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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 1999, p. 1982-1987, Vol. 43, No. 8
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular
Toxicology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,
Massachusetts 01655
Received 14 December 1998/Returned for modification 22 March
1999/Accepted 2 June 1999
6-Anilinouracils are selective inhibitors of DNA polymerase III,
the enzyme required for the replication of chromosomal DNA in
gram-positive bacteria (N. C. Brown, L. W. Dudycz, and
G. E. Wright, Drugs Exp. Clin. Res. 12:555-564, 1986). A new
class of 6-anilinouracils based on N-3 alkyl substitution of the uracil ring was synthesized and analyzed for activity as inhibitors of the
gram-positive bacterial DNA polymerase III and the growth of
gram-positive bacterial pathogens. Favorable in vitro properties of
N-3-alkyl derivatives prompted the synthesis of derivatives in which
the R group at N-3 was replaced with more-hydrophilic methoxyalkyl and
hydroxyalkyl groups. These hydroxyalkyl and methoxyalkyl derivatives
displayed Ki values in the range from 0.4 to
2.8 µM against relevant gram-positive bacterial DNA polymerase IIIs
and antimicrobial activity with MICs in the range from 0.5 to 15 µg/ml against a broad spectrum of gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant staphylococci and vancomycin-resistant
enterococci. Two of these hydrophilic derivatives displayed protective
activity in a simple mouse model of lethal staphylococcal infection.
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