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. 2016 Nov 10:123:90-104.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.07.026. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

Synthesis and immunopotentiating activity of novel isoxazoline functionalized coumarins

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Synthesis and immunopotentiating activity of novel isoxazoline functionalized coumarins

Tabasum Ismail et al. Eur J Med Chem. .

Abstract

A novel series (13) of isoxazoline functionalized coumarins was synthesized through 1,3-dipolar cyclization of nitrile oxides with Allylated coumarins. Synthesis of effective and target selective immunostimulators through conjugation of diversely substituted isoxazolines and 7-hydroxycoumarins is the focus of the present article. The proposed synthetic scheme was observed to be highly regiospecific yielding attempted conjugates in good yield (>90%). Kinetic resolution of the racemates was carried out by employing lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB). The synthesized compounds were screened in vitro and in vivo for their biological activities viz. toxicity and impact on splenocyte proliferation (T- and B-cell proliferation), antibody production (HA titre), delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction (DTH), T-cell subtypes (CD4 and CD8), cytokine production (IL-2, IFN-γ, and IL-4) and NO (macrophage) production. Our results establish that isoxazoline functionalized coumarins exhibit excellent immune potentiating activity especially compounds 2, 4 and 8 whose activity is more than that of Levimasole as standard. The structure activity relations are explained in light of the structural/functional aspects of tested compounds. To the best of our knowledge the presented work is first of its kind and is presaged to prove very useful for the design and synthesis of bis-heterocycle based novel, therapeutically selective and effective immunopotentiators.

Keywords: 2-Isoxazoline; 7-Hydroxycoumarin; Bis-heterocycles; Immunopotentiation; Kinetic resolution.

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