Select β- and γ-branched 1-alkylpyrazol-4-yl methylcarbamates exhibit high selectivity for inhibition of Anopheles gambiae versus human acetylcholinesterase
Autor: | Paul R. Carlier, Qiao-Hong Chen, Astha Verma, James M. Mutunga, Jianyong Li, Jeffrey R. Bloomquist, Fan Tong, Alex M. Shimozono, Dawn M. Wong, Max Totrov, Jasmin Müller, Rafique Islam |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Carbamate Strain (chemistry) Molecular model biology Chemistry Aché Stereochemistry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis medicine.medical_treatment Aryl Anopheles gambiae General Medicine biology.organism_classification Acetylcholinesterase language.human_language 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 030104 developmental biology medicine language Selectivity Agronomy and Crop Science |
Zdroj: | Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 151:32-39 |
ISSN: | 0048-3575 |
Popis: | The widespread emergence of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae has intensified the need to find new contact mosquitocides for indoor residual spraying and insecticide treated nets. With the goal of developing new species-selective and resistance-breaking acetylcholinesterase (AChE)-inhibiting mosquitocides, in this report we revisit the effects of carbamate substitution on aryl carbamates, and variation of the 1-alkyl group on pyrazol-4-yl methylcarbamates. Compared to aryl methylcarbamates, aryl dimethylcarbamates were found to have lower selectivity for An. gambiae AChE (AgAChE) over human AChE (hAChE), but improved tarsal contact toxicity to G3 strain An. gambiae. Molecular modeling studies suggest the lower species-selectivity of the aryl dimethylcarbamates can be attributed to a less flexible acyl pocket in AgAChE relative to hAChE. The improved tarsal contact toxicity of the aryl dimethylcarbamates relative to the corresponding methylcarbamates is attributed to a range of complementary phenomena. With respect to the pyrazol-4-yl methylcarbamates, the previously observed low An. gambiae-selectivity of compounds bearing α-branched 1-alkyl groups was improved by employing β- and γ-branched 1-alkyl groups. Compounds 22a (cyclopentylmethyl), 21a (cyclobutylmethyl), and 26a (3-methylbutyl) offer 250-fold, 120-fold, and 96-fold selectivity, respectively, for inhibition of AgAChE vs. hAChE. Molecular modeling studies suggests the high species-selectivity of these compounds can be attributed to the greater mobility of the W84 sidechain in the choline-binding site of AgAChE, compared to that of W86 in hAChE. Compound 26a has reasonable contact toxicity to G3 strain An. gambiae (LC50 = 269 μg/mL) and low cross-resistance to Akron strain (LC50 = 948 μg/mL), which bears the G119S resistance mutation. |
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