Design, Synthesis, and Cytotoxic Screening of New Quinoline Derivatives over MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Line

Abstract

VEGFR-2 inhibition represents an attractive strategy for anticancer drug design. A new series of quinoline derivatives were synthesized and structurally confirmed with different spectroscopic techniques. VEGFR-2 inhibition assay showed that 2-(4-bromoquinolin-3-yloxy)-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethanone (V) demonstrated potent VEGFR-2 inhibitory activities. In addition, the brominated quinoline (V) exhibit antitumor activity over MCF-7 cell line via cell cycle arrest at G1 phase and apoptosis inducing activity as revealed by cell cycle analysis and Annexin V/FITC staining assays. Moreover, brominated quinoline (V) was proved to upregulate expression of proteins that trigger apoptosis such as increased Bax, decreased Bcl-2 as well as increased Bax/Bcl-2 ratio.