Antimicrobial evaluation of thiadiazino and thiazolo quinoxaline hybrids as potential DNA gyrase inhibitors; design, synthesis, characterization and morphological studies
TL;DR: The most potent compounds 2, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 13c were exhibited bactericidal activity, in addition to fungistatic activity by dead live assay, and showed a significant result against all multi-drug resistance (MDRB) used especially compound 13c that displayed the best results with MICs of MDRB.
About: This article is published in Bioorganic Chemistry.The article was published on 2020-06-01. It has received 52 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Quinoxaline & DNA gyrase.
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TL;DR: Immunomodulatory activities showed that the promising Schiff bases increase the immunomodulator effect of defense cell and the Schiff base 8a is the highest one by (Intra. killing activity = 136.5 ± 0.3%) having a pyrazole moiety as well as amide function (O=C-NH2) and piperidinyl core.
Abstract: A series of Bis-pyrazole Schiff bases (6a-d and 7a-d) and mono-pyrazole Schiff bases (8a-d and 9a-d) were designed and synthesized through the reaction of 5-aminopyrazoles 1a-d with aldehydes 2-5 using mild reaction condition with a good yield percentage. The chemical structure of newly formed Schiff bases tethered pyrazole core was confirmed based on spectral and experimental data. All the newly formed pyrazole Schiff bases were evaluated against eight pathogens (Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and fungi). The result exhibited that, most of them have good and broad activities. Among those, only six Schiff bases (6b, 7b, 7c, 8a, 8d, and 9b) displayed MIC values (0.97-62.5 µg/mL) compared to Tetracycline (15.62-62.5 µg/mL) and Amphotericin B (15.62-31.25 µg/mL), MBC values (1.94-87.5 µg/mL) and selectivity to tumor cell than normal cells. Immunomodulatory activities showed that the promising Schiff bases increase the immunomodulator effect of defense cell and the Schiff base 8a is the highest one by (Intra. killing activity = 136.5 ± 0.3%) having a pyrazole moiety as well as amide function (O=C-NH2) and piperidinyl core. Furthermore, the most potent one exhibited broad activity depending on both MIC and MBC values. Moreover, to study the mechanism of these pyrazole Schiff bases, two active Schiff bases 8a and 9b from six derivatives were introduced to study the enzyme assay as dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) on E. coli organism and DNA gyrase with two different organisms, S. aureus and B. subtilis, to determine the inhibitory activities with lower values in the case of DNA gyrase (8a and 9b) or nearly as DHFR compound 9b, while pyrazole 8a showed excellent inhibitory against all enzyme assay. The molecular docking study against dihydrofolate reductase and DNA gyrase were performed to study the binding between active site in the pocket with the two Schiff bases (8a and 9b) that exhibited good binding affinity with different bond types as H-bonding, aren-aren, and arene-cation interaction as well as study the physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of the two active Schiff bases 8a and 9b.
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TL;DR: A new series of quinoxaline derivatives synthesized and pharmacologically evaluated against (HepG-2, HCT-116, and MCF-7) cell lines and revealed that it increases apoptotic cells and induced cell cycle arrest at pre-G1 and G2/M phases.
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TL;DR: Molecular docking studies of the promising derivatives into DNA Gyrase binding site proved the usefulness of hybridizing quinoxaline scaffold with SO2 and morpholine moieties as a hopeful strategy in designing new DNA Gyrsase binding molecules.
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TL;DR: In this article, a series of new bis-thiazolyl-pyrazole derivatives 3, 4a-c, 5a, b, and 6a -c was synthesized by reacting bis hydrazonoyl bromide with several active methylene reagents in a one-pot reaction.
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TL;DR: In this article, a series of hybrid sulfaguanidine moieties, bearing 2-cyanoacrylamide 2a-d, pyridine-2-one 3-10, and 2-imino-2H-chromene-3-carboxamide 11, 12 derivatives, were synthesized, and their structure confirmed by spectral data and elemental analysis.
Abstract: Herein, a series of novel hybrid sulfaguanidine moieties, bearing 2-cyanoacrylamide 2a-d, pyridine-2-one 3-10, and 2-imino-2H-chromene-3-carboxamide 11, 12 derivatives, were synthesized, and their structure confirmed by spectral data and elemental analysis All the synthesized compounds showed moderate to good antimicrobial activity against eight pathogens The most promising six derivatives, 2a, 2b, 2d, 3a, 8, and 11, revealed to be best in inhibiting bacterial and fungal growth, thus showing bactericidal and fungicidal activity These derivatives exhibited moderate to potent inhibition against DNA gyrase and DHFR enzymes, with three derivatives 2d, 3a, and 2a demonstrating inhibition of DNA gyrase, with IC50 values of 1817-2387 µM, and of DHFR, with IC50 values of 433-554 µM; their potency is near to that of the positive controls Further, the six derivatives exhibited immunomodulatory potential and three derivatives, 2d, 8, and 11, were selected for further study and displayed an increase in spleen and thymus weight and enhanced the activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes Finally, molecular docking and some AMED studies were performed
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