- Antimalarial acridines: Synthesis, in vitro activity against P. falciparum and interaction with hematin
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A series of acridine derivatives were synthesised and their in vitro antimalarial activity was evaluated against one chloroquine-susceptible strain (3D7) and three chloroquine-resistant strains (W2, Bre1 and FCR3) of Plasmodium falciparum. Structure-activity relationship showed that two positives charges as well as 6-chloro and 2-methoxy substituents on the acridine ring were required to exert a good antimalarial activity. The best compounds possessing these features inhibited the growth of the chloroquine-susceptible strain with an IC50 ≤ 0.07 μM, close to that of chloroquine itself, and that of the three chloroquine-resistant strains better than chloroquine with IC50 ≤ 0.3 μM. These acridine derivatives inhibited the formation of β-hematin, suggesting that, like CQ, they act on the haem crystallization process. Finally, in vitro cytotoxicity was also evaluated upon human KB cells, which showed that one of them 9-(6-ammonioethylamino)-6-chloro-2-methoxyacridinium dichloride 1 displayed a promising antimalarial activity in vitro with a quite good selectivity index versus mammalian cell on the CQ-susceptible strain and promising selectivity on other strains.
- Guetzoyan, Lucie,Yu, Xiao-Min,Ramiandrasoa, Florence,Pethe, Stephanie,Rogier, Christophe,Pradines, Bruno,Cresteil, Thierry,Perree-Fauvet, Martine,Mahy, Jean-Pierre
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- Antiprotozoal and cytotoxicity evaluation of sulfonamide and urea analogues of quinacrine
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Sulfonamide and urea derivatives of quinacrine with varying methylene spacer lengths were synthesised and tested for inhibition of trypanothione reductase (TryR) and for activity in vitro against strains of the parasitic protozoa Trypanosoma, Leishmania, and Plasmodium. These derivatives are superior inhibitors of TryR relative to quinacrine with the best compound being 40 times more potent. Urea derivatives generally displayed good in vitro activity against all parasites.
- Chibale, Kelly,Haupt, Hayley,Kendrick, Howard,Yardley, Vanessa,Saravanamuthu, Ahilan,Fairlamb, Alan H.,Croft, Simon L.
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- Efficient photocleavage of DNA by cationic porphyrin-acridine hybrids with the effective length of diamino alkyl linkage
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Positively charged porphyrins bearing an acridine with various lengths of diamino alkyl linkage, 5-[4-[(6-chloro-2- methoxy-9-acridyl)aminoalkylaminocarbonyl]phenyl]-10,15,20-tris (4-N-methylpyridiniumyl)porphine triiodide, alkyl=ethyl, butyl, hexyl, of o
- Ishikawa,Yamashita,Uno
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- Parallel synthesis, evaluation, and preliminary structure-activity relationship of 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzoquinones as a novel class of bivalent anti-prion compound
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A library of 11 entries, featuring a 2,5-diamino-1,4-benzoquinones nucleus as spacer connecting two aromatic prion recognition motifs, was designed and evaluated against prion infection. Notably, 6-chloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine 10 showed an EC50 of 0.17 μM, which was lower than that displayed by reference compound BiCappa. More importantly, 10 possessed the capability to contrast prion fibril formation and oxidative stress, together with a low cytotoxicity. This study further corroborates the bivalent strategy as a viable approach to the rational design of anti-prion chemical probes.
- Bongarzone, Salvatore,Tran, Hoang Ngoc Ai,Cavalli, Andrea,Roberti, Marinella,Carloni, Paolo,Legname, Giuseppe,Bolognesi, Maria Laura
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- Tricyclic "oxadiazaphosphorine oxide" guanosines a new strategy to functionalize guanosine at the exocyclic amino group
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A simple procedure is described for the preparation of modified guanosines via an oxidiazaphosphorine oxide guanosine derivative. This nucleoside has been successfully used in the synthesis of guanosine containing -(CH2)2OH, -(CH2)6NH2, -NHNH2 "handles", or a tethered acridine moiety at the 2-position.
- Guo, Yunkui
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- Bleomycin Models. Haemin-Acridines which bind to DNA and cause Oxygen-dependent Scission
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Haemin-acridines intercalate into duplex DNA via the acridine moiety and, in the presence of reducing agents, cause oxygen dependent scission and show antileukemic properties analogous to the action of the glycopeptide antibiotic bleomycin.
- Lown, J. William,Joshua, Alummoottil V.
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- Synthesis and in vitro biological evaluation of aminoacridines and artemisinin-acridine hybrids
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During this study, 9-aminoacridine and artemisinin-acridine hybrid compounds were synthesized and the in vitro for antimalarial activity against both the chloroquine sensitive but also gametocytocidal strain (NF54), and chloroquine resistant (Dd2) strains of Plasmodium falciparum was determined. In vitro cytotoxicity against CHO cells, apoptosis of HepG2 and SH-SY5Y as well as anticancer activity against HeLa cell lines were assessed. The hybrids were synthesized, using a microwave-assisted radiation method by covalently linking artemisinin and acridine pharmacophores by means of a liable, aminoethyl ether linker. The synthesized compounds were found active against both the Plasmodium strains and displayed superior selective toxicity towards the parasitic cells. Hybrid 7, however, containing ethylenediamine linker, proved the most active of all of the synthesized compounds. It had seven-fold higher antigametocytocidal activity compared to chloroquine and was also found to be seven-fold more potent than chloroquine against the Dd2 strain, with highly selective action towards the parasitic cells. This hybrid also showed favourable anti-cancer activity against the HeLa cells, three- and eight-fold higher than those of chloroquine and melphalan, respectively. This hybrid may therefore stand as drug candidate for further investigation in the search for new and effective drugs against malaria and cervical cancer.
- Joubert, Juan P.,Smit, Frans J.,Du Plessis, Lissinda,Smith, Peter J.,N'da, David D.
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- Acridine-containing RuII, OsII, RhIII and IrIII Half-Sandwich Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Antiproliferative Activity
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Research aimed at enhancing the efficacy of organometallic complexes against cancer, has shown that attaching bio-active molecules to (metallo)drugs often enhances their biological properties. New salicylaldimine and 2-pyridylimine ligands (L2 and L3), containing a bio-active acridine scaffold, were synthesized and complexed to Rh(III), Ir(III), Ru(II) and Os(II) metal ion centers. The resulting acridine-containing half-sandwich complexes have been characterized fully by elemental analysis, FT-IR and NMR spectroscopy, HR-ESI mass spectrometry as well as single crystal X-ray diffraction, for the Rh(III) N^N bidentate complex [RhCp*Cl(L3)][BPh4]. The antiproliferative activity of the ligands (L2 and L3) and complexes (C1 to C9) were evaluated in vitro against human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL60) and normal skin fibroblast cells (FG0). The compounds exhibit good activities against HL60 cells and are consistently selective towards cancerous cells over non-tumorous cells. This study demonstrates the potential of such hybrid compounds to target cancer cells specifically. The most active complex, [RhCp*Cl(L2)], exhibited binding to DNA model guanosine-5’-monophosphate (5’-GMP) which suggests a mode of action involving interaction of the complex with 5’-GMP found on DNA backbone.
- Matsheku, Asanda C.,Chen, Marian Y.-H.,Jordaan, Sandra,Prince, Sharon,Smith, Gregory S.,Makhubela, Banothile C.E.
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- Antitumour and antimalarial activity of artemisinin-acridine hybrids
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Artemisinin-acridine hybrids were prepared and evaluated for their in vitro activity against tumour cell lines and a chloroquine sensitive strain of Plasmodium falciparum. They showed a 2-4-fold increase in activity against HL60, MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 cells in comparison with dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and moderate antimalarial activity. Strong evidence that the compounds induce apoptosis in HL60 cells was obtained by flow cytometry, which indicated accumulation of cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle.
- Jones, Michael,Mercer, Amy E.,Stocks, Paul A.,La Pensée, Louise J.I.,Cosstick, Rick,Park, B. Kevin,Kennedy, Miriam E.,Piantanida, Ivo,Ward, Stephen A.,Davies, Jill,Bray, Patrick G.,Rawe, Sarah L.,Baird, Jonathan,Charidza, Tafadzwa,Janneh, Omar,O'Neill, Paul M.
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- New 9-aminoacridine derivatives as inhibitors of botulinum neurotoxins and P. falciparum malaria
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Steroidal and adamantane aminoacridine derivatives were prepared and tested as both botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) inhibitors and antimalarials. Steroid-bound acridines provided good potency against both the BoNT/A and BoNT/B light chains (LCs). The observed
- Tot, Miklo?,Opsenica, Dejan M.,Mitri?, Milena,Burnett, James C.,Gomba, Laura,Bavari, Sina,?olaja, Bogdan A.
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- Solvent- and chromatography-free amination of π-deficient nitrogen heterocycles under microwave irradiation. A fast, efficient and green route to 9-aminoacridines, 4-aminoquinolines and 4-aminoquinazolines and its application to the synthesis of the drugs amsacrine and bistacrine
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Focused microwave irradiation of equimolecular mixtures of 9-chloroacridines, 4-chloroquinolines and 4-chloroquinazolines with amines in the presence of 2 equiv of phenol allows the general, fast and high-yielding synthesis of aminated heterocycles, with a very broad scope in terms of amine structure (aromatic, linear primary aliphatic, α-branched primary aliphatic, secondary aliphatic and diamines). Workup consisted of a simple washing with water and purification could be achieved by crystallization, avoiding the use of organic solvents in extraction and chromatographic purification steps. This protocol provides a solution to the long-standing synthetic problem of achieving a practical and efficient method for the amination of π-deficient nitrogen heterocycles for medicinal chemistry applications.
- Staderini, Matteo,Cabezas, Nieves,Bolognesi, Maria Laura,Menéndez, J. Carlos
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- COMPOUNDS WITH ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY
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New usnic acid derivatives, conjugation products of usnic acid with biologically active molecules and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are described, which are useful for the prophylaxis and therapy of infections from protozoa of the Plasmodium genus.
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- Evidence for a common non-heme chelatable-iron-dependent activation mechanism for semisynthetic and synthetic endoperoxide antimalarial drugs
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(Chemical Equation Presented) The iron-y of fate: Isobole analyses of fluorescently labeled antimalarial endoperoxides with chelators selective for non-heme iron, and laser confocal microscopy studies within living malaria parasites have shown that the semisynthetic analogues of artemisinin and synthetic endoperoxides (see example) share a common mechanism of action involving chelatable-iron-mediated bioactivation (see images) and irreversible alkylation of parasite targets.
- Stocks, Paul A.,Bray, Patrick G.,Barton, Victoria E.,Al-Helal, Mohammed,Jones, Michael,Araujo, Nuna C.,Gibbons, Peter,Ward, Stephen A.,Hughes, Ruth H.,Biagini, Giancarlo A.,Davies, Jill,Amewu, Richard,Mercer, Amy E.,Ellis, Gemma,O'Neill, Paul M.
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