Synthesis, Anti-Schistosomal Activity and Molecular Modeling of Two Novel 8-Hydroxyquinoline Derivatives

Ahmad   F.   Eweas; Gamal      Allam; Abdelaziz   S.A.   Abu-Elsaad; Ibrahim   A.   Maghrabi; Abdul   Hamid   ALGhamdi

doi:10.2174/22113626130104

Abstract

Schistosomiasis is one of the world’s greatly neglected tropical diseases, and its control is largely dependent on a single drug, praziquantel (PZQ). Here, two novel 8-hydroxyqinoline-5-sulfonamido derivatives, compounds 3 and 4, have been synthesized, characterized and tested as anti-schistosomal agents in vitro. Exposure of adult Schistosoma (S.) mansoni adult worms to 200 µg/mL concentrations of either compound 3 or 4 reduced the motor activity and caused their death within 24 hour (h). However, adult worms incubated in a medium containing 50 µg/mL of either compound 3 or 4 showed decrease motor activity and dead after 120 and 144 h of incubation, respectively. Different concentrations of both compounds induced partial tegumental alterations in 40-50% of tested worms. Additionally, 50 µg/mL concentration of compound 3 caused 58% and 75% reduction in egg production; however compound 4 caused 51% and 60% reduction in oviposition after 48 and 72 h of incubation, respectively. Furthermore molecular docking of both new compounds was carried out using Molsoft ICM pro 3.5-0a to investigate the binding affinity and binding mode to thioredoxin glutathione reductase enzyme (TGR), a potential drug target for anti-schistosomal activity. The docking results revealed moderate to high affinity of both compounds towards TGR. It is suggested that the in vitro schistosomicidal effects of our novel 8-hydroxyqinoline-5-sulfonamido derivatives may be related to the inhibition of TGR activity in S. mansoni. Our results indicate the potential schistosomicidal effects of both 8-hydroxyqinoline derivatives.

Keywords: 8-hydroxyquinoline, Anti-schistosomal, Molecular docking, Thioredoxin-glutatione reductase (TGR).