Synthesis and Evaluation of Chiral Rhodanine Derivatives Bearing Quinoxalinyl Imidazole Moiety as ALK5 Inhibitors / Li-Min Zhao, Fang Yan Guo, Hui Min Wang, Tong Dou, Jun Da Qi, Wen Bo Xu, Lianxun Piao, Xuejun Jin, Fen-Er Chen, Hu-Ri Piao, Chang Ji Zheng, Cheng Hua Jin

Background: TGF-β signaling pathway inhibition is considered an effective way to prevent the development of several diseases. In the design and synthesis of TGF-β inhibitors, a rhodanine compound containing a quinoxalinyl imidazole moiety was found to have strong antimicrobial activity. Objective: The purpose of this work was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of other chiral rhodanine TGF-β inhibitors synthesized. Methods: Two series of 3-substituted-5-(5-(6-methylpyridin-2-yl)-4-(quinoxalinyl-6-yl)- 1Himidazol- 2-yl)methylene)-2-thioxothiazolin-4-ones (12a-h and 13a-e) were synthesized and evaluated for their ALK5 inhibitory and antimicrobial activity. The structures were confirmed by their 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and HRMS spectra. All the synthesized compounds were screened against Grampositive strains, Gram-negative strains, and fungi. Results: Among the synthesized compounds, compound 12h showed the highest activity (IC50 = 0.416 μM) against ALK5 kinase. Compound 12h exhibited a good selectivity index of >24 against p38α MAP kinase and was 6.0-fold more selective than the clinical candidate, compound 2 (LY- 2157299). Nearly all the compounds displayed high selectivity toward both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. They also showed similar or 2.0-fold greater antifungal activity (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] = 0.5 μg/mL) compared with the positive control compounds Gatifloxacin (MIC = 0.5 μg/mL) and fluconazole (MIC = 1 μg/mL). Conclusion: The findings suggest that the synthesized rhodanine compounds have good ALK5 inhibitory activity, and merit further research and development as potential antifungal drugs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

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Medicinal chemistry - 18(2022), 4, Seite 12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Li-Min [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Fang Yan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hui Min [VerfasserIn]
Dou, Tong [VerfasserIn]
Da Qi, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Wen Bo [VerfasserIn]
Piao, Lianxun [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Xuejun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Fen-Er [VerfasserIn]
Piao, Hu-Ri [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Chang Ji [VerfasserIn]
Jin, Cheng Hua [VerfasserIn]

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