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Eur J Pharm Sci ; 138: 105015, 2019 Oct 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31344442

ABSTRACT

The development of new antimalarial drugs is urgent to overcome the spread of resistance to the current treatment. Herein we synthesized the compound 3, a hit-to­lead optimization of a thiazole based on the most promising 3-alkylpyridine marine alkaloid analog. Compound 3 was tested against Plasmodium falciparum and has shown to be more potent than its precursor (IC50 values of 1.55 and 14.7 µM, respectively), with higher selectivity index (74.7) for noncancerous human cell line. This compound was not mutagenic and showed genotoxicity only at concentrations four-fold higher than its IC50. Compound 3 was tested in vivo against Plasmodium berghei NK65 strain and inhibited the development of parasite at 50 mg/kg. In silico and UV-vis approaches determined that compound 3 acts impairing hemozoin crystallization and confocal microscopy experiments corroborate these findings as the compound was capable of diminishing food vacuole acidity. The assay of uptake using human intestinal Caco-2 cell line showed that compound 3 is absorbed similarly to chloroquine, a standard antimalarial agent. Therefore, we present here compound 3 as a potent new lead antimalarial compound.


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Alkaloids/chemistry , Antimalarials/pharmacology , Mutagens/pharmacology , Permeability/drug effects , Pyridines/chemistry , Thiazoles/chemistry , Animals , Caco-2 Cells , Cell Line , Cell Line, Tumor , Chloroquine/pharmacology , Female , Hemeproteins/chemistry , Humans , Malaria/drug therapy , Mice , Plasmodium berghei/drug effects , Plasmodium falciparum/drug effects
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