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Curr Microbiol ; 65(4): 455-60, 2012 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22773252

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which remains a serious public health problem. The emergence of resistant bacterial strains has continuously increased and new treatment options are currently in need. In this work, we identified a new potential aldehyde-arylhydrazone-oxoquinoline derivative (4e) with interesting chemical structural features that may be important for designing new anti-TB agents. This 1-ethyl-N'-[(1E)-(5-nitro-2-furyl)methylene]-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carbohydrazide (4e) presented an in vitro active profile against M. tuberculosis H37Rv strain (minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC = 6.25 µg/mL) better than other acylhydrazones described in the literature (MIC = 12.5 µg/mL) and close to other antitubercular agents currently on the market. The theoretical analysis showed the importance of several structural features that together with the 5-nitro-2-furyl group generated this active compound (4e). This new compound and the analysis of its molecular properties may be useful for designing new and more efficient antibacterial drugs.


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Antitubercular Agents/isolation & purification , Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects , Aldehydes/chemistry , Aldehydes/isolation & purification , Aldehydes/pharmacology , Antitubercular Agents/chemistry , Hydrazones/chemistry , Hydrazones/isolation & purification , Hydrazones/pharmacology , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Molecular Structure , Quinolones/chemistry , Quinolones/isolation & purification , Quinolones/pharmacology
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Curr Microbiol ; 57(5): 463-8, 2008 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18810543

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Bacterial infections are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients. The increase of antibiotic resistance in bacteria from human microbiota-such as Staphylococcus epidermidis, an important nosocomial pathogen that affects immunocompromised patients or those with indwelling devices-increased the desire for new antibiotics. In this study we designed, synthesized, and determined the antimicrobial activity of 27 thieno[2,3-b]pyridines (1, 2, 2a-2m, 3, 3a-3m) derivatives against a drug-resistant clinical S. epidermidis strain. In addition, we performed a structure-activity relationship analysis using a molecular modeling approach, and discuss the drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and toxicity profile and Lipinski's "rule of five," which are tools to assess the relationship between structures and drug-like properties of active compounds. Our results showed that compound 3b (5-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-4-(3;-methylphenylamino)thieno[2,3-b]pyridine) was as active as oxacillin and chloramphenicol but with lower theoretical toxicity risks and a better drug likeness and drug score potential than chloramphenicol. All molecular modeling and biological results reinforced the promising profile of 3b for further experimental investigation and development of new antibacterial drugs.


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Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Drug Design , Drug Resistance, Bacterial , Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy , Staphylococcus epidermidis/drug effects , Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemical synthesis , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacokinetics , Bacteria/drug effects , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical , Humans , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Models, Molecular , Pyridines/chemical synthesis , Pyridines/chemistry , Pyridines/pharmacokinetics , Pyridines/pharmacology , Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology , Structure-Activity Relationship
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