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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2009

In vitro and in vivo properties of dihydrophthalazine antifolates, a novel family of antibacterial drugs.

Patrick Caspers, Luc Bury, Bérangère Gaucher, Jutta Heim, Stuart Shapiro, Sibylle Siegrist, Anne Schmitt-Hoffmann, Laure Thenoz, Heinrich Urwyler

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Patrick CaspersBasilea Pharmaceutica International AG, Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland. patrick.caspers@basilea.com
Luc Bury
Bérangère Gaucher
Jutta Heim
Stuart Shapiro
Sibylle Siegrist
Anne Schmitt-Hoffmann
Laure Thenoz
Heinrich Urwyler
Basilea Pharmaceutica (Switzerland) · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Racemic 2,4-diaminopyrimidine dihydrophthalazine derivatives BAL0030543, BAL0030544, and BAL0030545 exhibited low in vitro MICs toward small, selected panels of Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, and Mycobacterium avium, though the compounds were less active against Haemophilus influenzae. The constellation of dihydrofolate reductases (DHFRs) present in 20 enterococci and 40 staphylococci was analyzed and correlated with the antibacterial activities of the dihydrophthalazines and trimethoprim. DHFRs encoded by dfrB, dfrA (S1 isozyme), dfrE, and folA were susceptible to the dihydrophthalazines, whereas DHFRs encoded by dfrG (S3 isozyme) and dfrF were not. Studies with the separated enantiomers of BAL0030543, BAL0030544, and BAL0030545 revealed preferential inhibition of susceptible DHFRs by the (R)-enantiomers. BAL0030543, BAL0030544, and BAL0030545 were well tolerated by mice during 5- and 10-day oral toxicity studies at doses of up to 400 mg/kg of body weight. Using a nonoptimized formulation, the dihydrophthalazines displayed acceptable oral bioavailabilities in mice, and efficacy studies with a septicemia model of mice infected with trimethoprim-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus gave 50% effective dose values in the range of 1.6 to 6.25 mg/kg.

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AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCell SurvivalEnterococcusFolic Acid AntagonistsHaemophilus influenzaeHeLa CellsHumansMaleMiceMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular StructureMoraxella catarrhalisMycobacterium aviumPhthalazinesPolymerase Chain ReactionAnti-Bacterial AgentsFolic Acid AntagonistsPhthalazinesTetrahydrofolate DehydrogenaseTrimethoprim

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PMID19546364
PMCPMC2737855
OpenAlexW2099782607

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