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Chen Y, Liu H, Wang J, Wang K, Zhang Z, He B, Ye Y. Design, Synthesis, and Antifungal Evaluation of Diverse Heterocyclic Hydrazide Derivatives as Potential Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:12915-12924. [PMID: 38807027 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
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Plant pathogenic fungi pose a significant threat to agricultural production, necessitating the development of new and more effective fungicides. The ring replacement strategy has emerged as a highly successful approach in molecular design. In this study, we employed the ring replacement strategy to successfully design and synthesize 32 novel hydrazide derivatives containing diverse heterocycles, such as thiazole, isoxazole, pyrazole, thiadiazole, 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-oxadiazole, thiophene, pyridine, and pyrazine. Their antifungal activities were evaluated in vitro and in vivo. Bioassay results revealed that most of the title compounds displayed remarkable antifungal activities in vitro against four tested phytopathogenic fungi, including Fusarium graminearum, Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Rhizoctonia solani. Especially, compound 5aa displayed a broad spectrum of antifungal activity against F. graminearum, B. cinerea, S. sclerotiorum, and R. solani, with the corresponding EC50 values of 0.12, 4.48, 0.33, and 0.15 μg/mL, respectively. In the antifungal growth assay, compound 5aa displayed a protection efficacy of 75.5% against Fusarium head blight (FHB) at a concentration of 200 μg/mL. In another in vivo antifungal activity evaluation, compound 5aa exhibited a noteworthy protective efficacy of 92.0% against rape Sclerotinia rot (RSR) at a concentration of 100 μg/mL, which was comparable to the positive control tebuconazole (97.5%). The existing results suggest that compound 5aa has a broad-spectrum antifungal activity. Electron microscopy observations showed that compound 5aa might cause mycelial abnormalities and organelle damage in F. graminearum. Moreover, in the in vitro enzyme assay, we found that the target compounds 5aa, 5ab, and 5ca displayed significant inhibitory effects toward succinate dehydrogenase, with the corresponding IC50 values of 1.62, 1.74, and 1.96 μM, respectively, which were superior to that of boscalid (IC50 = 2.38 μM). Additionally, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation results revealed that compounds 5aa, 5ab, and 5ca have the capacity to bind in the active pocket of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), establishing hydrogen-bonding interactions with neighboring amino acid residues.
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- Yiliang Chen
- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma'anshan, Anhui 243032, People's Republic of China
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- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
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- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
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- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
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- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
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- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
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- State & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Green Pesticide Invention and Application, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, People's Republic of China
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Abel SAG, Alnafta N, Asmus E, Bollenbach-Wahl B, Braun R, Dittgen J, Endler A, Frackenpohl J, Freigang J, Gatzweiler E, Heinemann I, Helmke H, Laber B, Lange G, Machettira A, McArthur G, Müller T, Odaybat M, Reingruber AM, Roth S, Rosinger CH, Schmutzler D, Schulte W, Stoppel R, Tiebes J, Volpin G, Barber DM. A Study in Scaffold Hopping: Discovery and Optimization of Thiazolopyridines as Potent Herbicides That Inhibit Acyl-ACP Thioesterase. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:18212-18226. [PMID: 37677080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c02490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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In the search for new chemical entities that can control resistant weeds by addressing novel modes of action (MoAs), we were interested in further exploring a compound class that contained a 1,8-naphthyridine core. By leveraging scaffold hopping methodologies, we were able to discover the new thiazolopyridine compound class that act as potent herbicidal molecules. Further biochemical investigations allowed us to identify that the thiazolopyridines inhibit acyl-acyl carrier protein (ACP) thioesterase (FAT), with this being further confirmed via an X-ray cocrystal structure. Greenhouse trials revealed that the thiazolopyridines display excellent control of grass weed species in pre-emergence application coupled with dose response windows that enable partial selectivity in certain crops.
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- Steven A G Abel
- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Targenomix GmbH, Am Mühlenberg 11, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Hit Discovery, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred-Nobel-Straße 50, 40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Small Molecules Technologies, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research and Development, Weed Control Research, Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Steinborn C, Tancredi A, Habiger C, Diederich C, Kramer J, Reingruber AM, Laber B, Freigang J, Lange G, Schmutzler D, Machettira A, Besong G, Magauer T, Barber DM. Investigations into Simplified Analogues of the Herbicidal Natural Product (+)-Cornexistin. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300199. [PMID: 36807428 PMCID: PMC7614749 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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We report the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of simplified analogues of the herbicidal natural product (+)-cornexistin. Guided by an X-Ray co-crystal structure of cornexistin bound to transketolase from Zea mays, we attempted to identify the key interactions that are necessary for cornexistin to maintain its herbicidal profile. This resulted in the preparation of three novel analogues investigating the importance of substituents that are located on the nine-membered ring of cornexistin. One analogue maintained a good level of biological activity and could provide researchers insights in how to further optimize the structure of cornexistin for commercialization in the future.
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- Christian Steinborn
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Hit Discovery Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Alfred-Nobel-Straße 50, 40789, Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80-82, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Research & Development, Weed Control Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, Industriepark Höchst, 65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Yao G, Wang M, Li B, Peng H, Yang S, Zhao C, Xu H. Design, synthesis, and biological activity of novel spiro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazolines derivatives as potential insecticides. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2023; 79:1164-1174. [PMID: 36371599 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Arylpyrazole insecticides display broad-spectrum insecticidal activity against insect pests. However, the high toxicity toward honeybees associated with fipronil prohibits its agronomic utility. To explore reducing the toxicity of aryl pyrazole analogs to bees, a series of new spiro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazoline derivatives were designed and synthesized. RESULTS Bioassay results showed that these compounds exhibited good insecticidal activity. In particular, the insecticidal activity of compound 5f against Plutella xylostella larvae (median lethal contentration, LC50 = 1.43 mg L-1 ) was equivalent to that of fipronil. Moreover, some compounds also showed good insecticidal activity against Solenopsis invicta. Importantly, the bee toxicity study confirmed that compound 5f had much lower acute oral toxicity, with a median lethal dose (LD50 ) = 1.15 μg bee-1 that was three to four orders of magnitude greater than that of fipronil (0.0012 μg bee-1 ). Electrophysiological studies were conducted using honeybee γ-aminobutyric acid receptor heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes to explain the reduced bee toxicity of compound 5f. The inhibitory effect of compound 5f (16.29 μmol L-1 ) was determined to be approximately 700-fold lower than that of fipronil (0.023 μmol L-1 ). CONCLUSION These spiro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]quinazoline derivatives could be potential candidates and lead structures for the discovery of novel insecticides with low bee toxicity. © 2022 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Guangkai Yao
- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Natural Pesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-bioresources, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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