Anti-Toxoplasma gondii Activities and Structure-Activity Relationships of Novel Fluoroquinolones Related to Trovafloxacin

AUTOR(ES)

Khan, Anis A.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Eleven novel fluoroquinolones closely related to trovafloxacin were evaluated for their in vitro activity against Toxoplasma gondii, and their structure-activity relationships were examined. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of trovafloxacin against T. gondii was 2.93 μM; the IC50 of the 11 analogs ranged from 0.53 to 14.09 μM. Six analogs had IC50s lower than that of trovafloxacin. Examination of the structure-activity relationships of the compounds revealed that addition of a -CH3 at C-5 of the 1,8-naphthyridone ring, at C-2 of the azabicyclohexane ring, or on the -NH2 at the 6 position of the azabicyclohexane ring resulted in a four- to sixfold increase in activity. Moreover, replacement of 2,4-difluorophenyl by cyclopropyl at N-1 of the 1,8-naphthyridone ring increased activity twofold, and moving the -NH2 one atom further away from the azabicyclohexane ring decreased activity. There was no difference between the naphthyridone and quinolone analogs. These results indicate that structure-activity studies of compounds related to drugs active against T. gondii may be useful in producing compounds with more potent activities against the parasite.

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