Norcryptotackieine () belongs to the indoloquinoline class of alkaloids isolated from , a plant species that has been traditionally used as an antimalarial agent. Additional structural modifications of can potentially enhance its therapeutic potency. Indoloquinolines such as cryptolepine, neocryptolepine, isocryptolepine, and neoisocryptolepine show restricted clinical applications owing to their cytotoxicity deriving from interactions with DNA. Here, we examined the effect of substitutions at the N-6 position of norcryptotackieine on the cytotoxicity, as well as structure-activity relationship studies pertaining to sequence specific DNA-binding affinities. The representative compound binds DNA in a nonintercalative/pseudointercalative fashion, in addition to nonspecific stacking on DNA, in a sequence selective manner. The DNA-binding studies clearly establish the mechanism of DNA binding by N-6-substituted norcryptotackieines and neocryptolepine. The synthesized norcryptotackieines , and known indoloquinolines were screened on different cell lines (HEK293, OVCAR3, SKOV3, B16F10, and HeLa) to assess their cytotoxicity. Norcryptotackieine (IC value of 3.1 μM) showed 2-fold less potency when compared to the natural indoloquinoline cryptolepine (IC value of 1.64 μM) in OVCAR3 (ovarian adenocarcinoma) cell lines.
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