Design, synthesis, and cytotoxic activities of isaindigotone derivatives as potential anti-gastric cancer agents

  • Kangjia Du
  • , Wantong Ma
  • , Chengjie Yang
  • , Zhongkun Zhou
  • , Shujian Hu
  • , Yanan Tian
  • , Hao Zhang
  • , Yunhao Ma
  • , Xinrong Jiang
  • , Hongmei Zhu
  • , Huanxiang Liu
  • , Peng Chen
  • , Yingqian Liu

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Abstract

A series of novel derivatives of isaindigotone, which comes from the root of isaits indinatca Fort, were synthesised (Compound 1–26). Four human gastrointestinal cancer cells (HCT116, PANC-1, SMMC-7721, and AGS) were employed to evaluate the anti-proliferative activity. Among them, Compound 6 displayed the most effective inhibitory activity on AGS cells with an IC50 (50% inhibitory concentration) value of 2.2 μM. The potential mechanism study suggested that Compound 6 induced apoptosis in AGS cells. The collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) in AGS cells was proved. In docking analysis, good affinity interaction between Compound 6 and AKT1 was discovered. Treatment of AGS cells with Compound 6 also resulted in significant suppression of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signal pathway. The collapse of MMP and suppression of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signal pathway may be responsible for induction of apoptosis. This derivative Compound 6 could be useful as an underlying anti-tumour agent for treatment of gastric cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1212-1226
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
Volume37
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Isaindigotone
  • MMP
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR
  • apoptosis
  • cytotoxicity

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