ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Benzimidazole derivative as antitumor drug against experimentally induced lung carcinoma

Komarova EF1,2, Zhukovskaya ON3, Lukbanova EA, Yengibaryan MA, Vashenko LN1, Kharagezov DA1, Pozdnyakova VV, Ushakova ND, Shatova YuS, Przhedetsky YuV
About authors

1 National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

2 Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

3 Research Institute for Physical and Organic Chemistry of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Ekaterina A. Lukbanova
Azovskaya, 163, 346783, Azov; ur.xednay@ajaksramas.aytak

About paper

Funding: synthesis of the tested compound was supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the state assignment for the Southern Federal University, 2020, Project FENW-2020-0031 (0852-2020-0031). In vivo experiments were part of the state assignment Study of antitumor activity of pharmacological substances in vivo and in vitro (121031100253-3).

Author contributions: Komarova EF proposed the design, conducted the experiment and wrote the draft version of the manuscript; Zhukovskaya ON synthesized the tested compound and edited the manuscript; Lukbanova EA conducted the experiment and contributed to writing the manuscript; Yengibaryan MA edited the manuscript; Vashenko LN proposed the concept and design for the study, edited the manuscript; Kharagezov DA contributed to writing the manuscript; Pozdnyakova VV performed statistical analysis; Ushakova ND proposed the concept and design for the study; Shatova YuS prepared the list of references and edited the manuscript; Przhedetsky YuV performed technical editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of National Medical Research Center for Oncology (Protocol № 18 dated September 10, 2015); the experiment complied with the European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental and other Scientific Purposes.

Received: 2021-06-01 Accepted: 2021-06-15 Published online: 2021-06-25
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Table 1. The design of the experiment
Table 2. Effects of intragastrically administered 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-9-diethylaminoethylimidazo[1,2-a]benzimidazole dihydrobromide on LLC growth
Note: 1 — differences are significant relative to the control group (р < 0.05); 2 — differences are significant relative to the subgroups of the experimental group (р < 0.05).
Table 3. Effects of intragastrically administered 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-9-diethylaminoethylimidazo[1,2-a]benzimidazole dihydrobromide on LLC spread
Note: 1 — differences are significant relative to the control group (р < 0.05); 2 — differences are significant relative to the subgroups of the experimental group (р < 0.05).