Enantioselective Synthesis and Profiling of Potent, Nonlinear Analogues of Antimalarial Tetraoxanes E209 and N205

Woodley, Christopher M., Nixon, Gemma L., Basilico, Nicoletta, Parapini, Silvia, Hong, Weiqian David, Ward, Steve ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2331-3192, Biagini, Giancarlo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6356-6595, Leung, Suet C., Taramelli, Donatella, Onuma, Keiko, Hasebe, Takashi and O’Neill, Paul M. (2021) 'Enantioselective Synthesis and Profiling of Potent, Nonlinear Analogues of Antimalarial Tetraoxanes E209 and N205'. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol 12, Issue 7, pp. 1077-1085.

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Abstract

Synthetic endoperoxide antimalarials, such as 1,2,4-trioxolanes and 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes, are promising successors for current front-line antimalarials, semisynthetic artemisinin derivatives. However, limited solubility of second-generation analogues in biological-relevant media represents a barrier in clinical development. We present methodology for the synthesis of nonlinear analogues of second-generation tetraoxane antimalarials E209 and N205 to investigate reduced molecular symmetry on in vitro antimalarial activity and physicochemical properties. While maintaining good antimalarial activity and metabolic stability, head-to-head comparison of linear and nonlinear counterparts showed up to 10-fold improvement in FaSSIF solubility for three of the four analogues studied. Pharmacokinetic studies in rats comparing a selected nonlinear analogue 14a and its parent N205 showed improvement on oral absorption and exposure in vivo with more than double the AUC and a significant increase in oral bioavailability (76% versus 41%). These findings provide support for further in vivo efficacy studies in preclinical animal species.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QV Pharmacology > Anti-Inflammatory Agents. Anti-Infective Agents. Antineoplastic Agents > QV 256 Antimalarials
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Department of Tropical Disease Biology
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00031
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2021 13:54
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2024 11:48
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/18599

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