6-Cyano Analogues of Bedaquiline as Less Lipophilic and Potentially Safer Diarylquinolines for Tuberculosis

Autor: Tong, Amy S. T., Choi, Peter J., Blaser, Adrian, Sutherland, Hamish S., Tsang, Sophia K. Y., Guillemont, Jerome, Motte, Magali, Cooper, Christopher B., Andries, Koen, Van den Broeck, Walter, Franzblau, Scott G., Upton, Anna M., Denny, William A., Palmer, Brian D., Conole, Daniel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
ISSN: 1948-5875
Popis: Bedaquiline (1) is a new drug for tuberculosis and the first of the diarylquinoline class. It demonstrates excellent efficacy against TB but induces phospholipidosis at high doses, has a long terminal elimination half-life (due to its high lipophilicity), and exhibits potent hERG channel inhibition, resulting in clinical QTc interval prolongation. A number of structural ring A analogues of bedaquiline have been prepared and evaluated for their anti-M.tb activity (MIC90), with a view to their possible application as less lipophilic second generation compounds. It was previously observed that a range of 6-substituted analogues of 1 demonstrated a positive correlation between potency (MIC90) toward M.tb and drug lipophilicity. Contrary to this trend, we discovered, by virtue of a clogP/M.tb score, that a 6-cyano (CN) substituent provides a substantial reduction in lipophilicity with only modest effects on MIC values, suggesting this substituent as a useful tool in the search for effective and safer analogues of 1.
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