Biological Evaluation in Vitro and in Silico of Azetidin-2-one Derivatives as Potential Anticancer AgentsClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Fabián E. Olazaran
- Gildardo Rivera
- Alondra M. Pérez-Vázquez
- Cynthia M. Morales-Reyes
- Aldo Segura-Cabrera
- Isaías Balderas-Rentería
Abstract

Potential anticancer activity of 16 azetidin-2-one derivatives was evaluated showing that compound 6 [N-(p-methoxy-phenyl)-2-(p-methyl-phenyl)-3-phenoxy-azetidin-2-one] presented cytotoxic activity in SiHa cells and B16F10 cells. The caspase-3 assay in B16F10 cells displayed that azetidin-2-one derivatives induce apoptosis. Microarray and molecular analysis showed that compound 6 was involved on specific gene overexpression of cytoskeleton regulation and apoptosis due to the inhibition of some cell cycle genes. From the 16 derivatives, compound 6 showed the highest selectivity to neoplastic cells, it was an inducer of apoptosis, and according to an in silico analysis of chemical interactions with colchicine binding site of human α/β-tubulin, the mechanism of action could be a molecular interaction involving the amino acids outlining such binding site.
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