Synthesis, bioevaluation and docking studies of some 2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole derivatives as anthelminthic agents against the nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta.

Gastrointestinal nematode infections are the main diseases in herds of small ruminants. Resistance to the main established drugs has become a worldwide problem. The purpose of this study is to obtain and evaluate the in vitro ovicidal and larvicidal activity of some 2-phenylbenzimidazole derivatives...

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Authors: Escala, Nerea, Valderas-García, Elora, Bardón, María Álvarez, Gómez de Agüero, Verónica Castilla, Escarcena, Ricardo, López-Pérez, José Luis, Rojo-Vázquez, Francisco A, San Feliciano, Arturo, Balaña-Fouce, Rafael, Martínez-Valladares, María, Rojo-Vázquez, Francisco A., Olmo Fernández, Esther del
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/168744
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/168744
Access Level:Embargoed access
Keyword:2-Phenyl-1H-benzimidazoles
Cytotoxicity
Teladorsagia circumcincta
Tubulin docking studies
in vitro assays.
Binding Sites
Trichostrongyloidea
Larva
Humans
Cell Line
Molecular Docking Simulation
Benzimidazoles
Helminth Proteins
Tubulin
Animals
Antinematodal Agents
Ovum
Protein Binding
Compuesto orgánico, Materia orgánica, Oarasitologia, Enfermedad transmisible,
larva
proteínas de helmintos
humanos
línea celular
unión proteica
sitios de unión
simulación de acoplamiento molecular
óvulo
tubulina (proteína)
animales
antinematodos
bencimidazoles
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Summary:Gastrointestinal nematode infections are the main diseases in herds of small ruminants. Resistance to the main established drugs has become a worldwide problem. The purpose of this study is to obtain and evaluate the in vitro ovicidal and larvicidal activity of some 2-phenylbenzimidazole derivatives on susceptible and resistant strains of Teladorsagia circumcincta. Compounds were prepared by known procedures from substituted o-phenylenediamines and arylaldehydes or intermediate sodium 1-hydroxyphenylmethanesulfonate derivatives. Egg Hatch Test (EHT), Larval Mortality Test (LMT) and Larval Migration Inhibition Test (LMIT) were used in the initial screening of compounds at 50 μM concentration, and EC50 values were determined for the most potent compounds. Cytotoxicity evaluation of compounds was conducted on human Caco-2 and HepG2 cell lines to calculate their Selectivity Indexes (SI). At 50 μM concentration, nine out of twenty-four compounds displayed more than 98% ovicidal activity on a susceptible strain, and four of them showed more than 86% on one resistant strain. The most potent ovicidal benzimidazole (BZ) 3 showed EC50 = 6.30 μM, for the susceptible strain, while BZ 2 showed the lowest EC50 value of 14.5 μM for the resistant strain. Docking studies of most potent compounds in a modelled Teladorsagia tubulin indicated an inverted orientation for BZ 1 in the colchicine binding site, probably due to its fair interaction with glutamic acid at codon 198, which could justify its inactivity against the resistant strain of T. circumcincta.