Novel Oxazolidinone Antibacterial Analogues with a Substituted Ligustrazine C-ring Unit

Chem Biol Drug Des. 2015 Oct;86(4):682-90. doi: 10.1111/cbdd.12537. Epub 2015 Mar 6.

Abstract

A series of novel oxazolidinone compounds with a substituted ligustrazine C-ring unit and different substituted groups at the C-5 side chain were designed and synthesized using linezolid as a lead and based on a scaffold hopping strategy. Their antibacterial and anti-inflammatory activities were evaluated. The results of in vitro antibacterial assays showed that all fourteen target compounds displayed potent activity against Gram-positive pathogens, particularly 8b, 13b, 14a, 14b, 15a, and 15b. Moreover, 14a and 14b exhibited significant inhibitory activities on the production of inflammatory mediators, including nitric oxide, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Thus, these derivatives could serve as valuable candidates to develop anti-infective agents for the treatment of chronic wounds.

Keywords: anti-inflammatory; antibacterial; ligustrazine; linezolid; oxazolidinone.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / chemistry
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology
  • Cell Line / drug effects
  • Cell Line / metabolism
  • Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Interleukin-6 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Interleukin-6 / metabolism
  • Lipopolysaccharides / pharmacology
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Mice
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Oxazolidinones / chemistry*
  • Pyrazines / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Interleukin-6
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Pyrazines
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • interleukin-6, mouse
  • Nitric Oxide
  • tetramethylpyrazine