Synthesis of New Arylidene 2,5-Diketopiperazines and Evaluation of their Anti-Acetylcholinesterase, Anti-xanthine Oxidase, Anti-diabetic and Cytotoxic Activities

Title:Synthesis of New Arylidene 2,5-Diketopiperazines and Evaluation of their Anti-Acetylcholinesterase, Anti-xanthine Oxidase, Anti-diabetic and Cytotoxic Activities

Volume: 13 Issue: 8

Author(s): Mohamed A. Belkacem, Hichem B. Jannet*, Hicham Ferhout, Laila Mzali and Jalloul Bouajila*

Affiliation:

• Laboratoire de Chimie Heterocyclique, Produits Naturels et Reactivite, Equipe Chimie Medicinale et Produits Naturels (LR11ES39), Departement de Chimie, Faculte des Sciences de Monastir, Universite de Monastir, 5019 Monastir,Tunisia

• Universite de Toulouse, Universite Paul-Sabatier, Faculte de pharmacie de Toulouse, Laboratoire des IMRCP, UMR CNRS 5623, F-31062 Toulouse,France

Keywords: Synthesis, 2, 5-diketopiperazines, Claisen-Schmidt reaction, anti-acetylcholinesterase, anti-xanthine oxidase, anti-α- amylase, cytotoxic activity.

Abstract: Background: 2,5-Diketopiperazine derivatives are considered to be an important classe of cyclic peptides due to their wide range of biological activities.

Objectives: Synthesis of a new series of protected 2,5-diketopiperazine derivatives and evaluation of their in vitro biological activities.

Methods: A series of new mono-protected arylidene 2,5-diketopiperazine derivatives 3a-p have been prepared via Claisen-Schmidt condensation of the N,N-diacetyl-diketopiperazine 1 with a series of substituted arylaldehydes. All prepared compounds were characterized by 1D and 2D 1H/13C NMR and ESI-HRMS, and screened for their in vitro acetylcholenesterase, xanthine oxidase and α-amylase inhibition and cytotoxic (HCT-116, MCF-7 and OVCAR-3) activity.

Results: Among these compounds, the greatest activity against the α-amylase enzyme (percentage of inhibition (PI)=57.8±1.9%) was obtained for compound 3f bearing a phenoxy moiety. Moreover, the results demonstrated that some arylidene 2,5-diketopiperazines 3 exhibited significant cytotoxic activity against the three cell lines used. The compound 3g (4-PhCH2O.Ph) was found to be the most cytotoxic against the HCT-116, MCF-7 and OVCAR-3 cell lines (PI=83.2±2.4, 89.6±4.9 and 74.4±5.2%, respectively) followed by 3m (2-Br-5-F.Ph) then 3j (4-C2H5-3-NO2.Ph) which displayed a good cytotoxic potential against OVCAR-3 (PI=77.0±2.1 and 71.4±0.9%, respectively).

Conclusion: A series of sixteen new arylidene diketopiperazines 3a-p were synthesized via Claisen-Schmidt condensation. Most of the piperazines 3a-p exhibited a good cytotoxic and antidiabetic effects.

Cite this article as:

Belkacem A. Mohamed , Jannet B. Hichem*, Ferhout Hicham, Mzali Laila and Bouajila Jalloul*, Synthesis of New Arylidene 2,5-Diketopiperazines and Evaluation of their Anti-Acetylcholinesterase, Anti-xanthine Oxidase, Anti-diabetic and Cytotoxic Activities, Medicinal Chemistry 2017; 13 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573406413666170425165659