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New pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives as Leishmania amazonensis arginase inhibitors

[Display omitted] •Six 1-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives with different substituents were synthesized.•Two compounds, 1 (R=H) and 6 (R=CF3), showed arginase inhibition >70% and IC50 values of 12 µM and 55 µM, respectively.•The molecular docking studies proposed that these two unco...

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Published in:Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 2019-07, Vol.27 (14), p.3061-3069
Main Authors: Feitosa, Livia M., da Silva, Edson R., Hoelz, Lucas V.B., Souza, Danielle L., Come, Julio A.A.S.S., Cardoso-Santos, Camila, Batista, Marcos M., Soeiro, Maria de Nazare C., Boechat, Nubia, Pinheiro, Luiz C.S.
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Summary:[Display omitted] •Six 1-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives with different substituents were synthesized.•Two compounds, 1 (R=H) and 6 (R=CF3), showed arginase inhibition >70% and IC50 values of 12 µM and 55 µM, respectively.•The molecular docking studies proposed that these two uncompetitive inhibitors interact with different LaARG binding sites.•The pyrazolopyridine system can be promising for the design of potential antileishmanial compounds. Arginase performs the first enzymatic step in polyamine biosynthesis in Leishmania and represents a promising target for drug development. Polyamines in Leishmania are involved in trypanothione synthesis, which neutralize the oxidative burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) that are produced by host macrophages to kill the parasite. In an attempt to synthesize arginase inhibitors, six 1-phenyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives with different substituents at the 4-position of the phenyl group were synthesized. All compounds were initially tested at 100 µM concentration against Leishmania amazonensis ARG (LaARG), showing inhibitory activity ranging from 36 to 74%. Two compounds, 1 (R=H) and 6 (R=CF3), showed arginase inhibition >70% and IC50 values of 12 µM and 47 µM, respectively. Thus, the kinetics of LaARG inhibition were analyzed for compounds 1 and 6 and revealed that these compounds inhibit the enzyme by an uncompetitive mechanism, showing Kis values, and dissociation constants for ternary complex enzyme-substrate-inhibitor, of 8.5 ± 0.9 µM and 29 ± 5 µM, respectively. Additionally, the molecular docking studies proposed that these two uncompetitive inhibitors interact with different LaARG binding sites, where compound 1 forms more H-bond interactions with the enzyme than compound 6. These compounds showed low activity against L. amazonensis free amastigotes obtained from mice lesions when assayed with as much as 30 µM. The maximum growth inhibition reached was between 20 and 30% after 48 h of incubation. These results suggest that this system can be promising for the design of potential antileishmanial compounds.
ISSN:0968-0896
1464-3391
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.05.026