1840-01-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Flavone-based hydrazones as new tyrosinase inhibitors: Synthetic imines with emerging biological potential, SAR, molecular docking and drug-likeness studies
Alsantali, Reem?I.,Mughal, Ehsan?Ullah,Naeem, Nafeesa,Alsharif, Meshari?A.,Sadiq, Amina,Ali, Anser,Jassas, Rabab.?S.,Javed, Qamar,Javid, Asif,Sumrra, Sajjad Hussain,Alsimaree, Abdulrahman?A.,Zafar, Muhammad?Naveed,Asghar, Basim?H.,Altass, Hatem?M.,Moussa, Ziad,Ahmed, Saleh?A.
, (2021/11/30)
Targeting tyrosinase (TYR), a key enzyme responsible for melanogenesis disorders, is a well-known approach utilized for the development of melanogenesis inhibitor. A variety of dermatological disorders and microbial skin infections can cause hyperpigmentation. Hence, exploring new scaffolds for the treatment of melanogenesis disease is an inspiring goal. In this context, a series of varyingly substituted flavone-based hydrazones have been designed, synthesized and characterized successfully. The present study describes the discovery of novel mushroom tyrosinase inhibitors (TIs) for treating hyperpigmentation. In due course, flavone scaffold has been incorporated into the novel chemotypes that exhibit in vitro inhibitory effects against mushroom tyrosinase for the purpose of discovering anti‐melanogenic agents. Biological investigations of prepared analogs herein demonstrated moderate to excellent activity against most of the fungal-bacterial strains and their activity is comparable to those of commercially available antibiotics i.e., Ciprofloxacin and Ketoconazole. Based on in vitro tyrosinase inhibitory assay, some compounds exhibited potent inhibition particularly, 3g (IC50 = 1.40 ± 0.16 μM), 3j (IC50 = 0.95 ± 0.07 μM), 3o (IC50 = 1.13 ± 0.11 μM), and 3q (IC50 = 1.01 ± 0.1 μM) showed best inhibition i.e., 0.7, 0.5, 0.6 and 0.5 folds, respectively, than kojic acid (IC50 = 1.79 ± 0.6 μM). Lineweaver-Burk plots demonstrated that the most potential derivative 3j tyrosinase inhibition proceeds via non-competitive pathway and the Michaelis-Menton constant (Km) value is 0.0265. Molecular modeling was performed for all tested analogs (3a–3q) using a model of mushroom tyrosinase to find crucial binding modes liable for inhibitory activity. The SARs were preliminarily examined, and the docking study revealed that analogs 3j, 3o and 3p had a strong binding association to tyrosinase (2Y9X). Furthermore, a drug-likeness study was employed and confirmed the favorable activity of the new analogs as a new anti-tyrosinase agent.
Structural and spectroscopic analysis and evaluation of cytotoxic activity of 2-hydroxychalcones against human cancer cell lines
Almeida-Neto, Francisco W. Q.,Bandeira, Paulo N.,Barreto, Ant?nio C. H.,Barros-Nepomuceno, Francisco W. A.,Juli?o, Murilo S. S.,Leal, Antonio L. A. B.,Marinho, Emmanuel S.,Pessoa, Claudia,Pinheiro, Daniel P.,Teixeira, Alexandre M. R.,da Silva, Priscila T.,de Lima-Neto, Pedro,de Paiva, Aldeneide S.,dos Santos, Hélcio S.
, (2021/07/28)
Chalcones and their derivatives exhibit a broad spectrum of pharmacological activities, including antiproliferative activities. Accordingly, they are deemed robust anticancer candidates for cytotoxicity assays. Herein, we synthesized and characterized fou
B regioselective and chemoselective biotransformation of 2′-hydroxychalcone derivatives by marine-derived fungi
Nitschke, Marcia,Porto, André Luiz Meleiro,de Matos, Iara Lisboa
, (2021/08/06)
Eight fungal strains (Penicillium raistrickii CBMAI 931, Cladosporium sp. CBMAI 1237, Aspergillus sydowii CBMAI 935, Penicillium oxalicum CBMAI 1996, Penicillium citrinum CBMAI 1186, Mucor racemosus CBMAI 847, Westerdykella sp. CBMAI 1679, and Aspergillus sclerotiorum CBMAI 849) mediated the biotransformation of the 2′-hydroxychalcone 1a. The main products obtained were from hydrogenation, hydroxylation, and cyclization reactions. Penicillium raistrickii CBMAI 931 catalyzed the chemoselective reduction of 1a to produce 2′-hydroxydihydrochalcone 2a (72%) in 7 days of incubation in phosphate buffer (pH 7). Aspergillus sydowii CBMAI 935 promoted the hydroxylation of 1a to yield 2′,4-dihydroxy-dihydrochalcone 5a (c = 42%) in 7 days of incubation in phosphate buffer (pH 8). The reaction using P. citrinum CBMAI 1186 and M. racemosus CBMAI 847 presented main cyclization products in phosphate buffer (pH 8), but the reactions with these fungi did not present enantioselectivity. Marine-derived fungi were effective and versatile biocatalysts for biotransformation of the 2′-hydroxychalcones yielding different products according to the conditions and microorganism used.
Stereoselective reduction of flavanones by marine-derived fungi
Birolli, Willian G.,Nitschke, Marcia,Porto, André Luiz M.,Santos, Darlisson de A.,de Matos, Iara L.
, (2021/08/13)
Biotransformation is an alternative with great potential to modify the structures of natural and synthetic flavonoids. Therefore, the bioreduction of synthetic halogenated flavanones employing marine-derived fungi was described, aiming the synthesis of flavan-4-ols 3a-g with high enantiomeric excesses (ee) of both cis- and trans-diastereoisomers (up to >99% ee). Ten strains were screened for reduction of flavanone 2a in liquid medium and in phosphate buffer solution. The most selective strains Cladosporium sp. CBMAI 1237 and Acremonium sp. CBMAI1676 were employed for reduction of flavanones 2a-g. The fungus Cladosporium sp. CBMAI 1237 presented yields of 72–87% with 0–64% ee cis and 0–30% ee trans with diastereoisomeric ratio (dr) from 52:48 to 64:36 (cis:trans). Whereas Acremonium sp. CBMAI 1676 resulted in 31% yield with 77–99% ee of the cis and 95–99% ee of the trans-diastereoisomers 3a-g with a dr from 54:46 to 96:4 (cis:trans). To our knowledge, this is the first report of the brominated flavon-4-ols 3e and 3f. The use of fungi, with emphasis for these marine-derived strains, is an interesting approach for enantioselective reduction of halogenated flavanones. Therefore, this strategy can be explored to obtain enantioenriched compounds with biological activities.
Exploring 3-hydroxyflavone scaffolds as mushroom tyrosinase inhibitors: synthesis, X-ray crystallography, antimicrobial, fluorescence behaviour, structure-activity relationship and molecular modelling studies
Ashraf, Jamshaid,Mughal, Ehsan Ullah,Sadiq, Amina,Bibi, Maryam,Naeem, Nafeesa,Ali, Anser,Massadaq, Anam,Fatima, Nighat,Javid, Asif,Zafar, Muhammad Naveed,Khan, Bilal Ahmad,Nazar, Muhammad Faizan,Mumtaz, Amara,Tahir, Muhammad Nawaz,Mirzaei, Masoud
, p. 7107 - 7122 (2020/08/21)
To explore new scaffolds as tyrosinase enzyme inhibitors remain an interesting goal in the drug discovery and development. In due course and our approach to synthesize bioactive compounds, a series of varyingly substituted 3-hydroxyflavone derivatives (1-23) were synthesized in one-pot reaction and screened for in?vitro against mushroom tyrosinase enzyme. The structures of newly synthesized compounds were unambiguously corroborated by usual spectroscopic techniques (FTIR, UV-Vis, 1H-, 13C-NMR) and mass spectrometry (EI-MS). The structure of compound 15 was also characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. Furthermore, the synthesized compounds (1-23) were evaluated for their antimicrobial potential. Biological studies exhibit pretty good activity against most of the bacterial-fungal strains and their activity is comparable to those of commercially available antibiotics i.e. Cefixime and Clotrimazole. Amongst the series, the compounds 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14 and 22 exhibited excellent inhibitory activity against tyrosinase, even better than standard compound. Remarkably, the compound 2 (IC50 = 0.280 ± 0.010 μg/ml) was found almost sixfold and derivative 5 (IC50 = 0.230 ± 0.020 μg/ml) about sevenfold more active as compared to standard Kojic acid (IC50 =1.79 ± 0.6 μg/ml). Moreover, these synthetic compounds (1-23) displayed good to moderate activities against tested bacterial and fungal strains. Their emission behavior was also investigated in order to know their potential as fluorescent probes. The molecular modelling simulations were also performed to explore their binding interactions with active sites of the tyrosinase enzyme. Limited structure-activity relationship was established to design and develop new tyrosinase inhibitors by employing 2-arylchromone as a structural core in the future. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
Experimental and theoretical insights into the photophysical and electrochemical properties of flavone-based hydrazones
Ahmed, Ishtiaq,Ahmed, Safeer,Ahmed, Saleh A.,Alsantali, Reem I.,Alsharif, Meshari A.,Altaf, Ataf Ali,Altass, Hatem M.,Jassas, Rabab. S.,Kausar, Samia,Mughal, Ehsan Ullah,Mumtaz, Amara,Naeem, Nafeesa,Obaid, Rami J.,Sadiq, Amina,Zafar, Muhammad Naveed
, (2021/07/06)
A small library of flavone-based hydrazones has been designed, synthesized and characterized. In this context, thirteen flavone hydrazones (3a-3 m) were synthesized by the acid-catalyzed condensation of flavone with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (2,4-DNPH) and characterized by different spectral techniques (IR, UV–Vis, NMR and mass spectrometry). The electrochemical, photophysical and theoretical investigations of such type of compounds are hitherto unknown. The electrochemical behavior of these hydrazones at a platinum electrode has been analyzed by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and was investigated at 200, 100 and 40 mVs?1 in acetonitrile (CH3CN). These hydrazones showed a quasi-reversible redox reaction. The oxidation–reduction reactive sites of these derivatives were located via geometry optimization using density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/3–21 g in the Guassian-09 level of theory. Moreover, the target compounds exhibited interesting fluorescent properties. Owing to their excellent photophysical and redox results, a detailed structure-property relationship was established to assess the substituents impact and their position on the physicochemical and electronic properties. All the experimental results were in accordance with the computational studies.
Substituent-Controlled Divergent Cascade Cycloaddition Reactions of Chalcones and Arylalkynols: Access to Spiroketals and Oxa-Bridged Fused Heterocycles
Chang, Weixing,Kong, Jingyang,Li, Jing,Liu, Lingyan,Wang, Hongkai,Zeng, Tianlong
supporting information, p. 4024 - 4032 (2021/07/12)
Herein, we report substituent-controlled divergent cascade cycloaddition reactions of chalcones and arylalkynols in the presence of PtI2. Depending on the substituent on the chalcone, either spiroketals or oxa-bridged fused heterocycles could be obtained in the ranges of 86–97% and 87–95% yields under identical reaction conditions. Control experiments were carried out to elucidate the origin of the high chemoselectivity. These provide a method for the synthesis of a diverse array of structurally complex oxygen-containing heterocycles. (Figure presented.).
Mycobactin Analogues with Excellent Pharmacokinetic Profile Demonstrate Potent Antitubercular Specific Activity and Exceptional Efflux Pump Inhibition
Basavanakatti, Vinay N.,Bhakta, Sanjib,Bhattacharje, Gourab,Brucoli, Federico,Das, Amit Kumar,Das, Swetarka,Dasgupta, Arunava,Dev, Abhimanyu,Dickman, Rachael,Jalani, Pushpendu,Jayaprakash, Venkatesan,Kamilya, Sujit,Mondal, Abhishake,Mukherjee, Piyali,Naresh Babu, Patibandla,Sankaran, Vadivelan,Shyam, Mousumi,Singh, Amit,Singh, Samsher,Sinha, Barij Nayan,Verma, Harshita,Bagnéris, Claire
, (2022/01/20)
In this study, we have designed and synthesized pyrazoline analogues that partially mimic the structure of mycobactin, to address the requirement of novel therapeutics to tackle the emerging global challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our investigation resulted in the identification of novel lead compounds 44 and 49 as potential mycobactin biosynthesis inhibitors against mycobacteria. Moreover, candidates efficiently eradicated intracellularly surviving mycobacteria. Thermofluorimetric analysis and molecular dynamics simulations suggested that compounds 44 and 49 bind to salicyl-AMP ligase (MbtA), a key enzyme in the mycobactin biosynthetic pathway. To the best of our knowledge, these are the first rationally designed mycobactin inhibitors to demonstrate an excellent in vivo pharmacokinetic profile. In addition, these compounds also exhibited more potent whole-cell efflux pump inhibition than known efflux pump inhibitors verapamil and chlorpromazine. Results from this study pave the way for the development of 3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-5-(aryl)-pyrazolines as a new weapon against superbug-associated AMR challenges.
Synthesis and antibacterial activity of chalcone derivatives containing thioether triazole
Chen, Mei,Chen, Ying,He, Jun,He, Ming,Li, Pu,Su, Shijun,Wang, Hua,Xue, Wei
, (2020/01/22)
The infection of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae (Xoo), Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs), and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. Citri (Xac) has become a major problem in agricultural production. In this study, a series of novel chalcone derivatives containing thioether triazoles were designed and synthesized. The structures of the novel compounds were systematically characterized via 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and HRMS. Moreover, the antibacterial activity results showed that E10, E11, E15, and E16 have adequate antibacterial activities against Xoo, Rs, and Xac. Among the different compounds, E15 exhibited remarkable inhibitory effect against Xac with an EC50 of 9.1 μg.mL-1, which was better than that of commercial agent bismerthiazol (54.9 μg.mL-1). In addition, the possible antibacterial mechanism of the target compound E15 against Xac was studied via scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Effect of substituents in the A and B rings of chalcones on antiparasite activity
González, Luis A.,Upegui, Yulieth A.,Rivas, Luis,Echeverri, Fernando,Escobar, Gustavo,Robledo, Sara M.,Qui?ones, Wiston
, (2020/08/19)
Chalcones are a group of natural products with many recognized biological activities, including antiparasitic activity. Although a lot of chalcones have been synthetized and assayed against parasites, the number of structural features known to be involved in this biological property is small. Thus, in the present study, 21 chalcones were synthesized to determine the effect of substituents in the A and B rings on the activity against Leishmania braziliensis, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Plasmodium falciparum. The compounds were active against L. braziliensis in a structure-dependent manner. Only one compound was very active against T. cruzi, but none of them had a significant antiplasmodial activity. The electron-donating substituents in ring B and the hydrogen bonds at C-2′ with carbonyl affect the antiparasitic activity.
