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Guo Y, Ge L, Phillips DL, Ma J, Fang Y. Different Reaction Mechanisms Triggered by the Meta Effect: Photoinduced Generation of Quinone Methides from Hydroxybiphenyl Derivatives. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:8569-8576. [PMID: 39140706 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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A series of sterically congested quinone methides (QMs) exhibit photoinduced antiproliferative activity against some human cancer cell lines. To elucidate the structure-reactivity relationship and details of mechanisms of the photogeneration of sterically congested QMs, we chose phenylphenol derivatives 1-3 as QM precursors and investigated their photodehydration processes in aqueous solutions using ultrafast spectroscopy and theoretical computations. We found that meta derivatives 1 and 2 undergo water-mediated excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) from the phenol OH, followed by expulsion of the OH- to form QMs. By comparison, para derivative 3 proceeds via water-mediated ESPT from H2O to benzyl alcohol coupled with dehydration as the first step, delivering a cation intermediate, which further deprotonates to yield QM. Such results would help chemists understand more about the meta effects in photochemistry and about ESPT and would help synthetic chemists design sterically congested QM precursors with extraordinary reactivities and expand applications of QMs in biological and medical systems.
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- Yan Guo
- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong S.A.R. 999077, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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- Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710119, China
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Chai J, Su M, Zhang R, Li N, Jia Y, Zheng W, Tan J, Jia Q, Sun H, Meng Z. Selective anti-tumor activity of glutathione-responsive abasic site trapping agent in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. BMC Cancer 2024; 24:816. [PMID: 38977966 PMCID: PMC11229194 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12511-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024] Open
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is a rare but highly aggressive thyroid cancer with poor prognosis. Killing cancer cells by inducing DNA damage or blockage of DNA repair is a promising strategy for chemotherapy. It is reported that aldehyde-reactive alkoxyamines can capture the AP sites, one of the most common DNA lesions, and inhibit apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1(APE1)-mediated base excision repair (BER), leading to cell death. Whether this strategy can be employed for ATC treatment is rarely investigated. The aim of this study is to exploit GSH-responsive AP site capture reagent (AP probe-net), which responses to the elevated glutathione (GSH) levels in the tumor micro-environment (TME), releasing reactive alkoxyamine to trap AP sites and block the APE1-mediated BER for targeted anti-tumor activity against ATC. In vitro experiments, including MTT andγ-H2AX assays, demonstrate their selective cytotoxicity towards ATC cells over normal thyroid cells. Flow cytometry analysis suggests that AP probe-net arrests the cell cycle in the G2/M phase and induces apoptosis. Western blotting (WB) results show that the expression of apoptotic protein increased with the increased concentration of AP probe-net. Further in vivo experiments reveal that the AP probe-net has a good therapeutic effect on subcutaneous tumors of the ATC cells. In conclusion, taking advantage of the elevated GSH in TME, our study affords a new strategy for targeted chemotherapy of ATC with high selectivity and reduced adverse effects.
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- Jinyan Chai
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, School of Pharmacy, The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, P. R. China.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Anshan Road No. 154, He ping District, Tianjin, 300052, P.R. China.
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Sviben I, Glavaš M, Erben A, Bachelart T, Pavlović Saftić D, Piantanida I, Basarić N. Dipeptides Containing Pyrene and Modified Photochemically Reactive Tyrosine: Noncovalent and Covalent Binding to Polynucleotides. Molecules 2023; 28:7533. [PMID: 38005255 PMCID: PMC10672942 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28227533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Dipeptides 1 and 2 were synthesized from unnatural amino acids containing pyrene as a fluorescent label and polynucleotide binding unit, and modified tyrosine as a photochemically reactive unit. Photophysical properties of the peptides were investigated by steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence. Both peptides are fluorescent (Φf = 0.3-0.4) and do not show a tendency to form pyrene excimers in the concentration range < 10-5 M, which is important for their application in the fluorescent labeling of polynucleotides. Furthermore, both peptides are photochemically reactive and undergo deamination delivering quinone methides (QMs) (ΦR = 0.01-0.02), as indicated from the preparative photomethanolysis study of the corresponding N-Boc protected derivatives 7 and 8. Both peptides form stable complexes with polynucleotides (log Ka > 6) by noncovalent interactions and similar affinities, binding to minor grooves, preferably to the AT reach regions. Peptide 2 with a longer spacer between the fluorophore and the photo-activable unit undergoes a more efficient deamination reaction, based on the comparison with the N-Boc protected derivatives. Upon light excitation of the complex 2·oligoAT10, the photo-generation of QM initiates the alkylation, which results in the fluorescent labeling of the oligonucleotide. This study demonstrated, as a proof of principle, that small molecules can combine dual forms of fluorescent labeling of polynucleotides, whereby initial addition of the dye rapidly forms a reversible high-affinity noncovalent complex with ds-DNA/RNA, which can be, upon irradiation by light, converted to the irreversible (covalent) form. Such a dual labeling ability of a dye could have many applications in biomedicinal sciences.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.S.); (M.G.); (A.E.); (T.B.); (D.P.S.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; (I.S.); (M.G.); (A.E.); (T.B.); (D.P.S.)
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Photodehydration mechanisms of quinone methide formation from 2-naphthol derivatives. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2022.114171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lena A, Benassi A, Stasi M, Saint‐Pierre C, Freccero M, Gasparutto D, Bombard S, Doria F, Verga D. Photoactivatable V-Shaped Bifunctional Quinone Methide Precursors as a New Class of Selective G-quadruplex Alkylating Agents. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200734. [PMID: 35441438 PMCID: PMC9322314 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Combining the selectivity of G-quadruplex (G4) ligands with the spatial and temporal control of photochemistry is an emerging strategy to elucidate the biological relevance of these structures. In this work, we developed six novel V-shaped G4 ligands that can, upon irradiation, form stable covalent adducts with G4 structures via the reactive intermediate, quinone methide (QM). We thoroughly investigated the photochemical properties of the ligands and their ability to generate QMs. Subsequently, we analyzed their specificity for various topologies of G4 and discovered a preferential binding towards the human telomeric sequence. Finally, we tested the ligand ability to act as photochemical alkylating agents, identifying the covalent adducts with G4 structures. This work introduces a novel molecular tool in the chemical biology toolkit for G4s.
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- Alberto Lena
- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1027100PaviaItaly
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1027100PaviaItaly
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1027100PaviaItaly
- Present Address: Department of ChemistryTechnical University of MunichLichtenbergstraße 485748GarchingGermany
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1027100PaviaItaly
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- University Grenoble AlpesCEACNRSIRIGSyMMES-UMR581938054GrenobleFrance
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- CNRS UMR9187INSERM U1196Institut CuriePSL Research University91405OrsayFrance
- CNRS UMR9187INSERM U1196Université Paris-Saclay91405OrsayFrance
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of PaviaViale Taramelli 1027100PaviaItaly
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- CNRS UMR9187INSERM U1196Institut CuriePSL Research University91405OrsayFrance
- CNRS UMR9187INSERM U1196Université Paris-Saclay91405OrsayFrance
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Ali K, Mishra P, Kumar A, Reddy DN, Chowdhury S, Panda G. Reactivity vs. selectivity of quinone methides: synthesis of pharmaceutically important molecules, toxicity and biological applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:6160-6175. [PMID: 35522910 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00838f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Quinone methides (QMs) are considered to be highly reactive intermediates because of their aromatization both in chemical and biological systems. Being highly accessible, quinone methides (QMs) have been widely exploited and their concurrent use has been manifested for the synthesis of tertiary and quaternary carbon centers of bioactives, drugs and drug-like molecules. In this feature article, the synthetic routes, structure-reactivity relationships and synthetic applications of quinone methides are discussed. Formation of the intermediates during bioactivation of different chemical entities and possible chemical manifestations leading to their toxicity in biological systems are also covered.
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- Kasim Ali
- Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Sector 10, Lucknow 226031, UP, India. .,Academy of Scientific & Industrial Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201 002, India
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- Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Sector 10, Lucknow 226031, UP, India.
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- Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Sector 10, Lucknow 226031, UP, India.
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- Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Sector 10, Lucknow 226031, UP, India. .,Academy of Scientific & Industrial Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201 002, India
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- Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Sector 10, Lucknow 226031, UP, India.
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- Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Jankipuram Extension, Sector 10, Lucknow 226031, UP, India. .,Academy of Scientific & Industrial Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201 002, India
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Xue L, Yu D, Wang L, Sun J, Song Y, Jia Y, Wu A, Zhang B, Mi W, Fan H, Sun H. Selective Antitumor Activity and Photocytotoxicity of Glutathione-Activated Abasic Site Trapping Agents. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:797-803. [PMID: 35297620 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Abasic (AP) sites are one of the most common DNA lesions in cells. Aldehyde-reactive alkoxyamines capture AP sites and block the activity of APE1, the enzyme responsible for initiating their repair. Blocking the APE1 repair of AP sites leads to cell death, and it is an actively investigated approach for treating cancer. However, unselective AP site capture in different cells produces side effects and limits the application of alkoxyamines in chemotherapy. Herein we take advantage of the higher glutathione (GSH) concentration in cancer cells over normal cells to develop GSH-inducible agents that selectively kill cancer cells. 2,4-Dinitrobenzenesulfonamide caged coumarin-based alkoxyamines 1 and 2 are selectively revealed by GSH to release SO2 and fluorescent coumarin-based alkoxyamines 3 and 4 that trap AP sites in cells. GSH-directed AP site trapping and SO2 release result in selective cytotoxicity (defined as IC50WI38/IC50H1299) against H1299 lung cancer cells over normal WI38 lung cells, ranging from 1.8 to 2.8 for 1 and 2. The alkylating agent methylmethanesulfonate (MMS) promotes the formation of AP sites in cells and enhances the cytotoxicity of agent 1 in a dose-dependent way. Moreover, the comet assay and γH2AX assay suggest that AP adducts form a highly toxic DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) upon photolysis, leading to further cell death. DNA flow cytometric analysis showed that 1 promoted cell apoptosis in the early stage and induced G2/M phase cell-cycle arrest. The 2,4-dinitrobenzenesulfonamide-caged alkoxyamines exhibited selective antitumor activity and photocytotoxicity in cancer cells, illuminating their potential as GSH-directed chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Li Xue
- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biomedical Research, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Institute of Biomedical Research, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
- The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, P. R. China
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Erben A, Sviben I, Mihaljević B, Piantanida I, Basarić N. Non-Covalent Binding of Tripeptides-Containing Tryptophan to Polynucleotides and Photochemical Deamination of Modified Tyrosine to Quinone Methide Leading to Covalent Attachment. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26144315. [PMID: 34299591 PMCID: PMC8306964 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A series of tripeptides TrpTrpPhe (1), TrpTrpTyr (2), and TrpTrpTyr[CH2N(CH3)2] (3) were synthesized, and their photophysical properties and non-covalent binding to polynucleotides were investigated. Fluorescent Trp residues (quantum yield in aqueous solvent ΦF = 0.03–0.06), allowed for the fluorometric study of non-covalent binding to DNA and RNA. Moreover, high and similar affinities of 2×HCl and 3×HCl to all studied double stranded (ds)-polynucleotides were found (logKa = 6.0–6.8). However, the fluorescence spectral responses were strongly dependent on base pair composition: the GC-containing polynucleotides efficiently quenched Trp emission, at variance to AT- or AU-polynucleotides, which induced bisignate response. Namely, addition of AT(U) polynucleotides at excess over studied peptide induced the quenching (attributed to aggregation in the grooves of polynucleotides), whereas at excess of DNA/RNA over peptide the fluorescence increase of Trp was observed. The thermal denaturation and circular dichroism (CD) experiments supported peptides binding within the grooves of polynucleotides. The photogenerated quinone methide (QM) reacts with nucleophiles giving adducts, as demonstrated by the photomethanolysis (quantum yield ΦR = 0.11–0.13). Furthermore, we have demonstrated photoalkylation of AT oligonucleotides by QM, at variance to previous reports describing the highest reactivity of QMs with the GC reach regions of polynucleotides. Our investigations show a proof of principle that QM precursor can be imbedded into a peptide and used as a photochemical switch to enable alkylation of polynucleotides, enabling further applications in chemistry and biology.
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- Antonija Erben
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia; (A.E.); (I.S.); (I.P.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia; (A.E.); (I.S.); (I.P.)
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia;
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia; (A.E.); (I.S.); (I.P.)
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia; (A.E.); (I.S.); (I.P.)
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Zhang Y, Ji P, Meng X, Gao F, Zeng F, Wang W. Facile Synthesis of 2 H-Benzo[ h]Chromenes via an Arylamine-Catalyzed Mannich Cyclization Cascade Reaction. Molecules 2021; 26:3617. [PMID: 34204782 PMCID: PMC8231631 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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A simple arylamine-catalyzed Mannich-cyclization cascade reaction was developed for facile synthesis of substituted 2H-benzo[h]chromenes. The notable feature of the process included the efficient generation of ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) catalyzed by a simple aniline. The mild reaction conditions allowed for a broad spectrum of 1- and 2-naphthols and trans-cinnamaldehydes to engage in the cascade sequence with high efficiency.
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- Yueteng Zhang
- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Chemistry and Biochemistry, and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (P.J.); (X.M.); (F.G.); (F.Z.)
- The School of Basic Medical Sciences, The Academy of Medical Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Chemistry and Biochemistry, and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (P.J.); (X.M.); (F.G.); (F.Z.)
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Chemistry and Biochemistry, and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (P.J.); (X.M.); (F.G.); (F.Z.)
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Chemistry and Biochemistry, and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (P.J.); (X.M.); (F.G.); (F.Z.)
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Chemistry and Biochemistry, and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (P.J.); (X.M.); (F.G.); (F.Z.)
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- Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Chemistry and Biochemistry, and BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; (P.J.); (X.M.); (F.G.); (F.Z.)
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Zlatić K, Cindrić M, Antol I, Uzelac L, Mihaljević B, Kralj M, Basarić N. Wavelength dependent photochemistry of BODIPY-phenols and their applications in the fluorescent labeling of proteins. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 19:4891-4903. [PMID: 34106112 DOI: 10.1039/d1ob00278c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A series of BODIPY dyes were synthesized, that were at the 3, or 3 and 5 positions, substituted by photochemically reactive quinone methide (QM) precursor moieties. Fluorescence properties of the molecules were investigated and we demonstrated that the molecules undergo wavelength dependent photochemistry. Photodeamination to deliver QMs takes place only upon excitation to higher excited singlet states, showing unusual anti-Kasha photochemical reactivity. The findings were corroborated by TD-DFT computations. Laser flash photolysis experiments could not reveal QMs due to the low efficiency of their formation, but enabled the detection of phenoxyl radicals. The applicability of the molecules for the fluorescent labeling of bovine serum albumin as a model protein upon photoexcitation at 350 nm was demonstrated.
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- Katarina Zlatić
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Photochemical Reactivity of Naphthol-Naphthalimide Conjugates and Their Biological Activity. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26113355. [PMID: 34199541 PMCID: PMC8199699 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26113355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Quinone methide precursors 1a–e, with different alkyl linkers between the naphthol and the naphthalimide chromophore, were synthesized. Their photophysical properties and photochemical reactivity were investigated and connected with biological activity. Upon excitation of the naphthol, Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) to the naphthalimide takes place and the quantum yields of fluorescence are low (ΦF ≈ 10−2). Due to FRET, photodehydration of naphthols to QMs takes place inefficiently (ΦR ≈ 10−5). However, the formation of QMs can also be initiated upon excitation of naphthalimide, the lower energy chromophore, in a process that involves photoinduced electron transfer (PET) from the naphthol to the naphthalimide. Fluorescence titrations revealed that 1a and 1e form complexes with ct-DNA with moderate association constants Ka ≈ 105–106 M−1, as well as with bovine serum albumin (BSA) Ka ≈ 105 M−1 (1:1 complex). The irradiation of the complex 1e@BSA resulted in the alkylation of the protein, probably via QM. The antiproliferative activity of 1a–e against two human cancer cell lines (H460 and MCF 7) was investigated with the cells kept in the dark or irradiated at 350 nm, whereupon cytotoxicity increased, particularly for 1e (>100 times). Although the enhancement of this activity upon UV irradiation has no imminent therapeutic application, the results presented have importance in the rational design of new generations of anticancer phototherapeutics that absorb visible light.
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Byrne SR, Rokita SE. Unraveling Reversible DNA Cross-Links with a Biological Machine. Chem Res Toxicol 2020; 33:2903-2913. [PMID: 33147957 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The reversible generation and capture of certain electrophilic quinone methide intermediates support dynamic reactions with DNA that allow for migration and transfer of alkylation and cross-linking. This reversibility also expands the possible consequences that can be envisioned when confronted by DNA repair processes and biological machines. To begin testing the response to such an encounter, quinone methide-based modification of DNA has now been challenged with a helicase (T7 bacteriophage gene protein four, T7gp4) that promotes 5' to 3' translocation and unwinding. This model protein was selected based on its widespread application, well characterized mechanism and detailed structural information. Little over one-half of the cross-linking generated by a bisfunctional quinone methide remained stable to T7gp4 and did not suppress its activity. The helicase likely avoids the topological block generated by this fraction of cross-linking by its ability to shift from single- to double-stranded translocation. The remaining fraction of cross-linking was destroyed during T7gp4 catalysis. Thus, this helicase is chemically competent to promote release of the quinone methide from DNA. The ability of T7gp4 to act as a Brownian ratchet for unwinding DNA may block recapture of the QM intermediate by DNA during its transient release from a donor strand. Most surprisingly, T7gp4 releases the quinone methide from both the translocating strand that passes through its central channel and the excluded strand that was typically unaffected by other lesions. The ability of T7gp4 to reverse the cross-link formed by the quinone methide does not extend to that formed irreversibly by the nitrogen mustard mechlorethamine.
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- Shane R Byrne
- Chemistry Biology Interface Graduate Training Program and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Chemistry Biology Interface Graduate Training Program and Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Hutchinson MA, Deeyaa BD, Byrne SR, Williams SJ, Rokita SE. Directing Quinone Methide-Dependent Alkylation and Cross-Linking of Nucleic Acids with Quaternary Amines. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 31:1486-1496. [PMID: 32298588 PMCID: PMC7242154 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Polyamine and polyammonium ion conjugates are often used to direct reagents to nucleic acids based on their strong electrostatic attraction to the phosphoribose backbone. Such nonspecific interactions do not typically alter the specificity of the attached reagent, but polyammonium ions dramatically redirected the specificity of a series of quinone methide precursors. Replacement of a relatively nonspecific intercalator based on acridine with a series of polyammonium ions resulted in a surprising change of DNA products. Piperidine stable adducts were generated in duplex DNA that lacked the ability to support a dynamic cross-linking observed previously with acridine conjugates. Minor reaction at guanine N7, the site of reversible reaction, was retained by a monofunctional quinone methide-polyammonium ion conjugate, but a bisfunctional analogue designed for tandem quinone methide formation modified guanine N7 in only single-stranded DNA. The resulting intrastrand cross-links were sufficiently dynamic to rearrange to interstrand cross-links. However, no further transfer of adducts was observed in duplex DNA. An alternative design that spatially and temporally decoupled the two quinone methide equivalents neither restored the dynamic reaction nor cross-linked DNA efficiently. While di- and triammonium ion conjugates successfully enhanced the yields of cross-linking by a bisquinone methide relative to a monoammonium equivalent, alternative ligands will be necessary to facilitate the migration of cross-linking and its potential application to disrupt DNA repair.
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- Mark A. Hutchinson
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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- Chemistry-Biology Interface Program, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
- Chemistry-Biology Interface Program, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
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Zlatić K, Antol I, Uzelac L, Mikecin Dražić AM, Kralj M, Bohne C, Basarić N. Labeling of Proteins by BODIPY-Quinone Methides Utilizing Anti-Kasha Photochemistry. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:347-351. [PMID: 31829548 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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A novel approach for the photolabeling of proteins by a BODIPY fluorophore is reported that is based on an anti-Kasha photochemical reaction from an upper singlet excited state (Sn) leading to the deamination of the BODIPY quinone methide precursor. On the other hand, the high photochemical stability of the dye upon excitation by visible light to S1 allows for the selective fluorescence detection from the dye or dye-protein adduct, without concomitant bleaching or hydrolysis of the protein-dye adduct. Therefore, photolabeling and fluorescence monitoring can be uncoupled by using different excitation wavelengths. Combined theoretical and experimental studies by preparative irradiations, fluorescence, and laser flash photolysis fully disclose the photophysical properties of the dye and its anti-Kasha photochemical reactivity. The application of the dye was demonstrated on photolabeling of bovine serum albumin.
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- Katarina Zlatić
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Medicine , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Medicine , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Division of Molecular Medicine , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Victoria , Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria , British Columbia V8W 2Y2 , Canada
- Centre for Advanced Materials and Related Technologies (CAMTEC) , University of Victoria , Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria , British Columbia V8W 2Y2 , Canada
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10000 Zagreb , Croatia
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Deeyaa BD, Rokita SE. Migratory ability of quinone methide-generating acridine conjugates in DNA. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:1671-1678. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00081g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Conversion of a bisquinone methide–acridine conjugate to its monofunctional analogue releases the constraints that limit migration of its reversible adducts within DNA.
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- Dattatraya H. Dethe
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 208016, India
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Sambol M, Ester K, Landgraf S, Mihaljević B, Cindrić M, Kralj M, Basarić N. Competing photochemical reactions of bis-naphthols and their photoinduced antiproliferative activity. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2019; 18:1197-1211. [PMID: 30820496 DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00532j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The photophysical properties and photochemical reactivities of a series of bis-naphthols 4a-4e and bis-anthrols 5a and 5e were investigated by preparative irradiation in CH3OH, fluorescence spectroscopy and laser flash photolysis (LFP). Methanolysis taking place via photodehydration (bis-naphthols: ΦR = 0.04-0.05) is in competition with symmetry breaking charge separation (SB-CS). The SB-CS gave rise to radical ions that were detected for 4a and 4e by LFP. Photodehydration gave quinone methides (QMs) that were also detected by LFP (λmax = 350 nm, τ ≈ 1-2 ms). In the aqueous solvent, excited state proton transfer (ESPT) competes with the abovementioned processes, giving rise to naphtholates, but the process is inefficient and can only be observed in the buffered aqueous solution at pH > 7. Since the dehydration of bis-naphthols delivers QMs, their potential antiproliferative activity was investigated by an MTT test on three human cancer cell lines (NCI-H1299, lung carcinoma; MCF-7, breast adenocarcinoma; and SUM159, pleomorphic breast carcinoma). Cells were treated with 4 or 5 with or without irradiation (350 nm). An enhancement of the activity (up to 10-fold) was observed upon irradiation, which may be associated with QM formation. However, these QMs do not cross-link DNA. The activity is most likely associated with the alkylation of proteins present in the cell cytoplasm, as evidenced by photoinduced alkylation of bovine and human serum albumins by 4a.
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- Matija Sambol
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Ma J, Šekutor M, Škalamera Đ, Basarić N, Phillips DL. Formation of Quinone Methides by Ultrafast Photodeamination: A Spectroscopic and Computational Study. J Org Chem 2019; 84:8630-8637. [PMID: 31244153 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b01085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Formation of quinone methides (QMs) by photoelimination of an ammonium salt from cresol derivatives was investigated by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy (fs-TA) and computationally by time-dependent density functional theory using the PCM(water)/(TD-)B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. The photoelimination takes place in an adiabatic ultrafast reaction on the S1 potential energy surface delivering the corresponding QMs(S1), which were detected by fs-TA. Computations predicted a high-energy cation intermediate in the pathway between the Franck-Condon state of a monoammonium salt and the corresponding QM(S1) that was not detected by fs-TA. On the other hand, elimination from a disalt in H2O takes place in one step, giving directly the QM(S1). The combined experimental and theoretical investigation fully disclosed the formation of QMs by the deamination reaction mechanism, which is important in the application of cresols or similar molecules in biological systems.
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- Jiani Ma
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science , Northwest University , Xi'an 710065 , P. R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10 000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10 000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry , Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54 , 10 000 Zagreb , Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry , The University of Hong Kong , Pokfulam Road , Hong Kong , Hong Kong S.A.R. , P. R. China
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Byrne SR, Yang K, Rokita SE. Effect of Nucleosome Assembly on Alkylation by a Dynamic Electrophile. Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 32:917-925. [PMID: 30882212 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Quinone methides are reactive electrophiles that are generated during metabolism of various drugs, natural products, and food additives. Their chemical properties and cellular effects have been described previously, and now their response to packaging DNA in a nucleosome core is described. A model bisquinone methide precursor (bisQMP) was selected based on its ability to form reversible adducts with guanine N7 that allow for their redistribution and transfer after quinone methide regeneration. Assembly of Widom's 601 DNA with the histone octamer of H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 from Xenopus laevis significantly suppressed alkylation of the DNA. This result is a function of DNA packaging since addition of the octamer without nucleosome reconstitution only mildly protected DNA from alkylation. The lack of competition between nucleophiles of DNA and the histones was consistent with the limited number of adducts formed by the histones as detected by tryptic digestion and ultraperformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Only three peptide adducts were observed after reaction with a monofunctional analogue of bisQMP, and only two peptide adducts were observed after reaction with bisQMP. Histone reaction was also suppressed when reconstituted into the nucleosome core particle. However, bisQMP was capable of cross-linking the DNA and histones in moderate yields (∼20%) that exceeded expectations derived from reaction of cisplatin, nitrogen mustards, and diepoxybutane. The core histones also demonstrated a protective function against dynamic alkylation by trapping the reactive quinone methide after its spontaneous regeneration from DNA adducts.
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- Shane R Byrne
- Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street , Baltimore , Maryland 21218 , United States
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Minard A, Liano D, Wang X, Di Antonio M. The unexplored potential of quinone methides in chemical biology. Bioorg Med Chem 2019; 27:2298-2305. [PMID: 30955994 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Quinone methides (QMs) are transient reactive species that can be efficiently generated from stable precursors under a variety of biocompatible conditions. Due to their electrophilic nature, QMs have been widely explored as cross-linking agents of DNA and proteins under physiological conditions. However, QMs also have a diene character and can irreversibly react via Diels-Alder reaction with electron-rich dienophiles. This particular reactivity has been recently exploited to label biomolecules with fluorophores in living cells. QMs are characterised by two unique properties that make them ideal candidates for chemical biology applications: i) they can be efficiently generated in situ from very stable precursors by means of bio-orthogonal protocols ii) they are reversible cross-linking agents, making them suitable for "catch and release" target-enrichment experiments. Nevertheless, there are only few examples reported to date that truly take advantage of QMs unique chemistry in the context of chemical-biology assay development. In this review, we will examine the most relevant examples that illustrate the benefit of using QMs for chemical biology purposes and we will anticipate novel approaches to further their applications in biologically relevant contexts.
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- Aisling Minard
- Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Wood Lane, W12 0BZ London, UK
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- Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Wood Lane, W12 0BZ London, UK
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- Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Wood Lane, W12 0BZ London, UK
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- Imperial College London, Department of Chemistry, Molecular Science Research Hub, Wood Lane, W12 0BZ London, UK.
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Chen W, Fan H, Balakrishnan K, Wang Y, Sun H, Fan Y, Gandhi V, Arnold LA, Peng X. Discovery and Optimization of Novel Hydrogen Peroxide Activated Aromatic Nitrogen Mustard Derivatives as Highly Potent Anticancer Agents. J Med Chem 2018; 61:9132-9145. [PMID: 30247905 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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We describe several new aromatic nitrogen mustards with various aromatic substituents and boronic esters that can be activated with H2O2 to efficiently cross-link DNA. In vitro studies demonstrated the anticancer potential of these compounds at lower concentrations than those of other clinically used chemotherapeutics, such as melphalan and chlorambucil. In particular, compound 10, bearing an amino acid ester chain, is selectively cytotoxic toward breast cancer and leukemia cells that have inherently high levels of reactive oxygen species. Importantly, 10 was 10-14-fold more efficacious than melphalan and chlorambucil for triple-negative breast-cancer (TNBC) cells. Similarly, 10 is more toxic toward primary chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia cells than either chlorambucil or the lead compound, 9. The introduction of an amino acid side chain improved the solubility and permeability of 10. Furthermore, 10 inhibited the growth of TNBC tumors in xenografted mice without obvious signs of general toxicity, making this compound an ideal drug candidate for clinical development.
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- Wenbing Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , 3210 North Cramer Street , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , 3210 North Cramer Street , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics , MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , Texas 77030 , United States
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics , MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston , Texas 77030 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , 3210 North Cramer Street , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee , 3210 North Cramer Street , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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Basha RS, Chen CW, Reddy DM, Lee CF. Iodine-Mediated Direct Generation of o-Quinone Methides at Room Temperature: A Facile Protocol for the Synthesis of ortho-Hydroxybenzyl Thioethers. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:2475-2483. [PMID: 29624908 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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An iodine-mediated preparation of ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) from ortho-hydroxybenzyl alcohols by a C-O bond scission strategy is described. The in situ generated o-QMs were then employed for C-S bond formation by thio-Michael addition of thiols to provide the ortho-hydroxybenzyl thioethers (o-HBT) in moderate to excellent yields.
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- R Sidick Basha
- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan, 402, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan, 402, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan, 402, R.O.C.,Research Center for Sustainable Energy and Nanotechnology, (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan, 402, R.O.C.,Innovation and Development Center of Sustainable Agriculture, (NCHU), Taichung, Taiwan, 402, R.O.C
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Škalamera Đ, Antol I, Mlinarić-Majerski K, Vančik H, Phillips DL, Ma J, Basarić N. Ultrafast Adiabatic Photodehydration of 2-Hydroxymethylphenol and the Formation of Quinone Methide. Chemistry 2018; 24:9426-9435. [PMID: 29677402 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The photochemical reactivity of 2-hydroxymethylphenol (1) was investigated experimentally by photochemistry under cryogenic conditions, by detecting reactive intermediates by IR spectroscopy, and by using nanosecond and femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopic methods in solution at room temperature. In addition, theoretical studies were performed to facilitate the interpretation of the experimental results and also to simulate the reaction pathway to obtain a better understanding of the reaction mechanism. The main finding of this work is that photodehydration of 1 takes place in an ultrafast adiabatic photochemical reaction without any clear intermediate, delivering quinone methide (QM) in the excited state. Upon photoexcitation to a higher vibrational level of the singlet excited state, 1 undergoes vibrational relaxation leading to two photochemical pathways, one by which synchronous elimination of H2 O gives QM 2 in its S1 state and the other by which homolytic cleavage of the phenolic O-H bond produces a phenoxyl radical (S0 ). Both are ultrafast processes that occur within a picosecond. The excited state of QM 2 (S1 ) probably deactivates to S0 through a conical intersection to give QM 2 (S0 ), which subsequently delivers benzoxete 4. Elucidation of the reaction mechanisms for the photodehydration of phenols by which QMs are formed is important to tune the reactivity of QMs with DNA and proteins for the potential application of QMs in medicine as therapeutic agents.
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- Đani Škalamera
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.,Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong S.A.R., P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Husak A, Noichl BP, Šumanovac Ramljak T, Sohora M, Škalamera Đ, Budiša N, Basarić N. Photochemical formation of quinone methides from peptides containing modified tyrosine. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:10894-10905. [PMID: 27812591 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob02191c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We have demonstrated that quinone methide (QM) precursors can be introduced in the peptide structure and used as photoswitchable units for peptide modifications. QM precursor 1 was prepared from protected tyrosine in the Mannich reaction, and further used as a building block in peptide synthesis. Moreover, peptides containing tyrosine can be transformed into a photoactivable QM precursor by the Mannich reaction which can afford monosubstituted derivatives 2 or bis-substituted derivatives 3. Photochemical reactivity of modified tyrosine 1 and dipeptides 2 and 3 was studied by preparative irradiation in CH3OH where photodeamination and photomethanolysis occur. QM precursors incorporated in peptides undergo photomethanolysis with quantum efficiency ΦR = 0.1-0.2, wherein the peptide backbone does not affect their photochemical reactivity. QMs formed from dipeptides were detected by laser flash photolysis (λmax ≈ 400 nm, τ = 100 μs-20 ms) and their reactivity with nucleophiles was studied. Consequently, QM precursors derived from tyrosine can be a part of the peptide backbone which can be transformed into QMs upon electronic excitation, leading to the reactions of peptides with different reagents. This proof of principle showing the ability to photochemically trigger peptide modifications and interactions with other molecules can have numerous applications in organic synthesis, materials science, biology and medicine.
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- Antonija Husak
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Institute for Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Str. 10, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Institute for Chemistry, Technical University Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Str. 10, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Du X, Li X, Tang H, Wang W, Ramella D, Luan Y. A facile 2H-chromene dimerization through an ortho-quinone methide intermediate catalyzed by a sulfonyl derived MIL-101 MOF. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj01354c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An efficient homo-dimerization of 2H-chromenes was achieved in high yield and diastereoselectivity using a MIL-101–SO3H MOF catalyst.
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- Xin Du
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry
- Southern Methodist University
- Dallas
- USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- University of Science and Technology Beijing
- Beijing 100083
- P. R. China
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Li Y, Liu T, Liang C. Mechanisms and stereoselectivities of NHC-catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction between phenylacetic acid and o-quinone methide: A computational investigation. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2017.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wu B, Yu Z, Gao X, Lan Y, Zhou YG. Regioselective α-Addition of Deconjugated Butenolides: Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydrocoumarins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201700437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Bo Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis; Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dalian 116023 P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Chongqing University; Chongqing 400030 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis; Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dalian 116023 P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Chongqing University; Chongqing 400030 P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis; Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Dalian 116023 P.R. China
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Yamada K, Ishiyama S, Onizuka K, Nagatsugi F. Synthesis and properties of cross-linkable DNA duplex using 4-amino-2-oxo-6-vinyl-1,3,5-triazine. Tetrahedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Wu B, Yu Z, Gao X, Lan Y, Zhou YG. Regioselective α-Addition of Deconjugated Butenolides: Enantioselective Synthesis of Dihydrocoumarins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:4006-4010. [PMID: 28247568 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The enantioselective α-addition of deconjugated butenolides has rarely been exploited, in contrast to the well-studied γ-addition of deconjugated butenolides. In this study, an unprecedented asymmetric α-addition/transesterification of deconjugated butenolides with ortho-quinone methides generated in situ afforded a series of functionalized 3,4-dihydrocoumarins containing two contiguous stereogenic centers with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivity. DFT calculations suggested that the rarely observed regioselectivity was due to the distortion energy that resulted from the interaction between the nucleophilic dienolate and the electrophilic ortho-quinone methide.
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- Bo Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P.R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400030, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P.R. China
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Sun H, Fan H, Eom H, Peng X. Coumarin-Induced DNA Ligation, Rearrangement to DNA Interstrand Crosslinks, and Photorelease of Coumarin Moiety. Chembiochem 2016; 17:2046-2053. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Huabing Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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Huang C, Liu Y, Rokita SE. Targeting duplex DNA with the reversible reactivity of quinone methides. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2016; 1. [PMID: 28458944 PMCID: PMC5407369 DOI: 10.1038/sigtrans.2016.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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DNA alkylation and crosslinking remains a common and effective strategy for anticancer chemotherapy despite its infamous lack of specificity. Coupling a reactive group to a sequence-directing component has the potential to enhance target selectivity but may suffer from premature degradation or the need for an external signal for activation. Alternatively, quinone methide conjugates may be employed if they form covalent but reversible adducts with their sequence directing component. The resulting self-adducts transfer their quinone methide to a chosen target without an external signal and avoid off-target reactions by alternative intramolecular self-trapping. Efficient transfer is shown to depend on the nature of the quinone methide and the sequence-directing ligand in applications involving alkylation of duplex DNA through a triplex recognition motif. Success required an electron-rich derivative that enhanced the stability of the transient quinone methide intermediate and a polypyrimidine strand of DNA to associate with its cognate polypurine/polypyrimidine target. Related quinone methide conjugates with peptide nucleic acids were capable of quinone methide transfer from their initial precursor but not from their corresponding self-adduct. The active peptide nucleic acid derivatives were highly selective for their complementary target.
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- Chengyun Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Wang Y, Lin Z, Fan H, Peng X. Photoinduced DNA Interstrand Cross-Link Formation by Naphthalene Boronates via a Carbocation. Chemistry 2016; 22:10382-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Yibin Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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Huang C, Rokita SE. DNA alkylation promoted by an electron-rich quinone methide intermediate. Front Chem Sci Eng 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-015-1541-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Škalamera Đ, Bohne C, Landgraf S, Basarić N. Photodeamination Reaction Mechanism in Aminomethyl p-Cresol Derivatives: Different Reactivity of Amines and Ammonium Salts. J Org Chem 2015; 80:10817-28. [PMID: 26461794 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Derivatives of p-cresol 1-4 were synthesized, and their photochemical reactivity, acid-base, and photophysical properties were investigated. The photoreactivity of amines 1 and 3 is different from that for the corresponding ammonium salts 2 and 4. All compounds have low fluorescence quantum yields because the excited states undergo deamination reactions, and for all cresols the formation of quinone methides (QMs) was observed by laser flash photolysis. The reactivity observed is a consequence of the higher acidity of the S1 states of these p-cresols and the ability for excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) to occur in the case of 1 and 3, but not for salts 2 and 4. In aqueous solvent, deamination depends largely on the prototropic form of the molecule. The most efficient deamination takes place when monoamine is in the zwitterionic form (pH 9-11) or diamine is in the monocationic form (pH 7-9). QM1, QM3, and QM4 react with nucleophiles, and QM1 exhibits a shorter lifetime when formed from 1 (τ in CH3CN = 5 ms) than from 2 (τ in CH3CN = 200 ms) due to the reaction with eliminated dimethylamine, which acts as a nucleophile in the case of QM1. Bifunctional QM4 undergoes two types of reactions with nucleophiles, giving adducts or new QM species. The mechanistic diversity uncovered is of significance to biological systems, such as for the use of bifunctional QMs to achieve DNA cross-linking.
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- Đani Škalamera
- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria , Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3 V6, Canada
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Graz University of Technology , Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruđer Bošković Institute , Bijenička cesta 54, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Lei X, Jiang CH, Wen X, Xu QL, Sun H. Formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition of o-quinone methides: facile synthesis of dihydrobenzofurans. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra17003b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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An efficient and straightforward method for the rapid synthesis of 2-substituted dihydrobenzofurans has been developed via reaction of sulfur ylides with o-quinone methides (o-QMs).
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- Xiantao Lei
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Center of Drug Discovery
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Center of Drug Discovery
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Center of Drug Discovery
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Center of Drug Discovery
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery for Metabolic Diseases
- State Key Laboratory of Natural Medicines
- Center of Drug Discovery
- China Pharmaceutical University
- Nanjing 210009
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Kumar D, Mishra B, Chandrashekar KP, Khandagale SB, Tantak MP, Kumar A, Akamatsu K, Kusaka E, Tanabe K, Ito T. Synthesis of meso-(4′-cyanophenyl) porphyrins: efficient photocytotoxicity against A549 cancer cells and their DNA interactions. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra03075g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A facile I(iii)-mediated synthesis of cyanoporphyrins and their significant photocytotoxicity (IC50 = 54 nM) against A549 cancer cell line has been described.
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- Dalip Kumar
- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- Pilani 333 031
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- Pilani 333 031
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- Pilani 333 031
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- Pilani 333 031
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science
- Pilani 333 031
- India
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Energy and Hydrocarbon Chemistry
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Kyoto University
- Kyoto 615-8510
- Japan
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Saha S, Schneider C. Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed, Highly Enantioselective Addition of Enamides to In Situ-Generatedortho-Quinone Methides: A Domino Approach to Complex Acetamidotetrahydroxanthenes. Chemistry 2014; 21:2348-52. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fakhari F, Rokita SE. A walk along DNA using bipedal migration of a dynamic and covalent crosslinker. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5591. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Herrmann A. Dynamic combinatorial/covalent chemistry: a tool to read, generate and modulate the bioactivity of compounds and compound mixtures. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:1899-933. [PMID: 24296754 DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60336a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 281] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Reversible covalent bond formation under thermodynamic control adds reactivity to self-assembled supramolecular systems, and is therefore an ideal tool to assess complexity of chemical and biological systems. Dynamic combinatorial/covalent chemistry (DCC) has been used to read structural information by selectively assembling receptors with the optimum molecular fit around a given template from a mixture of reversibly reacting building blocks. This technique allows access to efficient sensing devices and the generation of new biomolecules, such as small molecule receptor binders for drug discovery, but also larger biomimetic polymers and macromolecules with particular three-dimensional structural architectures. Adding a kinetic factor to a thermodynamically controlled equilibrium results in dynamic resolution and in self-sorting and self-replicating systems, all of which are of major importance in biological systems. Furthermore, the temporary modification of bioactive compounds by reversible combinatorial/covalent derivatisation allows control of their release and facilitates their transport across amphiphilic self-assembled systems such as artificial membranes or cell walls. The goal of this review is to give a conceptual overview of how the impact of DCC on supramolecular assemblies at different levels can allow us to understand, predict and modulate the complexity of biological systems.
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- Andreas Herrmann
- Firmenich SA, Division Recherche et Développement, Route des Jeunes 1, B. P. 239, CH-1211 Genève 8, Switzerland.
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McCrane MP, Hutchinson MA, Ad O, Rokita SE. Oxidative quenching of quinone methide adducts reveals transient products of reversible alkylation in duplex DNA. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:1282-93. [PMID: 24896651 DOI: 10.1021/tx500152d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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ortho-Quinone methides (ortho-QM) and para-quinone methides are generated by xenobiotic metabolism of numerous compounds including environmental toxins and therapeutic agents. These intermediates are highly electrophilic and have the potential to alkylate DNA. Assessing their genotoxicity can be difficult when all or some of their resulting adducts form reversibly. Stable adducts are most easily detected but are not necessarily the most prevalent products formed initially as DNA repair commences. Selective oxidation of ortho-QM-DNA adducts by bis[(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene (BTI) rapidly quenches their reversibility to prevent QM regeneration and allows for observation of the kinetic products. The resulting derivatives persist through standard enzymatic digestion, chromatography, and mass spectral analysis. The structural standards required for this approach have been synthesized and confirmed by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The adducts of dA N(6), dG N1, dG N(2), and guanine N7 are converted to the expected para-quinol derivatives within 5 min after addition of BTI under aqueous conditions (pH 7). Concurrently, the adduct of dA N1 forms a spiro derivative comparable to that characterized previously after oxidation of the corresponding dC N3 adduct. By application of this oxidative quenching strategy, the dC N3 and dA N1 adducts have been identified as the dominant products formed by both single- and double-stranded DNA under initial conditions. As expected, however, these labile adducts dissipate within 24 h if not quenched with BTI. Still, the products favored by kinetics are responsible for inducing the first response to ortho-QM exposure in cells, and hence, they are also key to establishing the relationship between biological activity and molecular structure.
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- Michael P McCrane
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland , College Park, Maryland 20742 United States
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Chen W, Han Y, Peng X. Aromatic nitrogen mustard-based prodrugs: activity, selectivity, and the mechanism of DNA cross-linking. Chemistry 2014; 20:7410-8. [PMID: 24806710 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201400090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Three novel H2O2-activated aromatic nitrogen mustard prodrugs (6-8) are reported. These compounds contain a DNA alkylating agent connected to a H2O2-responsive trigger by different electron-withdrawing linkers so that they are inactive towards DNA but can be triggered by H2O2 to release active species. The activity and selectivity of these compounds towards DNA were investigated by measuring DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) formation in the presence or absence of H2O2. An electron-withdrawing linker unit, such as a quaternary ammonia salt (6), a carboxyamide (7), and a carbonate group (8), is sufficient to deactivate the aromatic nitrogen mustard resulting in less than 1.5 % cross-linking formation. However, H2O2 can restore the activity of the effectors by converting a withdrawing group to a donating group, therefore increasing the cross-linking efficiency (>20 %). The stability and reaction sites of the ICL products were determined, which revealed that alkylation induced by 7 and 8 not only occurred at the purine sites but also at the pyrimidine site. For the first time, we isolated and characterized the monomer adducts formed between the canonical nucleosides and the aromatic nitrogen mustard (15) which supported that nitrogen mustards reacted with dG, dA, and dC. The activation mechanism was studied by NMR spectroscopic analysis. An in vitro cytotoxicity assay demonstrated that compound 7 with a carboxyamide linker dramatically inhibited the growth of various cancer cells with a GI50 of less than 1 μM, whereas compound 6 with a charged linker did not show any obvious toxicity in all cell lines tested. These data indicated that a neutral carboxyamide linker is preferable for developing nitrogen mustard prodrugs. Our results showed that 7 is a potent anticancer prodrug that can serve as a model compound for further development. We believe these novel aromatic nitrogen mustards will inspire further and effective applications.
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- Wenbing Chen
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer St, Milwaukee, WI 53211 (USA)
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Singh MS, Nagaraju A, Anand N, Chowdhury S. ortho-Quinone methide (o-QM): a highly reactive, ephemeral and versatile intermediate in organic synthesis. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra11444b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In this critical review, we provide a comprehensive view of the chemistry of ortho-quinone methides as versatile reactive intermediates in organic synthesis.
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- Maya Shankar Singh
- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi 221 005, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi 221 005, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi 221 005, India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Banaras Hindu University
- Varanasi 221 005, India
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Willcockson MG, Toteva MM, Stella VJ. Hydrolysis of the Quinone Methide of Butylated Hydroxytoluene in Aqueous Solutions. J Pharm Sci 2013; 102:3579-85. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.23657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chen MW, Cao LL, Ye ZS, Jiang GF, Zhou YG. A mild method for generation of o-quinone methides under basic conditions. The facile synthesis of trans-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:1660-2. [PMID: 23340596 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc37800d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel and efficient method for the generation of o-quinone methide intermediates was developed from the readily available 2-tosylalkylphenols under the mild basic conditions, and their reactions with sulfur ylides were investigated for the stereoselective synthesis of trans-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans.
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- Mu-Wang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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Cao S, Christiansen R, Peng X. Substituent effects on oxidation-induced formation of quinone methides from arylboronic ester precursors. Chemistry 2013; 19:9050-8. [PMID: 23670793 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201300539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Revised: 04/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A series of arylboronic esters containing different aromatic substituents and various benzylic leaving groups (Br or N(+)Me3Br(-)) have been synthesized. The substituent effects on their reactivity with H2O2 and formation of quinone methide (QM) have been investigated. NMR spectroscopy and ethyl vinyl ether (EVE) trapping experiments were used to determine the reaction mechanism and QM formation, respectively. QMs were not generated during oxidative cleavage of the boronic esters but by subsequent transformation of the phenol products under physiological conditions. The oxidative deboronation is facilitated by electron-withdrawing substituents, such as aromatic F, NO2, or benzylic N(+)Me3Br(-), whereas electron-donating substituents or a better leaving group favor QM generation. Compounds containing an aromatic CH3 or OMe group, or a good leaving group (Br), efficiently generate QMs under physiological conditions. Finally, a quantitative relationship between the structure and activity has been established for the arylboronic esters by using a Hammett plot. The reactivity of the arylboronic acids/esters and the inhibition or facilitation of QM formation can now be predictably adjusted. This adjustment is important as some applications may benefit and others may be limited by QM generation.
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- Sheng Cao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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Wu J, Huang R, Wang T, Zhao X, Zhang W, Weng X, Tian T, Zhou X. Fluoride as an inducible DNA cross-linking agent for new antitumor prodrug. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:2365-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob27324a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Miller BL. DCC in the development of nucleic acid targeted and nucleic acid inspired structures. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2012; 322:107-37. [PMID: 21769715 DOI: 10.1007/128_2011_200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Nucleic acids were one of the first biological targets explored with DCC, and research into the application has continued to yield novel and useful structures for sequence- and structure-selective recognition of oligonucleotides. This chapter reviews major developments in DNA- and RNA-targeted DCC, including methods under development for the conversion of DCC-derived lead compounds into probe molecules suitable for studies in vitro and in vivo. Innovative applications of DCC for the discovery of new materials based on nucleic acids and new methods for the modification of nucleic acid structure and function are also discussed.
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- Benjamin L Miller
- Department of Dermatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Photochemically relevant DNA-based molecular systems enabling chemical and signal transductions and their analytical applications. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2012.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hagihara S, Kusano S, Lin WC, Chao XG, Hori T, Imoto S, Nagatsugi F. Production of truncated protein by the crosslink formation of mRNA with 2'-OMe oligoribonucleotide containing 2-amino-6-vinylpurine. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:3870-2. [PMID: 22613261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.04.123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 04/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The development of convenient methods for controlling the protein expression is an important challenge in the postgenomic era. We applied the crosslink forming oligonucleotide (CFO) as a terminator of the ribosomal translation. In this study, we demonstrated that the improved reactivity of our CFO under physiological conditions enabled the sequence-specific introduction of a steric block for a ribosome on mRNAs. In vitro and in cell translation experiments revealed that the crosslinked mRNA can produce the truncated proteins in which the translation terminates at the desired position.
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- Shinya Hagihara
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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