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A series of novel 2-(2-arylmethylthio-4-chloro-5-methylbenzenesulfonyl)-1-(6-substituted-4-chloro-1,3,5-triazin-2-ylamino)guanidine derivatives 9–20 have been synthesized by substitution of chlorine atom at the 1,3,5-triazine ring in compounds 5–8 with 3- or 4-aminobenzenesulfonamide and 4-(aminomethyl)benzenesulfonamide hydrochloride. All the synthesized compounds were evaluated for their inhibitory activity toward hCA I, II, IX and XII as well as anticancer activity against HeLa, HCT-116 and MCF-7 human tumor cell lines. The investigated compounds showed weak inhibitory potency against the human CA I, while activity toward hCA II was differentiated and depended on structure of inhibitor (KI: 5.4–933.1 nM). Compounds containing the 4-sulfamoylphenyl moiety (9–12) exhibited the strongest inhibitory activity against hCA IX with KI values from 37.1 to 42.9 nM, as well as against hCA XII in range of 31–91.9 nM. The most promising compound 12 (KI = 41 nM) showed the highest selectivity toward hCA IX versus hCA I (hCA I/hCA IX = 18) and hCA II (hCA II/hCA IX = 4). Compound 12 displayed prominent cytotoxic effect selectively toward HeLa cancer cells (IC50 = 17 μM) and did not exhibit toxicity to the non-cancerous HaCaT cells. In silico analysis suggested that despite the lack of a single binding pose, the selective affinity is conferred by specific interactions with an arginine moiety, as well as better-defined binding modes within the active site.

Authors

• Beata Żołnowska,
• Jarosław Sławiński,
• dr Krzysztof Szafrański,
• Andrea Angeli,
• Claudiu T. Supuran,
• Anna Kawiak,
• dr inż. Miłosz Wieczór link open in new tab ,
• Joanna Zielińska,
• Tomasz Bączek,
• Sylwia Bartoszewska link open in new tab