Synthesis and preliminary anticancer activity assessment of n-glycosides of 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles

Abstract

The addition of 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives with parallel iodination of differ-ently protected glycals has been achieved using a double molar excess of molecular iodine under mild conditions. The corresponding thiadiazole derivatives of N-glycosides were obtained in good yields and anomeric selectivity. The usage of iodine as a catalyst makes this method easy, inexpen-sive, and successfully useable in reactions with sugars. Thiadiazole derivatives were tested in a panel of three tumor cell lines, MCF-7, HCT116, and HeLa. These compounds initiated biological response in investigated tumor models in a different rate. The MCF-7 is resistant to the tested com-pounds, and the cytometry assay indicated low increase in cell numbers in the sub-G1 phase. The most sensitive are HCT-116 and HeLa cells. The thiadiazole derivatives have a pro-apoptotic effect on HCT-116 cells. In the case of the HeLa cells, an increase in the number of cells in the sub-G1-phase and the induction of apoptosis was observed.