Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel spiro-quinazolinone derivatives as chitin synthase inhibitors and antifungal agents. 2023

Chuanbiao Du, and Xinlong Yang, and Yan Long, and Xueqing Lang, and Lige Liu, and Yajie Xu, and Hu Wu, and Yiwen Chu, and Xiaolei Hu, and Junfeng Deng, and Qinggang Ji
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, PR China.

A series of spiro-quinazolinone scaffolds were constructed based on the bioactivity of quinazolinone and the inherent feature of spirocycle to design novel chitin synthase inhibitors that possess mode of action different from that of the currently used antifungal agents. Among them, the spiro[thiophen-quinazolin]-one derivatives containing α, β-unsaturated carbonyl fragments had shown inhibitory activities against chitin synthase and antifungal activities. The enzymatic experiments showed that among the sixteen compounds, compounds 12d, 12g, 12j, 12l and 12m exhibited inhibitions against chitin synthase with IC50 values of 116.7 ± 19.6 μM, 106.7 ± 14.2 μM, 102.3 ± 9.6 μM, 122.7 ± 22.2 μM and 136.8 ± 12.4 μM, respectively, which were comparable to that of polyoxin B (IC50 = 93.5 ± 11.1 μM). The assays of enzymatic Kinetic parameters showed that compound 12g was a non-competitive inhibitor of chitin synthase. The antifungal assays showed that compounds 12d, 12g, 12j, 12l and 12m exhibited a broad-spectrum of antifungal activity against the four strains tested in vitro. In which, compounds 12g and 12j had stronger antifungal activity against four tested strains than that of polyoxin B and similar to that of fluconazole, while compounds 12d, 12l and 12m showed antifungal activity comparable to that of polyoxin B against four tested strains. Meanwhile, compounds 12d, 12g, 12j, 12l and 12m exhibited good antifungal activity against fluconazole-resistant and micafungin-resistant fungi variants with MIC values ranging from 4 to 32 μg/mL while the MIC values of reference drugs were above 256 μg/mL. Furthermore, the results of drug-combination experiments showed that compounds 12d, 12g, 12j, 12l and 12m had synergistic or additive effects with fluconazole or polyoxin B. The results of sorbitol protection experiment and the experiment of antifungal activity against micafungin-resistant fungi further demonstrated that these compounds target chitin synthase. The result of cytotoxicity assay showed that compound 12g had low toxicity toward human lung cancer A549 cells and the ADME analysis in silico displayed that compound 12g possessed promising pharmacokinetic properties. The molecular docking indicated that compound 12g formed multiple hydrogen bond interactions binding to chitin synthase, which might be conductive to increasing the binding affinity and inhibiting the activity of chitin synthase. The above results indicated that the designed compounds were chitin synthase inhibitors with selectivity and broad-spectrum antifungal activity and could be act as the lead compounds against drug-resistant fungi.

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
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
D005658 Fungi A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSHROOMS; YEASTS; smuts, molds, etc. They reproduce either sexually or asexually, and have life cycles that range from simple to complex. Filamentous fungi, commonly known as molds, refer to those that grow as multicellular colonies. Fungi, Filamentous,Molds,Filamentous Fungi,Filamentous Fungus,Fungus,Fungus, Filamentous,Mold
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000077551 Micafungin A cyclic lipo-hexapeptide echinocandin antifungal agent that is used for the treatment and prevention of CANDIDIASIS. FK 463,FK-463,FK463,Micafungin Sodium,Mycamine
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
D015195 Drug Design The molecular designing of drugs for specific purposes (such as DNA-binding, enzyme inhibition, anti-cancer efficacy, etc.) based on knowledge of molecular properties such as activity of functional groups, molecular geometry, and electronic structure, and also on information cataloged on analogous molecules. Drug design is generally computer-assisted molecular modeling and does not include PHARMACOKINETICS, dosage analysis, or drug administration analysis. Computer-Aided Drug Design,Computerized Drug Design,Drug Modeling,Pharmaceutical Design,Computer Aided Drug Design,Computer-Aided Drug Designs,Computerized Drug Designs,Design, Pharmaceutical,Drug Design, Computer-Aided,Drug Design, Computerized,Drug Designs,Drug Modelings,Pharmaceutical Designs

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