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New oxa/thiadiazole-chalcone hybrids linked via a clickable 1,2,3-triazole bridge with dual EGFR/VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitory activity and antiproliferative effects.

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Τίτλος: New oxa/thiadiazole-chalcone hybrids linked via a clickable 1,2,3-triazole bridge with dual EGFR/VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitory activity and antiproliferative effects.
Συγγραφείς: El-Qommos M; Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Assiut (BUA), Assiut 71511, Egypt. Electronic address: merit.nashaat@bua.edu.eg., Morsy RMI; Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt. Electronic address: rana.morsy@aun.edu.eg., Abdel-Rahman HM; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Assiut (BUA), Assiut 71511, Egypt; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt. Electronic address: hamdy.abdelrahman@bua.edu.eg., Hussein MA; Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt. Electronic address: mhussein63@aun.edu.eg., Mostafa YA; Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Badr University in Assiut (BUA), Assiut 71511, Egypt. Electronic address: yaabdelkarem@pharm.aun.edu.eg.
Πηγή: Bioorganic chemistry [Bioorg Chem] 2026 Oct 15; Vol. 182, pp. 110453. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 31.
Τύπος έκδοσης: Journal Article
Γλώσσα: English
Στοιχεία περιοδικού: Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1303703 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1090-2120 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00452068 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Bioorg Chem Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s): Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier
Original Publication: New York, London, Academic Press.
Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): Antineoplastic Agents*/pharmacology , Antineoplastic Agents*/chemistry , Antineoplastic Agents*/chemical synthesis , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2*/antagonists & inhibitors , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2*/metabolism , Triazoles*/chemistry , Triazoles*/pharmacology , Protein Kinase Inhibitors*/pharmacology , Protein Kinase Inhibitors*/chemistry , Protein Kinase Inhibitors*/chemical synthesis , Chalcone*/chemistry , Chalcone*/pharmacology , Thiadiazoles*/chemistry , Thiadiazoles*/pharmacology , Chalcones*/chemistry , Chalcones*/pharmacology, ErbB Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors ; ErbB Receptors/metabolism ; Cell Proliferation/drug effects ; Humans ; Structure-Activity Relationship ; Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor ; Molecular Structure ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Click Chemistry
Περίληψη: The growing global incidence of cancer, coupled with the limitations of many current therapies, such as cytotoxicity, resistance, and poor selectivity, drives the need for new therapeutic agents. In this study, a novel series of pyridine-1,3,4-oxa/thiadiazole-chalcone hybrids, linked via a clickable 1,2,3-triazole moiety (7a-k and 8a-d), were synthesized and elucidated by FT-IR, NMR, and HRMS. These target compounds were screened in vitro for anticancer activity against three human cancer cell lines (A549, MCF-7, HCT-116) and for EGFR/VEGFR-2 inhibitory activity. The HCT-116 cells were the most sensitive. Notably, compounds 7b,7d, 7j, 8b, and 8d exhibited promising cytotoxic activity with IC50 values ranging from 0.79 to 19.23 μM against the three tested cell lines. Moreover, the safety of derivatives 7b, 7d, 7f, 7j, 8b, and 8d was confirmed by screening them against a normal colon cell line (FHC), which exhibited a favorable selectivity profile within the HCT-116/FHC model. Additionally, compounds 7d and 8d showed inhibitory activity against EGFRWT (0.084, 0.068 μM, respectively), EGFRT790M (0.287 ± 0.01, 0.154 ± 0.004 μM, respectively), and VEGFR-2 (0.075, 0.071 μM, respectively). Compound 7d exhibited potent inhibitory activity against resistant NCI-H1975 cell line, with an IC₅₀ value of 11.64 ± 0.31 μM. Against SW1463 cells, 7d and 8d showed IC₅₀ of 2.74 ± 0.08 and 7.180 ± 0.23 μM, respectively, outperforming erlotinib (IC₅₀ = 12.335 ± 0.40 μM). Compound 8d exhibited potent inhibition of both EGFRT790M and EGFRWT expression, reducing their levels to 2.164 ± 0.08 ng/mL (78.8% reduction) and 220.88 ± 8.33 pg/mL (76.0% reduction), respectively, showing activities comparable to erlotinib. Compounds 7d, 7j, 8b, and 8d appeared to induce cell cycle arrest at G₀/G₁ phase and promote apoptosis; however, these findings are preliminary, derived from a single experiment, and hypothesis-generating. Computational studies for the most active compounds showed configurations that were pose-consistent with key hinge interactions within the target enzymes. Furthermore, the lipophilicity (log P) of the compounds, 7f and 8d, was experimentally determined to provide additional insight into their predicted ADME properties.
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Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Contributed Indexing: Keywords: Anticancer; Click chemistry; Computational studies; Dual inhibition; Hybrids; Thiadiazole
Substance Nomenclature: EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors)
0 (Antineoplastic Agents)
EC 2.7.10.1 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2)
0 (Triazoles)
0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors)
EC 2.7.10.1 (EGFR protein, human)
EC 2.7.10.1 (KDR protein, human)
5S5A2Q39HX (Chalcone)
0 (Thiadiazoles)
0 (Chalcones)
Entry Date(s): Date Created: 20260909 Date Completed: 20261008 Latest Revision: 20261008
Update Code: 20261008
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2026.110453
PMID: 42715623
Βάση Δεδομένων: MEDLINE