Inhibitory activity of benzo[h]quinoline and benzo[h]chromene in human glioblastoma cells

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Purpose: To carry out a neat synthesis of 2-amino-5, 6-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-phenylbenzo[h]quinoline-3-carbonitrile (compound 2) and 2-amino-5, 6-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-phenyl-4H-benzo[h]chromene-3-carbonitrile (compound 3) and evaluate their cytotoxic activity in human glioblastoma cells. Methods: Benzo[h]quinoline and benzo[h]chromene were synthesized by treating 6-methoxy-1-tetralone with benzylidenemalononitrile under microwave irradiation. The structures of compounds 2 and 3 were confirmed by elemental, spectral, and x-ray crystallographic analyses. The cytotoxic activity of compounds 2 and 3 was evaluated using WST-1 assay in U373 human glioblastoma cell line. Results: The molecular structures of compounds 2 and 3 were demonstrated unambiguously from single crystal x-ray measurements and they crystallized in triclinic form, P-1, for both compounds. Invitro cytotoxic activity data for compound 2 in human glioblastoma cell line (U373) indicate that no significant cytotoxicity was observed. On the other hand, compound 3 showed highly significant cytotoxic effects on U373 cells at concentrations starting from 0.1 μg/ mL. Conclusion: Compound 3 produces a decrease in cell viability with approximately 80% cell death while compound 2 did not indicate significant cytotoxic activity. This suggests that the chromene moiety of compound 3 may be responsible for its high cytotoxicity.

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Haiba, M. E., Al-Abdullah, E. S., Ghabbour, H. A., Riyadh, S. M., & Abdel-Kader, R. M. (2016). Inhibitory activity of benzo[h]quinoline and benzo[h]chromene in human glioblastoma cells. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 15(11), 2337–2343. https://doi.org/10.4314/tjpr.v15i11.6

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