Improving the Potency of <i>N</i>-Aryl-2,5-dimethylpyrroles against Multidrug-Resistant and Intracellular Mycobacteria
作者:Meir Touitou、Fabrizio Manetti、Camila Maringolo Ribeiro、Fernando Rogerio Pavan、Nicolò Scalacci、Katarina Zrebna、Neelu Begum、Dorothy Semenya、Antima Gupta、Sanjib Bhakta、Timothy D. McHugh、Hanoch Senderowitz、Melina Kyriazi、Daniele Castagnolo
DOI:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00515
日期:2020.5.14
A series of N-phenyl-2,5-dimethylpyrrole derivatives, designed as hybrids of the antitubercular agents BM212 and SQ109, have been synthesized and evaluated against susceptible and drug-resistant mycobacteria strains. Compound 5d, bearing a cyclohexylmethylene side chain, showed high potency against M. tuberculosis including MDR-TB strains at submicromolar concentrations. The new compound shows bacteriostatic activity and low toxicity and proved to be effective against intracellular mycobacteria too, showing an activity profile similar to isoniazid.