Scientific publications
Joseph Tsemeugne
Boniface Pone Kamdem* (Corresponding author)
Other affiliations: Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation
Rostand Foyou Meupiap
Boris Arnaud Kuate
Fabrice Fekam Boyom
Other affiliations: Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation
Jean Paul Dzoyem
Other affiliations: Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital · University of Pretoria
Lyndy J. McGaw
Other affiliations: University of Pretoria
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Abstract A series of known tetrazine derivatives, containing benzothiazole scaffold, were prepared during the coupling reactions of selected diazotized 2-aminobenzo[d]thiazole derivatives with p-acetaminophen. The as-prepared compounds were characterized based on NMR and MS spectrometry. The antibacterial and anti-biofilm activities of the synthesized compounds were evaluated by microdilution method, whereas the anti-quorum sensing effect was carried out using assay for the inhibition of violacein formation. As a result, compounds 4a, 4b and 4c revealed minimum inhibitory concentrations and minimum bactericidal concentrations ranging from 8 to 128 µg/mL and from 32 to 256 µg/mL, respectively. Compounds 4a (52-86.5%), 4b (57.7-79.4%) and 4c (59.9-80.3%) prevented biofilm formation in all the four bacteria tested with percentages of inhibition more than 50%. The concentrations of 4a, 4b and 4c that inhibited 50% of violacein production were found to be 62.71, 28.56 and 107.45 µg/mL, respectively, thus attesting that these compounds possess anti-quorum sensing activity. Noteworthy, our previous investigation attested that these compounds are non-cytotoxic on the human mammalian cells Vero. This novel contribution demonstrates the antibacterial, antibiofilm and anti-quorum sensing activities of tetrazine-based benzothiazoles, which might be prospected as scaffolds for the discovery of efficient antibiotics with decreased risk of microbial drug resistance.
