A Class of 5-Nitro-2-furancarboxylamides with Potent Trypanocidal Activity against Trypanosoma brucei in Vitro
摘要:
Recently, the World Health Organization approved the nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis, renewing interest in nitroheterocycle therapies for this and associated diseases. In this study, we have synthesized a series of novel 5-nitro-2-furancarboxylamides that show potent trypanocidal activity, similar to 1000-fold more potent than nifurtimox against in vitro Trypanosoma brucei with very low cytotoxicity against human He La cells. More importantly, the most potent analogue showed very limited cross-resistance to nifurtimox-resistant cells and vice versa. This implies that our novel, relatively easy to synthesize and therefore cheap, 5-nitro-2-furancarboxylamides are targeting a different, but still essential, biochemical process to those targeted by nifurtimox or its metabolites in the parasites. The significant increase in potency (smaller dose probably required) has the potential for greatly reducing unwanted side effects and also reducing the likelihood of drug resistance. Collectively, these findings have important implications for the future therapeutic treatment of African sleeping sickness.
A Class of 5-Nitro-2-furancarboxylamides with Potent Trypanocidal Activity against Trypanosoma brucei in Vitro
摘要:
Recently, the World Health Organization approved the nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis, renewing interest in nitroheterocycle therapies for this and associated diseases. In this study, we have synthesized a series of novel 5-nitro-2-furancarboxylamides that show potent trypanocidal activity, similar to 1000-fold more potent than nifurtimox against in vitro Trypanosoma brucei with very low cytotoxicity against human He La cells. More importantly, the most potent analogue showed very limited cross-resistance to nifurtimox-resistant cells and vice versa. This implies that our novel, relatively easy to synthesize and therefore cheap, 5-nitro-2-furancarboxylamides are targeting a different, but still essential, biochemical process to those targeted by nifurtimox or its metabolites in the parasites. The significant increase in potency (smaller dose probably required) has the potential for greatly reducing unwanted side effects and also reducing the likelihood of drug resistance. Collectively, these findings have important implications for the future therapeutic treatment of African sleeping sickness.
5-Amido- and 5-Amino-Substituted Epoxyisoindolo[2,1-<i>a</i>]tetrahydroquinolines and 10-Carboxylic Acids: Their Synthesis and Reactivity
作者:Vladimir P. Zaytsev、Fedor I. Zubkov、Flavien A. A. Toze、Daria N. Orlova、Maria N. Eliseeva、Dmitry G. Grudinin、Eugeniya V. Nikitina、Alexey V. Varlamov
DOI:10.1002/jhet.1024
日期:2013.2
was shown that the initial N-acylation of the tetrahydroquinolines was followed by a spontaneous [4+2]-cycloaddition of an N-acryloyl substituent to the furan ring. It was established that the intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction of furans is reversible, occurs stereoselectively as exo-addition, and led to target epoxyisoindolo[2,1-a]tetrahydroquinolines with moderate yields. Oxidation and aromatization
A Class of 5-Nitro-2-furancarboxylamides with Potent Trypanocidal Activity against <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> in Vitro
作者:Linna Zhou、Gavin Stewart、Emeline Rideau、Nicholas J. Westwood、Terry K. Smith
DOI:10.1021/jm301215e
日期:2013.2.14
Recently, the World Health Organization approved the nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis, renewing interest in nitroheterocycle therapies for this and associated diseases. In this study, we have synthesized a series of novel 5-nitro-2-furancarboxylamides that show potent trypanocidal activity, similar to 1000-fold more potent than nifurtimox against in vitro Trypanosoma brucei with very low cytotoxicity against human He La cells. More importantly, the most potent analogue showed very limited cross-resistance to nifurtimox-resistant cells and vice versa. This implies that our novel, relatively easy to synthesize and therefore cheap, 5-nitro-2-furancarboxylamides are targeting a different, but still essential, biochemical process to those targeted by nifurtimox or its metabolites in the parasites. The significant increase in potency (smaller dose probably required) has the potential for greatly reducing unwanted side effects and also reducing the likelihood of drug resistance. Collectively, these findings have important implications for the future therapeutic treatment of African sleeping sickness.