Structural design, synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of 4-thiazolidinones against Trypanosoma cruzi
作者:Gevanio Bezerra de Oliveira Filho、Marcos Veríssimo de Oliveira Cardoso、José Wanderlan Pontes Espíndola、Luiz Felipe Gomes Rebello Ferreira、Carlos Alberto de Simone、Rafaela Salgado Ferreira、Pollyanne Lacerda Coelho、Cássio Santana Meira、Diogo Rodrigo Magalhaes Moreira、Milena Botelho Pereira Soares、Ana Cristina Lima Leite
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2015.10.048
日期:2015.12
Chagas disease is an infection caused by protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which affects approximately 810 million people worldwide. Benznidazole is the only drug approved for treatment during the acute and asymptomatic chronic phases of Chagas disease; however, it has poor efficacy during the symptomatic chronic phase. Therefore, the development of new pharmaceuticals is needed. Here, we employed the bioisosterism to modify a potent antiparasitic and cruzain-inhibitor aryl thiosemicarbazone (4) into 4-thiazolidinones (7-21). Compounds (7-21) were prepared by using a straightforward synthesis and enabled good to excellent yields. As a chemical elucidation tool, X-ray diffraction of compound (10) revealed the geometry and conformation of this class compounds. The screening against cruzain showed that 4-thiazolidinones were less active than thiosemicarbazone (4). However, the antiparasitic activity in Y strain trypomastigotes and host cell cytotoxicity in J774 macrophages revealed that compounds (10 and 18-21) are stronger and more selective antiparasitic agents than thiosemicarbazone (4). Specifically, compounds (18-20), which carry a phenyl at position N3 of heterocyclic ring, were the most active ones, suggesting that this is a structural determinant for activity. In infected macrophages, compounds (18-20) reduced intracellular amastigotes, whereas Benznidazole did not. In T. cruzi-infected mice treated orally with 100 mg/kg of compound (20), a decreased of parasitemia was observed. In conclusion, we demonstrated that the conversation of thiosemicarbazones into 4-thiazolidinones retains pharmacological property while enhances selectivity. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.