Endoperoxide-8-aminoquinoline hybrids as dual-stage antimalarial agents with enhanced metabolic stability. 2018

Rita Capela, and Joana Magalhães, and Daniela Miranda, and Marta Machado, and Margarida Sanches-Vaz, and Inês S Albuquerque, and Moni Sharma, and Jiri Gut, and Philip J Rosenthal, and Raquel Frade, and Maria J Perry, and Rui Moreira, and Miguel Prudêncio, and Francisca Lopes
Instituto de Investigação do Medicamento (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal.

Hybrid compounds may play a critical role in the context of the malaria eradication agenda, which will benefit from therapeutic tools active against the symptomatic erythrocytic stage of Plasmodium infection, and also capable of eliminating liver stage parasites. To address the need for efficient multistage antiplasmodial compounds, a small library of 1,2,4,5-tetraoxane-8- aminoquinoline hybrids, with the metabolically labile C-5 position of the 8-aminoquinoline moiety blocked with aryl groups, was synthesized and screened for antiplasmodial activity and metabolic stability. The hybrid compounds inhibited development of intra-erythrocytic forms of the multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum W2 strain, with EC50 values in the nM range, and with low cytotoxicity against mammalian cells. The compounds also inhibited the development of P. berghei liver stage parasites, with the most potent compounds displaying EC50 values in the low μM range. SAR analysis revealed that unbranched linkers between the endoperoxide and 8-aminoquinoline pharmacophores are most beneficial for dual antiplasmodial activity. Importantly, hybrids were significantly more potent than a 1:1 mixture of 8-aminoquinoline-tetraoxane, highlighting the superiority of the hybrid approach over the combination therapy. Furthermore, aryl substituents at C-5 of the 8-aminoquinoline moiety improve the compounds' metabolic stability when compared with their primaquine (i.e. C-5 unsubstituted) counterparts. Overall, this study reveals that blocking the quinoline C-5 position does not result in loss of dual-stage antimalarial activity, and that tetraoxane-8- aminoquinoline hybrids are an attractive approach to achieve elimination of exo- and intraerythrocytic parasites, thus with the potential to be used in malaria eradication campaigns.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D010545 Peroxides A group of compounds that contain a bivalent O-O group, i.e., the oxygen atoms are univalent. They can either be inorganic or organic in nature. Such compounds release atomic (nascent) oxygen readily. Thus they are strong oxidizing agents and fire hazards when in contact with combustible materials, especially under high-temperature conditions. The chief industrial uses of peroxides are as oxidizing agents, bleaching agents, and initiators of polymerization. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed) Peroxide
D010962 Plasmodium berghei A protozoan parasite of rodents transmitted by the mosquito Anopheles dureni. Plasmodium bergheus,berghei, Plasmodium
D010963 Plasmodium falciparum A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics. Plasmodium falciparums,falciparums, Plasmodium
D004353 Drug Evaluation, Preclinical Preclinical testing of drugs in experimental animals or in vitro for their biological and toxic effects and potential clinical applications. Drug Screening,Evaluation Studies, Drug, Pre-Clinical,Drug Evaluation Studies, Preclinical,Drug Evaluations, Preclinical,Evaluation Studies, Drug, Preclinical,Evaluation, Preclinical Drug,Evaluations, Preclinical Drug,Medicinal Plants Testing, Preclinical,Preclinical Drug Evaluation,Preclinical Drug Evaluations,Drug Screenings,Screening, Drug,Screenings, Drug
D004355 Drug Stability The chemical and physical integrity of a pharmaceutical product. Drug Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Lives,Shelf Life, Drugs,Drug Stabilities,Drugs Shelf Life,Drugs Shelf Live,Life, Drugs Shelf,Shelf Life, Drug,Shelf Live, Drugs,Shelf Lives, Drugs
D004912 Erythrocytes Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN. Blood Cells, Red,Blood Corpuscles, Red,Red Blood Cells,Red Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, Red,Blood Corpuscle, Red,Erythrocyte,Red Blood Cell,Red Blood Corpuscle
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000634 Aminoquinolines Quinolines substituted in any position by one or more amino groups.
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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