Design and synthesis of novel benzofurans as a new class of antifungal agents targeting fungal N-myristoyltransferase. Part 3
作者:Ken-ichi Kawasaki、Miyako Masubuchi、Kenji Morikami、Satoshi Sogabe、Tsunehisa Aoyama、Hirosato Ebiike、Satoshi Niizuma、Michiko Hayase、Toshihiko Fujii、Kiyoaki Sakata、Hidetoshi Shindoh、Yasuhiko Shiratori、Yuko Aoki、Tatsuo Ohtsuka、Nobuo Shimma
DOI:10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00844-2
日期:2003.1
A new series of acid-stable antifungal agents having strong inhibitory activity against Candida albicans N-myristoyl-transferase (CaNmt) has been developed starting from acid-unstable benzofuranylmethyl aryl ether 2. The inhibitor design is based on X-ray crystallographic analysis of a CaNmt complex with aryl ether 3. Among the new inhibitors, pyridine derivative 8b and benzimidazole derivative 8k showed clear antifungal activity in a murine systemic candidiasis model. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.