Synthesis and anti-Pneumocystis carinii activity of conformationally restricted analogues of pentamidine
作者:Bin Tao、Tien L Huang、Qian Zhang、Latasha Jackson、Sherry F Queener、Isaac O Donkor
DOI:10.1016/s0223-5234(99)80102-0
日期:1999.6
A series of conformationally restricted analogues of pentamidine in which the flexible central bridge has been replaced by trans-cyclopropyl, phenyl, pyridinyl, piperazinyl or homopiperazinyl groups as conformationally restricted linkers have been synthesized. The anti-Pneumocystis carinii activity of these compounds was evaluated in a cell culture model and the DNA binding affinity was determined by thermal denaturation measurements. At 1 mu M, compounds 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 and pentamidine were highly effective and caused total inhibition of P. carinii growth in culture. At 0.1 mu M, compounds 2, 5, 7 and 10 were more active than pentamidine with N, N'-bis(4-amidinophenyl)piperazine 7 being approximately 15-fold more effective than pentamidine. The most active compounds, 7 and 10, showed strong binding affinities for calf thymus DNA and poly(dA-dT); however, a clear correlation between DNA binding affinity and the in vitro anti-P. carinii activity of these compounds was not observed. The results suggest that the nature of the central Linker influences the biological actions of these compounds. (C) Elsevier, Paris.