In this work, a new class of highly potent antituberculosis agents, 1-substituted-5-[(3,5-dinitrobenzyl)sulfanyl]-1H-tetrazoles and their oxa and selanyl analogs, is described. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values reached 1 μM (0.36-0.44 μg/mL) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis CNCTC My 331/88 and 0.25-1 μM against six multidrug-resistant clinically isolated strains of M. tuberculosis. The antimycobacterial effects of these compounds were highly specific because they were ineffective against all eight bacterial strains and eight fungal strains studied. Furthermore, these compounds exhibited low in vitro toxicity in four mammalian cell lines (IC50 > 30 μM). We also examined the structure-activity relationships of the compounds, particularly the effects on antimycobacterial activity of the number and position of the nitro groups, the linker between tetrazole and benzyl moieties, and the tetrazole itself. Relatively high variability of substituent R(1) on the tetrazole in the absence of negative effects on antimycobacterial activity allows further structural optimization with respect to toxicity and the ADME properties of the 1-substituted-5-[(3,5-dinitrobenzyl)sulfanyl]-1H-tetrazoles lead compounds.
- MeSH
- antituberkulotika chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- buňky Hep G2 MeSH
- HeLa buňky MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mikrobiální testy citlivosti MeSH
- mnohočetná bakteriální léková rezistence účinky léků MeSH
- molekulární struktura MeSH
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis účinky léků MeSH
- nádorové buňky kultivované MeSH
- nitrobenzeny chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- proliferace buněk účinky léků MeSH
- protinádorové látky chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- screeningové testy protinádorových léčiv MeSH
- triazoly chemická syntéza chemie farmakologie MeSH
- viabilita buněk účinky léků MeSH
- vztah mezi dávkou a účinkem léčiva MeSH
- vztahy mezi strukturou a aktivitou MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
