Chemical Space Exploration around Thieno[3,2-<i>d</i>]pyrimidin-4(3<i>H</i>)-one Scaffold Led to a Novel Class of Highly Active <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Inhibitors
作者:Xuwei Shao、Ahmed AbdelKhalek、Nader S. Abutaleb、Uday Kiran Velagapudi、Sabesan Yoganathan、Mohamed N. Seleem、Tanaji T. Talele
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01198
日期:2019.11.14
treatments for CDI is a high priority. Toward this goal, we began in vitro screening of a structurally diverse in-house library of 67 compounds against two pathogenic C. difficile strains (ATCC BAA 1870 and ATCC 43255), which yielded a hit compound, 2-methyl-8-nitroquinazolin-4(3H)-one (2) with moderate potency (MIC = 312/156 μM). Optimization of 2 gave lead compound 6a (2-methyl-7-nitrothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one)
艰难梭菌感染(CDI)是美国医疗保健相关感染的主要原因。因此,开发用于CDI的新疗法是当务之急。为了实现这一目标,我们开始体外筛选针对两种致病性艰难梭菌菌株(ATCC BAA 1870和ATCC 43255)的67种化合物的结构多样的内部文库,产生的化合物为2-甲基-8-硝基喹唑啉酮- 4(3 H)-一(2),具有中等效力(MIC = 312/156μM)。2的最优化得到铅化合物6a(2-甲基-7-硝基硫代[3,2 - d ]嘧啶-4(3 H-1)具有增强的效价(MIC = 19/38μM),对正常肠道菌群的选择性,对哺乳动物细胞系的CC 50 s> 606μM ,以及在模拟的胃液和肠液中的可接受的稳定性。在C2-,N3-,C4-和C7位置上对6a的进一步优化导致了针对50多种化合物的文库,其针对艰难梭菌的临床分离株的MIC为3至800μM。化合物8f(MIC = 3/6μM)被确定为进一步优化的有希望的先导。