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Abstract
Throughout the period of evaluation and selection in drug development, the assessment of the permeability potential of a compound to achieve an efficient refinement of the molecular structure has been widely appraised by the transport of substances across cell monolayers. This study aims to develop in vitro assays through Caco-2 cells in order to analyze the permeability of 5-nitro-heterocyclic compounds analogues to nifuroxazide with antimicrobial activity, especially showing promising activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Caco-2 cell monolayers cultivated for 21 days in Transwell® plates were used for the in vitro permeability assays. The quantification of the nifuroxazide derivatives in the basolateral chambers was performed by a validated high performance liquid chromatography with UV (HPLC-UV) method. Apparent permeability values (Papp) show that these compounds can be considered as new drug candidates with the potential to present high absorption in vivo, according to the classifications of Yee and Biganzoli. The thiophenic derivatives showed permeability values higher than the furanic ones, being AminoTIO the compound with the greatest potential for the development of a new drug against MRSA, since it showed the best cytotoxicity, permeability and solubility ratio among all the derivatives.
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Alex Alfredo de Oliveira, Fanny Palace Berl, João Sussumu Murayama, Leandro Bortolozzo, Rodrigo Rocha, Salomão Dória Jorge from the Laboratory of Drug Design and Development of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technology Department at the Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty/University of São Paulo for the synthesis of the nifuroxazide derivatives.
Declaration of interest
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