Primary Citation of Related Structures:   5K6A, 5L42, 5L4N
PubMed Abstract: 
Flavonoids have previously been identified as antiparasitic agents and pteridine reductase 1 (PTR1) inhibitors. Herein, we focus our attention on the chroman-4-one scaffold. Three chroman-4-one analogues ( 1 - 3 ) of previously published chromen-4-one derivatives were synthesized and biologically evaluated against parasitic enzymes ( Trypanosoma brucei PTR1- Tb PTR1 and Leishmania major-Lm PTR1) and parasites ( Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania infantum ). A crystal structure of Tb PTR1 in complex with compound 1 and the first crystal structures of Lm PTR1-flavanone complexes (compounds 1 and 3 ) were solved. The inhibitory activity of the chroman-4-one and chromen-4-one derivatives was explained by comparison of observed and predicted binding modes of the compounds. Compound 1 showed activity both against the targeted enzymes and the parasites with a selectivity index greater than 7 and a low toxicity. Our results provide a basis for further scaffold optimization and structure-based drug design aimed at the identification of potent anti-trypanosomatidic compounds targeting multiple PTR1 variants.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. dipisa2@unisi.it.
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. landi31@unisi.it.
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. delloiacono3@unisi.it.
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. pozzi4@unisi.it.
Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy. chiara.borsari@unimore.it.
Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy. stefania.ferrari@unimore.it.
Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy. matteo.santucci@unimore.it.
Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal and Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto and Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal. santarem@ibmc.up.pt.
Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal and Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto and Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, 4150-180 Porto, Portugal. cordeiro@ibmc.up.pt.
Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas SP13083-100, Brazil. carolinaborsoi@gmail.com.
Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas SP13083-100, Brazil. laura.alcantara@lnbio.cnpem.br.
Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas SP13083-100, Brazil. fontana_vanessa@yahoo.com.br.
Laboratório Nacional de Biociências (LNBio), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM), Campinas SP13083-100, Brazil. lucio.freitas@butantan.gov.br.
GARDE, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo SP05503-900, Brazil. lucio.freitas@butantan.gov.br.
Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Screening Port, D-22525 Hamburg, Germany. Sheraz.Gul@ime.fraunhofer.de.
Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Screening Port, D-22525 Hamburg, Germany. Maria.Kuzikov@ime.fraunhofer.de.
Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Screening Port, D-22525 Hamburg, Germany. Birte.Behrens@ime.fraunhofer.de.
Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany. ina.poehner@h-its.org.
Molecular and Cellular Modeling Group, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, 69118 Heidelberg, Germany. rebecca.wade@h-its.org.
Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. rebecca.wade@h-its.org.
Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. rebecca.wade@h-its.org.
Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy. mariapaola.costi@unimore.it.
Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy. stefano.mangani@unisi.it.
Magnetic Resonance Center CERM, University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy. stefano.mangani@unisi.it.