Title
Activity of semi-synthetic mulinanes against mdr, pre-xdr, and xdr strains of mycobacterium tuberculosis
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Martínez-González M.A.
Peña-Rodríguez L.M.
Uc-Cachón A.H.
Bórquez J.
Simirgiotis M.J.
Barrios-García H.B.
Hernández-Pando R.
Loyola L.A.
Dzul-Beh A.d.J.
Barrios-Payán J.A.
Mata-Espinosa D.
Escalante-Erosa F.
García-Sosa K.
Molina-Salinas G.M.
Universidad de Chile
Publisher(s)
MDPI
Abstract
Tuberculosis causes more than 1.2 million deaths each year. Worldwide, it is the first cause of death by a single infectious agent. The emergence of drug-resistant strains has limited pharmacologi-cal treatment of the disease and today, new drugs are urgently needed. Semi-synthetic mulinanes have previously shown important activity against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this investigation, a new set of semi-synthetic mulinanes were synthetized, characterized, and evaluated for their in vitro activity against three drug-resistant clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis: MDR, pre-extensively Drug-Resistant (pre-XDR), and extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR), and against the drug-susceptible laboratory reference strain H37Rv. Derivative 1a showed the best anti-TB activity (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] = 5.4 µM) against the susceptible strain and was twice as potent (MIC = 2.7 µM) on the MDR, pre-XDR, and XDR strains and also possessed a bactericidal effect. Derivative 1a was also tested for its anti-TB activity in mice infected with the MDR strain. In this case, 1a produced a significant reduction of pulmonary bacilli loads, six times lower than the control, when tested at 0.2536 mg/Kg. In addition, 1a demonstrated an adjuvant effect by shortening second-line chemotherapy. Finally, the selectivity index of >15.64 shown by 1a when tested on Vero cells makes this derivative an important candidate for future studies in the development of novel antitubercular agents.
Volume
11
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Farmacología, Farmacia
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85121732898
Source
Metabolites
Sponsor(s)
Esta investigación fue financiada por CONACYT-México, subvención número PDCPN2013/213558 (GMMS), Programa de Cooperación Internacional (2015 y 2017), Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (GMMS), Universidad de Antofagasta Centro de Costos de Rectoría número 1001 (JB). MAG-M y AJD-B recibieron becas de Maestría en Ciencias (394477 y 291061) y Licenciatura (22545), respectivamente.
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