Synthesis and in vitro antileishmanial activity of 5-substituted-2′-deoxyuridine derivatives
作者:Corinne Peyron、Rachid Benhida、Christian Bories、Philippe M. Loiseau
DOI:10.1016/j.bioorg.2005.07.001
日期:2005.12
We report herein the synthesis and the in vitro antileishmanial evaluation of 5-substituted-2'-deoxyuridine nucleosides. The most active compound against Leishmania donovani promastigotes was Thia-dU (3a) with an IC50 = 3 mu M. This compound exhibited the same activity as zidovudine (3'-azido-2'-deoxythymidine) used as nucleoside reference compound. Considering the cytotoxicity of synthetic compounds on peritoneal murine macrophages., the most toxic compound was MeThio-dU (3d) with a MTC at 10 mu M. Only Methia-dU (3b) was active against intramacrophagic amastigotes with an IC50 = 6.5 mu M. This latter can now be evaluated in vivo, for further investigations through structure-based drug design. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.