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Hydroxyazole scaffold-based Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors : Synthesis, biological evaluation and X-ray structural studies

Pippione, Agnese C. ; Sainas, Stefano ; Goyal, Parveen ; Fritzson, Ingela LU ; Cassiano, Gustavo C. ; Giraudo, Alessandro ; Giorgis, Marta ; Tavella, Tatyana A. ; Bagnati, Renzo and Rolando, Barbara , et al. (2019) In European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 163. p.266-280
Abstract

Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) has been clinically validated as a target for antimalarial drug discovery, as a triazolopyrimidine class inhibitor (DSM265) is currently undergoing clinical development. Here, we have identified new hydroxyazole scaffold-based PfDHODH inhibitors belonging to two different chemical series. The first series was designed by a scaffold hopping strategy that exploits the use of hydroxylated azoles. Within this series, the hydroxythiadiazole 3 was identified as the best selective PfDHODH inhibitor (IC50 12.0 μM). The second series was designed by modulating four different positions of the hydroxypyrazole scaffold. In particular, hydroxypyrazoles 7e and 7f were shown to be... (More)

Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) has been clinically validated as a target for antimalarial drug discovery, as a triazolopyrimidine class inhibitor (DSM265) is currently undergoing clinical development. Here, we have identified new hydroxyazole scaffold-based PfDHODH inhibitors belonging to two different chemical series. The first series was designed by a scaffold hopping strategy that exploits the use of hydroxylated azoles. Within this series, the hydroxythiadiazole 3 was identified as the best selective PfDHODH inhibitor (IC50 12.0 μM). The second series was designed by modulating four different positions of the hydroxypyrazole scaffold. In particular, hydroxypyrazoles 7e and 7f were shown to be active in the low μM range (IC50 2.8 and 5.3 μM, respectively). All three compounds, 3, 7e and 7f showed clear selectivity over human DHODH (IC50 > 200 μM), low cytotoxicity, and retained micromolar activity in P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes. The crystallographic structures of PfDHODH in complex with compounds 3 and 7e proved their binding mode, supplying essential data for future optimization of these scaffolds.

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Bioisosterism, Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors, Malaria, Plasmodium falciparum, Pyrazole, Scaffold hopping, X-ray-crystallography
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European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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163
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15 pages
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Elsevier Masson SAS
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0223-5234
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10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.11.044
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (PfDHODH) has been clinically validated as a target for antimalarial drug discovery, as a triazolopyrimidine class inhibitor (DSM265) is currently undergoing clinical development. Here, we have identified new hydroxyazole scaffold-based PfDHODH inhibitors belonging to two different chemical series. The first series was designed by a scaffold hopping strategy that exploits the use of hydroxylated azoles. Within this series, the hydroxythiadiazole 3 was identified as the best selective PfDHODH inhibitor (IC<sub>50</sub> 12.0 μM). The second series was designed by modulating four different positions of the hydroxypyrazole scaffold. In particular, hydroxypyrazoles 7e and 7f were shown to be active in the low μM range (IC<sub>50</sub> 2.8 and 5.3 μM, respectively). All three compounds, 3, 7e and 7f showed clear selectivity over human DHODH (IC<sub>50</sub> &gt; 200 μM), low cytotoxicity, and retained micromolar activity in P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes. The crystallographic structures of PfDHODH in complex with compounds 3 and 7e proved their binding mode, supplying essential data for future optimization of these scaffolds.</p>}},
  author       = {{Pippione, Agnese C. and Sainas, Stefano and Goyal, Parveen and Fritzson, Ingela and Cassiano, Gustavo C. and Giraudo, Alessandro and Giorgis, Marta and Tavella, Tatyana A. and Bagnati, Renzo and Rolando, Barbara and Caing-Carlsson, Rhawnie and Costa, Fabio T.M. and Andrade, Carolina Horta and Al-Karadaghi, Salam and Boschi, Donatella and Friemann, Rosmarie and Lolli, Marco L.}},
  issn         = {{0223-5234}},
  keywords     = {{Bioisosterism; Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) inhibitors; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Pyrazole; Scaffold hopping; X-ray-crystallography}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{266--280}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier Masson SAS}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Hydroxyazole scaffold-based Plasmodium falciparum dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors : Synthesis, biological evaluation and X-ray structural studies}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.11.044}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.11.044}},
  volume       = {{163}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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