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In vitro anti-breast cancer study of hybrid cinnamic acid derivatives bearing 2-thiohydantoin moiety.

Dalal Nasser BinjawharFawziah A Al-SalmiMaha Ali AlghamdiOla A Abu AliEman FayadYoustina William RizzkNourhan M AliIbrahim Mohey El-DeenElsayed H Eltamany
Published in: Future medicinal chemistry (2024)
Aim : To synthesize new hybrid cinnamic acids ( 10a , 10b and 11 ) and ester derivatives ( 7 , 8 and 9 ) and investigate their anti-breast cancer activities. Materials & methods: Compounds 7-11 were evaluated ( in vitro ) for their cytotoxic activities against the MCF-7 cell line. A flow cytometry examination was performed. Protein levels of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), topoisomerase II and caspase-9 were measured by qRT-PCR. Molecular docking studies were conducted. Results : Several components were discovered to be active, mainly component 11 , which induced arrest in the cell cycle at phase S, greatly decreased the expression of Nrf2 and topoisomerase II; and upregulated the expression of caspase-9. Conclusion: The newly thiohydantoin-cinnamic acid hybrids can contribute to creating promising candidates for cancer drugs.
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