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  • Anti-cancer and immunomodul...
    Yousef, Reda G.; Elwan, Alaa; Gobaara, Ibraheem M. M.; Mehany, Ahmed B. M.; Eldehna, Wagdy M.; El-Metwally, Souad A.; A. Alsfouk, Bshra; Elkaeed, Eslam B.; Metwaly, Ahmed M.; Eissa, Ibrahim H.

    Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 12/2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    New nicotinamide derivatives 6, 7, 10, and 11 were designed and synthesised based on the essential features of the VEGFR-2 inhibitors. Compound 10 revealed the highest anti-proliferative activities with IC 50 values of 15.4 and 9.8 µM against HCT-116 and HepG2, respectively compared to sorafenib (IC 50 = 9.30 and 7.40 µM). Compound 7 owned promising cytotoxic activities with IC 50 values of 15.7 and 15.5 µM against the same cell lines, respectively. Subsequently, the VEGFR-2 inhibitory activities were assessed for the titled compounds to exhibit VEGFR-2 inhibition with sub-micromolar IC 50 values. Moreover, compound 7 induced the cell cycle cessation at the cycle at %G2-M and G0-G1phases, and induced apoptosis in the HCT-116. Compounds 7 and 10 reduced the levels of TNF-α by 81.6 and 84.5% as well as IL-6 by 88.4 and 60.9%, respectively, compared to dexamethasone (82.4 and 93.1%). In silico docking, molecular dynamics simulations, ADMET, and toxicity studies were carried out.