Drug Repurposing of Quisinostat to Discover Novel <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> HDAC1 Inhibitors with Enhanced Triple-Stage Antimalarial Activity and Improved Safety
作者:Manjiong Wang、Tongke Tang、Ruoxi Li、Zhenghui Huang、Dazheng Ling、Lulu Zheng、Yan Ding、Taiping Liu、Wenyue Xu、Feng Zhu、Hui Min、Rachasak Boonhok、Fei Mao、Jin Zhu、Xiaokang Li、Lubin Jiang、Jian Li
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01993
日期:2022.3.10
significant in vivo killing effect against all life cycles of parasites, including the blood stage, liver stage, and gametocyte stage, indicating its potential for the simultaneous treatment, chemoprevention, and blockage of malaria transmission. Compared with quisinostat, JX35 exhibited stronger antimalarial efficacy, more adequate safety, and good pharmacokinetic properties. Additionally, mechanistic
我们之前的工作发现,临床组蛋白去乙酰化酶 (HDAC) 抑制剂 quisinostat 表现出显着的抗疟作用,但具有严重的毒性。本工作以quisinostat为先导化合物设计合成了35种新型衍生物,并对其体外抗疟活性和细胞毒性进行了系统评价。其中,JX35对野生型和耐多药寄生虫株均表现出强效抑制作用,对寄生虫的所有生命周期包括血液期、肝脏期和配子体期均表现出显着的体内杀灭作用,表明其在同时治疗、化学预防和阻断疟疾传播。与quisinostat相比,JX35具有更强的抗疟功效、更充分的安全性和良好的药代动力学特性。此外,通过分子对接研究、诱导Pf HDAC1/2 敲低试验和Pf HDAC1 酶抑制试验的机理研究共同表明JX35的抗疟靶点是Pf HDAC1。总之,我们发现了有希望的候选Pf HDAC1 抑制剂JX35,它显示出比 quisinostat 更强的三阶段抗疟作用和更低的毒性。