In vitro cytotoxicity, gene expression, bioinformatics, biochemical analysis, and in silico analysis of synthesized carbonitrile derivatives


TÜZÜN B., AĞBEKTAŞ T., Naghiyev F. N., TAŞ A., Zontul C., ÖZÜM Ü., ...daha çox

Monatshefte fur Chemie, 2025 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Nəşrin Növü: Article / Article
  • Nəşr tarixi: 2025
  • Doi nömrəsi: 10.1007/s00706-025-03315-7
  • jurnalın adı: Monatshefte fur Chemie
  • Jurnalın baxıldığı indekslər: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Chemical Abstracts Core
  • Açar sözlər: ADME/T, Bioinformatics analysis, Gene expression, Molecular docking, Neuroblastoma cancer
  • Adres: Bəli

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In this work, an efficient single-step green synthesis protocol of 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitriles was applied with the purpose of their biological activity studies. It was found that the cytotoxic activities of 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitriles in the SHSY-5Y cancer cell line were most active after 72 h of incubation. It was determined that 1,6-diamino-4a-methyl-3-oxo-2,8-diphenyl-2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitrile showed higher anticancer activity on SHSY-5Y cancer cells compared to other molecules. The expression levels of Myc-N, Casp2, Tp53, RAD51, BRCA2, MDM2, BAX and NF-κB1 genes were analyzed by RT-PCR method by applying 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitriles to the SHSY-5Y neuroblastoma cancer cell line. It was observed that there were differences in expression levels between study groups and all differences were found to be statistically significant (p < 0.000). Bioinformatics analysis was performed using the STRING v 11 Protein interaction tool. When the molecules in the SHSY-5Y cell line were compared to the control group, an 80% increase in GSH levels was observed in 1,6-diamino-4a-methyl-3-oxo-2,8-diphenyl-2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitrile and 1,6-diamino-8-(4-chlorophenyl)-4a-methyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitrile groups. SOD enzyme activity increased significantly in the former group compared to the control and other groups. LDH activity was detected at a higher rate in this cell line compared to the control group. Calculations were made for 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitriles using the Gaussian software package on B3LYP, HF, and M06-2 × levels with the 6-31++g(d,p) basis sets. The activities of the 2,3,4,4a-tetrahydroisoquinoline-5,7-dicarbonitriles found in the study against SH-SY5Y protein (2F37, 3PBL and 5WIV), comparison has been made. MM/GBSA methods are calculated binding free energy for all molecule and 3PBL protein. Afterwards, ADME/T analysis was performed to examine the effects of the molecules on human metabolism.