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New thioxothiazolidinyl-acetamides derivatives as potent urease inhibitors: design, synthesis, in vitro inhibition, and molecular dynamic simulation

  • Sci Rep. 2023 Jan 2;13(1):21. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-27234-3.
Navid Dastyafteh 1 Milad Noori 1 Mohammad Nazari Montazer 2 Kamiar Zomorodian 3 Somayeh Yazdanpanah 3 Aida Iraji 4 5 Minoo Khalili Ghomi 1 Shahrzad Javanshir 6 Mehdi Asadi 2 Mehdi Dianatpour 3 Mahmood Biglar 7 Bagher Larijani 1 Massoud Amanlou 8 9 Mohammad Mahdavi 10
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Affiliations

  • 1 Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • 2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • 3 Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 4 Stem Cells Technology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 5 Central Research Laboratory, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
  • 6 Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.
  • 7 Drug Design and Development Research Center, The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TIPS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
  • 8 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. amanlou@tums.ac.ir.
  • 9 Drug Design and Development Research Center, The Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (TIPS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. amanlou@tums.ac.ir.
  • 10 Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. momahdavi@tums.ac.ir.
Abstract

To identify potent urease inhibitors, in the current study, a series of thioxothiazolidinyl-acetamides were designed and synthesized. The prepared compounds were characterized by spectroscopic techniques, including FTIR, 1HNMR, 13CNMR, and elemental analysis. In the enzymatic assessments, it was demonstrated that all derivatives had significant urease inhibition with IC50 values in the range of 1.473-9.274 µM in comparison with the positive control hydroxyurea (IC50 = 100.21 ± 2.5 µM) and thiourea (IC50 = 23.62 ± 0.84 µM). Compound 6i (N-benzyl-3-butyl-4-oxo-2-thioxothiazolidine-5-carboxamide) was the most active agent with an IC50 value of 1.473 µM. Additionally, kinetic investigation and in silico assessments of 6i was carried out to understand the type of inhibition and behavior of the most potent derivative within the binding site of the Enzyme. Noteworthy, the anti-urease assay against P. vulgaris revealed 6e and 6i as the most active agents with IC50 values of 15.27 ± 2.40 and 17.78 ± 3.75 µg/mL, respectively. Antimicrobial evaluations of all compounds reveal that compounds 6n and 6o were the most potent antimicrobial agents against the standard and resistant S. aureus. 6n and 6o also showed 37 and 27% inhibition in the development of biofilm by S. aureus at 512 µg/ml. Furthermore, the MTT test showed no toxicity up to 100 µM. Taken together, the study suggests that the synthesized thioxothiazolidinyl-acetamides bases derivatives may serve as potential hits as urease inhibitors.

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