Synthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of Tropane Halogenated-derivatives Against Malaria, Sleeping Sickness, Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis

Title:Synthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of Tropane Halogenated-derivatives Against Malaria, Sleeping Sickness, Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis

Volume: 10 Issue: 8

Author(s): Sylvian Cretton, Trixie A. Bartholomeusz, Florence Mehl, Yves Allenbach, An Matheeussen, Paul Cos, Louis Maes and Philippe Christen

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Keywords: Antiplasmodial activity, antitrypanosomal activity, cytotoxicity, halogenobenzoyl derivatives, tropane derivatives, tropine acylation.

Abstract: A series of twelve analogs carrying fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo halogens on the ortho, meta and para positions of a benzoyloxytropane skeleton were synthesized by a simple acylation of 8-methyl-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]octan- 3α-ol by halogenobenzoyl chlorides. The compounds were evaluated in vitro against Plasmodium falciparum (P. f.), Trypanosoma brucei brucei (T. b. b.), Trypanosoma cruzi (T. c.) and Leishmania infantum (L. i.). This study shows that the presence of a halogenated atom and its position on the aromatic ring are important for in vitro activity. Compounds 4 (IC₅₀ = 3.6 µM), 8 (IC₅₀ = 6.7 µM), 5 (IC₅₀ = 8.1 µM) and 7 (IC₅₀ = 9.5 µM) were found the most active against P. f., whereas compounds 12 (IC₅₀ = 5.1 µM), 11 (IC₅₀ = 5.6 µM) and 9 (IC₅₀ = 5.8 µM) exhibited the most pronounced activity against T. b. b. This series of compounds can be considered as non-toxic to the human cell line MRC-5.

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Cretton Sylvian, Bartholomeusz A. Trixie, Mehl Florence, Allenbach Yves, Matheeussen An, Cos Paul, Maes Louis and Christen Philippe, Synthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of Tropane Halogenated-derivatives Against Malaria, Sleeping Sickness, Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis, Medicinal Chemistry 2014; 10 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573406410666140507095430