title: New imidazolidine derivatives as anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents: structure-activity relationships.
abstract: Imidazolidine derivatives are key components for the development of bioactive compounds for the treatment of many diseases, especially Chagas. In fact, others studies showed that the imidazolidine-2,4-dione has stood out by presenting a wide spectrum of pharmacological activities including anticonvulsants, antiarrhythmic, and antiparasitic. In the present study, we investigated the morphological alterations induced by imidazolidine derivates LPSF/NN-52 and LPSF/NN-100 on trypomastigotes forms of Trypanosoma cruzi through ultrastructural analysis by electron microscopy. Many concentrations were used to measure the antiparasitic propriety promoted by imidazolidine derivatives, and our study indicates that parasites treated with 13 μg mL(-1) of the imidazolidine derivates for 24 h revealed severe damage to the parasite's mitochondrial complex. Beyond that, also observed in treated parasites were the following: myelin bodies, enlargement of cytoplasm vacuole, fragmentation of endoplasmic reticulum, and some treated samples clearly showed signs of necrosis. To confirm the ultrastructural results, some assays were performed for knowledge cellular death induction promoted by imidazolidine derivates against immune spleen cells. The induction of the necrotic process through derivatives LPSF/NN-52 and LPSF/NN-100 showed similar results in relation to nifurtimox and benznidazole. In the last assays, it was demonstrated that NN-100 was efficient against epimastigotes and trypomastigotes forms and these results reinforce the mechanisms of action of both new imidazolidine derivatives against T. cruzi.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Planejamento e Síntese de Fármacos, Depto Antibióticos, UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fabiana Oliveira
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Dos Santos Gomes
authors.forename: Cristiane Moutinho Lagos
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: de Melo
authors.forename: Christina Alves
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Peixoto
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo Alves
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Suely Lins
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Galdino
authors.forename: Valéria Rêgo Alves
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: da Rocha Pitta
mesh_terms: D048289:Imidazolidines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D048289:Imidazolidines; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents