Synthesis of new series of pyrimidine nucleoside derivatives bearing the acyl moieties as potential antimicrobial agents (original) (raw)

Uridine Derivatives: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and In Silico Studies as Antimicrobial and Anticancer Agents

Medicina

Nucleoside analogs are frequently used in the control of viral infections and neoplastic diseases. However, relatively few studies have shown that nucleoside analogs have antibacterial and antifungal activities. In this study, a fused pyrimidine molecule, uridine, was modified with various aliphatic chains and aromatic groups to produce new derivatives as antimicrobial agents. All newly synthesized uridine derivatives were analyzed by spectral (NMR, FTIR, mass spectrometry), elemental, and physicochemical analyses. Prediction of activity spectra for substances (PASS) and in vitro biological evaluation against bacteria and fungi indicated promising antimicrobial capability of these uridine derivatives. The tested compounds were more effective against fungal phytopathogens than bacterial strains, as determined by their in vitro antimicrobial activity. Cytotoxicity testing indicated that the compounds were less toxic. In addition, antiproliferative activity against Ehrlich ascites carc...

Synthesis, characterization, synergistic antimicrobial properties and molecular docking of sugar modified uridine derivatives

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry

Nucleosides and their analogues are an important, well-established class of clinically useful medicinal agents that exhibit antiviral and anticancer activity. Thus, our research group has focused on the synthesis of new nucleoside derivatives that could be tested for their broad-spectrum biological activity. In this study, two new series of nucleoside derivatives were synthesized from uridine (1) through facile two-step reactions using the direct acylation method, affording 5’-O-acyl uridine derivatives in good yields. The isolated uridine analogs were further transformed into two series of 2’,3’-di-O-acyl derivatives bearing a wide variety of functionalities in a single molecular framework to evaluate their antimicrobial activity. The new synthesized compounds were characterized through physicochemical, elemental and spectroscopic analysis, and all were screened for their in vitro antimicrobial activity against selected human and plant pathogenic strains. The test compounds reveale...

Chemically Modified Uridine Molecules Incorporating Acyl Residues to Enhance Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities

International Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015

A new N-acetylsulfanilylation series of uridine have been synthesized in good yield using direct acylation method and afforded the 5'-ON -acetylsulfanilyluridine. In order to obtain newer products, the 5'-ON -acetylsulfanilyluridine derivative was further transformed to a series of 2',3'-di-Oacyl derivatives containing a wide variety of functionalities in a single molecular framework. The chemical structures of the newly synthesized compounds were confirmed on the basis of their FTIR, 1 H-NMR spectroscopy, physicochemical properties and elemental analysis. All the synthesized uridine derivatives were tested for their in vitro antibacterial activity against six human pathogenic bacterial strains and for comparison standard antibiotic Ampicillin was also determined. The study revealed that the selectively acylated derivatives 5'-ON -acetylsulfanilyl-2',3'-di-O-lauroyluridine and 5'-ON -acetylsulfanilyl-2',3'-di-O-pivaloyluridine showed highest inhibition against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus, respectively. We also observed that the introduction of hexanoyl, decanoyl, lauroyl, myristoyl and pivaloyl groups, the antibacterial functionality of the compound uridine increases. Another noteworthy observation was that the uridine derivatives

Investigation of C-5 alkynyl (alkynyloxy or hydroxymethyl) and/or N-3 propynyl substituted pyrimidine nucleoside analogs as a new class of antimicrobial agents

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2016

The resurgence of mycobacterial infections and the emergence of drug-resistant strains urgently require a new class of agents that are distinct than current therapies. A group of 5-ethynyl (6-10), 5-(2-propynyloxy) (16, 18, 20, 22, 24), 5-(2-propynyloxy)-3-N-(2-propynyl) (17, 19, 21, 23, 25) and 5-hydroxymethyl-3-N-(2-propynyl) (30-33) derivatives of pyrimidine nucleosides were synthesized and evaluated against mycobacteria [Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) and Mycobacterium avium], gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis) and gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) alone and in combination with existing drugs in in vitro assays. Although several compounds exhibited marked inhibitory activity at a higher concentration against Mtb, M. bovis, S. aureus and E. faecalis, they displayed unexpected synergistic and additive interactions at their lower concentrations with antitube...

Concise synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of novel 3-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)uridine nucleosides

Archiv der Pharmazie, 2018

We report herein a simple and efficient synthesis of a new series of antibacterial uridine nucleosides. The strategy involved a sequential silylation/N-glycosylation/ N-propargylation procedure of uracil 1 for preparing the dipolarophile 5 in good yield. A series of novel uridine-[1,2,3]triazole nucleosides 6a-j were efficiently synthesized via the copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) from dipolarophile 5 with different selected azides. The reactions were carried out under both conventional and ultrasonic irradiation conditions. In general, improvements were observed when reactions were carried out under sonication. Their antibacterial potential has been evaluated by means of a micro-dilution assay against either Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria. Compounds 6i and 6j have shown significant bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus (MIC = 10 and 6 μM, respectively), and 6h against Escherichia coli (MIC = 8 μM). Moreover, antibacterial kinetic assays showed that 6i and 6j significantly reduced the S. aureus growth rate at the MIC concentration, after 6 h, compared to their deprotected analogs, 6k and 6l, respectively. Compound 6h also significantly reduced the growth of E. coli. These antibacterial effects may be related to the penetrating properties of these compounds, as revealed by the leakage of nucleic acids from the sensitive strains.

Synthesis, cytostatic and anti-HIV evaluations of the new unsaturated acyclic C-5 pyrimidine nucleoside analogues

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2008

A series of the novel C-5 alkynyl pyrimidine nucleoside analogues in which the sugar moiety was replaced by the conformationally restricted Z-and E-2-butenyl spacer between the phthalimido and pyrimidine ring were synthesized by using Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction. Cytostatic activity evaluation of the novel compounds showed that E-isomers exhibited, in general, better cytostatic activities than the corresponding Z-isomers. E-isomer 14 exhibited the best cytostatic effect against all evaluated malignant cell lines, particularly against hepatocellular carcinoma (Hep G2, IC 50 = 4.3 lM). However, this compound was also cytotoxic to human normal fibroblasts (WI 38). Its Z-isomer 7 showed highly specific antiproliferative activity against Hep G2 (IC 50 = 18 lM) and no cytotoxicity to WI 38. Moreover, compounds 3, 4 and 14 expressed some marginal inhibitory activity against HIV-1 and HIV-2.

Design, synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel 1,3-thiazolidine pyrimidine nucleoside analogues

This article was originally published in a journal published by Elsevier, and the attached copy is provided by Elsevier for the author's benefit and for the benefit of the author's institution, for non-commercial research and educational use including without limitation use in instruction at your institution, sending it to specific colleagues that you know, and providing a copy to your institution's administrator. All other uses, reproduction and distribution, including without limitation commercial reprints, selling or licensing copies or access, or posting on open internet sites, your personal or institution's website or repository, are prohibited. For exceptions, permission may be sought for such use through Elsevier's permissions site at: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissionusematerial Abstract—The synthesis of a new class of 1,3-thiazolidine nucleoside analogues in which furanose oxygen atom was replaced with nitrogen atom and 2 0-carbon atom with sulfur atom is described. N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-acyloxy-4-trityloxymethyl-1,3-thiazoli-dine was coupled with the pyrimidine bases like uracil, thymine, etc. in the presence of lewis acids stannic chloride or trimethyl silyl triflate following Vorbruggen procedure. The antibacterial activity of the novel 1,3-thiazolidine pyrimidine nucleoside analogues is highlighted. All compounds (7a–e) with free NH group in the pyrimidine moiety showed significant biological activity against all the standard strains used and in that compounds 7d and 7e showed significant activity against 14 human pathogens tested.