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Publication Abstract from PubMed

A new series of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) inhibitors, the 7-(benzimidazol-1-yl)-2,4-diaminoquinazolines, were designed and optimized for antibacterial potency and enzyme selectivity. The most potent inhibitors in this series contained a five-membered heterocycle at the 2-position of the benzimidazole, leading to highly potent and selective compounds that exploit the differences in the size of a binding pocket adjacent to the NADPH cofactor between the bacterial and human DHFR enzymes. Typical of these compounds is 7-((2-thiazol-2-yl)benzimidazol-1-yl)-2,4 diaminoquinazoline, which is a potent inhibitor of S. aureus DHFR (Ki = 0.002 nM) with 46700-fold selectivity over human DHFR. This compound also has high antibacterial potency on Gram-positive bacteria with an MIC versus wild type S. aureus of 0.0125 mug/mL and a MIC versus trimethoprim-resistant S. aureus of 0.25 mug/mL. In vivo efficacy versus a S. aureus septicemia was demonstrated, highlighting the potential of this new series.

Structure-Based Design of New Dihydrofolate Reductase Antibacterial Agents: 7-(Benzimidazol-1-yl)-2,4-diaminoquinazolines.,Lam T, Hilgers MT, Cunningham ML, Kwan BP, Nelson KJ, Brown-Driver V, Ong V, Trzoss M, Hough G, Shaw KJ, Finn J J Med Chem. 2014 Feb 13;57(3):651-68. doi: 10.1021/jm401204g. Epub 2014 Jan 16. PMID:24428639^[1]

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