Anticancer activity of dihydropyrazolo[1,5-c]quinazolines against rat C6 glioma cells via inhibition of topoisomerase II

作者:Kaur Gagandeep; Cholia Ravi P; Joshi Gaurav; Amrutkar Suyog M; Kalra Sourav; Mantha Anil K; Banerjee Uttam C; Kumar Raj*
来源:Archiv der Pharmazie, 2018, 351(6): e1800023.
DOI:10.1002/ardp.201800023

摘要

The design and synthesis of dihydropyrazolo[1,5-c]quinazolines (1a-h) as human topoisomerase II (TopoII) catalytic inhibitors are reported. The compounds were investigated for their antiproliferative activity against the C6 rat glial cell line. Two compounds, 1b and 1h, were found to be potent cytotoxic agents against glioma cells and exerted selective TopoII inhibitory activity. Furthermore, the compounds induced alterations in reactive oxygen species levels as measured by DCFDA assay and were found to induce cell cycle arrest at the G1 phase at lower concentrations and profound apoptosis at higher concentrations. The interaction of selected investigational molecules with TopoII was further corroborated by molecular modeling.

  • 出版日期2018-6