Synthesis and activity of azaterphenyl diamidines against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Plasmodium falciparum
摘要:
A series of azaterphenyl diamidines has been synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antiprotozoal activity against both Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (T. b .r.) and Plasmodium falciparum (P. f.) and in vivo efficacy in the STIB900 acute mouse model for T. b. r. Six of the 13 compounds showed IC50 values less than 7 nM against T. b. r. Twelve of those exhibited IC50 values less than 6 nM against P. f. and six of those showed IC50 values <= 60.6 nM, which are more than 25-fold as potent as furamidine. Moreover, two of them showed more than 40-fold selectivity for P. f. versus T. b. r. Three compounds 15b, 19d and 19e exhibited in vivo efficacy against T. b. r. much superior to furamidine, and equivalent to or better than azafuramidine. The antiparasitic activity of these diamidines depends on the ring nitrogen atom(s) location relative to the amidine groups and generally correlates with DNA binding affinity. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
作者:Laixing Hu、Reem K. Arafa、Mohamed A. Ismail、Tanja Wenzler、Reto Brun、Manoj Munde、W. David Wilson、Sandra Nzimiro、Serene Samyesudhas、Karl A. Werbovetz、David W. Boykin
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.10.091
日期:2008.1
Eighteen diamidino azaterphenyls and analogues were evaluated as anti-leishmanials; nine of the compounds gave IC50 values less than 1 mu M, five exhibited values less than 0.40 mu M, and two gave values less than 0.10 mu M in a Leishmania donovani axenic amastigote assay. The activity of the diamidines strongly depends on the ring N-atom location relative to the amidine groups and correlates with DNA affinity. Transmission electron microscopy studies showed a dramatic dilation of the mitochondrion and evidence of disintegration of the kinetoplast of the amastigotes. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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