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Caramiello A, Bellucci MC, Cristina G, Castellano C, Meneghetti F, Mori M, Secundo F, Viani F, Sacchetti A, Volonterio A. Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Hydantoin-Based Universal Peptidomimetics. J Org Chem 2023; 88:10381-10402. [PMID: 36226862 PMCID: PMC10407853 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The synthesis of a collection of enantiomerically pure, systematically substituted hydantoins as structural privileged universal mimetic scaffolds is presented. It relies on a chemoselective condensation/cyclization domino process between isocyanates of quaternary or unsubstituted α-amino esters and N-alkyl aspartic acid diesters followed by standard hydrolysis/coupling reactions with amines, using liquid-liquid acid/base extraction protocols for the purification of the intermediates. Besides the nature of the α carbon on the isocyanate moiety, either a quaternary carbon or a more flexible methylene group, conformational studies in silico (molecular modeling), in solution (NMR, circular dichroism (CD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR)), and in solid state (X-ray) showed that the presented hydantoin-based peptidomimetics are able to project their substituents in positions superimposable to the side chains of common protein secondary structures such as α-helix and β-turn, being the open α-helix conformation slightly favorable according to molecular modeling, while the closed β-turn conformation preferred in solution and in solid state.
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- Alessio
M. Caramiello
- Department
of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Università degli Studi
di Milano, via Golgi
19, 20133Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università
degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 25, 20133Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università
degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 25, 20133Milano, Italy
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- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze
e Tecnologie Chimiche “G. Natta” (SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131Milan, Italy
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- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze
e Tecnologie Chimiche “G. Natta” (SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131Milan, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131Milano, Italy
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- Department
of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131Milano, Italy
- Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze
e Tecnologie Chimiche “G. Natta” (SCITEC), via Mario Bianco 9, 20131Milan, Italy
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Schütznerová E, Přibylka A, Medran NS, Krchňák V. Greening Solid-Phase Organic Synthesis: Environmentally Conscious Synthesis of Pharmaceutically Relevant Privileged Structures 5,6-Dihydropyridin-2(1 H)-ones and Quinolin-2(1 H)-ones. J Org Chem 2020; 85:11867-11881. [PMID: 32841557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Solid-phase organic synthesis (SPOS) is a very efficient methodology for the synthesis of diverse organic molecules, particularly exploited in drug discovery. Here, we present the transformation of the traditional SPOS to an eco-friendlier methodology on examples of pharmacologically relevant privileged structures 5,6-dihydropyridin-2(1H)-ones and quinolin-2(1H)-ones. The green approach is primarily based on the utilization of environmentally friendly solvent 2-MeTHF in all steps of the synthesis. Target heterocycles were synthesized by extending our previously published synthesis of five-membered tetramic acid analogues to six-membered cycles. The crucial step of the synthesis is cyclization via nonclassical Wittig olefination of resin-bound esters. Traditional and green protocols provided comparable results with respect to purity and yield of products, thus opening the way for greener access to a variety of diverse heterocycles.
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- Eva Schütznerová
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. Listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. Listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Quı́mica Rosario-IQUIR (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquı́micas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, Rosario S2002LRK, Argentina
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, 17. Listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Center, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Tikhov RM, Kuznetsov NY. Construction of piperidine-2,4-dione-type azaheterocycles and their application in modern drug development and natural product synthesis. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:2793-2812. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00287a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The review surveys the existing routes to piperidine-2,4-dione-type heterocycles including derivatives with the most vital types of biological activity. This heterocyclic platform is ideal for the construction of modern drugs and natural products.
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- Rabdan M. Tikhov
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow
- Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Moscow
- Russian Federation
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Gvozdev VD, Shavrin KN, Nefedov OM. New synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted piperidin-2-ones from esters and 1-(3-halopropyl)-2,5-dimethylpyrroles. Russ Chem Bull 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s11172-019-2674-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Taechalertpaisarn J, Lyu RL, Arancillo M, Lin CM, Perez LM, Ioerger TR, Burgess K. Correlations between secondary structure- and protein-protein interface-mimicry: the interface mimicry hypothesis. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:3267-3274. [PMID: 30847453 PMCID: PMC6863600 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00204a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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An active segment of the research community designing small molecules ("minimalist mimics" of peptide fragments) to interfere with protein-protein interactions have based their studies on an implicit hypothesis. Here we refer to this as the Secondary Structure Hypothesis, that might be defined as, "If a small molecule can orient amino acid side-chains in directions that resemble side-chains of the parent secondary structure at the interface, then that small molecule is a candidate to perturb the protein-protein interaction". Rigorous tests of this hypothesis require co-crystallization of minimalist mimics with protein receptors, and comparison of the bound conformations with the interface secondary structures they were designed to resemble. Unfortunately, to the best of our knowledge, there is no such analysis in the literature, and it is unlikely that enough examples will emerge in the near future to test the hypothesis. Research described here was designed to challenge this hypothesis from a different perspective. In a previous study, preferred conformations of a series of novel minimalist mimics were simulated then systematically overlaid on >240 000 crystallographically characterized protein-protein interfaces. Select data from that overlay procedure revealed chemotypes that overlay side chains on various PPI interfaces with a relatively high frequency of occurrence. The first aim of this work was to determine if good secondary structure mimics overlay frequently on PPI interfaces. The second aim of this work was to determine if overlays of preferred conformers at interface regions involve secondary structures. Thus situations where these conformations overlaid extremely well on PPI interfaces were analyzed to determine if secondary structures featured the PPI regions where these molecules overlaid in the previous study. Combining conclusions from these two studies enabled us to formulate a hypothesis that is complementary to the Secondary Structure Hypothesis, but, unlike this, is supported by abundant data. We call this the Interface Mimicry Hypothesis.
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- Jaru Taechalertpaisarn
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842-3012, USA.
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Vallade M, Jewginski M, Fischer L, Buratto J, Bathany K, Schmitter JM, Stupfel M, Godde F, Mackereth CD, Huc I. Assessing Interactions between Helical Aromatic Oligoamide Foldamers and Protein Surfaces: A Tethering Approach. Bioconjug Chem 2019; 30:54-62. [PMID: 30395443 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Helically folded aromatic foldamers may constitute suitable candidates for the ab initio design of ligands for protein surfaces. As preliminary steps toward the exploration of this hypothesis, a tethering approach was developed to detect interactions between a protein and a foldamer by confining the former at the surface of the latter. Cysteine mutants of two therapeutically relevant enzymes, CypA and IL4, were produced. Two series of ten foldamers were synthesized bearing different proteinogenic side chains and either a long or a short linker functionalized with an activated disulfide. Disulfide exchange between the mutated cysteines and the activated disulfides yielded 20 foldamer-IL4 and 20 foldamer-CypA adducts. Effectiveness of the reaction was demonstrated by LC-MS, by MS analysis after proteolytic digestion, and by 2D NMR. Circular dichroism then revealed diastereoselective interactions between the proteins and the foldamers confined at their surface which resulted in a preferred handedness of the foldamer helix. Helix sense bias occurred sometimes with both the short and the long linkers and sometimes with only one of them. In a few cases, helix handedness preference is found to be close to quantitative. These cases constitute valid candidates for structural elucidation of the interactions involved.
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- Maëlle Vallade
- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France.,Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry , Wrocław University of Technology , 50-370 Wrocław , Poland
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, INSERM, CNRS, ARNA (U 1212 and UMR 5320), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France
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- Université Bordeaux, CNRS, IPB, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie , 2 rue Robert Escarpit , 33600 Pessac , France.,Department Pharmazie , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität , Butenandtstraße 5-13 , D-81377 München , Germany
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Cheng GJ, Zhong XM, Wu YD, Zhang X. Mechanistic understanding of catalysis by combining mass spectrometry and computation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:12749-12764. [PMID: 31560354 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05458h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The combination of mass spectrometry and computational chemistry has been proven to be powerful for exploring reaction mechanisms. The former provides information of reaction intermediates, while the latter gives detailed reaction energy profiles.
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- Gui-Juan Cheng
- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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- Lab of Computational Chemistry and Drug Design
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Oncogenomics
- Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
- Shenzhen
- China
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Zhai L, Wang S, Nara M, Takeuchi K, Shimada I, Otani Y, Ohwada T. Application of C-Terminal 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane to Stabilize β-Strand-like Extended Conformation of a Neighboring α-Amino Acid. J Org Chem 2018; 83:13063-13079. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luhan Zhai
- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Ichikawa, Chiba 272-0827, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Molecular Profiling Research Center for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Bellucci MC, Frigerio M, Castellano C, Meneghetti F, Sacchetti A, Volonterio A. Design, synthesis, and conformational analysis of 3-cyclo-butylcarbamoyl hydantoins as novel hydrogen bond driven universal peptidomimetics. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 16:521-525. [PMID: 29210413 DOI: 10.1039/c7ob02680c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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A collection of systematically substituted 3-cyclo-butylcarbamoyl hydantoins was synthesized by a regioselective multicomponent domino process followed by easy coupling reactions. Calculations, NMR studies and X-ray analysis show that these scaffolds are able to project their side chains similar to common secondary structures, such as the α-helix and β-turn, with favourable enthalpic and entropic profiles.
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- M C Bellucci
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Kuznetsov NY, Tikhov RM, Godovikov IA, Khrustalev VN, Bubnov YN. New enolate-carbodiimide rearrangement in the concise synthesis of 6-amino-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridinones from homoallylamines. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:4283-98. [PMID: 27080757 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob00293e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Three-step synthesis of 6-amino-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridinones from homoallylamines involving NBS-mediated cyclization of N-(3-butenyl)ureas to 6-(bromomethyl)-2-iminourethanes, dehydrohalogenation and a novel rearrangement as a key step has been developed. The scope and limitations of the method, as well as the mechanism of the rearrangement, supported by kinetic studies and the isolation of N-(1-adamantyl)carbodiimide, are discussed. The final products, imino-analogues of well known piperidine-2,4-diones, are promising building blocks in the synthesis of bio-/pharmacological compounds.
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- N Yu Kuznetsov
- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov 28, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov 28, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov 28, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov 28, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation. and Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Miklukho-Maklay St., 6, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
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- A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilov 28, 119991, Moscow, Russian Federation. and N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Bio-inspired synthetic backbones leading to foldamers can provide effective biopolymer mimics with new and improved properties in a physiological environment, and in turn could serve as useful tools to study biology and lead to practical applications in the areas of diagnostics or therapeutics. Remarkable progress has been accomplished over the past 20 years with the discovery of many potent bioactive foldamers originating from diverse backbones and targeting a whole spectrum of bio(macro)molecules such as membranes, protein surfaces, and nucleic acids. These current achievements, future opportunities, and key challenges that remain are discussed in this article.
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Peacock H, Luo J, Yamashita T, Luccarelli J, Thompson S, Hamilton AD. Non-covalent S···O interactions control conformation in a scaffold that disrupts islet amyloid polypeptide fibrillation. Chem Sci 2016; 7:6435-6439. [PMID: 28451100 PMCID: PMC5363787 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc00756b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Conformationally-constrained molecules that selectively recognise the surfaces of proteins have the potential to direct the path of protein folding. Such molecules are of therapeutic interest because the misfolding of proteins, especially that which results in fibrillation and aggregation, is strongly correlated with numerous diseases. Here we report the novel use of S···O interactions as a conformational control element in a new class of non-peptidic scaffold that mimics key elements of protein surfaces. These molecules disrupt the fibrillation of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP), a process that is implicated in the pathology of type II diabetes.
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- Hayden Peacock
- Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , Oxford , OX1 3TA , UK . ; Tel: +44 (0) 1865 275978
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , Oxford , OX1 3TA , UK . ; Tel: +44 (0) 1865 275978
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , Oxford , OX1 3TA , UK . ; Tel: +44 (0) 1865 275978
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , Oxford , OX1 3TA , UK . ; Tel: +44 (0) 1865 275978
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , Oxford , OX1 3TA , UK . ; Tel: +44 (0) 1865 275978
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory , University of Oxford , 12 Mansfield Road , Oxford , OX1 3TA , UK . ; Tel: +44 (0) 1865 275978
- Department of Chemistry , New York University , New York , New York 10003 , USA .
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Azzarito V, Rowell P, Barnard A, Edwards TA, Macdonald A, Warriner SL, Wilson AJ. Probing Protein Surfaces: QSAR Analysis with Helix Mimetics. Chembiochem 2016; 17:768-73. [PMID: 26690307 PMCID: PMC6591138 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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α-Helix-mediated protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are important targets for small-molecule inhibition; however, generic approaches to inhibitor design are in their infancy and would benefit from QSAR analyses to rationalise the noncovalent basis of molecular recognition by designed ligands. Using a helix mimetic based on an oligoamide scaffold, we have exploited the power of a modular synthesis to access compounds that can readily be used to understand the noncovalent determinants of hDM2 recognition by this series of cell-active p53/hDM2 inhibitors.
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- Valeria Azzarito
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Institue of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
- Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
- Astbury Centre For Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
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Jewginski M, Fischer L, Colombo C, Huc I, Mackereth CD. Solution Observation of Dimerization and Helix Handedness Induction in a Human Carbonic Anhydrase-Helical Aromatic Amide Foldamer Complex. Chembiochem 2016; 17:727-36. [PMID: 26807531 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The design of synthetic foldamers to selectively bind proteins is currently hindered by the limited availability of molecular data to establish key features of recognition. Previous work has described dimerization of human carbonic anhydrase II (HCA) through self-association of a quinoline oligoamide helical foldamer attached to a tightly binding HCA ligand. A crystal structure of the complex provided atomic details to explain the observed induction of single foldamer helix handedness and revealed an unexpected foldamer-mediated dimerization. Here, we investigated the detailed behavior of the HCA-foldamer complex in solution by using NMR spectroscopy. We found that the ability to dimerize is buffer-dependent and uses partially distinct intermolecular contacts. The use of a foldamer variant incapable of self-association confirmed the ability to induce helix handedness separately from dimer formation and provided insight into the dynamics of enantiomeric selection.
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- Michal Jewginski
- University of Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France.,CNRS, CBMN (UMR 5248).,Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248).,Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław, Poland
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- University of Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France.,CNRS, CBMN (UMR 5248).,Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248)
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- University of Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France.,CNRS, CBMN (UMR 5248).,Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248)
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- University of Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR 5248), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France. .,CNRS, CBMN (UMR 5248). .,Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248).
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- University of Bordeaux, ARNA (U1212), Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie. .,INSERM, ARNA (U1212). .,CNRS, ARNA (UMR 5320), 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France.
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Di Maso MJ, Snyder KM, De Souza Fernandes F, Pattawong O, Tan DQ, Fettinger JC, Cheong PH, Shaw JT. Diastereoselective Synthesis of and Mechanistic Understanding for the Formation of 2‐Piperidinones from Imines and Cyano‐Substituted Anhydrides. Chemistry 2016; 22:4794-801. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Michael J. Di Maso
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA
- Department of Chemistry Federal University of Juiz de Fora Campus Martelos Juiz de Fora MG 36036-330 Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Oregon State University 153 Gilbert Hall Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis CA 95616 USA
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Hu X, Dawson SJ, Nagaoka Y, Tanatani A, Huc I. Solid-Phase Synthesis of Water-Soluble Helically Folded Hybrid α-Amino Acid/Quinoline Oligoamides. J Org Chem 2016; 81:1137-50. [PMID: 26703882 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b02671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We report here a solid phase synthesis methodology that allows the incorporation of α-amino acids (X) into quinoline (Q) oligoamide foldamer sequences. Water-soluble hybrid oligoamides based on the XQ2 trimer repeat motif were shown to adopt helical conformations presenting α-amino acid side chains in a predictable linear array on one face of the helix. In contrast, sequences based on the XQ dimer motif expressed less well-defined behavior, most likely due to local conformational variability precluding long-range order. Also presented is a full structural investigation by NMR of a dodecameric XQ2-type foldamer containing four different amino acid residues (Lys, Ala, Asp, and Ser).
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- Xiaobo Hu
- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR5248) , Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 Rue Escarpit, 33600 Pessac, France
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- CNRS, CBMN (UMR 5248) , Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 Rue Escarpit, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University , 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University , 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
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- Université de Bordeaux, CBMN (UMR5248) , Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 Rue Escarpit, 33600 Pessac, France
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Marson CM, Yau KC. Regioselective synthesis of substituted piperidine-2,4-diones and their derivatives via Dieckmann cyclisations. Tetrahedron 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.06.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Pelay-Gimeno M, Glas A, Koch O, Grossmann TN. Structure-Based Design of Inhibitors of Protein-Protein Interactions: Mimicking Peptide Binding Epitopes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:8896-927. [PMID: 26119925 PMCID: PMC4557054 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201412070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 496] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are involved at all levels of cellular organization, thus making the development of PPI inhibitors extremely valuable. The identification of selective inhibitors is challenging because of the shallow and extended nature of PPI interfaces. Inhibitors can be obtained by mimicking peptide binding epitopes in their bioactive conformation. For this purpose, several strategies have been evolved to enable a projection of side chain functionalities in analogy to peptide secondary structures, thereby yielding molecules that are generally referred to as peptidomimetics. Herein, we introduce a new classification of peptidomimetics (classes A-D) that enables a clear assignment of available approaches. Based on this classification, the Review summarizes strategies that have been applied for the structure-based design of PPI inhibitors through stabilizing or mimicking turns, β-sheets, and helices.
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- Marta Pelay-Gimeno
- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck SocietyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227 Dortmund (Germany) E-mail:
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- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck SocietyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227 Dortmund (Germany) E-mail:
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- TU Dortmund University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund (Germany)
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- Chemical Genomics Centre of the Max Planck SocietyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 15, 44227 Dortmund (Germany) E-mail:
- TU Dortmund University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyOtto-Hahn-Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund (Germany)
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Pelay-Gimeno M, Glas A, Koch O, Grossmann TN. Strukturbasierte Entwicklung von Protein-Protein-Interaktionsinhibitoren: Stabilisierung und Nachahmung von Peptidliganden. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201412070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Xin D, Raghuraman A, Burgess K. Extended Piperidine–Piperidinone Protein Interface Mimics. J Org Chem 2015; 80:4450-8. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Dongyue Xin
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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Li X, Taechalertpaisarn J, Xin D, Burgess K. Protein-protein interface mimicry by an oxazoline piperidine-2,4-dione. Org Lett 2015; 17:632-5. [PMID: 25625791 DOI: 10.1021/ol5036547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Representative minimalist mimics 1 were prepared from amino acids. Scaffold 1 was not designed to mimic any particular secondary structure, but simulated accessible conformations of this material were compared with common ideal secondary structures and with >125,000 different protein-protein interaction (PPI) interfaces. This data mining exercise indicates that scaffolds 1 can mimic features of sheet-turn-sheets, somewhat fewer helical motifs, and numerous PPI interface regions that do not resemble any particular secondary structure.
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- Xun Li
- Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Natural Product of Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University , WenHuaXi Road No 44, Ji'nan 250012, P. R. China
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Rodriguez-Marin S, Murphy NS, Shepherd HJ, Wilson AJ. Design, synthesis and conformational analyses of bifacial benzamide based foldamers. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra20451h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Two bifacial oligobenzamide based scaffolds that mimic the side chains at i, i + 3 and i + 4 positions of an alpha helix are presented.
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- Silvia Rodriguez-Marin
- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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Barnard A, Long K, Yeo DJ, Miles JA, Azzarito V, Burslem GM, Prabhakaran P, A. Edwards T, Wilson AJ. Orthogonal functionalisation of α-helix mimetics. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:6794-9. [PMID: 25065821 PMCID: PMC4157654 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00915k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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α-Helix mediated protein-protein interactions are of major therapeutic importance. As such, the design of inhibitors of this class of interaction is of significant interest. We present methodology to modify N-alkylated aromatic oligoamide α-helix mimetics using 'click' chemistry. The effect is shown to modulate the binding properties of a series of selective p53/hDM2 inhibitors.
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- Anna Barnard
- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural and Molecular Biology , University of Leeds , Woodhouse Lane , Leeds , LS2 9JT , UK .
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Conditions
were developed for syntheses of β-enamino esters,
thioesters, and amides. These reactions involve hydroxybenzotriazole
derivatives in buffered media. Illustrative syntheses of some heterocyclic
systems are given, including some related to protein–protein
interface mimics.
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- Dongyue Xin
- Texas A & M University , Chemistry Department, P.O. Box 30012, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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Xin D, Holzenburg A, Burgess K. Small Molecule Probes That Perturb A Protein-protein Interface In Antithrombin. Chem Sci 2014; 5:4914-4921. [PMID: 25396040 DOI: 10.1039/c4sc01295j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Small molecule probes for perturbing protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in vitro can be useful if they cause the target proteins to undergo biomedically relevant changes to their tertiary and quaternary structures. Application of the Exploring Key Orientations (EKO) strategy (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 167 - 173) to a piperidinone-piperidine chemotype 1 indicated specific derivatives were candidates to perturb a protein-protein interface in the α-antithrombin dimer; those particular derivatives of 1 were prepared and tested. In the event, most of them significantly accelerated oligomerization of monomeric α-antithrombin, which is metastable in its oligomeric state. This assertion is supported by data from gel electrophoresis (non-denaturing PAGE; throughout) and probe-induced loss of α-antithrombin's inhibitor activity in a reaction catalyzed by thrombin. Kinetics of α-antithrombin oligomerization induced by the target compounds were examined. It was found that probes with O-benzyl-protected serine side-chains are the most active catalysts in the series, and reasons for this, based on modeling experiments, are proposed. Overall, this study reveals one of the first examples of small molecules designed to act at a protein-protein interface relevant to oligomerization of a serpin (ie α-antithrombin). The relevance of this to formation of oligomeric serpin fibrils, associated with the disease states known as "serpinopathies", is discussed.
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- Dongyue Xin
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842
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- Microscopy and Imaging Center, Department of Biology, and Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2257
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77842
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