VALUTAZIONE DELL' EFFICACIA DI DERIVATI ANFIFILICI DEL PEG COME " SURFACE MODIFIERS" DI NANOCARRIER DI FARMACI

Discovery of a new class of sortase a transpeptidase inhibitors to tackle gram-positive pathogens: 2-(2-phenylhydrazinylidene)alkanoic acids and related derivatives

A FRET-based random screening assay was used to generate hit compounds as sortase A inhibitors that allowed us to identify ethyl 3-oxo-2-(2-phenylhydrazinylidene)butanoate as an example of a new class of sortase A inhibitors. Other analogues were generated by changing the ethoxycarbonyl function for a carboxy, cyano or amide group, or introducing substituents in the phenyl ring of the ester and acid derivatives. The most active derivative found was 3-oxo-2-(2-(3,4dichlorophenyl)hydrazinylidene)butanoic acid (2b), showing an IC50 value of 50 µM. For a preliminary assessment of their antivirulence properties the new derivatives were tested for their antibiofilm activity. The most active compo…

New amphiphilic conjugates of mono- and bis(carboxy)-PEG(2,000) polymers with lipoamino acids as surface modifiers of colloidal drug carriers

Synthesis, benzodiazepine receptor binding and molecular modelling of isochromeno[4,3-c]pyrazol-5(1H)-one derivatives

Abstract A series of isochromeno[4,3-c]pyrazole-5(1H)-one derivatives 7b–h were prepared and tested at 10 μM for their ability to displace specific [3H]flunitrazepam from bovine brain membranes. The substitution pattern of the above derivatives was shown to influence the receptor affinity. The most active compound of the series was 7e, showing a 54% inhibition of [3H]flunitrazepam binding. Compounds 7a–d,i were compared with the known isomers chromeno[4,3-c]pyrazole-4(1H)-ones 14a–d,i, showing that the isochromene/chromene isomerism influences the activity.

Discovery of a New Class of Sortase A Transpeptidase Inhibitors to Tackle Gram-positive Pathogens: 2-Phenylhydrazonoalkanoic Acid Derivatives

There is an urgent need of anti-virulence agents effective in the prevention or eradication of biofilms that are intrinsically resistant to conventional antibiotics. If we consider that the first step of staphylococcal pathogenesis and of biofilm formation is the bacterial adhesion, promoted by the surface exposed proteins at the cell wall, we believe that new anti-virulence agents could be developed by using as a target the Sortase A (SrtA), the enzyme responsible of linking surface exposed proteins to peptidoglycan. Therefore, SrtA inhibitors could act as anti-adhesion agents useful to prevent Gram positive virulence mechanisms as well as a virulence mechanism based on biofilm formation. …

ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis, Benzodiazepine Receptor Binding and Molecular Modelling of Isochromeno[4,3-c]pyrazol-5(1H)-one Derivatives.

A series of isochromeno[4,3-c]pyrazol-5(1H)-one derivatives (III) is prepared and tested for their ability to displace specific [3H]flunitrazepam from bovine brain membranes.