Immunomodulatory properties of S- and N-alkylated 5-(1H-indol-2-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2(3H)-thione

J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2013 Feb;28(1):105-12. doi: 10.3109/14756366.2011.636361. Epub 2011 Dec 6.

Abstract

A series of S- and N-alkylated indolyloxadiazoles 2-7 were prepared. All compounds were tested for their immunomodulatory activity against T-cell proliferation, oxidative burst and cytokine analysis. Compounds 1, 2a, 2b, 2c and 2k demonstrated highly significant (P ≤ 0.005) inhibition on PHA activated T-cell proliferation with IC(50) less than 3 µg/mL concentration, while 3b exert a moderate inhibitory effect with IC(50) 8.6 µg/mL. Among all compounds of the series, only 2h was found to suppress phagocytes ROS production (IC(50) 2.4 µg/mL) in luminol-based chemiluminescence (CL) assay. Compounds 2a-k have stimulatory effect on proinflammatory cytokine predominantly IL-1β but no effect on IL-4 and NO production indicating that these compounds might have selective inhibitory effect on T-cell proliferation. Cytotoxic effect on T-cell proliferation was tested on NIH-3T3 mouse fibroblast normal cell line. All compounds were found to be free from toxic effects up to 100 μM concentration.

MeSH terms

  • Alkylation
  • Animals
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Factors / chemistry*
  • Immunologic Factors / pharmacology*
  • Indoles / chemical synthesis
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • Interleukin-1beta / metabolism
  • Interleukin-4 / metabolism
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Mice
  • NIH 3T3 Cells / drug effects
  • Nitric Oxide / metabolism
  • Phagocytes / drug effects
  • Phagocytes / metabolism
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / metabolism
  • Respiratory Burst / drug effects
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • T-Lymphocytes / drug effects*
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology

Substances

  • Immunologic Factors
  • Indoles
  • Interleukin-1beta
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Interleukin-4
  • Nitric Oxide