Urea Derivatives of 2-Aryl-benzothiazol-5-amines: A New Class of Potential Drugs for Human African Trypanosomiasis

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• 作者：Donald A. PatrickJ. Robert Gillespie ; Joshua McQueenMatthew A. Hulverson ; Ranae M. Ranade ; Sharon A. Creason ; Zackary M. Herbst ; Michael H. Gelb ; Frederick S. Buckner ; Richard R. Tidwell
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 9, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：60
• 期：3
• 页码：957-971
• 全文大小：607K
• ISSN：1520-4804

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A previous publication from this lab (Patrick, et al. Bioorg. Med. Chem.2016, 24n class="NLM_x">ns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ACS="http://namespace.acs.org/2008/acs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:space="preserve">, n>2451n class="NLM_x">ns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ACS="http://namespace.acs.org/2008/acs" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:space="preserve">–n>2465) explored the antitrypanosomal activities of novel derivatives of 2-(2-benzamido)ethyl-4-phenylthiazole (1), which had been identified as a hit against Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of human African trypanosomiasis. While a number of these compounds, particularly the urea analogues, were quite potent, these molecules as a whole exhibited poor metabolic stability. The present work describes the synthesis of 65 new analogues arising from medicinal chemistry optimization at different sites on the molecule. The most promising compounds were the urea derivatives of 2-aryl-benzothiazol-5-amines. One such analogue, (S)-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-5-(3-fluoro-N-pyrrolidylamido)benzothiazole (57) was chosen for in vivo efficacy studies based upon in vitro activity, metabolic stability, and brain penetration. This compound attained 5/5 cures in murine models of both early and late stage human African trypanosomiasis, representing a new lead for the development of drugs to combat this neglected disease.