Crystal Structures and Cytotoxicity of Ortho-Xylene Linked Bis-benzimidazolium Salts

Title:Crystal Structures and Cytotoxicity of Ortho-Xylene Linked Bis-benzimidazolium Salts

Volume: 11 Issue: 5

Author(s): Muhammad Adnan Iqbal, Rosenani A. Haque, Safaa A. Ahamed, Syedeh Fatemeh Jafari, Mohamed B. Khadeer Ahamed and Amin M.S. Abdul Majid

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Keywords: Benzimidazole, benzimidazolium salts, HCT116, MCF-7, HT-29.

Abstract: Azolium (imidazolium and benzimidazolium) salts are known as stable precursors for the synthesis of Metal-N-Heterocyclic Carbene (M-NHC) complexes. Recently, some reports have been compiled indicating that benzimidazolium salts have anticarcinogenic properties. The current research is the further investigation of this phenomenon. Three ortho-xylene linked bis-benzimidazolium salts (1-3) with octyl, nonyl and decyl terminal chain lengths have been synthesized. Each of the compounds was characterized using FT-IR and NMR spectroscopic techniques. The molecular geometries of two of the salts (1-2) have been established using X-ray crystallographic technique. The compounds were tested for their cytotoxic properties against three cancerous cell lines namely, human colon cancer (HCT 116), human colorectal adenocarcinoma (HT- 29) and human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7). Mouse embryonic fibroblast (3T3-L1) was used as the model cell line of normal cells. The compounds showed selective anti-proliferative activities against the colorectal carcinoma cells. For HCT 116 and HT-29 cells, the IC₅₀ values ranged 0.9-2.6 µM and 4.0-10.0 µM, respectively. The salts 1 and 3 displayed moderate cytotoxicity against the breast cancer (MCF-7) cells with IC₅₀ 58.2 and 13.3 µM, respectively. However, the salt 2 produced strong cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cells with IC₅₀ 4.4 µM. Interestingly, the compounds demonstrated poor cytotoxic effects towards the normal cells (3T3-L1) as the IC₅₀ was found to be as high as 48.0 µM. Salts 2 and 3 demonstrated more pronounced anti-proliferative effect than the standard drugs used (5-Flourouracil and Tamoxifen).

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Iqbal Adnan Muhammad, Haque A. Rosenani, Ahamed A. Safaa, Jafari Fatemeh Syedeh, Khadeer Ahamed B. Mohamed and Abdul Majid M.S. Amin, Crystal Structures and Cytotoxicity of Ortho-Xylene Linked Bis-benzimidazolium Salts, Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 11 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573406411666150101153115