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Survival of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is dependent on pantothenate (vitamin B5), a precursor of the fundamental enzyme cofactor coenzyme A. CJ-15,801, an enamide analogue of pantothenate isolated from the fungus Seimatosporium sp. CL28611, was previously shown to inhibit P. falciparum proliferation in vitro by targeting pantothenate utilization. To inform the design of next generation analogues, we set out to synthesize and test a series of synthetic enamide-bearing pantothenate analogues. We demonstrate that conservation of the R-pantoyl moiety and the trans-substituted double bond of CJ-15,801 is important for the selective, on-target antiplasmodial effect, while replacement of the carboxyl group is permitted, and, in one case, favored. Additionally, we show that the antiplasmodial potency of CJ-15,801 analogues that retain the R-pantoyl and trans-substituted enamide moieties correlates with inhibition of P. falciparum pantothenate kinase (PfPanK)-catalyzed pantothenate phosphorylation, implicating the interaction with PfPanK as a key determinant of antiplasmodial activity.
Author(s): Spry C, Sewell AL, Hering Y, Villa MVJ, Weber J, Hobson SJ, Harnor SJ, Gul S, Marquez R, Saliba KJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Year: 2018
Volume: 143
Pages: 1139-1147
Print publication date: 01/01/2018
Online publication date: 25/08/2017
Acceptance date: 31/05/2017
ISSN (print): 0223-5234
ISSN (electronic): 1768-3254
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.08.050
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.08.050
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