β-Nitrostyrene derivatives as potential antibacterial agents: A structure–property–activity relationship study
作者:Nuno Milhazes、Rita Calheiros、M. Paula M. Marques、Jorge Garrido、M. Natália D.S. Cordeiro、Cátia Rodrigues、Sandra Quinteira、Carla Novais、Luísa Peixe、Fernanda Borges
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2006.02.006
日期:2006.6
A multidisciplinary project was developed, combining the synthesis of a series of beta-nitrostyrene derivatives and the determination of their physicochemical parameters (redox potentials, partition coefficients), to the evaluation of the corresponding antibacterial activity. A complete conformational analysis was also performed, in order to get relevant structural information. Subsequently, a structure-property-activity (SPAR) approach was applied, through linear regression analysis, aiming at obtaining a putative correlation between the physicochemical parameters of the compounds investigated and their antibacterial activity (both against standard strains and clinical isolates). The beta-nitrostyrene compounds displayed a lower activity towards all the tested bacteria relative to the beta-methyl-beta-nitrostyrene analogues. This was observed particularly for the 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-beta-methyl-beta-nitrostyrene (IVb) against the Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium). The SPAR results revealed the existence of a clear correlation between the redox potentials and the antibacterial activity of the series of beta-nitrostyrene derivatives under study. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.