Title Synthesis of N-aryl-2,6-diphenyl-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-7-amines and their photodynamic properties in the human skin melanoma cell line G361 /
Authors Razmienė, Beatričė ; Vojáčková, Veronika ; Řezníčková, Eva ; Malina, Lukáš ; Dambrauskienė, Vaida ; Kubala, Martin ; Bajgar, Robert ; Kolářová, Hana ; Žukauskaitė, Asta ; Arbačiauskienė, Eglė ; Šačkus, Algirdas ; Kryštof, Vladimír
DOI 10.1016/j.bioorg.2021.105570
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Is Part of Bioorganic chemistry.. San Diego, CA : Elsevier. 2022, vol. 119, art. no. 105570, p. 1-10.. ISSN 0045-2068. eISSN 1090-2120
Keywords [eng] apoptosis ; Buchwald–Hartwig amination ; cytotoxicity ; DNA damage ; photodynamic effect ; pyrazole ; reactive oxygen species
Abstract [eng] A small series of N-aryl-2,6-diphenyl-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-7-amines was synthesized from easily accessible 1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-ol via 7-iodo-2,6-diphenyl-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine and 7-iodo-4-methyl-2,6-diphenyl-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridine intermediates and their subsequent use in palladium catalyzed Buchwald-Hartwig cross-coupling reaction with various anilines. Majority of the compounds were not significantly cytotoxic to melanoma G361 cells in the dark up to 10 µM concentration, but their activity could be increased by irradiation with visible blue light (414 nm). The most active compound 10 possessed EC50 values of 3.5, 1.6 and 0.9 µM in cells irradiated with 1, 5 and 10 J/cm2, respectively. The treatment caused generation of reactive oxygen species in cells and extensive DNA damage, documented by the comet assay and by detection of phosphorylated histone H2A.X, followed by apoptotic cell death. Our results suggest that N-aryl-2,6-diphenyl-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-7-amines could serve as a potential source of photosensitizing compounds with anticancer activities.
Published San Diego, CA : Elsevier
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2022
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