Triazolothiadizepinylquinolines as potential MetAP-2 and NMT inhibitors: Microwave-assisted synthesis, pharmacological evaluation and molecular docking studies

Abstract

The enzymes MetAP-2 and NMT play a crucial role in the process of myristoylation of oncoproteins which is deregulated in many types of cancers. Execution of both these enzymes is considered as strategy for the intervention of various cancers and relative fungal infections, and hence the discovery of novel MetAP-2 and NMT inhibitors necessitate their high relevancy. In this investigation, we have synthesized a series of novel seven-membered triazolothiadiazepinyl quinolines 10(a–m) distinctively under microwave irradiation technique and identified as selective MetAP-2 and NMT inhibitors. Amongst the functionalized derivatives when evaluated for the in vitro antifungal assay, compounds 10b, 10c, 10e and 10f were considered promising due to notable inhibitory effects (MIC = 0.2 mg/mL) on Aspergillus fumigatus. Screening of the anticancer activity against NCI-60 Human tumor cell lines portrayed that conjugates 10b, 10c, 10e and 10f were found to be moderately effective against the Renal Cancer cell line UO-31. The data acquired from biological studies was further validated by molecular docking studies and pharmacokinetic evaluation.