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Property and Activity Refinement of Dihydroquinazolinone-3-carboxamides as Orally Efficacious Antimalarials that Target PfATP4.
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Journal of medicinal chemistry [J Med Chem] 2024 Aug 22; Vol. 67 (16), pp. 14493-14523. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 12. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- To contribute to the global effort to develop new antimalarial therapies, we previously disclosed initial findings on the optimization of the dihydroquinazolinone-3-carboxamide class that targets PfATP4. Here we report on refining the aqueous solubility and metabolic stability to improve the pharmacokinetic profile and consequently in vivo efficacy. We show that the incorporation of heterocycle systems in the 8-position of the scaffold was found to provide the greatest attainable balance between parasite activity, aqueous solubility, and metabolic stability. Optimized analogs, including the frontrunner compound S -WJM992, were shown to inhibit PfATP4-associated Na <superscript>+</superscript> -ATPase activity, gave rise to a metabolic signature consistent with PfATP4 inhibition, and displayed altered activities against parasites with mutations in PfATP4. Finally, S -WJM992 showed appreciable efficacy in a malaria mouse model and blocked gamete development preventing transmission to mosquitoes. Importantly, further optimization of the dihydroquinazolinone class is required to deliver a candidate with improved pharmacokinetic and risk of resistance profiles.
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- Animals
Mice
Administration, Oral
Structure-Activity Relationship
Humans
Malaria drug therapy
Female
Solubility
Antimalarials pharmacology
Antimalarials chemistry
Antimalarials pharmacokinetics
Plasmodium falciparum drug effects
Quinazolinones pharmacology
Quinazolinones chemistry
Quinazolinones pharmacokinetics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1520-4804
- Volume :
- 67
- Issue :
- 16
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of medicinal chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39134060
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01241