5-Nitro-2,6-dioxohexahydro-4-pyrimidinecarboxamides: synthesis, in vitro antimycobacterial activity, cytotoxicity, and isocitrate lyase inhibition studies

J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2010 Dec;25(6):765-72. doi: 10.3109/14756360903425221. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

Abstract

Fourteen 5-nitro-2,6-dioxohexahydro-4-pyrimidinecarboxamides (3a-n) were synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)), as well as their cytotoxicity and MTB isocitrate lyase (ICL) inhibition activity. 1-Cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-8-methoxy-7-(3-methyl)-4-[(5-nitro-2,6-dioxohexahydro-4-pyrimidinyl)carbonyl]piperazino-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid (3n) was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MICs of < 0.17 and 0.17 μM against log-phase MTB and MDR-TB, respectively. Some compounds showed 20-45% inhibition against MTB ICL at 10 μM.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / metabolism
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Computer Simulation
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Isocitrate Lyase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Isocitrate Lyase / chemistry
  • Isocitrate Lyase / metabolism
  • Ligands
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium / growth & development
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis / growth & development
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / growth & development
  • Piperazines
  • Protein Binding
  • Pyrimidines / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyrimidines / chemistry
  • Pyrimidines / metabolism
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacology*
  • Quinolines
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Vero Cells

Substances

  • 1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-8-methoxy-7-(3-methyl)-4-((5-nitro-2,6-dioxohexahydro-4-pyrimidinyl)carbonyl)piperazino-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Ligands
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Quinolines
  • icl protein, Mycobacterium
  • Isocitrate Lyase