Browsing by Author "Mutlu, Dogukan"

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Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Artemisinin-Thymol
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2022) Kavak, Emrah; Mutlu, Dogukan; Ozok, Omruye; Arslan, Sevki; Kivrak, Arif
A molecular hybridization of natural products is a new concept in drug discovery and having critical roles to design new molecules with improved biological properties. Hybrid molecules display higher biological activities when compared to the parent drugs. In the present study, two natural products (thymol and artemisinin (ART)) are used for the synthesis of new hybrid thymol-artemisinin. After characterization, the cytotoxic activity of ART-thymol was tested against different cancer cell lines and non-cancerous human cell line. ART-Thymol show the cytotoxic effect with EC50 values 70,96 mu M for HepG2, 97,31 mu M for LnCap, 6,03 mu M for Caco-2, 77,98 mu M for HeLa and 62,28 mu M for HEK293 cells, respectively. Moreover, ART-Thymol was checked for drug-likeness, and the kinase inhibitory activity. ART-Thymol is investigated by using molecular docking. The results of qPCR was indicated CDK2 and P38 were inhibited by ART-Thymol. These results improved that thymol-artemisinin may be new candidates as an anticancer agents. [GRAPHICS] .
Identification of 3-Bromo as a Potent Anticancer Agent With Promising Inhibitory Effects on Gst Isozymes
(Bentham Science Publ Ltd, 2021) Yilmaz, Can; Arslan, Sevki; Mutlu, Dogukan; Konus, Metin; Kayhan, Abdussamet; Kurt-Kizildogan, Aslihan; Kivrak, Arif
Background: Indole-based heterocyclic compounds play important roles in pharmaceutical chemistry due to their unexpected biological and pharmacological properties. Objective: Herein, we describe novel biological properties (antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-cancer) of 3-bromo-1-ethyl-1H-indole (BEI) structure. Method: BEI was synthesized from 1-Methyl-2-phenylindole and N-bromosuccinimide and was characterized by using 1H and 13C NMR. Cytotoxicity was determined by MTT assay. Apoptosis analysis of BEI was determined by Arthur (TM) image-based Cytometer. Different methods were applied to assess the antioxidant activity of BEI. Molecular docking studies were conducted to determine the interactions of bonding between GST isozymes and BEI. Results: According to the antioxidant and antimicrobial activity assays, BEI compound showed reduced total antioxidant activity compared to the Trolox standard, whereas it showed moderate antimicrobial activity against Aspergillus niger and Phytophora eryhtrospora. Notably, the BEI compound demonstrated substantial selective cytotoxicity for the first time towards cancer cell lines, and there existed a significant decrease in the percentage of live cells treated with BEI, in comparison to the control ones. Interestingly, BEI exhibited a promising glutathione S-transferase isozymes inhibition. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that BEI seems to be a promising molecule to be used in the design of new anti-cancer agents that provide superiority to present commercial anti-cancer drugs.
Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Docking of Novel Thiophene-Based Indole Derivatives as Potential Antibacterial, Gst Inhibitor and Apoptotic Anticancer Agents
(Wiley-v C H verlag Gmbh, 2020) Konus, Metin; Cetin, Dogan; Yilmaz, Can; Arslan, Sevki; Mutlu, Dogukan; Kurt-Kizildogan, Aslihan; Kivrak, Arif
Heteroaromatic indoles play a leading role in the development of pharmaceutical, medical, chemical and agricultural fields due to their structural properties. In this study, it was first time that biological properties of (antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and apoptotis-induced anticancer) 3-(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-1-ethyl-2-phenyl-1H-indole 4 and 3-([2,2 '-bithiophen]-5-yl)-1-ethyl-2-phenyl-1H-indole 5 were described. According to the overall results, while 4 did not show any significant cytotoxic, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, 5 showed high reducing activity and very strong antibacterial activity against Enterococcus faecalis. Furthermore, 5 showed dose-dependent cytotoxic effect in all tested cell lines. The EC50 values of the 5 were found to be 16 mu M for CaCo-2, 29 mu M for LnCaP, 14 mu M for MDA-MB231, 21 mu M for HepG2 and 87 mu M for HEK293 cells, respectively. 5 also caused induction of apoptosis and promising glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzyme inhibition in HepG2 cells. Consequently, 5 could be also considered as a promising medical agent in cancer treatment.
Synthesis, Cytotoxicity, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Indole Based Novel Small Molecules
(Bentham Science Publ Ltd, 2021) Kurt-Kizildogan, Aslihan; Otur, Cigdem; Yilmaz, Can; Arslan, Sevki; Mutlu, Dogukan; Kivrak, Arif; Konus, Metin
Aims: In this study experiments were carried out to explore antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic properties of novel indole derivative 1-ethyl-2-phenyl-3-phenylethyl-3-thiophen-2-yl-1Hindole (EPI) together with its effect on glutathione S-transferases (GST) activities in human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cells. Background: Indoles probably represent one of the most important heterocyclic structures that have been attracting the interest of many scientists in drug discovery. Objective: The present study was carried out to explore antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic properties of novel indole derivative 1-ethyl-2-phenyl-3-phenylethyl-3-thiophen-2-yl-1H-indole (EPI) and its effect on glutathione S-transferases (GST) activities in human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cells. Materials and Methods: Pd-catalyst Sonogashira coupling reactions, MTT Assay, Antioxidant capacity test, Antimicrobial test, GST enzyme activity test Results: 1-ethyl-2-phenyl-3-(phenylethynyl)-1H-indole had antioxidant and antimicrobial properties. It displayed significant induction in glutathione S-transferases (GST) enzyme activity in human liver cancer cell lines (HepG2), but cytotoxic effect on all tested cancer cell lines could not be observed. Conclusion: All of these results showed that 1-ethyl-2-phenyl-3-(phenylethynyl)-1H-indole had antioxidant and antimicrobial properties without cytotoxic effect, which could make it a promising active component with further studies..