Journal
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 22, Issue 9, Pages 3044-3049Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.03.079
Keywords
Benzothiazole; Benzoxazole; Antibacterial; Methionyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81102325, 81001357]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [20110491729]
- Youth Foundation of Sichuan University [2010SCU11067]
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In this study, a novel benzothiazol- and benzooxazol-2-amine scaffold with antibacterial activity was designed and synthesized. Preliminary structure-activity relationship analysis displayed that compound 8t with a 5,6-difluorosubstituted benzothiazole was found to be a potent inhibitor of Gram-positive pathogens, and exhibited some potential against drug-resistant bacteria and without cytotoxicity in therapeutic concentrations. In addition, molecular docking studies indicated that Staphylococcus aureus methionyl-tRNA synthetase might be the possible target of these compounds. Taken together, the present study provides an effective entry to the synthesis of a good lead for subsequent optimization and a new small molecule candidate drug for antibacterial therapeutics. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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