Table 2 In vitro antimalarial activities and cytotoxicities of DQ derivatives (determined by SYBR Green I fluorescence viability readout, data from three independent biological replicates, n  =  3, each performed in technical triplicates, ±SE)

From: Accessible and distinct decoquinate derivatives active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and apicomplexan parasites

Compd

cLogP

IC50 (nM)a

Resistance indexb

IC50 (µM) WI-38c

Selectivity index SId

NF54

K1

W2

RI1

RI2

ARM

ND

5.77 ± 1.33

7.26 ± 2.34

4.5 ± 0.78

1.3

0.8

ND

ND

ARS

ND

7.88 ± 1.35

8.97 ± 2.26

6.77 ± 1.13

1.4

0.8

>100

>12,690

CQ

ND

510 ± 3.8

154.7 ± 14.9

233.18 ± 49

15.0

22.6

ND

ND

DQ 2

8.19

26.6 ± 1.4

64.9 ± 8.8

15.4 ± 3.4

2.4

0.6

>100

>3759

11

5.5

>200

>200

>200

ND

ND

54.9

ND

12

5.3

156.9 ± 10.6

197.7 ± 41.4

194.5 ± 48.3

1.3

1.2

41.3

263

17

4.7

>200

>200

>200

ND

ND

40.1

ND

18

5.6

>200

>200

>200

ND

ND

83.4

ND

21

5.0

6.8 ± 3.9

14.4 ± 6.3

5.7 ± 3.5

2.0

0.8

>100

>14,705

22

3.8

1.4 ± 0.5

1.3 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.1

0.9

0.7

>100

>71,428

23

3.5

93.1 ± 35.4

80.5 ± 34.1

47.1 ± 2.9

0.8

0.5

>100

>1074

24

2.9

9.6 ± 2.9

15.0 ± 5.6

7.4 ± 1.9

1.5

0.7

>100

>10,416

25

5.2

136.0 ± 41.9

˃200

84.4 ± 28.1

2.0

0.6

>100

>735

26

3.2

92.1 ± 49.3

65.35 ± 22.3

19.8 ± 1.2

1.2

0.2

40.1

435

27

2.7

21.9 ± 11.7

16.8 ± 5.9

9.1 ± 1.1

0.7

0.4

56.5

2579

Emetine

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

ND

0.05

ND

  1. ARM artemether, ARS artesunate, CQ chloroquine, DQ decoquinate
  2. aPf NF54: CQ sensitive; K1: CQ, pyrimethamine, mefloquine, cycloguanil resistant; W2: CQ, quinine, pyrimethamine, cycloguanil resistant
  3. bRI1 = IC50 K1/IC50 NF54, RI2 = IC50 W2/IC50 NF54
  4. cHuman fetal lung fibroblasts WI-38 cell line (HFLF)
  5. dSI = IC50 WI-38/IC50 NF54