Synthetic approaches for sulfur derivatives containing 1,2,4-triazine moiety: their activity for in vitro screening towards two human cancer cell lines

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2015;63(7):531-7. doi: 10.1248/cpb.c15-00153.

Abstract

A series of sulfur 1,2,4-triazine derivatives were prepared and evaluated as anticancer compounds for two human breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7, MDA-MB-231) with some of them acting as low micromolar inhibitors. Evaluation of the cytotoxicity using a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-3,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, the inhibition of [(3)H]thymidine incorporation into DNA, and collagen synthesis inhibition demonstrated that these products exhibit cytotoxic effects on these breast cancer cell lines in vitro. The most effective were disulfide and sulfenamide compounds with two valence sulfur atoms. A structure-activity relationship study was performed using X-ray analysis and theoretical calculations at an ab initio density functional theory (DFT) level.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Humans
  • MCF-7 Cells
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Quantum Theory
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfur / chemistry*
  • Triazines / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Triazines
  • 1,2,4-triazine
  • Sulfur