Josiane Delgado Paz, Nathalia Denise de Moura Sperotto, Alessandro Silva Ramos, Kenia Pissinate, Valnês da Silva Rodrigues Junior, Bruno Lopes Abbadi, Ana Flávia Borsoi, Raoní Scheibler Rambo, Ana Carolina Corso Minotto, Adilio da Silva Dadda, Luiza Galina, Fernanda Souza Macchi Hopf, Mauro Neves Muniz, Leonardo Kras Borges Martinelli, Candida Deves Roth, Rodrigo Braccini Madeira Silva, Marcia Alberton Perelló, Alexia de Matos Czeczot, Christiano Ev Neves, Lovaine Silva Duarte, Mariana Leyser, Sílvia Dias de Oliveira, Cristiano Valim Bizarro, Pablo Machado, Luiz Augusto Basso
Herein a series of 4-aminoquinolines were synthesized in an attempt to optimize and study the structural features related to LABIO-17 biological activity, a Mycobacterium tuberculosis NADH-dependent enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (MtInhA) inhibitor previously identified by a virtual-ligand-screening approach. Structure-activity relationships led to novel submicromolar inhibitors of MtInhA and potent antitubercular agents. The lead compound is 87-fold more potent as enzymatic inhibitors and 32-fold more potent against M...
November 18, 2022: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry