Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38671055›Full record

ArticleScientific reports2024

Synthesis, bioactivity assessment, molecular docking and ADMET studies of new chromone congeners exhibiting potent anticancer activity.

Heba M Abo-Salem, Sahar S M El Souda, Heba I Shafey, Khairy M A Zoheir, Khadiga M Ahmed, Kh Mahmoud, Karima F Mahrous, Nagwa M Fawzy

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Multicomponent synthesis of 2RSC advances · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heba M Abo-SalemChemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt. hb_abosalem@yahoo.com.
Sahar S M El SoudaChemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
Heba I ShafeyCell Biology Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
Khairy M A ZoheirCell Biology Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
Khadiga M AhmedChemistry of Natural Compounds Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
Kh MahmoudPharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
Karima F MahrousCell Biology Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
Nagwa M FawzyChemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt. fmnagwa@yahoo.com.
National Research Centre · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In consideration of the chromones' therapeutic potential and anticancer activity, a new series of chromanone derivatives have been synthesized through a straightforward reaction between 6-formyl-7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-2-methylchromone (2) and various organic active compounds. The cytotoxic activity of the newly synthesized congeners was investigated against MCF-7 (human breast cancer), HCT-116 (colon cancer), HepG2 (liver cancer), and normal skin fibroblast cells (BJ1). The obtained data indicated that compounds 14b, 17, and 19 induce cytotoxic activity in the breast MCF7, while compounds 6a, 6b, 11 and 14c showed highly potent activity in the colon cancer cell lines. Overall, the results demonstrate that the potential cytotoxic effects of the studied compounds may be based on their ability to induce DNA fragmentation in cancer cell lines, down-regulate the expression level of CDK4 as well as the anti-apoptotic gene Bcl-2 and up-regulate the expression of the pro-apoptotic genes P53 and Bax. Furthermore, compounds 14b and 14c showed a dual mechanism of action by inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. The docking studies showed that the binding affinity of the most active cytotoxic compounds within the active pocket of the CDK4 enzyme is stronger due to hydrophobic and H-bonding interactions. These results were found to be consistent with the experimental results.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsApoptosisChromonesMolecular Docking SimulationCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Drug Screening Assays, AntitumorHCT116 CellsHep G2 CellsHumansMCF-7 CellsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Structure-Activity RelationshipTumor Suppressor Protein p53Antineoplastic AgentsCDK4 protein, humanChromonesCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID38671055
PMCPMC11053072
OpenAlexW4395663016

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.