Synthesis, trypanocidal and anti-Leishmania activity of new triazole-lapachol and norlapachol hybrids

Mariano Walter Pertino; Alexander F. de la Torre; Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann; Celeste Vega; Miriam Rolón; Cathia Coronel; Antonieta Rojas de Arias; Pilar Carranza-Rosales; Karla Leal López; Ezequiel Viveros Valdez

Keywords: antibacterial, antiprotozoal activity, click chemistry, lapachol

Abstract

A new library of twenty triazole-lapachol and nor-lapachol derivatives was synthesized. The compounds were evaluated against the epimastigotes form of Trypanosoma cruzi and promastigotes of Leishmania braziliensis and L. infantum. The cytotoxicity of the compounds was determined on murine fibroblasts and used to assess the selectivity index. The introduction of triazole rings in the naphthoquinone derivatives improved activity against the parasitic protozoa T. cruzi and Leishmania species. Some of the derivatives were three to six times more potent than benznidazole against T. cruzi, with similar or slightly better selectivity indexes. The results against L. braziliensis showed that the derivatives 5b and 5e were the most selective compounds. However, they were less selective than the reference compound, miltefosine. Among all products, the derivative 3a was the most selective compound against L. infantum. Nevertheless, it was less potent and less selective than miltefosine. Also, the minimum inhibitory concentration values of the derivatives against nine different bacteria were determined. Moderate antibacterial activity was observed for compound 5c against Staphylococcus aureus

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Título de la Revista: BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Editorial: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Fecha de publicación: 2020
Idioma: Ingles