have anticancer activity and potentiate activity of genotoxic anticancer therapies and deserve further evaluations.

Knowledge Graph

Similar Paper

Part I: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrazole-benzimidazole conjugates as checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) inhibitors with studying their activities alone and in combination with genotoxic drugs
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2017.0
Part III: Novel checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) inhibitors; design, synthesis and biological evaluation of pyrimidine-benzimidazole conjugates
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2018.0
Part II: New candidates of pyrazole-benzimidazole conjugates as checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) inhibitors
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2018.0
1-(5-Chloro-2-alkoxyphenyl)-3-(5-cyano- pyrazi-2-yl)ureas as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Chk1 Kinase:  Synthesis, Preliminary SAR, and Biological Activities
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2005.0
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of imidazopyridine/imidazopyrimidine-benzimidazole conjugates as potential anticancer agents
MedChemComm 2014.0
Synthesis and docking studies of novel antitumor benzimidazoles
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 2012.0
Novel benzimidazole–pyrimidine conjugates as potent antitumor agents
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2010.0
Synthesis and Biological Activities of New Checkpoint Kinase 1 Inhibitors Structurally Related to Granulatimide
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2007.0
Discovery of 3-Alkoxyamino-5-(pyridin-2-ylamino)pyrazine-2-carbonitriles as Selective, Orally Bioavailable CHK1 Inhibitors
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2012.0
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of benzimidazole–rhodanine conjugates as potent topoisomerase II inhibitors
MedChemComm 2018.0