Spiro[benzoxazine-piperidin]-one derivatives as chitin synthase inhibitors and antifungal agents: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation. 2022

Yajie Xu, and Yangli Shen, and Chuanbiao Du, and Lige Liu, and Hu Wu, and Qingggang Ji
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.

Four series of spiro[benzoxazine-piperidin]-one derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their inhibition percentages against chitin synthase and antifungal activities were evaluated. Based on the preliminary biological assays, the series of derivatives containing α, β-unsaturated carbonyl fragment which had moderate to excellent CHS inhibitory activity and antifungal activity were further researched. In this series of compounds, eight out of twenty-one compounds had good to excellent inhibitory activity against chitin synthase with an inhibition percentage value above 60% at the concentration of 300 μg/mL. Among them, compounds 9a, 9o, 9s and 9t showed excellent chitin synthase inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 0.14 mM, 0.11 mM, 0.10 mM and 0.16 mM, respectively, which were equal to that of the control drug (polyoxin B). The results of sorbitol protection assays and evaluation of antifungal activity against micafungin-resistant fungi further proved that the target of these synthesized compounds was chitin synthase. The antifungal activity evaluation showed that compounds 9a, 9d, 9h, 9s and 9t had broad-spectrum antifungal activity in vitro and their antifungal activities are equal to those of fluconazole and polyoxin B. The result of combination use showed this series of compounds combined with fluconazole had additive or synergistic effects. In addition, compounds 9a, 9o and 9t showed good antifungal activity against fluconazole-resistant C. albicans and fluconazole-resistant C. neoformans variants. Consequently, the results showed that these compounds were chitin synthase inhibitors and antifungal agents and had significant activity against drug-resistant fungal variants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008826 Microbial Sensitivity Tests Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses). Bacterial Sensitivity Tests,Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial,Minimum Inhibitory Concentration,Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Antibiogram,Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Bacterial Sensitivity Test,Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility,Breakpoint Determination, Antimicrobial Susceptibility,Fungal Drug Sensitivity Tests,Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Sensitivity Test, Bacterial,Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial,Test, Bacterial Sensitivity,Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity,Viral Drug Sensitivity Tests,Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Antibiograms,Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory,Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory,Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum,Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum,Microbial Sensitivity Test,Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations,Sensitivity Test, Microbial,Sensitivity Tests, Microbial,Test, Microbial Sensitivity,Tests, Microbial Sensitivity
D002176 Candida albicans A unicellular budding fungus which is the principal pathogenic species causing CANDIDIASIS (moniliasis). Candida albicans var. stellatoidea,Candida stellatoidea,Dematium albicans,Monilia albicans,Myceloblastanon albicans,Mycotorula albicans,Parasaccharomyces albicans,Procandida albicans,Procandida stellatoidea,Saccharomyces albicans,Syringospora albicans
D002686 Chitin A linear polysaccharide of beta-1->4 linked units of ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE. It is the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, found especially in INSECTS and FUNGI. When deacetylated it is called CHITOSAN.
D002687 Chitin Synthase An enzyme that converts UDP glucosamine into chitin and UDP. EC 2.4.1.16. Chitin-UDP Acetylglucosaminyltransferase,Chitin Synthase 1,Chitin Synthetase 2,trans-N-Acetylglucosaminosylase,Acetylglucosaminyltransferase, Chitin-UDP,Chitin UDP Acetylglucosaminyltransferase,trans N Acetylglucosaminosylase
D004791 Enzyme Inhibitors Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction. Enzyme Inhibitor,Inhibitor, Enzyme,Inhibitors, Enzyme
D000935 Antifungal Agents Substances that destroy fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. They differ from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL because they defend against fungi present in human or animal tissues. Anti-Fungal Agents,Antifungal Agent,Fungicides, Therapeutic,Antibiotics, Antifungal,Therapeutic Fungicides,Agent, Antifungal,Anti Fungal Agents,Antifungal Antibiotics
D013329 Structure-Activity Relationship The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships
D015725 Fluconazole Triazole antifungal agent that is used to treat oropharyngeal CANDIDIASIS and cryptococcal MENINGITIS in AIDS. Apo-Fluconazole,Béagyne,Diflucan,Fluc Hexal,FlucoLich,Flucobeta,Fluconazol AL,Fluconazol AbZ,Fluconazol Stada,Fluconazol von ct,Fluconazol-Isis,Fluconazol-ratiopharm,Flunazul,Fungata,Lavisa,Loitin,Neofomiral,Oxifungol,Solacap,Triflucan,UK-49858,Zonal,Apo Fluconazole,Fluconazol Isis,Fluconazol ratiopharm,UK 49858,UK49858
D048588 Benzoxazines OXAZINES with a fused BENZENE ring. Benzoxazine,Benzoxazinoid,Benzoxazinone,Benzoxazinones,Benzoxazinoids

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