title: Antileishmanial activity, cytotoxicity and QSAR analysis of synthetic dihydrobenzofuran lignans and related benzofurans.
abstract: A series of synthetic dihydrobenzofuran lignans and related benzofurans were evaluated for their cytotoxicity in a screening panel consisting of various human tumour cell lines, and for their antiprotozoal activity against L. donovani (axenic amastigotes), chloroquine resistant Plasmodium falciparum (strain K1), Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. cruzi, and for cytotoxicity on L6 cells. No promising cytotoxicities against human tumour cell lines were observed for newly synthesised compounds, but the dimerisation product of some lipophylic esters of caffeic acid, such as compound 2g, showed a high activity against chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum (strain K1) (IC50 0.43 microg/mL) and L. donovani (axenic amastigotes) (IC50 0.12 microg/mL), which was confirmed in an infected macrophage assay (IC50 0.19 microg/mL). QSAR models for the cytotoxic and antileishmanial activity were generated using Quasar receptor surface modelling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Miert
authors.forename: Stefaan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Dyck
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Reto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: Arnold
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vlietinck
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lemière
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pieters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000187:drug effects*; D017705:Lignans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D021281:Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D001572:Benzofurans; D017705:Lignans; C105430:benzofuran