Design, synthesis, structure, in vitro cytotoxic activity evaluation and docking studies on target enzyme GSK-3β of new indirubin-3'-oxime derivatives

Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 10;10(1):11429. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68134-8.

Abstract

The addition of chalcone and amine components into indirubin-3'-oxime resulted in 15 new derivatives with high yields. Structures of new derivatives were also elucidated through 1D, 2D-NMR and HR-MS(ESI) spectra and X-ray crystallography. All designed compounds were screened for cytotoxic activity against four human cancer cell lines (HepG2, LU-1, SW480 and HL-60) and one human normal kidney cell line (HEK-293). Compound 6f exhibited the most marked cytotoxicity meanwhile cytotoxicity of compounds 6e, 6h and 6l was more profound toward cancer cell lines than toward normal cell. These new derivatives were further analyzed via molecular docking studies on GSK-3β enzyme. Docking analysis shows that most of the derivatives exhibited potential inhibition activity against GSK-3β with characteristic interacting residues in the binding site. The fast pulling of ligand scheme was then employed to refine the binding affinity and mechanism between ligands and GSK-3β enzyme. The computational results are expected to contribute to predicting enzyme target of the trial inhibitors and their possible interaction, from which the design of new cytotoxic agents could be created in the future.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Catalytic Domain
  • Cell Survival
  • Chalcones / chemistry
  • Computational Biology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Design*
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta / chemistry*
  • HEK293 Cells
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Hep G2 Cells
  • Humans
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Ligands
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Oximes / chemistry*
  • Oximes / pharmacology
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Domains
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Chalcones
  • Indoles
  • Ligands
  • Oximes
  • indirubin-3'-monoxime
  • GSK3B protein, human
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta