Synthesis and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Siderophore Biosynthesis Inhibitors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Autor: Surendra Dawadi, Clifton E. Barry, Kathryn M. Nelson, Kishore Viswanathan, Benjamin P. Duckworth, Helena I. Boshoff, Courtney C. Aldrich
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 58:5459-5475
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00391
Popis: MbtA catalyzes the first committed biosynthetic step of the mycobactins, which are important virulence factors associated with iron acquisition in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. MbtA is a validated therapeutic target for antitubercular drug development. 5'-O-[N-(Salicyl)sulfamoyl]adenosine (1) is a bisubstrate inhibitor of MbtA and exhibits exceptionally potent biochemical and antitubercular activity. However, 1 suffers from suboptimal drug disposition properties resulting in a short half-life (t(1/2)), low exposure (AUC), and low bioavailability (F). Four strategies were pursued to address these liabilities including the synthesis of prodrugs, increasing the pK(a) of the acyl-sulfonyl moiety, modulation of the lipophilicity, and strategic introduction of fluorine into 1. Complete pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis of all compounds was performed. The most successful modifications involved fluorination of the nucleoside that provided substantial improvements in t(1/2) and AUC. Increasing the pK(a) of the acyl-sulfonyl linker yielded incremental enhancements, while modulation of the lipophilicity and prodrug approaches led to substantially poorer PK parameters.
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