O-Alkyl Hydroxamates Display Potent and Selective Antileishmanial Activity

Victoriano Corpas-López, Mavys Tabraue-Chávez, Yudibeth Sixto-López, Sonia Panadero-Fajardo, Fernando Alves De Lima Franco, José F. Domínguez-Seglar, Francisco Morillas-Márquez, Francisco Franco-Montalbán, Mónica Díaz-Gavilán, José Correa-Basurto, Julián López-Viota, Margarita López-Viota, José Pérez Del Palacio, Mercedes De La Cruz, Nuria De Pedro, Joaquina Martín-Sánchez, José A. Gómez-Vidal

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Abstract

Leishmania (L.) infantum causes visceral, cutaneous, and mucosal leishmaniasis in humans and canine leishmaniasis in dogs. Herein, we describe that O-alkyl hydroxamate derivatives displayed potent and selective in vitro activity against the amastigote stage of L. infantum while no activity was observed against promastigotes. Compound 5 showed potent in vivo activity against L. infantum. Moreover, the combination of compound 5 supported on gold nanoparticles and meglumine antimoniate was also effective in vivo and improved the activity of these compounds compared to that of the individual treatment. Docking studies showed that compound 5 did not reach highly conserved pocket C and established interactions with the semiconserved residues V44, A45, R242, and E243 in pocket A of LiSIR2rp1. The surface space determined by these four amino acids is not conserved in human sirtuins. Compound 5 represents a new class of selective ligands with antileishmanial activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5734-5751
Number of pages18
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume63
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jun 2020

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