Design, Synthesis, and Antiprotozoal Evaluation of New Promising 2,9-Bis[(substituted-aminomethyl)]-4,7-phenyl-1,10-phenanthroline Derivatives, a Potential Alternative Scaffold to Drug Efflux

A series of novel 2,9-bis[(substituted-aminomethyl)]-4,7-phenyl-1,10-phenanthroline derivatives was designed, synthesized, and evaluated in vitro against three protozoan parasites (Plasmodium falciparum, Leishmania donovani and Trypanosoma brucei brucei). Pharmacological results showed antiprotozoal activity with IC50 values in the sub and μM range. In addition, the in vitro cytotoxicity of these original molecules was assessed with human HepG2 cells. The substituted diphenylphenanthroline 1l was identified as the most potent antimalarial derivative with a ratio of cytotoxic to antiparasitic activities of 505.7 against the P. falciparum CQ-resistant strain W2. Against the promastigote forms of L. donovani, the phenanthrolines 1h, 1j, 1n and 1o were the most active with IC50 from 2.52 to 4.50 μM. The phenanthroline derivative 1o was also identified as the most potent trypanosomal candidate with a selectivity index (SI) of 91 on T. brucei brucei strain. FRET melting and native mass spectrometry experiments evidenced that the nitrogen heterocyclic derivatives bind the telomeric G-quadruplexes of P. falciparum and Trypanosoma. Moreover, as the telomeres of the parasites P. falciparum and Trypanosoma could be considered to be possible targets of this kind of nitrogen heterocyclic derivatives, their potential ability to stabilize the parasitic telomeric G-quadruplexes have been determined through the FRET melting assay and by native mass spectrometry.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) - 11(2022), 11 vom: 13. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guillon, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Anita [VerfasserIn]
Boudot, Clotilde [VerfasserIn]
Monic, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Savrimoutou, Solène [VerfasserIn]
Moreau, Stéphane [VerfasserIn]
Albenque-Rubio, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Lafon-Schmaltz, Camille [VerfasserIn]
Dassonville-Klimpt, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Mergny, Jean-Louis [VerfasserIn]
Ronga, Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Bernabeu de Maria, Mikel [VerfasserIn]
Lamarche, Jeremy [VerfasserIn]
Lago, Cristina Dal [VerfasserIn]
Largy, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Gabelica, Valérie [VerfasserIn]
Moukha, Serge [VerfasserIn]
Dozolme, Pascale [VerfasserIn]
Agnamey, Patrice [VerfasserIn]
Azas, Nadine [VerfasserIn]
Mullié, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Courtioux, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
Sonnet, Pascal [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antileishmanial activity
Antimalarial activity
Antitrypanosomal activity
G-quadruplex
Journal Article
Phenanthroline

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Date Revised 29.11.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/pathogens11111339

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NLM349356653