Table 1. Chemical properties and activities of new alanine racemase inhibitors and cycloserine*.
Hits | Inhibitor | MW | IC50µM | 1Mtb | 2MIC µM | 3TC50µM | 4Ti | KimM |
L2-01 | N′,N′,4-trimethylbenzenesulfonohydrazide | 214 | 9.0 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-02 | 2-N′,2-N′,7-N′,7-N′-tetramethyl-9H-fluorene-2,7-disulfonohydrazide | 410 | 1.6 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-03 | N-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxyphenoxy)acetamide | 183 | 8.2 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-04 | ethyl 3-(pyridin-2-ylthio)propanoate | 211 | 2.6 | + | 59 | 229.8 | 4 | 0.038 |
L2-05 | N-benzyl-5-chloro-2-methylsulfonylpyrimidine-4-carboxamide | 326 | 6.8 | + | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0.63 |
L2-06 | 5-chloro-N-(3-chloro-4-methoxyphenyl)2(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidine-4carboxamide | 346 | 8.2 | + | <4.5 | 18.8 | 4 | 0.76 |
L2-07 | 2-(4-methylphenyl)-1-morpholin-4-ylethanethione | 235 | 6.5 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-09 | 2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1-morpholin-4-ylethanethione | 251 | 3.3 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-10 | 6-O-[3-chloro-4-(6-methoxycarbonylpyridine-2-carbonyl)oxyphenyl]2-O-methyl pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate | 471 | 1.0 | + | 13.6 | 157.2 | 12 | 0.68 |
L2-11 | 2-(pyridin-3-ylcarbamothioyl sulfanyl)acetic acid | 228 | 13.1 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-12 | 2-phenyl-1-piperidin-1-ylethanethione | 219 | 6.0 | + | 28.6 | 406 | 14 | 0.08 |
L2-13 | 2-(4,6-dimethyl-3-oxo-[1], [2]thiazolo[5,4-b]pyridin-2-yl)-N-[2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)ethyl]acetamide | 384 | 7.7 | + | 16.2 | 36.4 | 2 | 0.93 |
L2-14 | 2-(hydoxyimino)-6-methyl-2H-benzopyran-3-carboxamide | 208 | 2.8 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-15 | 2-(2-hydroxyphenoxy)-N-methylacetamide | 181 | 5.7 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
L2-16 | 3,3-dihydroxy-1H-quinoline-2,4-dione | 193 | 5.2 | + | 32.4 | 33.7 | 1 | 0.02 |
L2-18 | 1,1′-(2-oxido-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3,4-diyl)-bis (1-(2-thienyl))-methanone | 288 | 4.9 | − | ND | ND | ND | ND |
CS | (4R)-4-amino-3-isoxazolidinone | 102 | 58 | + | 65 | 203 | 3 | 0.086 |
antimicrobial activity against M. tuberculosis (+ active, − inactive);
MIC against M. tuberculosis;
Cytotoxicity in HeLa cells,
Ti = TC50/MIC, ND- not determined; CS- cycloserine.
*Chemical structures of inhibitors are provided in Table S1.