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Synthesis and biological evaluation of benzhydryl-based antiplasmodial agents possessing Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (PfCRT) inhibitory activity
Relitti, Nicola,Federico, Stefano,Pozzetti, Luca,Butini, Stefania,Lamponi, Stefania,Taramelli, Donatella,D'Alessandro, Sarah,Martin, Rowena E.,Shafik, Sarah H.,Summers, Robert L.,Babij, Simone K.,Habluetzel, Annette,Tapanelli, Sofia,Caldelari, Reto,Gemma, Sandra,Campiani, Giuseppe
, (2021)
Due to the surge in resistance to common therapies, malaria remains a significant concern to human health worldwide. In chloroquine (CQ)-resistant (CQ-R) strains of Plasmodium falciparum, CQ and related drugs are effluxed from the parasite's digestive vacuole (DV). This process is mediated by mutant isoforms of a protein called CQ resistance transporter (PfCRT). CQ-R strains can be partially re-sensitized to CQ by verapamil (VP), primaquine (PQ) and other compounds, and this has been shown to be due to the ability of these molecules to inhibit drug transport via PfCRT. We have previously developed a series of clotrimazole (CLT)-based antimalarial agents that possess inhibitory activity against PfCRT (4a,b). In our endeavor to develop novel PfCRT inhibitors, and to perform a structure-activity relationship analysis, we synthesized a new library of analogues. When the benzhydryl system was linked to a 4-aminoquinoline group (5a-f) the resulting compounds exhibited good cytotoxicity against both CQ-R and CQ-S strains of P. falciparum. The most potent inhibitory activity against the PfCRT-mediated transport of CQ was obtained with compound 5k. When compared to the reference compound, benzhydryl analogues of PQ (5i,j) showed a similar activity against blood-stage parasites, and a stronger in vitro potency against liver-stage parasites. Unfortunately, in the in vivo transmission blocking assays, 5i,j were inactive against gametocytes.
Imidazoquinolinethiones from 8-aminoquinolines by a novel peri-participation
Besson, Thierry,Rees, Charles W.,Roe, David G.,Thiery, Valerie
, p. 555 - 562 (2007/10/03)
8-Aminoquinolines and 4,5-dichloro-1,2,3-dithiazolium chloride 1 give N-(quinolin-8-yl)iminodithiazoles 6 and 15a-c which undergo a novel thermal rearrangement to give imidazo[4,5,1-ij]quinoline-4-thiones 13 and 16a-c respectively. Normal cyclisation of t
