- Design, synthesis and structure-based optimization of novel isoxazole-containing benzamide derivatives as FtsZ modulators
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Antibiotic resistance among clinically significant bacterial pathogens is becoming a prevalent threat to public health, and new antibacterial agents with novel mechanisms of action hence are in an urgent need. Utilizing computational docking method and structure-based optimization strategy, we rationally designed and synthesized two series of isoxazol-3-yl- and isoxazol-5-yl-containing benzamide derivatives that targeted the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. Evaluation of their activity against a panel of Gram-positive and -negative pathogens revealed that compounds B14 and B16 that possessed the isoxazol-5-yl group showed strong antibacterial activity against various testing strains, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and penicillin-resistant S. aureus. Further molecular biological studies and docking analyses proved that the compound functioned as an effective inhibitor to alter the dynamics of FtsZ self-polymerization via a stimulatory mechanism, which finally terminated the cell division and caused cell death. Taken together, these results could suggest a promising chemotype for development of new FtsZ-targeting bactericidal agent.
- Bi, Fangchao,Song, Di,Zhang, Nan,Liu, Zhiyang,Gu, Xinjie,Hu, Chaoyu,Cai, Xiaokang,Venter, Henrietta,Ma, Shutao
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- 2-Amino-3-cyano-4-(5-arylisoxazol-3-yl)-4H-chromenes: Synthesis and in vitro cytotoxic activity
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A new series of 4-aryl-4H-chromenes bearing a 5-arylisoxazol-3-yl moiety at the C-4 position were prepared as potential anticancer agents. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of the synthesized compounds was investigated against a panel of tumor cell lines in
- Akbarzadeh, Tahmineh,Rafinejad, Ali,Mollaghasem, Javad Malekian,Safavi, Maliheh,Fallah-Tafti, Asal,Pordeli, Mahboobeh,Ardestani, Sussan Kabudanian,Shafiee, Abbas,Foroumadi, Alireza
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p. 386 - 392
(2012/07/27)
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