Screening and Synthesis of Tetrazole Derivatives that Inhibit the Growth of Cryptococcus Species

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Cryptococcosis has become a major health problem worldwide and caused morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, especially those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Despite the global distribution of cryptococcosis, the number and types of the available antifungals are limited, and the treatment outcomes in HIV patients are generally poor. In this study, we screened a compound library and identified one tetrazole derivative as an efficient inhibitor of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii. We further designed and synthesized a series of tetrazole derivatives and determined their structure-activity relationship, demonstrating that tetrazole backbone-containing compounds could be developed as novel antifungal drugs with distinct mechanisms against Cryptococcus spp. Our findings provide a starting point for novel target identification and structural optimization to develop a distinct class of therapeutics for patients with cryptococcosis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:18

Enthalten in:

ChemMedChem - 18(2023), 18 vom: 15. Sept., Seite e202300157

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nakada, Nana [VerfasserIn]
Miyazaki, Taiga [VerfasserIn]
Mizuta, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Hirayama, Tatsuro [VerfasserIn]
Nakamichi, Seiko [VerfasserIn]
Takeda, Kohsuke [VerfasserIn]
Mukae, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Kohno, Shigeru [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Yoshimasa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antifungal Agents
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 26.09.2023

Date Revised 26.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cmdc.202300157

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359288065