Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modeling of 3,5-substituted-N1-phenyl-N4,N4-di-n-butylsulfanilamides as antikinetoplastid antimicrotubule agents
摘要:
Dinitroanilines are of interest as antiprotozoal lead compounds because of their selective activity against the tubulin of these organisms, but concern has been raised due to the potentially mutagenic nitro groups. Analogues of N-1 -phenyl-3,5-dinitro-N-4,N-4-di-n-butylsulfanilamide (GB-II-150, compound 2b), a selective antimitotic agent against African trypanosomes and Leishmania. have been prepared where the nitro groups are replaced with amino, chloro, cyano, carboxylate, methyl ester, amide, and methyl ketone moieties. Dicyano compound 5 displays IC50 values that are comparable to 2b against purified leishmanial tubulin assembly (6.6 vs 7.4 mu M) Trvpanosoma brucei brucei growth in vitro (0.26 vs 0.18 mu M), Leishmania donovani axenic amastigote growth in vitro (4.4 vs 2.3 mu M), and in vitro toxicity against Vero cells (16 vs 9.7 mu M). Computational studies provide a rationale or the antiparasitic order of activity of these analogues and further insight into the role of the substituents at the 3 and 5 positions of the sulfanilamide ring. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis and Antitubulin Activity of N- and N4-Substituted 3,5-Dinitro Sulfanilamides against African Trypanosomes and Leishmania
摘要:
Thirty analogues of N-1-phenyl-3,5-dinitro-N-4,N-4-di-n-propylsulfanilamide (GB-II-5, compound 3), a new antikinetoplastid antimitotic agent, have been synthesized and evaluated. The addition of simple functional groups to the N1 aromatic ring generally decreases antiparasitic and antimitotic potency, but placement of a dibutyl substituent at the N4 nitrogen to give N-1-phenyl-3,5-dinitro-N-4,N-4-di-n-butylsulfanilamide (compound 35) augments antitrypanosomal and antileishmanial activity. Compound 35 possesses IC50 values of 0.12 and 2.6 muM against cultured T. brucei and L. donovani amastigote-like forms, surpassing the activity of compound 3 against these parasites by 3.4- and 1.9-fold, respectively. Compound 35 inhibits the assembly of leishmanial tubulin with an IC50 of 6.9 muM and displays antimitotic effects in cultured T brucei as assessed by flow cytometry, but shows little effect on purified mammalian tubulin, and displays 100-fold selectivity for trypanosomes over two mammalian cell lines. Although 3 and 35 were not effective in initial in vivo antitrypanosomal assays, the in vitro potency and ;selectivity of these compounds make N-1-aryl-3,5-dinitro-N-4,N-4-dialkylsulfanilamides a promising new class of antikinetoplastid agents that act on parasite tubulin.