Synthesis, anticancer evaluation and molecular docking studies of methotrexate’s novel Schiff base derivatives against malignant glioma cell lines

Autor: Mohammad Amjad Kamal, Shahid Ayub, Aifa Nemat, Mudassir Iqbal, Saima Kalsoom, Ishaq N. Khan, Shoaib Ahmad Malik, Fazal Adnan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 40:2865-2877
ISSN: 1538-0254
0739-1102
DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1844053
Popis: Recent years have witnessed advancement in cancer research that has led to the development of improved cytotoxic therapies with reduced side effects. Methotrexate (MTX) is a commonly used anticancer drug having robust activity, but with serious side effects. Several derivatives of MTX have been reported by modification at different sites to reduce its side effects and enhance efficacy. The current work describes the development of active MTX Schiff base derivatives by treating MTX with several aldehydes viz 2-chlorobenzaldehyde, 3-nitrobenzaldehyde, 5-chloro-2-hydroxybenz-aldehyde, 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde, 2-thiocarboxyaldehyde, trans-2-pentenal and glutaraldehyde. Newly synthesized derivatives were evaluated for their anticancer potential against human malignant glioma U87 (MG-U87) cell lines at different concentrations of 200 μM, 100 μM, 50 μM, 25 μM, 12.5 μm, 6.25 μm and 0 μM. MTX derivatives with 2-Chlorobenzaldehyde (IC
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