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Schistosomiasis is a debilitating neglected tropical disease, caused by flatworms of Schistosoma genus. The treatment relies on a single drug, praziquantel (PZQ), making the discovery of new compounds extremely urgent. In this work, we integrated QSAR-based virtual screening (VS) of Schistosoma mansoni thioredoxin glutathione reductase (SmTGR) inhibitors and high content screening (HCS) aiming to discover new antischistosomal agents. Initially, binary QSAR models for inhibition of SmTGR were developed and validated using the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidance. Using these models, we prioritized 29 compounds for further testing in two HCS platforms based on image analysis of assay plates. Among them, 2-[2-(3-methyl-4-nitro-5-isoxazolyl)vinyl]pyridine and 2-(benzylsulfonyl)-1,3-benzothiazole, two compounds representing new chemical scaffolds have activity against schistosomula and adult worms at low micromolar concentrations and therefore represent promising antischistosomal hits for further hit-to-lead optimization.
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Descoberta de Drogas , Relação Quantitativa Estrutura-Atividade , Schistosoma mansoni/efeitos dos fármacos , Esquistossomose/tratamento farmacológico , Esquistossomicidas/farmacologia , Animais , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Estrutura Molecular , Esquistossomicidas/síntese química , Esquistossomicidas/químicaRESUMO
In this work, a number of lipidic amino alcohols wereas synthesized and evaluated in vitro on cultures of Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania chagasi. Nine amino alcohols showed inhibition of L. chagasi growth, and seven of them showed inhibition of L. amazonensis with IC(50) below 10 microm. Compound 11f was more active than the reference drug amphotericin B against L. chagasi promastigote forms.
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Amino Álcoois/síntese química , Leishmania/efeitos dos fármacos , Tripanossomicidas/síntese química , Amino Álcoois/química , Amino Álcoois/farmacologia , Anfotericina B/farmacologia , Humanos , Leishmania/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tripanossomicidas/química , Tripanossomicidas/farmacologiaRESUMO
A number of lipophilic N-acyl-diamines and aldonamides have been synthesized and tested for their in vitro antiproliferative activity against Leishmania amazonensis and L. chagasi. Ribonamides, having one amino group, displayed good to moderate inhibition of parasite growth. The best result was obtained for compounds 10 and 15 with IC50 against L. chagasi below 5 microM.