WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
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WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research SJIF Impact Factor 5.045 Volume 4, Issue 1, 1536-1570. Research Article ISSN 2277– 7105 NEW INSIGHTS INTO ANTI-TUBERCULAR POTENTIAL OF TRIAZOLE SCAFFOLD *Rina Das and Dinesh Mehta Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharishi Markendeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, 133207. HR, India. Article Received on 11 Nov 2014, ABSTRACT Revised on 06 Dec 2014, Accepted on 31 Dec 2014 current problem of tuberculosis therapy is caused by the improper use TB is a worldwide problem and it is a global health emergency. The of antibiotics in chemotherapy of TB patients which gives rise to *Correspondence for multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains. Author compounds featuring five member ring of two carbon atoms and three Rina Das Triazoles are heterocyclic nitrogen atoms as part of the aromatic five-member ring and possess Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Maharishi almost all types of biological activities. This diversity in the Markendeshwar therapeutical response profile has attracted the attention of many University, Mullana, researchers to explore this skeleton to its multiple potential against Ambala, 133207. HR, several activities. Present article is sincere attempt to review chemistry, India. synthesis, spectral studies of triazoles and to study triazoles synthesized in last few years which have shown potent antitubercular activity. KEYWORDS: Antitubercular activity, Antitubercular drugs, Triazoles, Tuberculosis (TB). INTRODUCTION Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) aerobic bacilli belonging to the family Mycobacteriaceae , first identified in 1882 by Robert Koch. It is a chronic bacterial infection, spread through the air, and, which can mainly attack the lungs, although can affect other organs as well.[1-7] The cell wall of the bacilli has a high lipid content resulting in a high degree of hydrophobicity that resists decolorization by acid alcohol after staining with basic fuchsin.[8-9] For this reason, the organism is often referred to as an “acid-fast” bacillus (AFB). The bacillus thrives in oxygen rich environments, such as the apices of the lung, the renal parenchyma, and the growing ends of bones.[9-10] www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1536 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium of the „„tuberculosis complex‟‟, together with mainly M. tuberculosis (MTB). Other Mycobacterium species such as M. bovis, M. africanum, M.canetti and M. microti can also cause TB. TB is an airborne transmissible infection caused by spreading of aerosolized droplets of MTB.[11] Mycobacteriums belong to the order actinomycetales and family Mycobacteriaceae. Several species, including MTB, M. bovis, M. microti, M. canetti, M. africanum, M. kansasii, M. avium, and M. leprae, are intracellular pathogenic bacteria of higher vertebrates.[12] The MTB complex contains three other TB producing mycobacteriums such as M. bovis, M. africanum and M. microti. The first two mycobacteriums are very rarely cause disease in immune capable people. On the other hand M. microti is not typically pathogenic; the prevalence of M. microti infections has been under estimated.[13, 14] The non tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) causes neither TB nor leprosy, but cause pulmonary diseases resembling TB. The TB requires longer periods of treatment to entirely eliminate mycobacterium from the body.[15, 16] The current WHO-approved treatment for TB, known as directly observed therapy short course (DOTS), involves an intensive phase with three or four different drugs viz. isoniazid (INH, 1), rifampin (RIF, 2), pyrazinamide (PZA, 3), and ethambutol (EMB, 4) for a minimum of 6 months.[17] H HO O O N OH H NH2 HO O OH O NH O N N O N O OH O N Fig 1: Isoniazid (INH, 1). Fig2: Rifampin (RIF, 2). OH O N H N N H NH2 HO N Fig 3: Pyrazinamide (PZA, 3). www.wjpr.net Fig 4: Ethambutol (EMB, 4). Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1537 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research CH3 O H HO HO O HO OH O O O O N NH-CH3 HO N NH2 NH2 OH NH2 NH2 Fig 5: Streptomycin (SM, 5). Most of the drugs in the current tuberculosis regime result from research performed over 50 years ago.[18] There is an urgent need to develop more potent and fast acting anti-TB drugs with new modes of action to overcome the cross-resistance with current drugs and low toxicity profiles that can be tolerated for long treatment periods required for TB chemotherapy.[19] Development of resistance to existing drugs is a constantly growing phenomenon that has concerned researchers throughout the world, and now has reached alarming levels for TB. This combined with the recent decline in the development of new drugs to combat them can be anticipated to lead to infectious diseases lacking ready treatment regimens.[20] The current TB drugs can be divided into two categories: First-line drugs and Second-line drugs. The first-line drugs include INH (1), RIF (2), PZA, (3), EMB, (4) and Streptomycin (SM, 5). The first-line drugs combine the greatest level of efficacy with an acceptable degree of toxicity. Designed to reduce the bacterial population as rapidly as possible and to prevent the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria. These drugs are best given as combination of preparations unless one of the components cannot be given because of resistance or intolerance.[21] The second-line drugs include Kanamycin (6), Cycloserine (7), p-aminosalicylic acid (PAS, 8), Ethionamide (9), Prothionamide (10), Thiacetazone (11) and Fluoroquinolones (FQ, 12). OH OH HO O O NH3 HO O NH3 NH O O NH3 HO OH O NH3 Fig 6: Kanamycin (6) www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. NH2 Fig 7: Cycloserine (7) 1538 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research S NH2 O OH N OH H2N CH3 Fig 8: p-Aminosalicylic acid (PAS, 8) Fig 9: Ethionamide (9) H3C H N N NH2 N O S S H3C H2N N Fig 10: Prothionamide (10) Fig 11: Thiacetazone(11) R R N R HO F O O R Fig 12: Fluoroquinolones (FQ, 12) The second-line drugs are potentially nephrotoxic, therefore no two drugs from this group should be employed simultaneously or in combination with streptomycin. [22] They are utilized in cases of resistance, retreatment or intolerance to the first-line drugs.[23] They can also be categorized as either Bacteriostatic which include EMB (4) and PAS (8) or Bactericidal which include INH (1), RIF (2), SM (5) and FQ (12). The mechanisms of action and resistance of TB drugs have been reviewed by Silva and Anisa.[24] These drugs can be grouped as cell wall synthesis inhibitors, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors, protein synthesis inhibitors, and energy inhibitors. Concurrent resistance to atleast two or more of the five first line anti-TB drugs (INH, RIF, PZA, EBT, and SM) is Multi Drugs Resistance and Extensively Drugs Resistant (MDR-TB and XDR-TB) MTB[25] MDR-TB treatment is long lasting, less effective, costly, and poorly tolerated.[26] The XDR-TB is resistance to at least INH and RIF in addition to any quinolone and atleast one injectable second-line drug (capreomycin, amikacin, and kanamycin). The www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1539 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research principles of treatment for MDR-TB and XDR-TB are the same but the main difference is that XDR-TB is associated with a much higher mortality rate than MDR-TB, because of reduced number of effective treatment options.[27-31] Hence there is an urgent need for novel drugs that are active against MTB in order to shorten the duration of TB therapy. This article aims to review the work reported on the synthesis of triazoles with antitubercular activity during past few years. Triazoles are heterocyclic compounds featuring five member ring of two carbon atoms and three nitrogen atoms as part of the aromatic five-member ring. Triazole refers to either one of a pair of isomeric chemical compounds with molecular formula C2H3N3, having a five membered ring of two carbon atoms and three nitrogen atoms. The two isomers (Fig: 13) are. H 1 N H 1 N N2 5 N 2 5 3 4N 1,2,4-triazole 4 N 3 1,2,3-triazole Fig 13: Isomers of triazoles. 1,2,3-Triazole is one of a pair of isomeric chemical compounds with molecular formula C2H3N3, called triazoles, which have a five-membered ring of two carbon atoms and three nitrogen atoms. 1, 2, 3-Triazole is a basic aromatic heterocycle. Synthetic routes of Triazoles Many methods are available to synthesize 1, 2,4-triazole and its derivatives, out of which some are as depicted below. 1. From diacylhydrazide[32] HN NH H3CCO N + N H2NCH3 COCH3 Me Me N Me Scheme 1 2. 2. From acyl thiocyanates[33] R N RCOCl NH4SCN RCON=C=S S N N H R Scheme 2 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1540 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 3. From Esters[34] H2N-NH2 RCOOR N R-CONHNH2 N R-CONHNH-C-S-K+ SH N H R S Scheme 3 4. Triazoles may be prepared by heating acid hydrazide with amides e.g. formyl hydrazide andformamide give triazole.[35] NH2 N O=C + H-C=O NH NH + 2H2O N H2N Scheme 4 5. From condensation of Hydrazide or a mono substituted hydrazine with di-acylamine[36] Hydrazide or a mono substituted hydrazine is condensed with adi-acylamine in the presence of a weak acid, for example phenyl hydrazine and N-formyl benzamide. Reaction gave 1,5diphenyl-1,2,4-triazole (Fig. 5) in good yields. NH Ph-NHNH3 + PhCONHCHO H Ph C2H5OH N N Ph HN N Ph N Scheme 5 6. From aminoguanidine and formic acid.[37] NH2 H2N-C-NH-NH2 HCOOH N H3PO2 H2O H2N-C-NHNH-C-H NH NH N O N H N N N H Scheme 6 7. From 1,2,4-oxadiazole[38] N N NH3 N N O N H Scheme 7 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1541 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 8. By decarboxylation of 1,2,4-triazole -5-carboxylic acid[39] N N N N COOH N H N H Scheme 8 9. From 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole[40] N N H3PO4 H2O N N N N H NH2 Scheme 9 10. From 1,3,5- triazines[41] N N N H2N-NH2.HCl N N H N Scheme 10 Biological Activities The 1, 2, 4-triazole nucleus has been incorporated into a wide variety of therapeutically important agents. Ribavirin (antiviral),[42] Rizatriptan (antimigraine),[43] Vorozole, Letrozole and Anastrozole (antitumor)[44] are some examples of drugs containing 1, 2, 4-triazole moiety. Posaconazole, Fluconazole and Itraconazole,[45,46] that are efficient antifungal drugs used in current treatment. A number of biological activity such as antibacterial antifungal [47,48] antiinflammatory, analgesic[49] anticonvulsant,[50] anticancer[51,52] antitumor,[53,54] antiviral,[55] antileishmanial,[56] potassium channel activators,[57] antiplatelet[58] and anti-oxidant[59] have been associated with N- substituted triazole attached with different hetrocyclic nuclei. In the design of new bioactive agents, the development of hybrid molecules through the combination of different pharmacophores in the same structure may lead to compounds having more efficiency in biological activity. Systematic structural modifications of the amide-1,2,3-triazole leads to develop of bioisosteric relationship in the molecule.[60] It has www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1542 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research been noticed continuously over the years that interesting biological activities were associated with triazole derivatives. Some Biologically Active Triazole Derivatives Amitrole [61] (Fig: 14) (3-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazole) is used as a herbicide and also to defoliate cotton plants before mechanical harvesting H2N N N N H Fig: 14 The clinically useful derivatives of 1,2,3-triazole includes Tazobactam[62] (Fig:15) which is used in combination with β-lactam antibiotics as antibacterial and Fig:14[63] (Fig:16)used as an anticonvulsant. O O S F CH2 N CH3 N CH2 HN N N N N O CONH2 F Fig: 15 Fig:16 The derivatives of 1,2,4- triazole of therapeutic importance includes Rizatriptan[64] Trazodone[65] (Fig:18) an antidepressant, Dapiprazole[66] (Fig:19) a miotic agent,Ribavirin[67] (Fig:20) an antiviral agent, Israpafant[68] (Fig:21) an antiasthmatic, Lotrifen[69] (Fig:22) anabortifacient and Rilmazafone[70] (Fig:23)a potent sedative and hypnotic agent. (CH2)N(CH3)2 N N CH3 N H N Fig: 17 O Cl N N (CH2)3 N N N Fig: 18 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1543 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research N N N H3C (CH2)2 N N Fig: 19 N N CONH2 N S N N O HO CH2 N H3C N Cl OH HO Fig: 20 Fig:21 N (CH3)2NCO CH2NHCOCH2NH2 N N Cl N OC N N Fig:22 Cl Cl Fig:23 Some derivatives of 1H-1,2,4- triazole are also found to be useful as potent antiestrogens, major examples of which are Anastrozole[71] (Fig:24) , vorozole[72] (Fig:25) and letrozole[73] (Fig:26). CN N N C(CH3)2 N CH3 CN Fig:24 C(CH3)2 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1544 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research N N N CH N N CH3 N Cl Fig: 25 N N N CH CN NC Fig: 26 Antifungal activity exhibited by many potent antifungal agents is attributed to the presence of triazole ring system. Major examples of triazole containing antifungal agents include Fluconazole[74] (Fig:27), Voriconazole[75] (Fig:28) and Itraconazole[76] (Fig:29). F N OH N C F F CH2 CH C F N CH3 OH CH2 N CH2 N N F N N N N N Fig: 27 Fig:28 Cl O Cl N R N CH2-O H N N O N N R= N CH3 CH-C2H5 N O Fig: 29 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1545 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research The triazole ring has been fused at 1,2-position of 1,4-benzodiazepines to give Estrazolam[77] (Fig:30) and Triazolam[78] (Fig:31)the potent hypnotic agents and Alprazolam[79] (Fig:32) a potent antipsychotic agent. N N R 30] R=H,X=Cl,Y=H 31] R=CH3,X=Cl,Y=Cl N NH2 32] R=CH3,X=Cl,Y=H Y X A brief review of triazoles associated with antimycobacterial activity is presented below. Sanna et al.[80] synthesized a series of 3-aryl substituted-2-(1H(2H)-benzotriazol-1(2)yl)acrylonitriles for a preliminary invitro evaluation of antitubercular activity. They reported that several compounds showed interesting activity in the preliminary screening with a percent growth inhibition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis between 40 and 99% at the concentration of 12.5 µg/mL. The most effective derivatives were also tested in vitro against M. avium. Klimesova et al.[81]evaluated a series of 3-benzylsulfanyl derivatives of 1,2,4-triazole and 4methyl-1,2,4-triazole for their invitro antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. avium, and two strains of M. kansasii. The activities were expressed as minimum inhibitory concentrations. The compounds exhibited only a moderate or slight anti mycobacterial activity with MICs falling into a range of 32> 1000 µmol/L. The most active substances bear two nitro groups or a thioamide group on the benzyl moiety. As regards to cytotoxicity effect, the evaluated compounds could be considered as moderately toxic. Zahajska et al.[82] prepared a set of four types of benzazoles, 1,2,4-triazole, and pyridine-2carbonitrile/-2-carbothioamide substituted with 1-naphthylmethylsulfanyl or pyridylmethylsulfanyl to modify the structure of benzylsulfanyl derivatives. The compounds were evaluated for in vitro antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M.avium, and two strains of M. kansasii. The MIC values were in the range of 2 to >1000mol/L. Introduction of a pyridyl moiety into the molecule generally decreased the activity. A naphthyl moiety did not affect the activity when substituted with a phenyl ring. www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1546 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research The most active substances were 4-(3-pyridylmethylsulfanyl)pyridine-2-carbothioamide(MIC = 2 - >62.5 mol/L) and 4-(1-naphthylmethylsulfanyl)pyridine-2-carbothioamide (MIC = 2 >32 mol/L). Kaplancikli et al. [83] synthesized new 3-alkylsulfanyl-1,2,4-triazole derivatives(Fig. 33) and evaluated them for antitubercular activity by broth microdilution assay, the Microplate Alamar Blue Assay, in BACTEC 12B medium using BACTEC 460 Radiometric System against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (ATCC 27294) at 6.25 µg/ml and the tested compounds showed considerable inhibition ranging from 58-84%. S N NH N O HS S Cl Fig: 33 Costa et al [84] described the synthesis, in vitro anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis profile, and the SAR study of new N-substitutedphenyl-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbaldehydes (Fig. 34).Two compounds screened for the inhibitory activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv were able to inhibit the growth of the mycobacterium. Interestingly, these compounds exhibited the best inhibition with MIC values of 2.5 µg/mL, similar to pharmaceuticals currently used in the treatment of tuberculosis. Their SAR study indicated the importance of the hydrogen bond acceptor subunit, the position in the aromatic ring, the planarity of triazole and phenyl rings in these compounds, and a correlation between the uniform highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)coefficient distribution and the anti-tubercular activity. The significant activity of two compounds pointed them as promising lead molecules for further synthetic and biological exploration www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1547 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research OHC N N N Compound 3a 3k R 3,5-DiCl 4-CH3 R Fig: 34 Banfi et al.[85] investigated different series of imidazole and triazole derivatives having an azomethine linkage to pyridine-2-carboxamidohydrazone to develop new antimycobacterial and antifungal drugs. MICs of the compounds were evaluated by reference assay and as well as employing recently developed Microdilution Resazurin Assay (MRA). It was found that halogenated derivatives showed good activity; most of the compounds had inhibitory action against Mycobacterium tuberculosis reference and clinical strains, with MICs in the range 464 mg/L. Molecular modeling investigations showed that the active new compounds may interact at the new potent site of mycobacterial cytochrome P450-dependentsterol-14αdemethylase and that the calculated binding free energy values are in agreement with the corresponding MIC values. In 2007 Shiradkar M et al.[86] synthesized a series of N-{4-[(4-amino-5-sulfanyl-4H-1,2,4triazol-3- yl)methyl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl}-2-substituted-amides (Fig:35) in good yields. The compounds were screened for antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain by broth micro dilution assay method. The in vitro antitubercular activity reports of tested compounds against M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv showed moderate to better activity. R S N N N N SH NH2 R= H, CH3, NH2, NHCH3 Fig: 35 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1548 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Mahendra Ramesh Shiradkar et al,[87] reported the synthesis of various derivatives of N-{4[(4-amino-5- sulphanyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methyl]-1,3-thiazol-2-yl}-2-substituted amides (Fig:36) and tested for antibacterial and antitubercular potency. Compound 5a with R= NHCOCH2Cl and Ar = 4Cl-C6H4 showed good antitubercular activity. N N Active R Ar compound 5a -NHCOCH2Cl 4Cl-C6H5 SCH2COOCH3 N NH N O S R Ar Fig: 36 Mahendra Shiradkar et al,[88] synthesized analogues of thiazolyl triazoles (Fig:37) and tested for their antimycobacterial and antimicrobial activities. Compound with R= NHCOCH 2Cl showed good antitubercular activity. NH N N O R S N N S N N N NH2 SH Fig: 37 Carta et al.[89] studied activity of 3-methyl-9-substituted-6-oxo-6,9-dihydro-3H-[1,2,3]triazolo[4,5-h]quinolone carboxylic acids(Fig. 38) and their esters as a new class of antiinfective agents against MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In antitubercular screening against H37Rv and clinically isolated strains of M.tuberculosis several derivatives showed MIC90 in the range 0.5-3.2µg/mL. Preliminary SAR studies suggested that in general the presence of an alkyl substituent on triazole nucleus was more favorable than propenyl or benzyl groups for better antitubercular activity. One compound showed no cytotoxicity and proved to bethe most potent derivative exhibiting MIC90=0.5 µg/mL against all strains of M. tuberculosis and infected human macrophages (J774-A1)tested . www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1549 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research COOH H3C N N N N H Fig: 38 A series of 4-arylidenamino-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol derivatives were synthesized and evaluated by Ozdemir et al.[90] for antituberculosis activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv (ATCC 27294), using the BACTEC 460 radiometric system and BACTEC 12B medium. One compound showed significant activity at 6.25 µg/mL with a 87% inhibition. Biswajit Kumar Singh and coworkers[91] prepared5-Azido-5-deoxy-xylo-, ribo-, and arabinofuranoses by the reaction of the respective 5-O-(methanesulfonyl) or ptoluenesulfonyl derivatives with NaN3 in DMF. The intermediate 5-azido-5-deoxy glycofuranoses on 1,3-cycloaddition with different alkynes in the presence of CuSO4 and sodium ascorbate gave the corresponding sugar triazoles(Fig :39) in very good yields. The synthesized sugar triazoles were evaluated for their antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, where one of the compounds displayed mild antitubercular activity in vitro with MIC 12.5 µg/mL. N N N O OMe R OH OH Fig: 39 A series of novel N-alkyl/aryl-N'-[4-(4-alkyl/aryl-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione-5yl)phenyl]thioureas and three S-alkylated representatives of the former, N-alkyl/aryl-N'-[4(3-aralkylthio-4-alkyl/aryl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-5-yl)phenyl]thioureas was studied by Kucukguzel et al for antimycobacterial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1550 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research as well as Mycobacterium fortuitum ATCC 6841 which is a rapid growing opportunistic pathogen.[92] Some compounds were found to possess the same MIC value as that of tobramycin against M. fortuitum ATCC 6841whereas other compounds had positive response against M.tuberculosis H37Rv at varying degrees. One compound was identified as the most potent derivative of the series with an MIC value of 6.25 µg/mL and selectivity index of 1.6.[92] Further, they designed a series of novel 5-[(4-aminophenoxy)methyl]-4-alkyl/aryl-2,4dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiones and several related thioureas, N-alkyl/aryl-N'-{4-[(4alkyl/aryl-5-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methoxy]phenyl}thioureas(Fig.40) for evaluation of their antimycobacterial potency. All compounds were evaluated in vitro for antimycobacterial against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. One compound was the most active compound with 79% inhibition against M. tuberculosis H37Rv. H N NH N NH S O N S CH2 Fig: 40 A novel series of 4-pyrrol-1-yl benzoic acid hydrazide analogs, derived 5-substituted-2-thiol1,3,4-oxadiazoles, 5-substituted-4-amino-1,2,4-triazolin-3-thione (Fig. 41) and 2,5- dimethylpyrroles were designed and synthesized in good yields by Joshi et al.[93] Compounds were evaluated for their preliminary in vitro antibacterial activity against some Gram-positive and Gram negative bacteria and for antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain by broth dilution assay method. Some compounds exhibited very good antibacterial and antitubercular activities. O NH N N N N N Fig 41 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1551 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Singh et al.[94] reported preparation of 5-azido-5-deoxy-xylo-, ribo-, and arabinofuranoses and their intermediate 5-azido-5-deoxyglycofuranoses which on 1,3-cycloaddition with different alkyne safforded the corresponding sugar triazoles in very good yields. The synthesized sugar triazoles were evaluated for their antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, where one ofthe compounds displayed mild antitubercular activity in vitro with MIC 12.5 µg/mL. Gill et al.[95] Synthesized a series of novel clubbed [1,2,3] triazoles(Fig. 42) with fluorine benzimidazole series of H37Rv strain inhibitors. As a part of SAR studies, they had incorporated fluoro substituent at positions 2, 3 & 4 in different variations on the phenyl ring attached to triazole nucleus. Replacement of fluoro with trifluoromethyl group resulted in a substantial loss of biological activity. This loss may indicate retardation in the intracellular transport due to highly electronegativity in one region. In case of electron donating groups, like methyl substitutions resulted in loss of activity. The biological data generated revealed that compounds having an electron withdrawing group like fluoro attached to triazole nucleus may prove a template for anti tuberculosis activity for further development. Some of the derivatives are under further evaluation showing better and considerable activity compared to rifampin. N F N N N N F F F Fig: 42 A series of 1-nitrobenzyloxybenzotriazoles was synthesized and tested against four Mycobacterium strains by Augustynowicz-Kopec et al.[96] High antimycobacterial activity, comparable with that of isoniazide, was found for 5,6-dichloro-1-(3,5-dinitrobenzyloxy)-1Hbenzotriazole (Fig. 43). www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1552 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - O O N+ N O -O N N N+ Cl O Cl Fig: 43 Gupte et al.[97] Demonstrated synthesis, biochemical, and biological evaluation of a systematic series of 2-triazole derivatives (Fig.44) of 5'-O-[N-(salicyl)sulfamoyl]adenosine (Sal-AMS) and described them as inhibitors of aryl acid adenylating enzymes (AAAE)involved in siderophore biosynthesis by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. SAR revealed a remarkable ability to tolerate a wide range of substituents at the 4-position of the triazole moiety, and a majority of the compounds possessed subnano molar apparent inhibition constants. However, the in vitro potency did not always translate into whole cell biological activity against M. tuberculosis, suggesting that intrinsic resistance plays an important role in the observed activities. OH N N N N NH2 N NH O O S N N O HO OH OH Fig: 44 Castagnolo et al.[98] Reported a series of novel enantiomerically pure azole derivatives(Fig. 45). The new compounds, bearing an imidazole and a triazole moiety, were evaluated as antimycobacterial agents. One of them proved to have activity against Mycobaterium tuberculosis comparable to those of the classical antibacterial/antifungal drugs such as econazole and clotrimazole. www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1553 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Br N N N N N Fig: 45 A series of fluorinated 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carboxylic acid derivatives was designed and synthesized by Abdel-Rahman et al.[99] These compounds were screened against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain at 6.25 µg/mL concentration. One compound, the 7-oxo-2-(trifluoromethyl)-4,7-dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-a]pyrimidine-6- carboxylic acid (Fig.46) was found to be a very potent inhibitor, being able to inhibit 92% growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv at 6.25 µg/mL concentration. At the same time, it proved to be nontoxic to mammalian cells (IC50> 62.5 µg/mL in verocells). O O N N OH N N H F F F Fig: 46 Newly 1,2,4 triazoles analogs (Fig:47) were synthesized by NB Patel et al.[100]and carried in vitro antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain. Compound 3(3-pyridyl)-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4-(N-4-chloro-1,3-benzo thiazol-2-amino)-4H-1,2,4 triazole showed better antitubercular activity compared to rifampicin. N N N CH3 NH N N S R= 4-Cl R Fig: 47 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1554 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research A series of 2-substituted-5-[isopropylthiazole] clubbed 1,2,4-triazole and 1,3,4- oxadiazole derivatives (Fig:48) were synthesized and were evaluated for their preliminary cytotoxicity, antimicrobial and antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain by broth dilution assay method.[101] Antimycobacterial activity tested against M. tuberculosis indicated that compounds 4b and 6g exhibited twofold enhanced potency than parent compound and the results indicate that some of them exhibited promising activities and they deserve more consideration as potential antitubercular agents. The tested compounds possessed moderate to good inhibition, compounds 6g and 6i showed comparatively good activity against all tested microbial strains and excellent inhibition towards M. tuberculosis H37Rv at MIC 4 mg/mL. N Compound 6g N N R Cl SH N S 6i NH HC HC R Fig: 48 Different 1,4-Disubstituted -1,2,3-triazoles(Fig:49) were developed by Tripathi and coworkers[102] and were screened for antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and compounds 9,12 and 14 exhibited antitubercular activities with MIC ranging from 12.5 to 3.12 ug/ml. N N O N Compound R 9 -4CHO 12 -4CHO 14 -2,5-DiMe R1 R R1 -(CH2)4CH3 -(CH2)5CH3 -CH2OH Fig: 49 Kumar et al.[103] Studied a series of 2-substituted-5-[isopropylthiazole] clubbed 1,2,4-triazole (Fig. 50) and 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives for their antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain by broth dilution assay method. One compound exhibited promising antitubercular activity with MIC value of 4 µg/mL when compared with standard drug INH having MIC value of 0.25 µg/mL. This result indicates that it deserve more consideration as potential antitubercular agent. www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1555 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research H3C N N N S CH3 N N SH Cl Fig: 50 Patel et al.[104] Synthesized 3-(3-pyridyl)-5-(4-methylphenyl)-4-(Nsubstituted-1,3- benzothiazol-2-amino)-4H-1,2,4-triazole analogs (Fig. 51) and evaluated for antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain using Lowenstein-Jensen medium and antimicrobial activity against various bacteria and fungi using broth microdilution method. Some compounds emerged as promising antimicrobials. It was also observed that the promising antimicrobials have proved to be better antituberculars. One compound showed better antitubercular activity with MIC value of 25 µg/mL when compared with standard drug rifampicin having MIC value of 40 µg/mL. N N N CH3 N HN S N Cl Fig: 51 Various 4-substituted N-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole derivatives were synthesized by N Nubia Boechat(Fig:52) using click chemistry.[105] The derivatives were screened in vitro for antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv (ATCC 27294) using the Alamar Blue susceptibility test. Derivatives of isoniazid (INH), (E)-N0-[(1-aryl)1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-yl)methylene] isonicotinoyl hydrazides, exhibited significant activity with MIC values ranging from 2.5 to 0.62 μg/mL. In addition, they displayed low cytotoxicity against liver cells (hepatoma HepG2) and kidney cells (BGM), thereby providing a high therapeutic index. The results demonstrated the potential and importance of developing new INH derivatives to treat mycobacterial infections. www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1556 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research N N N R Fig: 52 N-substituted-phenylamino-5-methyl-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbohydrazide derivatives were synthesized by Mandal S and coworkers[106] (Fig:53). These derivatives were synthesized in good yields and some of them showed a promising antitubercular profile. The Nacylhydrazone (NAH) 8n was the most potent against the Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain (MIC = 2.5 lg/mL) similar to or better than the current drugs on the market. The theoretical structure– activity relationship study suggested that the presence of the furyl ring and the electronegative group (NO2) as well as low lipophilicity and small volume group at R position are important structural features for the antitubercular profile of these molecules. Ar O N H N H N Compound 8n R H Ar N N CH3 O NO2 N H R Fig: 53 Rapid synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole derivatives(Fig : 54) has been achieved via Huisgen's 1,3dipolar cycloaddition between alkyl/arylazides and diethyl/dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in excellent yields under solvent-free conditions by Shanmugavelan P and coworkers.[107] In vitro antitubercular activity of these triazoles were screened against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H(37)Rv strain. Four of the compounds(2b,2d,2e,3d) showed MIC in the range of 1.56-3.13 μg/mL proving their potential activity. www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1557 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research N N O N R N O N R O O CH3 O O O O CH3 CH3 CH3 compound of the series 2 compound of the series 3 Fig: 54 Analogues of Gallic acid [3, 4, 5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, C6H2(OH)3 COOH] containing triazole nucleus (Fig:55) were synthesized.[108] Then all synthesized compounds were subjected to investigation for their antitubercular activity against M.Tuberculosis H37Rv strain using MABA method and Rifampicin as the standard. The results of which showed that among the synthesized compounds few compounds showed equivalent activity as that of standard while remaining compounds found to be less active when compared to standard. Compounds S2 and S5 with Ar =-3NO2 and -4OH showed good antitubercular activity. HO N HO N HO Compound S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 N NHC2H5 N=CH-Ar Ar -3,4,5-OCH3 -3NO2 -4NO2 -3OH -4OH Fig: 55 Shashikant Patten et al.[109] Synthesised 5-mercapto 1,2,4-triazole derivatives (Fig:56) and evaluated for antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antitubercular activities. Compounds 5g and 5h with Ar = p-NH2-C6H4 showed very good antitubercular activity. N Ar N N SH N NH Ar N SH N 5g,h = Ar = p-NH2-C6H4 O SO2NH2 Fig: 56 www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1558 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Suhyun Kim and coworkers[110] designed and synthesized 1H-1,2,3-triazoles derived from econazole (Fig : 57).The majority of triazole derivatives have been prepared by microwaveassisted click chemistry. The prepared triazoles had no antifungal activities. However, most of the hydroxy-triazoles (10) turned out to have antitubercular activities. Overall, hydroxytriazoles 10 were more active than their corresponding ether-triazoles . While the MIC value of hydroxy-triazole 10d was as good as econazole (16 lg/mL), the MIC value of 10a was twofold more active than econazole, suggesting that this 1H- 1,2,3-triazole scaffold could be further optimized to develop Mtb specific agents. R N N Cl Compound 10a 10d R n-Bu cyclohexyl N OH Cl Fig: 57 A novel series of some 2-(4,5-disubstituted-4,5-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl) pyrazine (B1B9) derivatives (Fig:58) were prepared from N'-substituted pyrazine-2-carbohydrazide by Dighe NS and coworkers.[111] The compounds were evaluated for antibacterial activity, antifungal activity, antitubercular and anti-inflammatory activities. Among the synthesized compounds some compounds found to possess all these activities. Compounds B2, B4, and B7 has showed promising antitubercular activity. N N N N N R H Ar OH Ar B4 OMe CH=CH- R Fig: 58 www.wjpr.net Compound B2 B7 O CH=CH- Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1559 Das et al. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research CONCLUSION This review is an attempt to explore the anti-tubercular potential of triazole scaffold in medicinal chemistry and drug development. The plethora of research effort scarried out focus that myriad spectrums of promising anti-tubercular activity exhibited by triazole derivatives. Information provided in this manuscript can be found useful for further investigations on this scaffold. Moreover, rational design and development of the novel antitubercular agents incorporating this nucleus can help in dealing with escalating problems of the microbial resistance and also to meet the need for an effective antitubercular therapy for the treatment of MDR tuberculosis. Various studies suggested that electron donating groups, like methyl substitutions resulted in loss of activity. The biological data generated revealed that compounds having an electron withdrawing group like fluoro attached to triazole nucleus may prove a template for anti tuberculosis activity for further development. It was also suggested that in general the presence of an alkyl substituent on triazole nucleus was more favorable than propenyl or benzyl groups for better antitubercular activity. Studies also indicated that the presence of the furyl ring and the electronegative group (NO2) group present in the molecule are important structural features for the antitubercular profile of the molecules. SAR studies also revealed a remarkable ability to tolerate a wide range of substituents at the 4-position of the triazole moiety, and a majority of the compounds possessed subnanomolar apparent inhibition constants. However, the in vitro potency did not always translate into whole cell biological activity against M. tuberculosis, suggesting that intrinsic resistance plays an important role in the observed activities. Studies indicated the importance of the hydrogen bond acceptor subunit, the position in the aromatic ring, the planarity of triazole and phenyl rings in these compounds, and a correlation between the uniform HOMO coefficient distribution and the anti-tubercular activity. The examples used in this manuscript demonstrate the usefulness of triazole derivatives as, thereby confirming that these compounds can still have a place in the tool-kit of the modern medicinal chemist to synthesize novel anti-tubercular drugs. CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors confirm that this article content has no conflicts of interest. www.wjpr.net Vol 4, Issue 1, 2015. 1560 Das et al. 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