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Novel thiazolidinedione-hydroxamates as inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor Zmp1

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Zinc metalloprotease 1 (Zmp1) is an extracellular enzyme, which has been found essential for the intracellular survival and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this work, we designed and synthesized a series of novel thiazolidinedione-hydroxamates and evaluated in silica their drug-likeness behavior. Then, their inhibitory properties towards a recombinant Zmp1 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis were analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS. Nine of the tested compounds were found to inhibit the enzymatic reaction more effectively than the generic metalloprotease inhibitor phosphoramidon. Furthermore, the synthesized thiazolidinedione-hydroxamate hybrids were evaluated for their in vitro antimycobacterial activity and acute cytotoxicity using whole-cell assays. Results showed that none of the hybrids exhibited acute cytotoxicity against RAW264.7 macrophages. Whereas extracellular antimycobacterial activity was limited, RAW264.7 macrophage infection results showed that a majority of the hybrids inhibited the intracellular growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at a concentration of 100 and 10 mu M. The thiazolidinedione-hydroxamate compound 2n was considered to be the best candidate of the evaluated library. (C) 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Journal: European journal of medicinal chemistry
ISSN: 0223-5234
Volume: 185
Publication year:2020
Keywords:A1 Journal article
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BOF-publication weight:3
CSS-citation score:2
Authors:International
Authors from:Higher Education
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