Thiazolino 2-Pyridone Amide Inhibitors of Chlamydia trachomatis Infectivity

Autor: Olli Salin, Patrik Engström, Wael Bahnan, Åsa Gylfe, James A. D. Good, Fredrik Almqvist, Sven Bergström, Carlos Núñez-Otero, K. Syam Krishnan, Richard Svensson, Jim Silver, Per Artursson
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 59:2094-2108
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01759
Popis: The bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis is a global health burden currently treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics which disrupt commensal bacteria. We recently identified a compound through phenotypic screening that blocked infectivity of this intracellular pathogen without host cell toxicity (compound 1, KSK 120). Herein, we present the optimization of 1 to a class of thiazolino 2-pyridone amides that are highly efficacious (EC50 ≤ 100 nM) in attenuating infectivity across multiple serovars of C. trachomatis without host cell toxicity. The lead compound 21a exhibits reduced lipophilicity versus 1 and did not affect the growth or viability of representative commensal flora at 50 μM. In microscopy studies, a highly active fluorescent analogue 37 localized inside the parasitiphorous inclusion, indicative of a specific targeting of bacterial components. In summary, we present a class of small molecules to enable the development of specific treatments for C. trachomatis.
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