Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study

Prenylated flavonoids are an important class of naturally occurring flavonoids with important biological activity, but their low abundance in nature limits their application in medicines. Here, we showed the hemisynthesis and the determination of various biological activities of seven prenylated flavon...

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Autores principales: Osorio, Mauricio E., Caravajal, Marcela A., Vergara, Alejandra P., Butassi, Estefanía, Zacchino, Susana, Mascayano, Carolina, Montoya, Margarita, Mejías, Sophia, Cortez-San Martín, Marcelo, Vásquez-Martínez, Yesseny A.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2133/23311
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/23311
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topic Prenylated Flavonoids
Synthesis
Antibacterial
MRSA
Synergism
Antifungal
spellingShingle Prenylated Flavonoids
Synthesis
Antibacterial
MRSA
Synergism
Antifungal
Osorio, Mauricio E.
Caravajal, Marcela A.
Vergara, Alejandra P.
Butassi, Estefanía
Zacchino, Susana
Mascayano, Carolina
Montoya, Margarita
Mejías, Sophia
Cortez-San Martín, Marcelo
Vásquez-Martínez, Yesseny A.
Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study
topic_facet Prenylated Flavonoids
Synthesis
Antibacterial
MRSA
Synergism
Antifungal
description Prenylated flavonoids are an important class of naturally occurring flavonoids with important biological activity, but their low abundance in nature limits their application in medicines. Here, we showed the hemisynthesis and the determination of various biological activities of seven prenylated flavonoids, named 7–13, with an emphasis on antimicrobial ones. Compounds 9, 11, and 12 showed inhibitory activity against human pathogenic fungi. Compounds 11, 12 (flavanones) and 13 (isoflavone) were the most active against clinical isolated Staphylococcus aureus MRSA, showing that structural requirements as prenylation at position C-6 or C-8 and OH at positions C-5, 7, and 40 are key to the antibacterial activity. The combination of 11 or 12 with commercial antibiotics synergistically enhanced the antibacterial activity of vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, and methicillin in a factor of 10 to 100 times against drug-resistant bacteria. Compound 11 combined with ciprofloxacin was able to decrease the levels of ROS generated by ciprofloxacin. According to docking results of S enantiomer of 11 with ATP-binding cassette transporter showed the most favorable binding energy; however, more studies are needed to support this result.
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author Osorio, Mauricio E.
Caravajal, Marcela A.
Vergara, Alejandra P.
Butassi, Estefanía
Zacchino, Susana
Mascayano, Carolina
Montoya, Margarita
Mejías, Sophia
Cortez-San Martín, Marcelo
Vásquez-Martínez, Yesseny A.
author_facet Osorio, Mauricio E.
Caravajal, Marcela A.
Vergara, Alejandra P.
Butassi, Estefanía
Zacchino, Susana
Mascayano, Carolina
Montoya, Margarita
Mejías, Sophia
Cortez-San Martín, Marcelo
Vásquez-Martínez, Yesseny A.
author_sort Osorio, Mauricio E.
title Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study
title_short Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study
title_full Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study
title_fullStr Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study
title_full_unstemmed Prenylated Flavonoids with Potential Antimicrobial Activity: Synthesis, Biological Activity, and In Silico Study
title_sort prenylated flavonoids with potential antimicrobial activity: synthesis, biological activity, and in silico study
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2022
url http://hdl.handle.net/2133/23311
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/23311
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