Series of 2-phenyl-4-methylthiazole analogues are disclosed as potential therapeutic agents for the treatment of bacterial infections, especially methicillin-resistant
Straphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) related infections. A method for the treatment of MRSA-related infections is also claimed.
Discovery and Characterization of Potent Thiazoles versus Methicillin- and Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
作者:Haroon Mohammad、Abdelrahman S. Mayhoub、Adil Ghafoor、Muhammad Soofi、Ruba A. Alajlouni、Mark Cushman、Mohamed N. Seleem
DOI:10.1021/jm401905m
日期:2014.2.27
Methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and VRSA) infections are growing global health concerns. Structure-activity relationships of phenylthiazoles as a new antimicrobial class have been addressed. We present 10 thiazole derivatives that exhibit strong activity against 18 clinical strains of MRSA and VRSA with acceptable PK profile. Three derivatives revealed an advantage over vancomycin by rapidly eliminating MRSA growth within 6 h, and no derivatives are toxic to HeLa cells at 11 mu g/mL.
An investigation of phenylthiazole antiflaviviral agents
作者:Abdelrahman S. Mayhoub、Mansoora Khaliq、Carolyn Botting、Ze Li、Richard J. Kuhn、Mark Cushman
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.04.041
日期:2011.6
Flaviviruses are one of the most clinically important pathogens and their infection rates are increasing steadily. The phenylthiazole ring system has provided a template for the design and synthesis of antiviral agents that inhibit the flaviviruses by targeting their E-protein. Unfortunately, there is a correlation between phenylthiazole antiflaviviral activity and the presence of the reactive and therefore potentially toxic mono-or dibromomethyl moieties at thiazole-C4. Adding a linear hydrophobic tail para to the phenyl ring led to a new class of phenylthiazole antiflaviviral compounds that lack the toxic dibromomethyl moiety. This led to development of a drug-like phenylthiazole 12 that had high antiflaviviral selectivity (TI = 147). (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Arylthiazole antibiotics targeting intracellular methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that interfere with bacterial cell wall synthesis
作者:Islam Eid、Mohamed M. Elsebaei、Haroon Mohammad、Mohamed Hagras、Christine E. Peters、Youssef A. Hegazy、Bruce Cooper、Joe Pogliano、Kit Pogliano、Hamada S. Abulkhair、Mohamed N. Seleem、Abdelrahman S. Mayhoub
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.08.039
日期:2017.10
The promising antibacterial potency of arylthiazole antibiotics is offset by their limited activity against intracellular bacteria (namely methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)), similar to many clinically-approved antibiotics. The failure to target these hidden pathogens is due to the compounds' lack of proper characteristics to accumulate intracellularly. Fine tuning of the size and polar-surface-area of the linking heteroaromatic ring provided a new series of 5-thiazolylarylthiazoles with balanced properties that allow them to sufficiently cross and accumulate inside macrophages infected with MRSA. The most promising compound 4i exhibited rapid bactericidal activity, good metabolic stability and produced over 80% reduction of intracellular MRSA in infected macrophages. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.