From Serendipity to Rational Antituberculosis Drug Discovery of Mefloquine-Isoxazole Carboxylic Acid Esters

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• 作者：Jialin Mao ; Hai Yuan ; Yuehong Wang ; Baojie Wan ; Marco Pieroni ; Qingqing Huang ; Richard B. van Breemen ; Alan P. Kozikowski ; Scott G. Franzblau
• 刊名：Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：November 26, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：52
• 期：22
• 页码：6966-6978
• 全文大小：1247K
• 年卷期：v.52,no.22(November 26, 2009)
• ISSN：1520-4804

文摘

Both in vitro and in vivo metabolism studies suggested that 5-(2,8-bis(trifluoromethyl)quinolin-4-yloxymethyl)isoxazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (compound 3) with previously reported antituberculosis activity is rapidly converted to two metabolites 3a and 3b. In order to improve the metabolic stability of this series, chemistry efforts were focused on the modification of the oxymethylene linker of compound 3 in the present study. Compound 9d with an alkene linker was found to be both more metabolically stable and more potent than compound 3, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.2 μM and 2.6 μM against replicating and nonreplicating Mycobaterium tuberculosis, respectively. These attributes make 9d an interesting lead compound. A number of modifications were made to the structure of 9d, and a series of active compounds were discovered. Although some neurotoxicity was observed at a high dosage, this new series was endowed with both improved in vitro anti-TB activity and metabolic stability in comparison to compound 3.