Journal
ARCHIV DER PHARMAZIE
Volume 350, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201700020
Keywords
Biological activity; Cytotoxicity; Isocitrate lyase; Isothiosemicarbazone; Tuberculosis
Funding
- Charles University in Prague [UNCE 204026/2012]
- [SVV260416]
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A series of benzaldehyde and salicylaldehyde-S-benzylisothiosemicarbazones was synthesized and tested against 12 different strains of mycobacteria, Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, and the significant selectivity toward mycobacteria was proved. Twenty-eight derivatives were evaluated for the inhibition of isocitrate lyase, which is a key enzyme of the glyoxylate cycle necessary for latent tuberculosis infection, and their iron-chelating properties were investigated. Two derivatives, 5-bromosalicylaldehyde-S-(4-fluorobenzyl)-isothiosemicarbazone and salicylaldehyde-S-(4-bromobenzyl)-isothiosemicarbazone, influenced the isocitrate lyase activity and caused a better inhibition at 10 mu mol/L than 3-nitropropionic acid, a standard inhibitor. The compounds were also found to act as exogenous chelators of iron, which is an obligate cofactor for many mycobacterial enzymes. Due to their low cytotoxicity, together with the activity against isocitrate lyase and the ability to sequester iron ions, the compounds belong to potential antibiotics with the main effect on mycobacteria.
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