Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of nucleoside prodrugs designed to target siderophore biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Issue 6 (15th March 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dawadi, Surendra; Kawamura, Shuhei; Rubenstein, Anja; Remmel, Rory; Aldrich, Courtney C.
• Is Part Of: Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry. Volume 24:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 1314
• Page End: 1321
• Publication Date: 2016-03-15
• Subjects: Prodrug -- Nucleoside -- Tuberculosis -- Siderophore biosynthesis inhibitor; Bioorganic chemistry -- Periodicals; Pharmaceutical chemistry -- Periodicals; Biochemistry -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Clinical -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Organic -- Periodicals; Chimie bio-organique -- Périodiques; Chimie pharmaceutique -- Périodiques; 615.19
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.02.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0968-0896

Abstract

Graphical abstract: Abstract: The nucleoside antibiotic, 5′- O -[ N -(salicyl)sulfamoyl]adenosine (1 ), possesses potent whole-cell activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ), the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB). This compound is also active in vivo, but suffers from poor drug disposition properties that result in poor bioavailability and rapid clearance. The synthesis and evaluation of a systematic series of lipophilic ester prodrugs containing linear and α-branched alkanoyl groups from two to twelve carbons at the 3′-position of a 2′-fluorinated analog of1 is reported with the goal to improve oral bioavailability. The prodrugs were stable in simulated gastric fluid (pH 1.2) and under physiological conditions (pH 7.4). The prodrugs were also remarkably stable in mouse, rat, and human serum (relative serum stability: human ∼ rat ≫ mouse) displaying a parabolic trend in the SAR with hydrolysis rates increasing with chain length up to eight carbons ( t 1/2 = 1.6 h for octanoyl prodrug7 in mouse serum) and then decreasing again with higher chain lengths. The permeability of the prodrugs was also assessed in a Caco-2 cell transwell model. All of the prodrugs were found to have reduced permeation in the apical-to-basolateral direction and enhanced permeation in the basolateral-to-apical direction relative to the parent compound2, resulting in efflux ratios 5–28 times greater than2 . Additionally, Caco-2 cells were found to hydrolyze the prodrugs with SAR mirroring the serum stability results and a preference for hydrolysis on the apical side. Taken together, these results suggest that the described prodrug strategy will lead to lower than expected oral bioavailability of2 and highlight the contribution of intestinal esterases for prodrug hydrolysis.