The indole motif is essential for the antitrypanosomal activity of N5-substituted paullones

Author:

Ihnatenko Irina,Müller Marco J.ORCID,Orban Oliver C. F.,Lindhof Jens C.,Benítez Diego,Ortíz CeciliaORCID,Dibello Estefanía,Seidl Leonardo L.ORCID,Comini Marcelo A.ORCID,Kunick ConradORCID

Abstract

Severe infections with potentially fatal outcomes are caused by parasites from the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania (class Kinetoplastea). The diseases affect people of remote areas in the tropics and subtropics with limited access to adequate health care. Besides insufficient diagnostics, treatment options are limited, with tenuous developments in recent years. Therefore, new antitrypanosomal antiinfectives are required to fight these maladies. In the presented approach, new compounds were developed and tested on the target trypanothione synthetase (TryS). This enzyme is crucial to the kinetoplastids’ unique trypanothione-based thiol redox metabolism and thus for pathogen survival. Preceding studies have shown that N5-substituted paullones display antitrypanosomal activity as well as TryS inhibition. Herein, this compound class was further examined regarding the structure-activity relationships (SAR). Diverse benzazepinone derivatives were designed and tested in cell-based assays on bloodstream Trypanosoma brucei brucei (T. b. brucei) and intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania infantum (L. infantum) as well as in enzyme-based assays on L. infantum TryS (LiTryS) and T. b. brucei TryS (TbTryS). While an exchange of just the substituent in the 9-position of paullones led to potent inhibitors on LiTryS and T. b. brucei parasites, new compounds lacking the indole moiety showed a total loss of activity in both assays. Conclusively, the indole as part of the paullone structure is pivotal for keeping the TryS inhibitory and antitrypanosomal activity of this substance class.

Funder

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

Fondo para la Convergencia Estructural del Mercosur

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación-ANII

Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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