Mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 2 “IDH2m” acquires a neo-enzymatic activity reducing α-ketoglutarate to an oncometabolite, D-2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG). Three
s
-triazine series were designed and synthesised using enasidenib as a lead compound.
In vitro
anticancer screening
via
National Cancer Institute “NCI” revealed that analogues
6a, 6c
,
6d
,
7g,
and
7l
were most potent, with mean growth inhibition percentage “GI%” = 66.07, 66.00, 53.70, 35.10, and 81.15, respectively, followed by five-dose screening. Compounds
6c, 6e,
and
7c
were established as the best IDH2
R140Q
inhibitors compared to enasidenib, reporting IC
50
= 101.70, 67.01, 88.93, and 75.51 nM, respectively. More importantly,
6c, 6e,
and
7c
displayed poor activity against the wild-type IDH2, IC
50
= 2928, 2295, and 3128 nM, respectively, which implementing high selectivity and accordingly safety. Furthermore,
6c
was screened for cell cycle arrest, apoptosis induction, and western blot analysis. Finally, computational tools were applied to predict physicochemical properties and binding poses in IDH2
R140Q
allosteric site.