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Mechanism of action of 5-nitrothiophenes against mycobacterium tuberculosis
Hartkoorn, Ruben C.,Ryabova, Olga B.,Chiarelli, Laurent R.,Riccardi, GioVanna,Makarov, Vadim,Makarov, Stewart T.
supporting information, p. 2944 - 2947 (2014/05/06)
On using the streptomycin-starved 18b strain as a model for nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we identified a 5-nitrothiophene compound as highly active but not cytotoxic. Mutants resistant to 5-nitrothiophenes were found be cross-resistant to the nitroimidazole PA-824 and unable to produce the F420 cofactor. Furthermore, 5-nitrothiophenes were shown to be activated by the F420-dependent nitroreductase Ddn and to release nitric oxide, a mechanism of action identical to that described for nitroimidazoles. Copyright
Studies on the biological activity of some nitrothiophenes
Morley, John O.,Matthews, Thomas P.
, p. 359 - 366 (2008/01/27)
The biological activity of nineteen substituted thiophenes (3) have been assessed by evaluating the minimum inhibitory concentration required to inhibit the growth of E. coli, M. luteus and A. niger. The series displays a wide range of activities with 2-chloro-3,5-dinitrothiophene (3a) or 2-bromo-3,5- dinitrothiophene (3c) showing the highest activity against all three organisms, while the simplest compound of the series, 2-nitrothiophene (3s) shows the smallest activity in each case. The mode of action of 3a and 3c is thought to involve nucleophilic attack by intracellular thiols at the 2-position of the heterocyclic ring leading to displacement of halogen, but other active derivatives, such as 2,4-dinitrothiophene (3h) and 5-nitrothiophene-2- carbaldehyde (3d) which have no displaceable halogen or leaving group are thought to act by forming Meisenheimer complexes. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.
