Design, synthesis and biological evaluations of quaternization harman analogues as potential antibacterial agents.
Eur J Med Chem
; 160: 23-36, 2018 Dec 05.
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ABSTRACT
Thirty-three new quaternization harman analogues were synthesized and their antibacterial activity against four Gram-positive and two Gram-negative bacteria were evaluated. The structure-activity relationships were summarized and compounds 4f, 4i, 4l, 4u, 4w, 4x and 5c showed excellent antibacterial activity, low cytotoxicity, good thermal stability and "drug-like" properties. In particular, compound 4x exhibited better bactericidal effect (4-fold superiority against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) than standard drugs fosfomycin sodium and ampicillin sodium (minimum inhibitory concentrationâ¯=â¯50â¯nmol/mL). Scanning electron microscopy revealed morphological changes of the bacterial cell surface and the docking evaluation provided a good total score (6.4952) for 4x which is close to the score of ciprofloxacin (6.9723). The results indicated that the quaternization harman analogues might exert their bactericidal effect by damaging bacterial cell membrane and wall, and disrupting the function of type II topoisomerase. In addition, the in vivo antibacterial assay with a protective efficacy of 81.3% further demonstrated the potential of these derivatives as new bactericides and antibiotics.
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Asunto principal:
Diseño de Fármacos
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Staphylococcus aureus Resistente a Meticilina
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Harmina
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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En
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Eur J Med Chem
Año:
2018
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Article
País de afiliación:
China