Expanding the SAR of Nontoxic Antiplasmodial Indolyl-3-ethanone Ethers and Thioethers

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Despite major strides in reducing Plasmodium falciparum infections, this parasite still accounts for roughly half a million annual deaths. This problem is compounded by the decreased efficacy of artemisinin combination therapies. Therefore, the development and optimisation of novel antimalarial chemotypes is critical. In this study, we describe our strategic approach to optimise a class of previously reported antimalarials, resulting in the discovery of 1-(5-chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-[(4-cyanophenyl)thio]ethanone (13) and 1-(5-chloro-1H-indol-3-yl)-2-[(4-nitrophenyl)thio]ethanone (14), whose activity was equipotent to that of chloroquine against the P. falciparum 3D7 strain. Furthermore, these compounds were found to be nontoxic to HeLa cells as well as being non-haemolytic to uninfected red blood cells. Intriguingly, several of our most promising compounds were found to be less active against the isogenic NF54 strain, highlighting possible issues with long-term dependability of malarial strains. Finally compound 14 displayed similar activity against both the NF54 and K1 strains, suggesting that it inhibits a pathway that is uncompromised by K1 resistance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

ChemMedChem - 13(2018), 13 vom: 06. Juli, Seite 1353-1362

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lunga, Mayibongwe J [VerfasserIn]
Chisango, Ruramai L [VerfasserIn]
Weyers, Carli [VerfasserIn]
Isaacs, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Dale [VerfasserIn]
Edkins, Adrienne L [VerfasserIn]
Khanye, Setshaba D [VerfasserIn]
Hoppe, Heinrich C [VerfasserIn]
Veale, Clinton G L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antimalarial agents
Antimalarials
Assay variability
Ethers
Indoles
Journal Article
Plasmodium falciparum
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sulfides
Thioethers

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Date Completed 24.06.2019

Date Revised 24.06.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cmdc.201800235

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM284029718