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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
卷 54, 期 5, 页码 1276-1287出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jm101225g
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- National Science Foundation of China [20702031]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2009CB918404]
African trypanosomiasis, caused by the protozoal pathogen Tlypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), is one of the most neglected tropical diseases that are in great need of new drugs. We report the design and synthesis of T. bruceileucyl-tRNA synthetase (TbLeuRS) inhibitors and their structure activity relationship. Benzoxaborole was used as the core structure and C(6) was modified to achieve improved affinity bared on docking results that showed further binding space at this position. Indeed, compounds with C(7) substitutions showed diminished activity due to clash with the eukaryote specific I4ae helix while substitutions at C(6) gave enhanced affinity. TbLeuRS inhibitors with IC50 as low as 1.6 mu M were discovered, and the structure activity relationship was discussed. The most potent enzyme inhibitors also showed excellent T.brucei parasite growth inhibition activity. This is the first time that TbLeuRS inhibitors are reported, and this study suggests that leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LeuRS) could be a potential target for antiparasitic drug development.
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