Novel ofloxacin derivatives: synthesis, antimycobacterial and toxicological evaluation

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Feb 1;18(3):1229-36. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.110. Epub 2007 Dec 4.

Abstract

Thirty novel 9-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-8,10-(mono/di-sub)-3-methyl-8-nitro-7-oxo-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinoline-6-carboxylic acids were synthesized from 2,3,4,5-tetrafluoro benzoic acid and evaluated for in vitro and in vivo antimycobacterial activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (MTB), multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR-TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC(2)) and also tested for the ability to inhibit the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase from mycobacteria. Among the synthesized compounds, 10-[2-carboxy-5,6-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-9-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-3-methyl-8-nitro-7-oxo-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid was found to be the most active compound in vitro with MIC99 of 0.19 microM and 0.09 microM against MTB and MTR-TB, respectively. In the in vivo animal model also the same compound decreased the bacterial load in lung and spleen tissues with 1.91 and 2.91--log10 protections, respectively, at the dose of 50mg/kg body weight. Compound 10-[(4-((4-chlorophenyl)(phenyl)methyl)piperazin-1-yl)]-9-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-3-methyl-8-nitro-7-oxo-7H-[1,4]oxazino[2,3,4-ij]quinoline-6-carboxylic acid was found to be the most active in the inhibition of the supercoiling activity of DNA gyrase with an IC(50) of 10.0 microg/mL. The results demonstrate the potential and importance of developing new oxazino quinolone derivatives against mycobacterial infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antitubercular Agents / chemistry
  • Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology*
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques
  • DNA Gyrase / metabolism
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Fluoroquinolones / chemical synthesis
  • Fluoroquinolones / chemistry*
  • Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
  • Gatifloxacin
  • Lung / drug effects
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Mice
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / enzymology*
  • Ofloxacin / pharmacology
  • Spleen / drug effects
  • Spleen / microbiology
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Topoisomerase II Inhibitors*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
  • Ofloxacin
  • DNA Gyrase
  • Gatifloxacin