The 4-Quinolone-3-Carboxylic Acid Motif as a Multivalent Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry

Title: The 4-Quinolone-3-Carboxylic Acid Motif as a Multivalent Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry

Volume: 16 Issue: 14

Author(s): Claudia Mugnaini, Serena Pasquini and Federico Corelli

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Keywords: Quinolones, HIV-1 integrase inhibitors, anti-tumor agents, CB2 agonists, drug design, privileged structure

Abstract: Quinolones are among the most common frameworks present in the bioactive molecules and hence represent an attractive starting point for the design of combinatorial libraries. Since 1962 4-quinolone-3-carboxylic acid derivatives are clinically used as antibacterial agents worldwide. Currently, fluoroquinolones are approved by the WHO as second-line drugs to treat tuberculosis (TB), and their use in multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB is increasing due to the fact that they have a broad and potent spectrum of activity and can be administered orally. In the last years, quinolones endowed with “nonclassical” biological activities, such as antitumor, anti-HIV-1 integrase, cannabinoid receptor 2 agonist/antagonist activities, have been reported by our research group as well as by other researchers. This review focuses on the 4-quinolone-3- carboxylic acid motif as a privileged structure in medicinal chemistry for obtaining new compounds possessing antibacterial, antitumor, anti-HIV, and cannabinoid receptors modulating activities. Synthetic approaches, structure-activity relationships, mechanisms of action, and therapeutic potentials of these novel classes of pharmacologically active compounds are presented.

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Mugnaini Claudia, Pasquini Serena and Corelli Federico, The 4-Quinolone-3-Carboxylic Acid Motif as a Multivalent Scaffold in Medicinal Chemistry, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2009; 16 (14) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/092986709788186156