Novel carbazole-triazole conjugates as DNA-targeting membrane active potentiators against clinical isolated fungi

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2018.0

Abstract

A series of carbazole-triazole conjugates were designed, synthesized and characterized by IR, NMR, and HRMS spectra. Biological assay showed that most of the synthesized compounds exhibited moderate and even strong antifungal activities, especially 3,6-dibromocarbazolyl triazole 5d displayed excellent inhibitory efficacy against most of the tested fungal strains (MIC = 2-32 μg/mL) and effectively fungicidal ability towards C. albicans, C. tropicals and C. parapsilosis ATCC 22019 (MFC = 4-8 μg/mL). Its combination use with fluconazole could enhance the antifungal efficacy, and compound 5d also did not obviously trigger the development of resistance in C. albicans even after 10 passages. Preliminary mechanism study revealed that the active molecule 5d could depolarize fungal membrane potential and intercalate into DNA to possibly block DNA replication, thus possibly exhibiting its powerful antifungal abilities. Conjugate 5d could interact with HSA, which was constructive for the further design, modification and screening of drug molecules. Docking investigation demonstrated a non-covalent binding of 5d with CYP51 through hydrogen bond and hydrophobicity. These results strongly suggested that compound 5d could act as a potential template for the development of promising antifungal drugs.

Knowledge Graph

Similar Paper

Novel carbazole-triazole conjugates as DNA-targeting membrane active potentiators against clinical isolated fungi
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2018.0
Discovery of potential antifungal triazoles: design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and preliminary antifungal mechanism exploration
MedChemComm 2017.0
Design, synthesis and antifungal activities of novel 1,2,4-triazole derivatives
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2011.0
Design, synthesis and molecular docking studies of novel triazole as antifungal agent
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2011.0
Synthesis and antifungal activity of 1,5-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole containing fluconazole analogues
MedChemComm 2012.0
Potential Antimicrobial Isopropanol-Conjugated Carbazole Azoles as Dual Targeting Inhibitors of Enterococcus faecalis
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2018.0
Design, synthesis and antifungal activity of novel triazole derivatives containing substituted 1,2,3-triazole-piperdine side chains
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2014.0
Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel triazole derivatives as inhibitors of cytochrome P450 14α-demethylase
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2009.0
Synthesis, in vitro evaluation and molecular docking studies of new triazole derivatives as antifungal agents
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2011.0
Synthesis of novel triazole derivatives as inhibitors of cytochrome P450 14α-demethylase (CYP51)
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2007.0