The results of the docking studies suggested that, like other heteroaryl-acrylonitriles, the obtained compounds may exert their cancer cell growth inhibitory effects through interaction with tubulin in the colchicine-binding site and/or apoptotic caspase-3 as well as caspase-9, whereas their antibacterial activity may be related to interaction with PBP4 and/or β-lactamase. This evidence concerns the gene CASP9 and cancer.