Pinheiro Cristian Vicson Gomes, da Silva Wildson Max Barbosa, Rodrigues João Pedro Viana, Rocha Yasmim Mendes, Teixeira Maria Jania, de Oliveira Ronaldo Nascimento, de Souza Natália Vasconcelos, Nicolete Roberto
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz Ceará), Rua São José, S/N, Eusébio, CE 61760-000 Brazil.
Christus University Center (Unichristus), Fortaleza, CE Brazil.
J Parasit Dis. 2022 Jun;46(2):317-322. doi: 10.1007/s12639-021-01455-1. Epub 2021 Oct 6.
Leishmaniasis is a disease that represents a serious global health problem with a potentially fatal outcome in some cases. spp. is transmitted by the bite of a sandfly and the disease is endemic in 98 countries. Treatment is carried out with toxic drugs and not consistently effective, so there is a need for new treatments. Oxadiazoles are five-membered heterocyclic compounds, and their antileishmanial activity is well documented in the literature. Specifically, -cyclohexyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole (2b) was designed to obtain the simplified molecular data line entry system (SMILES). The approach for predicting pharmacokinetic properties used was pkCSM-Pharmacokinetics and ADME/TOX parameters were achieved. SMILES of 2b and Amphotericin B (ANF B) were submitted to the server and the results were compared. The cytotoxic action of 2b on host cells (LLC-MK2) was also evaluated, using MTT salt and antileishmanial activity against promastigotes at different concentrations for 24 h. The molecule 2b studied here demonstrated low toxicity in LLC-MK2 cells even at the highest concentration (1000 µM) with cell viability of 69%. Furthermore, it demonstrated anti- action with cell viability of 13% at the highest concentration (1000 μM), while (ANF B) (16 μg/mL) demonstrated cell viability of 7%, justifying the need for further studies with -cyclohexyl-1.2,4-oxadiazole employing experimental models of leishmaniasis.
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