Anti-proliferative and anti-malarial activities of spiroisoxazoline analogues of artemisinin

  • Surya Pratap
  • , Fatima Naaz
  • , Srinivas Reddy
  • , Kunal K. Jha
  • , Kalicharan Sharma
  • , Dinakar Sahal
  • , Mymoona Akhter
  • , Devanna Nayakanti
  • , Halmuthur M.S. Kumar
  • , Vandana
  • , Kailash Pandey
  • , Syed Shafi

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Abstract

A series of spiroisoxazoline analogues of artemisinin was synthesized by employing 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between various in situ generated nitrile oxides and artemisitene. All the synthesized compounds were tested for their anti-proliferative and anti-malarial activities. Among the compounds tested, compound 11a was found to be potent against the HCT-15 cancer cell line with IC 50 = 4.04 μM when compared to 5-fluorouracil (IC 50 = 35.53 μM). DNA cell cycle analysis shows that 11a was inhibiting cell proliferation at the G2/M phase. Compound 11b was found to be most active against Plasmodium falciparum with IC 50 = 0.1 μM and also blocked host hemoglobin hydrolysis by the falcipain-3 receptor. It was demonstrated to have better dynamics of parasite killing efficiency than artemisinin. Molecular docking studies revealed that these compounds interacted with falcipain-3 receptor sites.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1800192
JournalArchiv der Pharmazie
Volume352
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition
  • anti-malarial activity
  • anti-proliferative
  • artemisitene
  • spiroisoxazoline

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Drug Discovery

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