Anti-Helicobacter pylori activities of selected N-substituted cinnamamide derivatives evaluated on reference and clinical bacterial strains

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 2018 May;71(5):543-548. doi: 10.1038/s41429-018-0027-1. Epub 2018 Feb 13.

Abstract

In this study, thirty-five N-substituted derivatives of cinnamic acid amide (cinnamamide) were evaluated for anti-Helicobacter pylori activity using an agar disc-diffusion method. Qualitative screening was performed on a reference H. pylori strain (ATCC 43504), resulting in the identification of the three most active compounds, 8 (R,S-(2E)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-(2-hydroxypropyl)prop-2-enamide, minimal inhibitory concentration, MIC = 7.5 µg/mL), 23 ((2E)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-(2-hydroxycyclohexyl)prop-2-enamide, MIC = 10 µg/mL), and 28 ((2E)-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-(4-oxocyclohexyl)prop-2-enamide, MIC = 10 µg/mL). These compounds were further tested on twelve well-characterized clinical strains, yielding MIC values that ranged from 10 to 1000 µg/mL. Preliminary safety assessments of the compounds were made using the MTT viability test for cytotoxicity and Ames test for mutagenicity, which showed them to be generally safe, although compounds 8 and 28 showed mutagenic activity at some of the tested concentrations. The results of this study showed the anti-H. pylori potential of cinnamamide derivatives.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / toxicity
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cinnamates / chemical synthesis
  • Cinnamates / pharmacology*
  • Cinnamates / toxicity
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Helicobacter Infections / microbiology*
  • Helicobacter pylori / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mutagenicity Tests

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Cinnamates
  • cinnamamide