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SAR Studies on Aromatic Acylhydrazone-Based Inhibitors of Fungal Sphingolipid Synthesis as Next-Generation Antifungal Agents
Del Poeta, Maurizio,Haranahalli, Krupanandan,Lazzarini, Cristina,Mallamo, John,McCarthy, J. Brian,Ojima, Iwao,Pathiranage, Senuri,Sun, Yi,Zambito, Julia
, (2019/09/06)
Recently, the fungal sphingolipid glucosylceramide (GlcCer) synthesis has emerged as a highly promising new target for drug discovery of next-generation antifungal agents, and we found two aromatic acylhydrazones as effective inhibitors of GlcCer synthesis based on HTP screening. In the present work, we have designed libraries of new aromatic acylhydrazones, evaluated their antifungal activities (MIC80 and time-kill profile) against C. neoformans, and performed an extensive SAR study, which led to the identification of five promising lead compounds, exhibiting excellent fungicidal activities with very large selectivity index. Moreover, two compounds demonstrated broad spectrum antifungal activity against six other clinically relevant fungal strains. These five lead compounds were examined for their synergism/cooperativity with five clinical drugs against seven fungal strains, and very encouraging results were obtained; e.g., the combination of all five lead compounds with voriconazole exhibited either synergistic or additive effect to all seven fungal strains.
Acid Chloride Synthesis by the Palladium-Catalyzed Chlorocarbonylation of Aryl Bromides
Quesnel, Jeffrey S.,Kayser, Laure V.,Fabrikant, Alexander,Arndtsen, Bruce A.
, p. 9550 - 9555 (2015/06/30)
We report a palladium-catalyzed method to synthesize acid chlorides by the chlorocarbonylation of aryl bromides. Mechanistic studies suggest the combination of sterically encumbered PtBu3 and CO coordination to palladium can rapidly equilibrate the oxidative addition/reductive elimination of carbon-halogen bonds. This provides a useful method to assemble highly reactive acid chlorides from stable and available reagents, and can be coupled with subsequent nucleophilic reactions to generate new classes of carbonylated products. The Good, the Bad and the Bulky! By employing a sterically encumbered phosphine ligand, tri-tert-butyl phosphine, under palladium catalysis inert aryl bromides are chlorocarbonylated to create reactive acid chlorides by reversible carbon-halogen bond reductive elimination. This general platform allows for an expanded scope of the Heck carbonylation reaction to include previously incompatible nucleophiles.
Dual-action inhibitors of HIF prolyl hydroxylases that induce binding of a second iron ion
Yeoh, Kar Kheng,Chan, Mun Chiang,Thalhammer, Armin,Demetriades, Marina,Chowdhury, Rasheduzzaman,Tian, Ya-Min,Stolze, Ineke,McNeill, Luke A.,Lee, Myung Kyu,Woon, Esther C. Y.,MacKeen, Mukram M.,Kawamura, Akane,Ratcliffe, Peter J.,Mecinovi?, Jasmin,Schofield, Christopher J.
supporting information, p. 732 - 745 (2013/02/26)
Inhibition of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl hydroxylases (PHD or EGLN enzymes) is of interest for the treatment of anemia and ischemia-related diseases. Most PHD inhibitors work by binding to the single ferrous ion and competing with 2-oxoglutarate (2OG) co-substrate for binding at the PHD active site. Non-specific iron chelators also inhibit the PHDs, both in vitro and in cells. We report the identification of dual action PHD inhibitors, which bind to the active site iron and also induce the binding of a second iron ion at the active site. Following analysis of small-molecule iron complexes and application of non-denaturing protein mass spectrometry to assess PHD2·iron· inhibitor stoichiometry, selected diacylhydrazines were identified as PHD2 inhibitors that induce the binding of a second iron ion. Some compounds were shown to inhibit the HIF hydroxylases in human hepatoma and renal carcinoma cell lines. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2013.