Drug Discovery Program, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 833 S. Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
J Med Chem. 2010 Jan 28;53(2):678-88. doi: 10.1021/jm901273n.
New antituberculosis (anti-TB) drugs are urgently needed to shorten the 6-12 month treatment regimen and especially to battle drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains. In this study, we have continued our efforts to develop isoxazole-based anti-TB compounds by applying rational drug design approach. The biological activity and the structure-activity relationships (SAR) for a designed series of 5-phenyl-3-isoxazolecarboxylic acid ethyl ester derived anti-TB compounds were investigated. Several compounds were found to exhibit nanomolar activity against the replicating bacteria (R-TB) and low micromolar activity against the nonreplicating bacteria (NRP-TB). The series showed excellent selectivity toward Mtb, and in general, no cytotoxicity was observed in Vero cells (IC(50) > 128 muM). Notably, selected compounds also retained their activity against isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RMP), and streptomycin (SM) resistant Mtb strains. Hence, benzyloxy, benzylamino, and phenoxy derivatives of 5-phenyl-3-isoxazolecarboxylic acid ethyl esters represent a highly potent, selective, and versatile series of anti-TB compounds and as such present attractive lead compounds for further TB drug development.
新的抗结核(抗-TB)药物迫切需要缩短 6-12 个月的治疗方案,特别是要对抗耐药结核分枝杆菌(Mtb)菌株。在这项研究中,我们继续努力开发基于异恶唑的抗结核化合物,采用合理的药物设计方法。设计了一系列 5-苯基-3-异恶唑羧酸乙酯衍生的抗结核化合物,研究了它们的生物活性和构效关系(SAR)。发现几种化合物对复制细菌(R-TB)具有纳摩尔级的活性,对非复制细菌(NRP-TB)具有低微摩尔级的活性。该系列对结核分枝杆菌表现出极好的选择性,一般来说,在 Vero 细胞中没有观察到细胞毒性(IC 50 > 128 μM)。值得注意的是,所选化合物对异烟肼(INH)、利福平(RMP)和链霉素(SM)耐药结核分枝杆菌菌株也保持活性。因此,5-苯基-3-异恶唑羧酸乙酯的苄氧基、苄氨基和苯氧基衍生物代表了一类高效、选择性和多功能的抗结核化合物,是进一步开发结核病药物的有吸引力的先导化合物。