Design, synthesis, and biological and crystallographic evaluation of novel inhibitors of Plasmodium falciparum enoyl-ACP-reductase (PfFabI)

J Med Chem. 2013 Oct 10;56(19):7516-26. doi: 10.1021/jm400637m. Epub 2013 Sep 25.

Abstract

Malaria, a disease of worldwide significance, is responsible for over one million deaths annually. The liver-stage of Plasmodium's life cycle is the first, obligatory, but clinically silent step in malaria infection. The P. falciparum type II fatty acid biosynthesis pathway (PfFAS-II) has been found to be essential for complete liver-stage development and has been regarded as a potential antimalarial target for the development of drugs for malaria prophylaxis and liver-stage eradication. In this paper, new coumarin-based triclosan analogues are reported and their biological profile is explored in terms of inhibitory potency against enzymes of the PfFAS-II pathway. Among the tested compounds, 7 and 8 showed the highest inhibitory potency against Pf enoyl-ACP-reductase (PfFabI), followed by 15 and 3. Finally, we determined the crystal structures of compounds 7 and 11 in complex with PfFabI to identify their mode of binding and to confirm outcomes of docking simulations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / chemical synthesis*
  • Antimalarials / chemistry
  • Antimalarials / pharmacology
  • Cell Line
  • Coumarins / chemical synthesis*
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Coumarins / pharmacology
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Drug Design
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH) / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Molecular Docking Simulation
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Plasmodium falciparum / enzymology*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Conformation
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Coumarins
  • Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Reductase (NADH)

Associated data

  • PDB/4IGE
  • PDB/4IGF