Efficacy of Proton Pump Inhibitor Drugs against Plasmodium falciparum In Vitro and Their Probable Pharmacophores
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- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 46 (8), 2627-2632
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.46.8.2627-2632.2002
Abstract
The substituted benzimidazoles omeprazole, lansoprazole, rabeprazole, and pantoprazole were found to have in vitro activity against three different isolates of Plasmodium falciparum : D6 (which is chloroquine and pyrimethamine sensitive), W2 (chloroquine and pyrimethamine resistant), and TM91C235 (multidrug resistant). Lansoprazole and rabeprazole were the most effective against all three isolates, with a 50% inhibitory concentration (IC 50 ) range of 7 to 11 μM. Omeprazole showed intermediate activity against D6 and W2 isolates, with IC 50 s of 27 to 28 μM, but had poor activity against TM91C235, with an IC 50 of 76 μM. Pantoprazole was the least effective, with IC 50 s of 73 μM against D6, 53 μM against W2, and 39 μM against TM91C235. A pharmacophore model describing the important features responsible for potent activity of the drugs was developed using computational techniques of semiempirical quantum chemical methods and the three-dimensional QSAR procedure of the CATALYST software. The important features of the pharmacophore, according to the findings based on the CATALYST procedures, are the hydrogen bond acceptor and donor sites at the benzimidine nitrogen atoms and the two aromatic hydrophobic sites in the molecules. AM1 quantum chemical calculations identified the electrostatic potential surface surrounding the sulfoxide atom as crucial for potent activity.Keywords
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