Synthesis, antiamoebic activity and docking studies of metronidazole-triazole-styryl hybrids
作者:Beena Negi、Prija Poonan、Mohammad Fawad Ansari、Deepak Kumar、Sakshi Aggarwal、Ramandeep Singh、Amir Azam、Diwan S. Rawat
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.03.033
日期:2018.4
A series of 22 novel metronidazole-triazole-styryl hybrids were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antiamoebic activity against HM1: IMSS strain of Entamoeba histolytica. Some of the hybrids were found to be more active (IC50 = 0.12-035 mu M) than the reference drug metronidazole (IC50=1.79 mu M). The most active compounds were found to be non-toxic (up to 50 mu M) against the Vero cells showing a good safety profile of these hybrids. The docking and ADMET studies were also conducted to investigate the probable mode of action. Docking studies showed significant binding affinity in the active site of E. histolytica thioredoxin reductase (EhTrR) protein. (C) 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.