Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, encodes for an α-carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) possessing high catalytic activity (TcCA) which was recently characterized (Pan et al. J. Med. Chem. 2013, 56, 1761-1771). A new class of sulfonamides possessing low nanomolar/subnanomolar TcCA inhibitory activity is described here. Aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides incorporating halogeno/methoxyphenacetamido tails inhibited TcCA with KIs in the range of 0.5-12.5 nM, being less effective against the human off-target isoforms hCA I and II. A homology model of TcCA helped us to rationalize the excellent inhibition profile of these compounds against the protozoan enzyme, a putative new antitrypanosoma drug target. These compounds were ineffective antitrypanosomal agents in vivo due to penetrability problems of these highly polar molecules that possess sulfonamide moieties.

A class of sulfonamides with strong inhibitory action against the α-carbonic anhydrase from Trypanosoma cruzi / Güzel Akdemir, Ö.; Akdemir, A.; Pan, P.; Vermelho, A. B.; Parkkila, S.; Scozzafava, Andrea; Capasso, C.; Supuran, CLAUDIU TRANDAFIR. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0022-2623. - STAMPA. - 56:(2013), pp. 5773-5781. [10.1021/jm400418p]

A class of sulfonamides with strong inhibitory action against the α-carbonic anhydrase from Trypanosoma cruzi.

SCOZZAFAVA, ANDREA;SUPURAN, CLAUDIU TRANDAFIR
2013

Abstract

Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, encodes for an α-carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) possessing high catalytic activity (TcCA) which was recently characterized (Pan et al. J. Med. Chem. 2013, 56, 1761-1771). A new class of sulfonamides possessing low nanomolar/subnanomolar TcCA inhibitory activity is described here. Aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides incorporating halogeno/methoxyphenacetamido tails inhibited TcCA with KIs in the range of 0.5-12.5 nM, being less effective against the human off-target isoforms hCA I and II. A homology model of TcCA helped us to rationalize the excellent inhibition profile of these compounds against the protozoan enzyme, a putative new antitrypanosoma drug target. These compounds were ineffective antitrypanosomal agents in vivo due to penetrability problems of these highly polar molecules that possess sulfonamide moieties.
2013
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5773
5781
Güzel Akdemir, Ö.; Akdemir, A.; Pan, P.; Vermelho, A. B.; Parkkila, S.; Scozzafava, Andrea; Capasso, C.; Supuran, CLAUDIU TRANDAFIR
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