Piperine analogs as potent Staphylococcus aureus NorA efflux pump inhibitors

Payare L Sangwan, Jawahir L Koul, Surrinder Koul, Mallepally V Reddy, Niranjan Thota, Inshad A Khan, Ashwani Kumar, Nitin P Kalia, Ghulam N Qazi

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Abstract

Based on our recent findings that piperine is a potent Staphylococcus aureus NorA efflux pump inhibitor (EPI), 38 piperine analogs were synthesized and bioevaluated for their EPI activity. Twenty-five of them were found active with potentiating activity equivalent or more than known EPIs like reserpine, carsonic acid and verapamil. The inhibitory mechanism of the compounds was confirmed by efflux inhibition assay using ethidium bromide as NorA substrate. The present communication describes the synthesis, bioevaluation and structure related activity of these efflux pump inhibitors.

Original languageEnglish
JournalBioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
Volume16
Issue number22
Pages (from-to)9847-57
Number of pages11
ISSN0968-0896
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2008

Keywords

  • Alkaloids
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Benzodioxoles
  • Ciprofloxacin
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Ethidium
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins
  • Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Piperidines
  • Polyunsaturated Alkamides
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Journal Article

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