title: Rhodacyanine dyes as antimalarials. 1. Preliminary evaluation of their activity and toxicity.
abstract: The rhodacyanine dye MKT-077 (1), a potent antitumor agent, was found to possess strong in vitro activity against Plasmodium falciparum and a low cytotoxicity. Several new rhodacyanine dyes related to 1, containing a variety of linked heterocyclic moieties, were synthesized, and their antimalarial potencies were evaluated. The synthetic rhodacyanines were found to have EC(50) values against P. falciparum in vitro in the range of 4-300 nM. Several compounds in this series have remarkable selective toxicity profiles (>100).
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aobayama, Sendai 980-8578, Japan. kay-t@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kiyosei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hye-Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shishido
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wataya
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ihara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D004396:Coloring Agents; D011725:Pyridines; D013844:Thiazoles; C097880:MKT 077