Evaluation of antitumor potential of synthesized novel 2-substituted 4-anilinoquinazolines as quinazoline-pyrrole hybrids in MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line and A-549 human lung adenocarcinoma cell lines

• Published in: Future journal of pharmaceutical sciences Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 44 - 11
• Main Authors: Bathula, Raju, Mondal, Presenjit, Raparla, Ramakrishna, Satla, Shobha Rani
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 31.07.2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Acids; Adenocarcinoma; Breast cancer; Cell growth; Cervical cancer; Cytotoxic; FDA approval; Lung cancer; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Pharmaceutical sciences; Phosphorus; Pyrrole; Quinazolines; United States > US; India; Adenocarcinoma; Breast cancer; Quinazolines; Cytotoxic; Pyrrole
• ISSN: 2314-7253; 2314-7245; 2314-7253
• DOI: 10.1186/s43094-020-00059-5

Background A series of novel 2 substituted 4-anilinoquinazolines-pyrrole hybrids were synthesized, and cytotoxic activity were evaluated using MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay. Methods The cell line used for the activity was MCF-7 breast cancer cell line and A459 human lung adenocarcinoma cell line. The newly quinazoline-pyrrole hybrid compounds have been synthesized from the 4-chloro-7-(3-chloropropoxy)-6-methoxy-2-phenylquinazoline derivatives. The chemical structure of the synthesized compounds has been confirmed by FTIR, 1 HNMR, 13 C NMR, and mass spectral data. The cytotoxic study was conducted using morphological study and MTT assay against adenocarcinoma and human breast cancer cell lines. Results The results of cytotoxic evaluation revealed that few compounds show moderate to promising activity when compared with standard doxorubicin (IC 50 value 41.05 μM at 72 h). The synthesized compounds 7d and 7f were found effective in breast cancer cell line with IC 50 values 40.64 μM and 44.98 μM at 72 h, respectively. The synthesized compounds 7d, 7f, 7g, and 7h were found effective in adenocarcinoma cell line with IC 50 values of 41.05 μM, 45.54 μM, 46.93 μM, and 48.62 μM, respectively. Conclusion Based on the experimental evidences, we proposed structure activity relationship to provide significant information for the design and development of further potent anticancer agents.