- Novel selective and potent inhibitors of malaria parasite dihydroorotate dehydrogenase: Discovery and optimization of dihydrothiophenone derivatives
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Taking the emergence of drug resistance and lack of effective antimalarial vaccines into consideration, it is of significant importance to develop novel antimalarial agents for the treatment of malaria. Herein, we elucidated the discovery and structure-activity relationships of a series of dihydrothiophenone derivatives as novel specific inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH). The most promising compound, 50, selectively inhibited PfDHODH (IC50 = 6 nM, with >14 000-fold species-selectivity over hDHODH) and parasite growth in vitro (IC50 = 15 and 18 nM against 3D7 and Dd2 cells, respectively). Moreover, an oral bioavailability of 40% for compound 50 was determined from in vivo pharmacokinetic studies. These results further indicate that PfDHODH is an effective target for antimalarial chemotherapy, and the novel scaffolds reported in this work might lead to the discovery of new antimalarial agents.
- Xu, Minghao,Zhu, Junsheng,Diao, Yanyan,Zhou, Hongchang,Ren, Xiaoli,Sun, Deheng,Huang, Jin,Han, Dongmei,Zhao, Zhenjiang,Zhu, Lili,Xu, Yufang,Li, Honglin
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p. 7911 - 7924
(2013/11/06)
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- Synthesis of α-oxo-sulfines in the indole series
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(Chemical Equation Presented) Oxindole was found to react readily with thionyl chloride to give (in an excellent yield) the isolable sulfine (13a), which on heating (refluxing acetonitrile) gave isoindigo (15a). The dark violet 3-sulfinatooxindole (13a) readily reacted with 2,3-dimethylbutadiene to give a colorless cyclo-adduct (14a). The sulfine also reacted readily with various nucleophilic reagents, thus, thioloacetic acid gave 3-carboxymethylthiolo- oxindole (23a).
- Bergman, Jan,Romero, Ivan
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experimental part
p. 1215 - 1220
(2010/11/16)
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- Some Reactions of Ethyl 2-Anilino-4-oxo-4,5-dihydrothiophen-3-carboxylate
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Phenyl isothiocyanate reacts with ethyl γ-chloroacetoacetate in the presence of sodium hydride to give ethyl 2-anilino-4-oxo-4,5-dihydrothiophen-3-carboxylate (1b).The compound (1b) shows typical reactions of a keto-methylene compound; the Vilsmeier reage
- Faull, Alan W.,Hull, Roy
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p. 1078 - 1082
(2007/10/02)
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