Inhibitors of Dihydrofolate Reductase With Antibacterial Antiprotozoal, Antifungal and Anticancer Properties
申请人:Anderson Amy C.
公开号:US20090105287A1
公开(公告)日:2009-04-23
The compositions and methods described herein discloses the design, synthesis and testing of compounds that act as inhibitors of DHFR. The basic scaffold of these inhibitors includes a 2,4-diaminopyrimidine ring with a propargyl linker to another substituted aryl, bicyclo or heteroaryl ring. These DHFR inhibitors are potent and selective for many different pathogenic organisms, including the DHFR enzyme from bacteria such as
Bacillus anthracis
and methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
, fungi such as
Candida glabrata, Candida albicans
and
Cryptococcus neoformans
and protozoa such as
Cryptosporidium hominis
and
Toxoplasma gondii
. These compounds and other similar compounds are also potent against the mammalian enzyme and may be useful as anti-cancer therapeutics.