Tetraoxanes as inhibitors of apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii and anti-cancer molecules

Autor: Opsenica Dejan M., Radivojević Jelena, Matić Ivana Z., Štajner Tijana, Knežević-Ušaj Slavica, Đurković-Đaković Olgica, Šolaja Bogdan A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, Vol 80, Iss 11, Pp 1339-1359 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0352-5139
1820-7421
DOI: 10.2298/JSC150430063O
Popis: New cyclohexylidene 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes with polar guanidine and urea based groups were synthesized and evaluated for antimalarial activity against chloroquine resistant and susceptible Plasmodium falciparum strains. Derivatives showed moderate nM range antimalarial activities and low cytotoxicity. N-phenyl-urea derivative 24 exhibited best resistant indices (RIW2 = 0.44, RITM91C235 = 0.80), and was not toxic against human normal peripheral blood mononuclear cells (IC50 > 200 μM). Seven derivatives were tested in vitro against four human cancer cell lines and they demonstrated high selectivity toward leukemia K562 cells. One compound, derivative 21 with a primary amino-group, was the first tetraoxane tested in vivo against Toxoplasma gondii as another Apicomplexan parasite. Subcutaneous administration at a dose of 10 mg/kg/day for 8 days allowed survival of 20 % of infected mice, thus demonstrating the high potential of tetraoxanes for the treatment of Apicomplexan parasites. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 172008 i br. 175011]
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