Identification of Phenylpyrazolone Dimers as a New Class of Anti‐
<i>Trypanosoma cruzi</i>
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作者:Maarten Sijm、Julianna Siciliano de Araújo、Alba Ramos Llorca、Kristina Orrling、Lydia Stiny、An Matheeussen、Louis Maes、Iwan J. P. Esch、Maria Nazaré Correia Soeiro、Geert Jan Sterk、Rob Leurs
DOI:10.1002/cmdc.201900370
日期:2019.9.18
library led to the identification of 2,2′‐methylenebis(5‐(4‐bromophenyl)‐4,4‐dimethyl‐2,4‐dihydro‐3H‐pyrazol‐3‐one), a phenyldihydropyrazolone dimer, which shows an in vitro pIC50 value of 5.4 against Trypanosoma cruzi. Initial optimization was done by varying substituents of the phenyl ring, after which attempts were made to replace the phenyl ring. Finally, the linker between the dimer units was varied
查加斯病正在成为一个世界性问题;目前估计超过六百万人受到感染。目前使用的两种药物,苯并硝唑和硝呋莫司,需要长期治疗方案,在慢性感染阶段疗效有限,并且已知会引起不良反应。对内部文库进行表型筛选,鉴定出 2,2'-亚甲基双(5-(4-溴苯基)-4,4-二甲基-2,4-二氢-3 H-吡唑-3-酮),苯基二氢吡唑啉酮二聚体,其针对克氏锥虫的体外 pIC 50值为 5.4 。最初的优化是通过改变苯环的取代基来完成的,之后尝试替换苯环。最后,二聚体单元之间的连接体发生变化,最终形成 2,2'-亚甲基双(5-(3-溴-4-甲氧基苯基)-4,4-二甲基-2,4-二氢-3 H-吡唑- 3-one (NPD-0228) 是最有效的类似物。NPD-0228 对T. cruzi细胞内无鞭毛体的体外 pIC 50值为 6.4 ,对人 MRC-5 细胞系和小鼠心肌细胞没有明显毒性。