Broad spectrum antiprotozoal agents that inhibit histone deacetylase: structure-activity relationships of apicidin. Part 2

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2001 Jan 22;11(2):113-7. doi: 10.1016/s0960-894x(00)00605-3.

Abstract

Recently isolated at Merck, apicidin inhibits both mammalian and protozoan histone deacetylases (HDACs). The conversion of apicidin, a nonselective nanomolar inhibitor of HDACs, into a series of picomolar indole-modified and parasite-selective tryptophan-replacement analogues is described within this structure-activity study.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / pharmacology
  • Biological Factors / pharmacology
  • Cattle
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Cell Line
  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques
  • Eimeria tenella / drug effects
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / chemical synthesis
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Fusarium / chemistry
  • HeLa Cells
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors*
  • Humans
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Peptides, Cyclic / chemical synthesis
  • Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology*
  • Plasmodium falciparum / drug effects
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tryptophan / chemistry

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Biological Factors
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors
  • Indoles
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • apicidin
  • Tryptophan