Design, synthesis, and biological activity of diaryl ether inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii enoyl reductase

Gang Cheng; Stephen P. Muench; Ying Zhou; Gustavo A. Afanador; Ernest J. Mui; Alina Fomovska; Bo Shiun Lai; Sean T. Prigge; Stuart Woods; Craig W. Roberts; Mark R. Hickman; Patty J. Lee; Susan E. Leed; Jennifer M. Auschwitz; David W. Rice; Rima McLeod

doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.019

Design, synthesis, and biological activity of diaryl ether inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii enoyl reductase

Gang Cheng
, Stephen P. Muench
, Ying Zhou
, Gustavo A. Afanador
, Ernest J. Mui
, Alina Fomovska
, Bo Shiun Lai
, Sean T. Prigge
, Stuart Woods
, Craig W. Roberts
, Mark R. Hickman
, Patty J. Lee
, Susan E. Leed
, Jennifer M. Auschwitz
, David W. Rice
, Rima McLeod^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Triclosan is a potent inhibitor of Toxoplasma gondii enoyl reductase (TgENR), which is an essential enzyme for parasite survival. In view of triclosan’s poor druggability, which limits its therapeutic use, a new set of B-ring modified analogs were designed to optimize its physico-chemical properties. These derivatives were synthesized and evaluated by in vitro assay and TgENR enzyme assay. Some analogs display improved solubility, permeability and a comparable MIC₅₀ value to that of triclosan. Modeling of these inhibitors revealed the same overall binding mode with the enzyme as triclosan, but the B-ring modifications have additional interactions with the strongly conserved Asn130.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2035-2043
Number of pages	9
Journal	Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
Volume	23
Issue number	7
Early online date	12 Feb 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.019
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

TgENR
triclosan
ADMET
Toxoplasma

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Cheng, G., Muench, S. P., Zhou, Y., Afanador, G. A., Mui, E. J., Fomovska, A., Lai, B. S., Prigge, S. T., Woods, S., Roberts, C. W., Hickman, M. R., Lee, P. J., Leed, S. E., Auschwitz, J. M., Rice, D. W., & McLeod, R. (2013). Design, synthesis, and biological activity of diaryl ether inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii enoyl reductase. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 23(7), 2035-2043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.02.019

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