{"title":"Design, synthesis and bioactivity evaluation of triazole antifungal drugs with phenylthiophene structure","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107785","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Invasive fungal infections have high morbidity and mortality rates and have become one of the most serious threats to human health. In the present study, a series of triazole antifungal derivatives with phenylthiophene backbone were obtained by structural modification of the lead compound using <strong>Iodiconazole</strong> as the lead compound. Among them, compound <strong>19g</strong> is a triazole antifungal compound with 4-chloro-2-fluoro phenylthiophene backbone, which showed optimal antifungal activity against <em>Candida albicans</em>, <em>Cryptococcus neoformans</em>, and <em>Aspergillus</em>, with a MIC<sub>80</sub> value of 0.0625 μg/mL. In addition, compounds <strong>19e</strong>, <strong>19f</strong>, <strong>19g</strong>, <strong>19h</strong>, <strong>19i</strong> and <strong>19k</strong> exhibited different levels of inhibitory activity against fluconazole-resistant strains with MIC<sub>80</sub> values ranging from 0.0625 μg/mL to 32 μg/mL. Since compound <strong>19g</strong> had optimal <em>in vitro</em> antifungal activity, we selected <strong>19g</strong> for human liver microsomal stability and CYP enzyme inhibition assays as well as further evaluated the inhibitory activity of compound <strong>19g</strong> on normal and cancerous cells in humans. Finally, we verified the inhibitory effect of compound <strong>19g</strong> on the filamentation of <em>Candida albicans</em> and determined the mechanism of action by sterol composition analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":257,"journal":{"name":"Bioorganic Chemistry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bioorganic Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045206824006904","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Invasive fungal infections have high morbidity and mortality rates and have become one of the most serious threats to human health. In the present study, a series of triazole antifungal derivatives with phenylthiophene backbone were obtained by structural modification of the lead compound using Iodiconazole as the lead compound. Among them, compound 19g is a triazole antifungal compound with 4-chloro-2-fluoro phenylthiophene backbone, which showed optimal antifungal activity against Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus, with a MIC80 value of 0.0625 μg/mL. In addition, compounds 19e, 19f, 19g, 19h, 19i and 19k exhibited different levels of inhibitory activity against fluconazole-resistant strains with MIC80 values ranging from 0.0625 μg/mL to 32 μg/mL. Since compound 19g had optimal in vitro antifungal activity, we selected 19g for human liver microsomal stability and CYP enzyme inhibition assays as well as further evaluated the inhibitory activity of compound 19g on normal and cancerous cells in humans. Finally, we verified the inhibitory effect of compound 19g on the filamentation of Candida albicans and determined the mechanism of action by sterol composition analysis.
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Bioorganic Chemistry publishes research that addresses biological questions at the molecular level, using organic chemistry and principles of physical organic chemistry. The scope of the journal covers a range of topics at the organic chemistry-biology interface, including: enzyme catalysis, biotransformation and enzyme inhibition; nucleic acids chemistry; medicinal chemistry; natural product chemistry, natural product synthesis and natural product biosynthesis; antimicrobial agents; lipid and peptide chemistry; biophysical chemistry; biological probes; bio-orthogonal chemistry and biomimetic chemistry.
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