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Structure-activity relationships of a novel pyranopyridine series of Gram-negative bacterial efflux pump inhibitors.

Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry (2015-03-31)
Son T Nguyen, Steven M Kwasny, Xiaoyuan Ding, Steven C Cardinale, Courtney T McCarthy, Hong-Suk Kim, Hiroshi Nikaido, Norton P Peet, John D Williams, Terry L Bowlin, Timothy J Opperman
ABSTRACT

Recently we described a novel pyranopyridine inhibitor (MBX2319) of RND-type efflux pumps of the Enterobacteriaceae. MBX2319 (3,3-dimethyl-5-cyano-8-morpholino-6-(phenethylthio)-3,4-dihydro-1H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyridine) is structurally distinct from other known Gram-negative efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs), such as 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine (NMP), phenylalanylarginine-β-naphthylamide (PAβN), D13-9001, and the pyridopyrimidine derivatives. Here, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of 60 new analogs of MBX2319 that were designed to probe the structure activity relationships (SARs) of the pyranopyridine scaffold. The results of these studies produced a molecular activity map of the scaffold, which identifies regions that are critical to efflux inhibitory activities and those that can be modified to improve potency, metabolic stability and solubility. Several compounds, such as 22d-f, 22i and 22k, are significantly more effective than MBX2319 at potentiating the antibacterial activity of levofloxacin and piperacillin against Escherichia coli.

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