Several Human Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors, Structurally Related to Roscovitine, As New Anti-Malarial Agents
作者:Sandrine Houzé、Nha-Thu Hoang、Olivier Lozach、Jacques Le Bras、Laurent Meijer、Hervé Galons、Luc Demange
DOI:10.3390/molecules190915237
日期:——
In Africa, malaria kills one child each minute. It is also responsible for about one million deaths worldwide each year. Plasmodium falciparum, is the protozoan responsible for the most lethal form of the disease, with resistance developing against the available anti-malarial drugs. Among newly proposed anti-malaria targets, are the P. falciparum cyclin-dependent kinases (PfCDKs). There are involved in different stages of the protozoan growth and development but share high sequence homology with human cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). We previously reported the synthesis of CDKs inhibitors that are structurally-related to (R)-roscovitine, a 2,6,9-trisubstituted purine, and they showed activity against neuronal diseases and cancers. In this report, we describe the synthesis and the characterization of new CDK inhibitors, active in reducing the in vitro growth of P. falciparum (3D7 and 7G8 strains). Six compounds are more potent inhibitors than roscovitine, and three exhibited IC50 values close to 1 µM for both 3D7 and 7G8 strains. Although, such molecules do inhibit P. falciparum growth, they require further studies to improve their selectivity for PfCDKs.
在非洲,疟疾每分钟导致一名儿童死亡。每年全球大约有一百万例死亡是由疟疾引起的。恶性疟原虫(Plasmodium falciparum)是导致这种病最致命形式的原虫,并且对现有的抗疟药物产生了抗药性。在新提议的抗疟疾靶点中,恶性疟原虫的细胞周期依赖性激酶(PfCDKs)引起了关注。它们参与原虫生长和发育的不同阶段,但与人类细胞周期依赖性激酶(CDKs)有很高的序列同源性。我们之前报道了合成结构上与(R)-罗索维丁相关的CDK抑制剂,这是一种2,6,9-三取代的嘌呤,它们显示出对神经系统疾病和癌症的活性。在这份报告中,我们描述了新型CDK抑制剂的合成及其表征,这些抑制剂在体外能有效降低恶性疟原虫(3D7和7G8株)的生长。有六种化合物的抑制效力比罗索维丁更强,其中三种对3D7和7G8株的IC50值接近1 µM。尽管这些分子确实能抑制恶性疟原虫的生长,但需要进一步研究以提高其对PfCDKs的选择性。