- Synthesis and preliminary anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial evaluation of some diflunisal aza-analogs
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Our aim was to identify new multi-target compounds endowed with both anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial activities for treatment of human infections. Diflunisal, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent, has recently been repurposed for its anti-virulence properties against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Effective synthesis of some aza-analogs of the anti-inflammatory drug diflunisal was carried out following the route involving key oxazole intermediates to obtain o- and m-hydroxypyridinecarboxylic acid derivatives. The newly synthesized diflunisal aza-analogs did not exhibit cytotoxic activity up to 80 μM and some of them exhibited anti-inflammatory activities, decreasing the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and prostaglandins induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide in human primary macrophages. Ten of the diflunisal aza-analogs were found to have interesting antibacterial activity, sensitizing S. aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Enterococcus faecium, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the antibacterial effects of beta-lactam antibiotics and protein synthesis inhibitors.
- Carta, Davide,Brun, Paola,Dal Pra, Matteo,Bernabè, Giulia,Castagliuolo, Ignazio,Ferlin, Maria Grazia
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p. 1017 - 1032
(2018/06/27)
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- Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel quinoline derivatives as HIV-1 Tat-TAR interaction inhibitors
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Thirty-two quinoline derivatives were designed and synthesized as HIV-1 Tat-TAR interaction inhibitors. All the compounds showed high antiviral activities in inhibiting the formation of SIV-induced syncytium in CEM174 cells. Nine of them with low cytotoxicities were evaluated by Tat dependent HIV-1 LTR-driven CAT gene expression colorimetric enzyme assay in human 293T cells, indicating effective inhibitory activities of blocking the Tat-TAR interaction. Molecular modeling experiments indicated that these compounds may inhibit Tat-TAR interaction by binding to Tat protein instead of TAR RNA.
- Chen, Shuguang,Chen, Ran,He, Meizi,Pang, Ruifang,Tan, Zhiwu,Yang, Ming
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experimental part
p. 1948 - 1956
(2009/05/26)
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