Design, Green Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Triaryl-Tethered Acryloyl Derivatives as New Generation β-Tubulin Inhibitors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment.

= 4.45 µM). Further studies revealed the ability of the promising compound 4i to induce apoptosis and halt the cellular cycle at G2/M phase. Furthermore, the apoptosis-inducing activity of naphthalene-tethered acryloyl moiety 4i was correlated to the downregulation of Bcl-2 as well as elevation of both Bax and caspase 9 as concluded from RT-PCR immunoassay measurements. Finally, molecular docking studies were also performed to explain the displayed inhibitory activities.