Deciphering the enzymatic target of a new family of antischistosomal agents bearing a quinazoline scaffold using complementary computational tools

A previous phenotypic screening campaign led to the identification of a quinazoline derivative with promising in vitro activity against Schistosoma mansoni. Follow-up studies of the antischistosomal potential of this candidate are presented here. The in vivo studies in a S. mansoni mouse model show a significant reduction of total worms and a complete disappearance of immature eggs when administered concomitantly with praziquantel in comparison with the administration of praziquantel alone. This fact is of utmost importance because eggs are responsible for the pathology and transmission of the disease. Subsequently, the chemical optimisation of the structure in order to improve the metabolic stability of the parent compound was carried out leading to derivatives with improved drug-like properties. Additionally, the putative target of this new class of antischistosomal compounds was envisaged by using computational tools and the binding mode to the target enzyme, aldose reductase, was proposed.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry - 35(2020), 1 vom: 07. Dez., Seite 511-523

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sebastian-Perez, Victor [VerfasserIn]
García-Rubia, Alfonso [VerfasserIn]
Seif El-Din, Sayed H [VerfasserIn]
Sabra, Abdel-Nasser A [VerfasserIn]
El-Lakkany, Naglaa M [VerfasserIn]
William, Samia [VerfasserIn]
Blundell, Tom L [VerfasserIn]
Maes, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Martinez, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Campillo, Nuria E [VerfasserIn]
Botros, Sanaa S [VerfasserIn]
Gil, Carmen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aldehyde Reductase
Anthelmintics
Drug discovery
EC 1.1.1.21
Enzyme Inhibitors
Journal Article
Quinazoline
Quinazolines
Schistosoma mansoni
Target deconvolution

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Date Completed 05.03.2020

Date Revised 07.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14756366.2020.1712595

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM305378597