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Synthesis, antimicrobial evaluation, and in silico studies of quinoline—1H-1,2,3-triazole molecular hybrids
Awolade, Paul,Cele, Nosipho,Kerru, Nagaraju,Singh, Parvesh
, p. 2201 - 2218 (2020/06/17)
Abstract: Antimicrobial resistance has become a significant threat to global public health, thus precipitating an exigent need for new drugs with improved therapeutic efficacy. In this regard, molecular hybridization is deemed as a viable strategy to afford multi-target-based drug candidates. Herein, we report a library of quinoline—1H-1,2,3-triazole molecular hybrids synthesized via copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne [3 + 2] dipolar cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC). Antimicrobial evaluation identified compound 16 as the most active hybrid in the library with a broad-spectrum antibacterial activity at an MIC80 value of 75.39?μM against methicillin-resistant S. aureus, E. coli, A. baumannii, and multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae. The compound also showed interesting antifungal profile against C. albicans and C. neoformans at an MIC80 value of 37.69 and 2.36?μM, respectively, superior to fluconazole. In vitro toxicity profiling revealed non-hemolytic activity against human red blood cells (hRBC) but partial cytotoxicity to human embryonic kidney cells (HEK293). Additionally, in silico studies predicted excellent drug-like properties and the importance of triazole ring in stabilizing the complexation with target proteins. Overall, these results present compound 16 as a promising scaffold on which other molecules can be modeled to deliver new antimicrobial agents with improved potency. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
Bodipy-squaraine triads: Preparation and study of the intramolecular energy transfer, charge separation and intersystem crossing
Dong, Yu,Iagatti, Alessandro,Foggi, Paolo,Zhao, Jianzhang,Mazzone, Gloria,Xu, Kejing,Ji, Wei,Di Donato, Mariangela,Russo, Nino
, p. 560 - 572 (2017/09/08)
Two triads (BDP-SQ and Styryl-BDP-SQ) were prepared with Bodipy, styrylBodipy and Squaraine (SQ) units. SQ shows unexpected efficient intersystem crossing (ISC. ΦT = 50%), which is attributed to S1→T1 transition. In the two triads, the F?rster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) direction, as well as the spatial localization of the T1 state, was judiciously tuned. The cascade photophysical properties of the triads were studied with steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopies, as well as with electrochemical characterization and theoretical computations. We show that triplet state was produced in triad BDP-SQ upon photoexcitation, but in Styryl-BDP-SQ the fast FRET and the charge separation (CS) processes compete with the ISC of the SQ unit, and no triplet state was formed upon photoexcitation. The singlet energy transfer kinetics were found to be 1.6 and 0.6 ps, respectively and are solvent polarity dependent. Charge transfer was confirmed with ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy.
Synthesis and Evaluation of a Library of Trifunctional Scaffold-Derived Compounds as Modulators of the Insulin Receptor
Fabre, Benjamin,Pícha, Jan,Vaněk, Václav,Selicharová, Irena,Chrudinová, Martina,Collinsová, Michaela,?áková, Lenka,Budě?ínsky, Milo?,Jirá?ek, Ji?í
, p. 710 - 722 (2016/12/22)
We designed a combinatorial library of trifunctional scaffold-derived compounds, which were derivatized with 30 different in-house-made azides. The compounds were proposed to mimic insulin receptor (IR)-binding epitopes in the insulin molecule and bind to and activate this receptor. This work has enabled us to test our synthetic and biological methodology and to prove its robustness and reliability for the solid-phase synthesis and testing of combinatorial libraries of the trifunctional scaffold-derived compounds. Our effort resulted in the discovery of two compounds, which were able to weakly induce the autophosphorylation of IR and weakly bind to this receptor at a 0.1 mM concentration. Despite these modest biological results, which well document the well-known difficulty in modulating protein-protein interactions, this study represents a unique example of targeting the IR with a set of nonpeptide compounds that were specifically designed and synthesized for this purpose. We believe that this work can open new perspectives for the development of next-generation insulin mimetics based on the scaffold structure.
