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Synthesis and anti-leishmanial activity of heterocyclic betulin derivatives
Alakurtti, Sami,Heiska, Tuomo,Kiriazis, Alexandros,Sacerdoti-Sierra, Nina,Jaffe, Charles L.,Yli-Kauhaluoma, Jari
experimental part, p. 1573 - 1582 (2010/05/02)
Betulin, a naturally occurring abundant triterpene is converted in four steps to 3,28-di-O-acetyllupa-12,18-diene. When various 4-substituted urazoles were oxidized to the corresponding urazines with iodobenzene diacetate in the presence of 3,28-di-O-acetyllupa-12,18-diene, new heterocyclic betulin derivatives were produced. These betulin derivatives were examined in a microplate assay at 50 μM for their ability to inhibit the growth of Leishmania donovani axenic amastigotes, a species that causes the fatal visceral leishmaniasis. GI50 (concentration for 50% growth inhibition) values of the most effective compounds were determined and their cytotoxicity on the human macrophage cell line THP-1 evaluated. The anti-leishmanial activity on L. donovani amastigotes growing in macrophages was also examined. The heterocycloadduct between 3,28-di-O-acetyllupa-12,18-diene and 4-methylurazine was the most effective derivative with an GI50 = 8.9 μM against L. donovani amastigotes.
