In vitro and in vivo activities of 2-aminopyrazines and 2-aminopyridines in experimental models of human African trypanosomiasis.

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Vodnala SK, Lundbäck T, Sjöberg B, Svensson R, Rottenberg ME, Hammarström LGJ

Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 57 (2) 1012-1018 [2013-02-00; online 2012-12-21]

New drugs for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis are urgently needed. A number of 2-aminopyrazines/2-aminopyridines were identified as promising leads following a focused screen of 5,500 compounds for Trypanosoma brucei subsp. brucei viability. Described compounds are trypanotoxic in the submicromolar range and show comparably low cytotoxicity on representative mammalian cell lines. Specifically, 6-([6-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-2H-1-benzopyran-4-yl)]oxy)-N-(piperidin-4-yl)pyrazin-2-amine (CBK201352) is trypanotoxic for T. brucei subsp. brucei, T. brucei subsp. gambiense, and T. brucei subsp. rhodesiense and is nontoxic to mammalian cell lines, and in vitro preclinical assays predict promising pharmacokinetic parameters. Mice inoculated intraperitoneally (i.p.) with 25 mg/kg CBK201352 twice daily for 10 days, starting on the day of infection with T. brucei subsp. brucei, show complete clearance of parasites for more than 90 days. Thus, CBK201352 and related analogs are promising leads for the development of novel treatments for human African trypanosomiasis.

Chemical Biology Consortium Sweden (CBCS) [Collaborative]

PubMed 23254423

DOI 10.1128/AAC.01870-12

Crossref 10.1128/AAC.01870-12

pii: AAC.01870-12
pmc: PMC3553678

Uppsala Drug Optimization and Pharmaceutical Profiling (UDOPP)
ADME of Therapeutics (UDOPP)