title: p-Guanidinoethyl calixarene and parent phenol derivatives exhibiting antibacterial activities. Synthesis and biological evaluation.
abstract: The tetra-para-guanidinoethyl-calix[4]arene, its distally-disubstituted ether derivatives involving 2,2'-bithiazolyl- or 2,2'-bipyridyl-methyl groups, as well as the para-guanidinoethylphenol and its analogous derivatives have been synthesized, fully characterized and evaluated as antibacterial agents towards both gram positive and gram negative reference bacteria. The simple phenolic species showed lower activity than their calixarene analogues, confirming the hypothesis that a synergistic effect should result from the spatial organization of guanidinium and heterocycles on a macrocyclic scaffold. Introduction of the bithiazole and bipyridine substituents enhanced the activity of simple phenol derivatives, reaching, for the two Staphylococcus aureus strains in particular, the values obtained for their calixarenic parents. MTT viability assays were carried out to determine selectivity indexes.
authors: SRSMC, UMR 7565 Nancy Université-CNRS, Groupe d'Etude des Vecteurs Supramoléculaires du Médicament, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5, rue Albert Lebrun, BP 80403, 54001 Nancy Cedex, France.
authors: Maxime
authors: M
authors: Mourer
authors: Hugues Massimba
authors: HM
authors: Dibama
authors: Stéphane
authors: S
authors: Fontanay
authors: Marion
authors: M
authors: Grare
authors: Raphaël E
authors: RE
authors: Duval
authors: Chantal
authors: C
authors: Finance
authors: Jean-Bernard
authors: JB
authors: Regnouf-de-Vains
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D001550:Benzamidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D006146:Guanidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D019800:Phenol / Q000737:chemistry; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001550:Benzamidines; D006146:Guanidines; C512158:tetra-para-guanidinoethyl-calix(4)arene; C005748:synthalin A; D019800:Phenol; C018961:hexamidine