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ArticleBioorganic & medicinal chemistry2013

Design, synthesis and anti-tuberculosis activity of 1-adamantyl-3-heteroaryl ureas with improved in vitro pharmacokinetic properties.

E Jeffrey North, Michael S Scherman, David F Bruhn, Jerrod S Scarborough, Marcus M Maddox, Victoria Jones, Anna Grzegorzewicz, Lei Yang, Tamara Hess, Christophe Morisseau and 3 more

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Article in Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

E Jeffrey NorthDepartment of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Mail Stop 1000, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Michael S Scherman
David F Bruhn
Jerrod S Scarborough
Marcus M Maddox
Victoria Jones
Anna Grzegorzewicz
Lei Yang
Tamara Hess
Christophe Morisseau
Mary Jackson
Michael R McNeil
Richard E Lee
Colorado State University · USSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USUniversity of California, Davis · US

Funding

Structure of enzymes in Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)P01AI057836 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-FORT COLLINS · PI MCNEIL, MICHAEL R · 2004 to 2008
$4.5M
Inhibitors of latent M. tuberculosisR01AI062415 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI LEE, RICHARD E. · 2004 to 2012
$4.1M
Mode of Action of Thiorcarlide in Mycobacterium TuberculosisR01AI063054 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY-FORT COLLINS · PI JACKSON, MARY · 2005 to 2012
$2.4M
Development of adamantyl ureas against MDR/XDR M.tbRC1AI085992 · NIAID · COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI JACKSON, MARY · 2009 to 2010
$979k
NIAID NIH HHS AI057836NIAID NIH HHS AI063054NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI057836NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI062415NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI063054NIAID NIH HHS RC1 AI085992NIAID NIH HHS RC1AI85992
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Out of the prominent global ailments, tuberculosis (TB) is still one of the leading causes of death worldwide due to infectious disease. Development of new drugs that shorten the current tuberculosis treatment time and have activity against drug resistant strains is of utmost importance. Towards these goals we have focused our efforts on developing novel anti-TB compounds with the general structure of 1-adamantyl-3-phenyl urea. This series is active against Mycobacteria and previous lead compounds were found to inhibit the membrane transporter MmpL3, the protein responsible for mycolic acid transport across the plasma membrane. However, these compounds suffered from poor in vitro pharmacokinetic (PK) profiles and they have a similar structure/SAR to inhibitors of human soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) enzymes. Therefore, in this study the further optimization of this compound class was driven by three factors: (1) to increase selectivity for anti-TB activity over human sEH activity, (2) to optimize PK profiles including solubility and (3) to maintain target inhibition. A new series of 1-adamantyl-3-heteroaryl ureas was designed and synthesized replacing the phenyl substituent of the original series with pyridines, pyrimidines, triazines, oxazoles, isoxazoles, oxadiazoles and pyrazoles. This study produced lead isoxazole, oxadiazole and pyrazole substituted adamantyl ureas with improved in vitro PK profiles, increased selectivity and good anti-TB potencies with sub μg/mL minimum inhibitory concentrations.

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AnimalsAntitubercular AgentsCell SurvivalChlorocebus aethiopsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug DesignEnzyme InhibitorsEpoxide HydrolasesHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular StructureMycobacteriaceaeSolubilityStructure-Activity RelationshipTuberculosisUreaAntitubercular AgentsEnzyme InhibitorsEpoxide HydrolasesUrea

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PMID23498915
PMCPMC3780361
OpenAlexW1971898202

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