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Adela Mendoza1, Silvia Pérez-Silanes, Miguel Quiliano
1Unidad en Investigación y Desarrollo de Medicamentos, Centro de Investigación en Farmacobiología Aplicada, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Abstract:
Piperazine and pyrrolidine derivatives were synthesised and evaluated for their capacity to inhibit the growth of Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine-resistant (FCR-3) strain in culture. The combined presence of a hydroxyl group, a propane chain and a fluor were shown to be crucial for the antiplasmodial activity. Five compounds of the aryl-alcohol series inhibited 50% of parasite growth at doses ≤10 μM. The most active compound 1-(4-fluoronaphthyl)-3-[4-(4-nitro-2-trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazin-1-yl] propan-1-ol was almost 20-40 times more active on P. falciparum (IC(50): 0.5 μM) than on tumorogenic and non-tumorogenic cells. In vivo it has a very weak effect; inhibiting 35% of parasite growth only, at 10 mg/kg/day against Plasmodium berghei infected mice without any impact on survival time. In silico molecular docking study and molecular electrostatic potential calculation revealed that this compound bound to the active site of Plasmodium plasmepsin II enzyme.
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