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A series of β-carboline derivatives containing nitrogen heterocycles were designed and synthesized. All compounds were screened for their antitumor activity against four human tumor cell lines (A549, K562, PC-3, T47D). Notably, compound N-(4-(morpholinomethyl)phenyl)-2-((5-(1-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-3-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)thio)acetamide (8q) exhibited significant inhibitory activity against PC-3 cells with an IC50 value of 9.86 µM. Importantly, compound 8q effectively suppressed both the proliferation and migration of PC-3 cells. Mechanistic studies revealed that compound 8q induced cell apoptosis and caused the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase in PC-3 cells.
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Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049, CODEN: MOLEFW) is an open access journal of synthetic organic chemistry and natural product chemistry. All articles are peer-reviewed and published continously upon acceptance. Molecules is published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Our aim is to encourage chemists to publish as much as possible their experimental detail, particularly synthetic procedures and characterization information. There is no restriction on the length of the experimental section. In addition, availability of compound samples is published and considered as important information. Authors are encouraged to register or deposit their chemical samples through the non-profit international organization Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI). Molecules has been launched in 1996 to preserve and exploit molecular diversity of both, chemical information and chemical substances.