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Nudelman A. Dimeric Drugs. Curr Med Chem 2021; 29:2751-2845. [PMID: 34375175 DOI: 10.2174/0929867328666210810124159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Revised: 06/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This review intends to summarize the structures of an extensive number of symmetrical-dimeric drugs, having two monomers linked via a bridging entity while emphasizing the large versatility of biologically active substances reported to possess dimeric structures. The largest number of classes of these compounds consist of anticancer agents, antibiotics/antimicrobials, and anti-AIDS drugs. Other symmetrical-dimeric drugs include antidiabetics, antidepressants, analgesics, anti-inflammatories, drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, anticholesterolemics, estrogenics, antioxidants, enzyme inhibitors, anti-Parkisonians, laxatives, antiallergy compounds, cannabinoids, etc. Most of the articles reviewed do not compare the activity/potency of the dimers to that of their corresponding monomers. Only in limited cases, various suggestions have been made to justify unexpected higher activity of the dimers vs. the corresponding monomers. These suggestions include statistical effects, the presence of dimeric receptors, binding of a dimer to two receptors simultaneously, and others. It is virtually impossible to predict which dimers will be preferable to their respective monomers, or which linking bridges will lead to the most active compounds. It is expected that the extensive number of articles summarized, and the large variety of substances mentioned, which display various biological activities, should be of interest to many academic and industrial medicinal chemists.
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- Abraham Nudelman
- Chemistry Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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Çapcı A, Herrmann L, Sampath Kumar HM, Fröhlich T, Tsogoeva SB. Artemisinin-derived dimers from a chemical perspective. Med Res Rev 2021; 41:2927-2970. [PMID: 34114227 DOI: 10.1002/med.21814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Considerable progress has been made with the rather recently developed dimer approach, which has already found applications in the development of new effective artemisinin-derived antimalarial, anticancer, and antiviral agents. One observation common to these potential applications is the significant (i.e., much more than double) improvement in activity of artemisinin based dimers, which are not toxic to normal cells and have fewer or less harmful side effects, with respect to monomers against parasites, cancer cells and viruses. Due to the high potential of the dimerization concept, many new artemisinin-derived dimer compounds and their biological activities have been recently reported. In this review an overview of the synthesis of dimer drug candidates based on the clinically used drug artemisinin and its semisynthetic derivatives is given. Besides the highlighting of biological activities of the selected dimers, the main focus is set on different synthetic approaches toward the dimers containing a broad variety of symmetric and nonsymmetric linking moieties.
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- Aysun Çapcı
- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Tiwari MK, Chaudhary S. Artemisinin-derived antimalarial endoperoxides from bench-side to bed-side: Chronological advancements and future challenges. Med Res Rev 2020; 40:1220-1275. [PMID: 31930540 DOI: 10.1002/med.21657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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According to WHO World Malaria Report (2018), nearly 219 million new cases of malaria occurred and a total no. of 435 000 people died in 2017 due to this infectious disease. This is due to the rapid spread of parasite-resistant strains. Artemisinin (ART), a sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide isolated from traditional Chinese herb Artemisia annua, has been recognized as a novel class of antimalarial drugs. The 2015 "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine" was given to Prof Dr Tu Youyou for the discovery of ART. Hence, ART is termed as "Nobel medicine." The present review article accommodates insights from the chronological advancements and direct statistics witnessed during the past 48 years (1971-2019) in the medicinal chemistry of ART-derived antimalarial endoperoxides, and their clinical utility in malaria chemotherapy and drug discovery.
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- Mohit K Tiwari
- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India
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- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India
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Yang P, Lu M, Li K, Xie Y. Artemisinin‐derived dimers and their antimalarial activities. J Heterocycl Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jhet.3815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Peng Yang
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Antibody‐based Drug and Intelligent Delivery System, School of Pharmaceutical SciencesHunan University of Medicine Huaihua China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Antibody‐based Drug and Intelligent Delivery System, School of Pharmaceutical SciencesHunan University of Medicine Huaihua China
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory for Antibody‐based Drug and Intelligent Delivery System, School of Pharmaceutical SciencesHunan University of Medicine Huaihua China
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- Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya HospitalCentral South University Changsha China
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Fröhlich T, Hahn F, Belmudes L, Leidenberger M, Friedrich O, Kappes B, Couté Y, Marschall M, Tsogoeva SB. Synthesis of Artemisinin-Derived Dimers, Trimers and Dendrimers: Investigation of Their Antimalarial and Antiviral Activities Including Putative Mechanisms of Action. Chemistry 2018; 24:8103-8113. [PMID: 29570874 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Generation of dimers, trimers and dendrimers of bioactive compounds is an approach that has recently been developed for the discovery of new potent drug candidates. Herein, we present the synthesis of new artemisinin-derived dimers and dendrimers and investigate their action against malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strain and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Dimer 7 was the most active compound (EC50 1.4 nm) in terms of antimalarial efficacy and was even more effective than the standard drugs dihydroartemisinin (EC50 2.4 nm), artesunic acid (EC50 8.9 nm) and chloroquine (EC50 9.8 nm). Trimer 4 stood out as the most active agent against HCMV in vitro replication and exerted an EC50 value of 0.026 μm, representing an even higher activity than the two reference drugs ganciclovir (EC50 2.60 μm) and artesunic acid (EC50 5.41 μm). In addition, artemisinin-derived dimer 13 and trimer 15 were for the first time both immobilized on TOYOPEARL AF-Amino-650M beads and used for mass spectrometry-based target identification experiments using total lysates of HCMV-infected primary human fibroblasts. Two major groups of novel target candidates, namely cytoskeletal and mitochondrial proteins were obtained. Two putatively compound-binding viral proteins, namely major capsid protein (MCP) and envelope glycoprotein pUL132, which are both essential for HCMV replication, were identified.
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- Tony Fröhlich
- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular, Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, BIG-BGE, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordon-Straße 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordon-Straße 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biotechnology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Paul-Gordon-Straße 3, 91052, Erlangen, Germany
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, INSERM, BIG-BGE, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, 91054, Erlangen, Germany
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- Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular, Materials (ICMM), Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Straße 10, 91058, Germany
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Venkatraj M, Salado IG, Heeres J, Joossens J, Lewi PJ, Caljon G, Maes L, Van der Veken P, Augustyns K. Novel triazine dimers with potent antitrypanosomal activity. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 143:306-319. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Gupta AK, Varshney K, Kumar V, Srivastava K, Pant AB, Puri SK, Saxena AK. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel 1,2,4-Trioxanes as Potential Antimalarial Agents. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2017; 350. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201600335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Amit K. Gupta
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division; CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Lucknow India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division; CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Lucknow India
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- In Vitro Toxicology Laboratory; CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Lucknow India
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- Division of Parasitology; CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Lucknow India
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- In Vitro Toxicology Laboratory; CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Lucknow India
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- Division of Parasitology; CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Lucknow India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division; CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; Lucknow India
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Fröhlich T, Çapcı Karagöz A, Reiter C, Tsogoeva SB. Artemisinin-Derived Dimers: Potent Antimalarial and Anticancer Agents. J Med Chem 2016; 59:7360-88. [PMID: 27010926 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The development of new efficient therapeutics for the treatment of malaria and cancer is an important endeavor. Over the past 15 years, much attention has been paid to the synthesis of dimeric structures, which combine two units of artemisinin, as lead compounds of interest. A wide variety of atemisinin-derived dimers containing different linkers demonstrate improved properties compared to their parent compounds (e.g., circumventing multidrug resistance), making the dimerization concept highly compelling for development of efficient antimalarial and anticancer drugs. The present Perspective highlights recent developments on different types of artemisinin-derived dimers and their structural and functional features. Particular emphasis is put on the respective in vitro and in vivo studies, exploring the role of the length and nature of linkers on the activities of the dimers, and considering the future prospects of the dimerization concept for drug discovery.
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- Tony Fröhlich
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry Chair I and Interdisciplinary Center for Molecular Materials (ICMM), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg , Henkestrasse 42, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Highly potent artemisinin-derived dimers and trimers: Synthesis and evaluation of their antimalarial, antileukemia and antiviral activities. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:5452-8. [PMID: 26260339 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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New pharmaceutically active compounds can be obtained by modification of existing drugs to access more effective agents in the wake of drug resistance amongst others. To achieve this goal the concept of hybridization was established during the last decade. We employed this concept by coupling two artemisinin-derived precursors to obtain dimers or trimers with increased in vitro activity against Plasmodiumfalciparum 3D7 strain, leukemia cells (CCRF-CEM and multidrug-resistant subline CEM/ADR5000) and human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Dimer 4 (IC50 of 2.6 nM) possess superior antimalarial activity compared with its parent compound artesunic acid(3) (IC50 of 9.0 nM). Dimer5 and trimers6 and 7 display superior potency against both leukemia cell lines (IC50 up to 0.002 μM for CCRF-CEM and IC50 up to 0.20 μM for CEM/ADR5000) and are even more active than clinically used doxorubicin (IC50 1.61 μM for CEM/ADR5000). With respect to anti-HCMV activity, trimer6 is the most efficient hybrid (IC50 0.04 μM) outperforming ganciclovir (IC50 2.6 μM), dihydroartemisinin(IC50 >10 μM) and artesunic acid (IC50 3.8 μM).
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New efficient artemisinin derived agents against human leukemia cells, human cytomegalovirus and Plasmodium falciparum: 2nd generation 1,2,4-trioxane-ferrocene hybrids. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 97:164-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2014] [Revised: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Effects of artesunate against Trypanosma cruzi. Exp Parasitol 2015; 156:26-31. [PMID: 26024969 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Therapy against Trypanosma cruzi relies on only two chemically related nitro-derivative drugs, benznidazole and nifurtimox, both limited by poor efficacy and toxicity. It is suspected that with prolonged usage of these drugs, resistant parasites will be selected, which results in risk for treatment failure over the time. Herein, we studied the in vitro activity of artesunate, the most effective drug to treat severe P. falciparum and chloroquine-resistant P. vivax, on three strains of T. cruzi originated in different regions of Latin America (Argentina, Nicaragua and Brazil). The results of these assays showed that artesunate inhibits multiplication of epimastigotes (IC50 = 50, 6.10 and 23 µM, respectively) and intracellular amastigotes (IC50 = 15, 0.12 and 6.90 µM, respectively), indicating that it represents a potent anti-T. cruzi compound in terms of inhibiting parasite multiplication in vitro. We then tested the effect of artesunate in Balb/c mice infected with Brazil strain and found that it failed to cure the infection, suggesting that the drug may be unsuitable for in vivo treatment. When infected mice were treated with high doses AS + BZ, the outcome of infection was similar to that observed in mice treated with BZ alone. Nevertheless, understanding of structure-activity relationship of artesunate might lead to the development of new and effective drugs against T. cruzi.
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Mazzone JR, Conyers RC, Tripathi AK, Sullivan DJ, Posner GH. Antimalarial chemotherapy: artemisinin-derived dimer carbonates and thiocarbonates. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:2440-3. [PMID: 24775306 PMCID: PMC4074917 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Revised: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several 2-carbon-linked trioxane dimer secondary alcohol carbonates 14 and thiocarbonates 15, combined with mefloquine and administered in a low single oral dose, prolonged the survival times of malaria-infected mice much more effectively than the popular monomeric antimalarial drug artemether plus mefloquine. Three dimer carbonates 14 and one dimer thiocarbonate 15 partially cured malaria-infected mice.
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- Jennifer R Mazzone
- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States; The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.
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Obeid S, Alen J, Nguyen VH, Pham VC, Meuleman P, Pannecouque C, Le TN, Neyts J, Dehaen W, Paeshuyse J. Artemisinin analogues as potent inhibitors of in vitro hepatitis C virus replication. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81783. [PMID: 24349127 PMCID: PMC3859510 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We reported previously that Artemisinin (ART), a widely used anti-malarial drug, is an inhibitor of in vitro HCV subgenomic replicon replication. We here demonstrate that ART exerts its antiviral activity also in hepatoma cells infected with full length infectious HCV JFH-1. We identified a number of ART analogues that are up to 10-fold more potent and selective as in vitro inhibitors of HCV replication than ART. The iron donor Hemin only marginally potentiates the anti-HCV activity of ART in HCV-infected cultures. Carbon-centered radicals have been shown to be critical for the anti-malarial activity of ART. We demonstrate that carbon-centered radicals-trapping (the so-called TEMPO) compounds only marginally affect the anti-HCV activity of ART. This provides evidence that carbon-centered radicals are not the main effectors of the anti-HCV activity of the Artemisinin. ART and analogues may possibly exert their anti-HCV activity by the induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The combined anti-HCV activity of ART or its analogues with L-N-Acetylcysteine (L-NAC) [a molecule that inhibits ROS generation] was studied. L-NAC significantly reduced the in vitro anti-HCV activity of ART and derivatives. Taken together, the in vitro anti-HCV activity of ART and analogues can, at least in part, be explained by the induction of ROS; carbon-centered radicals may not be important in the anti-HCV effect of these molecules.
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- Susan Obeid
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Molecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institute of Marine Biochemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Molecular Design and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Synthesis and evaluation of the antimalarial, anticancer, and caspase 3 activities of tetraoxane dimers. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:7392-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2013] [Revised: 09/18/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Molette J, Routier J, Abla N, Besson D, Bombrun A, Brun R, Burt H, Georgi K, Kaiser M, Nwaka S, Muzerelle M, Scheer A. Identification and optimization of an aminoalcohol-carbazole series with antimalarial properties. ACS Med Chem Lett 2013; 4:1037-41. [PMID: 24900603 DOI: 10.1021/ml400015f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Accepted: 09/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recent observations on the emergence of artemisinin resistant parasites have highlighted the need for new antimalarial treatments. An HTS campaign led to the identification of the 1-(1-aminopropan-2-ol)carbazole analogues as potent hits against Plasmodium falciparum K1 strain. The SAR study and optimization of early ADME and physicochemical properties direct us to the selection of a late lead compound that shows good efficacy when orally administrated in the in vivo P. berghei mouse model.
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- Jérôme Molette
- Merck Serono, 9 chemin des mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Merck Serono, 9 chemin des mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Merck Serono, 9 chemin des mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Special Program for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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- Merck Serono, 9 chemin des mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse. 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, and University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Merck Serono, 9 chemin des mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Merck Serono, 9 chemin des mines, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse. 57, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, and University of Basel, Petersplatz 1, 4003 Basel, Switzerland
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- Special Program for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
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Malik S, Khan SA, Ahuja P, Arya SK, Sahu S, Sahu K. Singlet oxygen-mediated synthesis of malarial chemotherapeutic agents. Med Chem Res 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-013-0578-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gbur RK, Little RD. Unveiling the role of molecule-assisted homolysis: a mechanistic probe into the chemistry of a bicyclic peroxide. J Org Chem 2012; 77:2134-41. [PMID: 22356266 DOI: 10.1021/jo300297u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Unlike the reaction of aryl-substituted diazenes, pyrolysis of alkyl-substituted diazenes in the presence of molecular oxygen generates an unexpectedly complex product mixture. Using deuterium labeling studies, in conjunction with quantum calculations, a reasonable mechanistic hypothesis for the decomposition of the resultant [3.3.0] peroxide, and subsequent formation of the keto-alcohol and Z-configured α,β-unsaturated keto-aldehyde, is proposed. Surprisingly, molecule-assisted homolysis plays a key role in this transformation, the details of which are discussed herein.
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- Randi K Gbur
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Slack RD, Jacobine AM, Posner GH. Antimalarial peroxides: advances in drug discovery and design. MEDCHEMCOMM 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2md00277a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dou D, Mandadapu SR, Alliston KR, Kim Y, Chang KO, Groutas WC. Cyclosulfamide-based derivatives as inhibitors of noroviruses. Eur J Med Chem 2011; 47:59-64. [PMID: 22063754 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2011] [Revised: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 10/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An optimization campaign focused on improving pharmacological activity and physicochemical properties of a recently-identified class of cyclosulfamide-based norovirus inhibitors has been carried out. Dimeric compound 4 was found to be a ∼10-fold more potent norovirus inhibitor (ED(50) 0.4 μM) compared to the original hit, however, isonipecotic acid ester derivatives 7e and 10a were shown to have superior therapeutic indices.
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- Dengfeng Dou
- Department of Chemistry, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260, USA
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Grimberg BT, Mehlotra RK. Expanding the Antimalarial Drug Arsenal-Now, But How? Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2011; 4:681-712. [PMID: 21625331 PMCID: PMC3102560 DOI: 10.3390/ph4050681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2011] [Revised: 04/09/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The number of available and effective antimalarial drugs is quickly dwindling. This is mainly because a number of drug resistance-associated mutations in malaria parasite genes, such as crt, mdr1, dhfr/dhps, and others, have led to widespread resistance to all known classes of antimalarial compounds. Unfortunately, malaria parasites have started to exhibit some level of resistance in Southeast Asia even to the most recently introduced class of drugs, artemisinins. While there is much need, the antimalarial drug development pipeline remains woefully thin, with little chemical diversity, and there is currently no alternative to the precious artemisinins. It is difficult to predict where the next generation of antimalarial drugs will come from; however, there are six major approaches: (i) re-optimizing the use of existing antimalarials by either replacement/rotation or combination approach; (ii) repurposing drugs that are currently used to treat other infections or diseases; (iii) chemically modifying existing antimalarial compounds; (iv) exploring natural sources; (v) large-scale screening of diverse chemical libraries; and (vi) through parasite genome-based ("targeted") discoveries. When any newly discovered effective antimalarial treatment is used by the populus, we must maintain constant vigilance for both parasite-specific and human-related factors that are likely to hamper its success. This article is neither comprehensive nor conclusive. Our purpose is to provide an overview of antimalarial drug resistance, associated parasite genetic factors (1. Introduction; 2. Emergence of artemisinin resistance in P. falciparum), and the antimalarial drug development pipeline (3. Overview of the global pipeline of antimalarial drugs), and highlight some examples of the aforementioned approaches to future antimalarial treatment. These approaches can be categorized into "short term" (4. Feasible options for now) and "long term" (5. Next generation of antimalarial treatment-Approaches and candidates). However, these two categories are interrelated, and the approaches in both should be implemented in parallel with focus on developing a successful, long-lasting antimalarial chemotherapy.
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- Brian T. Grimberg
- Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; E-Mails: (B.T.G.); (R.K.M.); Tel.: +1-216-368-6328 or +1-216-368-6172, Fax: +1-216-368-4825
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- Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; E-Mails: (B.T.G.); (R.K.M.); Tel.: +1-216-368-6328 or +1-216-368-6172, Fax: +1-216-368-4825
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A golden phoenix arising from the herbal nest — A review and reflection on the study of antimalarial drug Qinghaosu. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11458-010-0214-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Synthesis and bio-evaluation of alkylaminoaryl phenyl cyclopropyl methanones as antitubercular and antimalarial agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:8289-301. [PMID: 21041091 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.09.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2010] [Revised: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A series of 4-alkylaminoaryl phenyl cyclopropyl methanones (6a-6u and 8a-8c) were synthesized from 4-fluorochalcones (3a and 3b) by cyclopropanation of double bond followed by nucleophilic substitution of F with different amines. The compounds were screened for their antitubercular and antimalarial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strains in vitro respectively. Several compounds (6a, 6d-6h, 6p, 6q and 8a-8c) exhibited good in vitro antitubercular activities with MIC values 3.12-12.5μg/mL and preferentially inhibited the growth of P. falciparum in vitro (4a, 4c, 6a-6d, 6f, 6s, 8a and 8c) with IC₅₀ as low as 0.080 and 0.035μg/mL and SI values 4975 and 6948, respectively. Molecular docking studies and in vitro evaluation against FAS-II enzymes using reporter gene assays were carried out to elucidate the mode of action of these molecules. Two compounds 4a and 6g showed significant inhibition at 25μM concentration of the compound.
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6-(4′-Aryloxy-phenyl)vinyl-1,2,4-trioxanes: A new series of orally active peroxides effective against multidrug-resistant Plasmodium yoelii in Swiss mice. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:4459-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.06.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Revised: 05/26/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gupta AK, Chakroborty S, Srivastava K, Puri SK, Saxena AK. Pharmacophore Modeling of Substituted 1,2,4-Trioxanes for Quantitative Prediction of their Antimalarial Activity. J Chem Inf Model 2010; 50:1510-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ci100180e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Amit K. Gupta
- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division and Parasitology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division and Parasitology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division and Parasitology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division and Parasitology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division and Parasitology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Lucknow, 226001, India
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Malaria-Infected Mice Are Cured by a Single Low Dose of a New Silylamide Trioxane Plus Mefloquine. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2009; 2:228-235. [PMID: 27713236 PMCID: PMC3978545 DOI: 10.3390/ph2030228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Three thermally and hydrolytically stable silylamide trioxanes have been prepared from the natural trioxane artemisinin in only five simple chemical steps and in at least 56% overall yield. Two of these new chemical entities completely cured malariainfected mice at a single oral dose of only 8 mg/kg combined with 24 mg/kg of mefloquine hydrochloride. The high efficacy of this ACT chemotherapy is considerably better than the efficacy using the popular trioxane drug artemether plus mefloquine hydrochloride.
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Chaturvedi D, Goswami A, Saikia PP, Barua NC, Rao PG. Artemisinin and its derivatives: a novel class of anti-malarial and anti-cancer agents. Chem Soc Rev 2009; 39:435-54. [PMID: 20111769 DOI: 10.1039/b816679j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 267] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this tutorial review, an effort towards presentation of a comprehensive account of the recent developments on various kinds of artemisinin derivatives including artemisinin dimers, trimers and tetramers has been made and their efficacy towards malaria parasites and different cancer cells lines was compared with that of artemisinins, and various other anti-malarial and anti-cancer drugs. It is expected that this review will provide first-hand information on artemisinin chemistry to organic/medicinal chemists, and pharmacologists working on anticancer and anti-malarial drug development.
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- Devdutt Chaturvedi
- Natural Products Chemistry Division, North-East Institute of Science & Technology, Assam, Jorhat-785006, India
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Rosenthal AS, Chen X, Liu JO, West DC, Hergenrother PJ, Shapiro TA, Posner GH. Malaria-infected mice are cured by a single oral dose of new dimeric trioxane sulfones which are also selectively and powerfully cytotoxic to cancer cells. J Med Chem 2009; 52:1198-203. [PMID: 19186946 PMCID: PMC2698029 DOI: 10.1021/jm801484v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A new series of 6 dimeric trioxane sulfones has been prepared from the natural trioxane artemisinin in five or six chemical steps. One of these thermally and hydrolytically stable new chemical entities (4c) completely cured malaria-infected mice via a single oral dose of 144 mg/kg. At a much lower single oral dose of only 54 mg/kg combined with 13 mg/kg of mefloquine hydrochloride, this trioxane dimer 4c as well as its parent trioxane dimer 4b also completely cured malaria-infected mice. Both dimers 4c and 4b were potently and selectively cytotoxic toward five cancer cell lines.
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- Andrew S. Rosenthal
- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2685
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
- The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2685
- The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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The problem of endemic malaria continues unabated globally. Malaria affects 40 % of the global population, causing an estimated annual mortality of 1.5-2.7 million people. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 90 % of these deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa among infants under the age of five. While a vaccine against malaria continues to be elusive, chemotherapy remains the most viable alternative towards treatment of the disease. During last years, the situation has become urgent in many ways, but mainly because of the development of chloroquine-resistant (CQR) strains of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). The discovery that artemisinin (ART, 1), an active principle of Artemisia annua L., expresses a significant antimalarial activity, especially against CQR strains, opened new approaches for combating malaria. Since the early 1980s, hundreds of semi-synthetic and synthetic peroxides have been developed and tested for their antimalarial activity, the results of which were extensively reviewed. In addition, in therapeutic practice, there is no reported case of drug resistance to these antimalarial peroxides. This review summarizes recent achievements in the area of peroxide drug development for malaria chemotherapy.
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Moon DK, Singhal V, Kumar N, Shapiro TA, Posner GH. Antimalarial Preclinical Drug Development: A Single Oral Dose of A 5-Carbon-linked Trioxane Dimer Plus Mefloquine Cures Malaria-Infected Mice. Drug Dev Res 2009; 71:76-81. [PMID: 20686674 DOI: 10.1002/ddr.20350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Three new 5-carbon-linked trioxane dimer carboxylate esters have been prepared from the natural trioxane, artemisinin in only 3-steps and 40-50% overall yields. Each one of these new chemical entities is at least as efficacious as the clinically used trioxane antimalarial drug artemether when combined with mefloquine hydrochloride in a low single oral dose cure.
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- Deuk Kyu Moon
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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Galal AM, Gul W, Slade D, Ross SA, Feng S, Hollingshead MG, Alley MC, Kaur G, ElSohly MA. Synthesis and evaluation of dihydroartemisinin and dihydroartemisitene acetal dimers showing anticancer and antiprotozoal activity. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 17:741-51. [PMID: 19084416 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.11.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 11/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Twelve artemisinin acetal dimers were synthesized and tested for antitumor activity in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in vitro human tumor 60 cell line assay, producing a mean GI(50) concentration between 8.7 (least active) and 0.019 microM (most active). The significant activity of the compounds in this preliminary screen led to additional in vitro antitumor and antiangiogenesis studies. Several active dimers were also evaluated in the in vivo NCI hollow fiber assay followed by a preliminary xenograft study. The title compounds were found to be active against solid tumor-derived cell lines and showed good correlation with other artemisinin-based molecules in the NCI database. The dimers were also evaluated for their antimalarial and antileishmanial activities. The antimalarial activity ranged from 0.3 to 32 nM (IC(50)), compared to 9.9 nM for artemisinin.
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- Ahmed M Galal
- National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA.
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Singh C, Verma VP, Naikade NK, Singh AS, Hassam M, Puri SK. Novel Bis- and Tris-1,2,4-trioxanes: Synthesis and Antimalarial Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium yoelii in Swiss Mice. J Med Chem 2008; 51:7581-92. [DOI: 10.1021/jm801006v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chandan Singh
- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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Singh AS, Verma VP, Hassam M, Krishna NN, Puri SK, Singh C. Amino- and Hydroxy-Functionalized 11-Azaartemisinins and Their Derivatives. Org Lett 2008; 10:5461-4. [DOI: 10.1021/ol802238d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Ajit Shankar Singh
- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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- Division of Medicinal and Process Chemistry and Division of Parasitology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, India
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Trioxaquines are antimalarial agents based on hybrid structures with a dual mode of action. One of these molecules, PA1103/SAR116242, is highly active in vitro on several sensitive and resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum at nanomolar concentrations (e.g., IC(50) value = 10 nM with FcM29, a chloroquine-resistant strain) and also on multidrug-resistant strains obtained from fresh patient isolates in Gabon. This molecule is very efficient by oral route with a complete cure of mice infected with chloroquine-sensitive or chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodia at 26-32 mg/kg. This compound is also highly effective in humanized mice infected with P. falciparum. Combined with a good drug profile (preliminary absorption, metabolism, and safety parameters), these data were favorable for the selection of this particular trioxaquine for development as drug candidate among 120 other active hybrid molecules.
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Accumulation of artemisinin trioxane derivatives within neutral lipids of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites is endoperoxide-dependent. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 77:322-36. [PMID: 19022224 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2008.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2008] [Revised: 10/07/2008] [Accepted: 10/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The antimalarial trioxanes, exemplified by the naturally occurring sesquiterpene lactone artemisinin and its semi-synthetic derivatives, contain an endoperoxide pharmacophore that lends tremendous potency against Plasmodium parasites. Despite decades of research, their mechanism of action remains unresolved. A leading model of anti-plasmodial activity hypothesizes that iron-mediated cleavage of the endoperoxide bridge generates cytotoxic drug metabolites capable of damaging cellular macromolecules. To probe the malarial targets of the endoperoxide drugs, we studied the distribution of fluorescent dansyl trioxane derivatives in living, intraerythrocytic-stage Plasmodium falciparum parasites using microscopic imaging. The fluorescent trioxanes rapidly accumulated in parasitized erythrocytes, localizing within digestive vacuole-associated neutral lipid bodies of trophozoites and schizonts, and surrounding the developing merozoite membranes. Artemisinin pre-treatment significantly reduced fluorescent labeling of neutral lipid bodies, while iron chelation increased non-specific cytoplasmic localization. To further explore the effects of endoperoxides on cellular lipids, we used an oxidation-sensitive BODIPY lipid probe to show the presence of artemisinin-induced peroxyl radicals in parasite membranes. Lipid extracts from artemisinin-exposed parasites contained increased amounts of free fatty acids and a novel cholesteryl ester. The cellular accumulation patterns and effects on lipids were entirely endoperoxide-dependent, as inactive dioxolane analogs lacking the endoperoxide moiety failed to label neutral lipid bodies or induce oxidative membrane damage. In the parasite digestive vacuole, neutral lipids closely associate with heme and promote hemozoin formation. We propose that the trioxane artemisinin and its derivatives are activated by heme-iron within the neutral lipid environment where they initiate oxidation reactions that damage parasite membranes.
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Singh C, Pandey S, Kushwaha AK, Puri SK. New functionalized 1,2,4-trioxepanes: Synthesis and antimalarial activity against multi-drug resistant P. yoelii in mice. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:5190-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.08.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Revised: 08/07/2008] [Accepted: 08/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Opsenica I, Opsenica D, Lanteri CA, Anova L, Milhous WK, Smith KS, Šolaja BA. New Chimeric Antimalarials with 4-Aminoquinoline Moiety Linked to a Tetraoxane Skeleton. J Med Chem 2008; 51:6216-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jm8006905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Igor Opsenica
- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20910, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, P.O. Box 158, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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Solaja BA, Opsenica D, Smith KS, Milhous WK, Terzić N, Opsenica I, Burnett JC, Nuss J, Gussio R, Bavari S. Novel 4-aminoquinolines active against chloroquine-resistant and sensitive P. falciparum strains that also inhibit botulinum serotype A. J Med Chem 2008; 51:4388-91. [PMID: 18637666 DOI: 10.1021/jm800737y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We report on the initial result of the coupling of 4-amino-7-chloroquinoline with steroidal and adamantane constituents to provide small molecules with excellent in vitro antimalarial activities (IC90 (W2) down to 6.74 nM). The same entities also inhibit the botulinum neurotoxin serotype A light chain metalloprotease at low micromolar levels (7-31 microM). Interestingly, structural features imparting increased antimalarial activity also provide increased metalloprotease inhibition, thus allowing for simultaneous compound optimizations against distinct targets.
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- Bogdan A Solaja
- Faculty of Chemistry, UniVersity of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Mixed tetraoxanes containing the acetone subunit as antimalarials. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:7039-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2008] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 05/07/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Posner GH, Maio WA, Kalinda AS. Electronically stabilized versions of the antimalarial acetal trioxanes artemether and artesunate. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 16:5247-53. [PMID: 18353653 PMCID: PMC2668193 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Revised: 02/27/2008] [Accepted: 03/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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From 9-substituted DHA, several new artemisinin-derived C-10 acetal ethers and esters were prepared with either a 9-fluoro or a 9-sulfonyl substituent. The very strong inductive electron-withdrawing C-9 substituent is shown to retard considerably C-10 ionization (acid-promoted etherification) of 9-fluoro-DHA and 9-sulfonyl-DHA.
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- Gary H Posner
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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