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Dupouy B, Donzel M, Roignant M, Charital S, Keumoe R, Yamaryo-Botté Y, Feckler A, Bundschuh M, Bordat Y, Rottmann M, Mäser P, Botté CY, Blandin SA, Besteiro S, Davioud-Charvet E. 3-Benzylmenadiones and their Heteroaromatic Analogues Target the Apicoplast of Apicomplexa Parasites: Synthesis and Bioimaging Studies. ACS Infect Dis 2024; 10:3553-3576. [PMID: 39327729 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
Abstract
The apicoplast is an essential organelle for the viability of apicomplexan parasites Plasmodium falciparum or Toxoplasma gondii, which has been proposed as a suitable drug target for the development of new antiplasmodial drug-candidates. Plasmodione, an antimalarial redox-active lead drug is active at low nM concentrations on several blood stages of Plasmodiumsuch as early rings and gametocytes. Nevertheless, its precise biological targets remain unknown. Here, we described the synthesis and the evaluation of new heteroaromatic analogues of plasmodione, active on asexual blood P. falciparum stages and T. gondii tachyzoites. Using a bioimaging-based analysis, we followed the morphological alterations of T. gondii tachyzoites and revealed a specific loss of the apicoplast upon drug treatment. Lipidomic and fluxomic analyses determined that drug treatment severely impacts apicoplast-hosted FASII activity in T. gondii tachyzoites, further supporting that the apicoplast is a primary target of plasmodione analogues. To follow the drug localization, "clickable" analogues of plasmodione were designed as tools for fluorescence imaging through a Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction. Short-time incubation of two probes with P. falciparum trophozoites and T. gondii tachyzoites showed that the clicked products localize within, or in the vicinity of, the apicoplast of both Apicomplexa parasites. In P. falciparum, the fluorescence signal was also associated with the mitochondrion, suggesting that bioactivation and activity of plasmodione and related analogues are potentially associated with these two organelles in malaria parasites.
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- Baptiste Dupouy
- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg F-67087, France
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg F-67087, France
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg F-67087, France
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- Apicolipid Team, Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences, CNRS UMR5309,INSERM U1209, Université Grenoble Alpes, Bat. Jean Roget, Domaine de la Merci, La Tronche F-38700, France
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- INSERM, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, U1257/UPR9022, Mosquito Immune Responses IBMC, 2 Allée Konrad Roentgen, Strasbourg F-67000, France
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- Apicolipid Team, Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences, CNRS UMR5309,INSERM U1209, Université Grenoble Alpes, Bat. Jean Roget, Domaine de la Merci, La Tronche F-38700, France
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- Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Institute for Environmental Sciences (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, Landau D-76829, Germany
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- Functional Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Institute for Environmental Sciences (iES), RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, Fortstrasse 7, Landau D-76829, Germany
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- UMR5294 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity (LPHI), Place Eugène Bataillon, Bâtiment 24, CC 107, Montpellier cedex 5 F-34095, France
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstrasse 2, Allschwil CH-4123, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstrasse 2, Allschwil CH-4123, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersgraben 1, Basel CH-4001, Switzerland
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- Apicolipid Team, Institut pour l'Avancée des Biosciences, CNRS UMR5309,INSERM U1209, Université Grenoble Alpes, Bat. Jean Roget, Domaine de la Merci, La Tronche F-38700, France
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- INSERM, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, U1257/UPR9022, Mosquito Immune Responses IBMC, 2 Allée Konrad Roentgen, Strasbourg F-67000, France
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- UMR5294 CNRS-Université de Montpellier, Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity (LPHI), Place Eugène Bataillon, Bâtiment 24, CC 107, Montpellier cedex 5 F-34095, France
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg F-67087, France
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Iacobucci I, Monaco V, Hovasse A, Dupouy B, Keumoe R, Cichocki B, Elhabiri M, Meunier B, Strub JM, Monti M, Cianférani S, Blandin SA, Schaeffer-Reiss C, Davioud-Charvet E. Proteomic Profiling of Antimalarial Plasmodione Using 3-Benz(o)ylmenadione Affinity-Based Probes. Chembiochem 2024; 25:e202400187. [PMID: 38639212 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202400187] [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: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
Abstract
Understanding the mechanisms of drug action in malarial parasites is crucial for the development of new drugs to combat infection and to counteract drug resistance. Proteomics is a widely used approach to study host-pathogen systems and to identify drug protein targets. Plasmodione is an antiplasmodial early-lead drug exerting potent activities against young asexual and sexual blood stages in vitro with low toxicity to host cells. To elucidate its molecular mechanisms, an affinity-based protein profiling (AfBPP) approach was applied to yeast and P. falciparum proteomes. New (pro-) AfBPP probes based on the 3-benz(o)yl-6-fluoro-menadione scaffold were synthesized. With optimized conditions of both photoaffinity labeling and click reaction steps, the AfBPP protocol was then applied to a yeast proteome, yielding 11 putative drug-protein targets. Among these, we found four proteins associated with oxidoreductase activities, the hypothesized type of targets for plasmodione and its metabolites, and other proteins associated with the mitochondria. In Plasmodium parasites, the MS analysis revealed 44 potential plasmodione targets that need to be validated in further studies. Finally, the localization of a 3-benzyl-6-fluoromenadione AfBPP probe was studied in the subcellular structures of the parasite at the trophozoite stage.
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- Ilaria Iacobucci
- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic & Medicinal Chemistry, UMR7042 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg-Université Haute-Alsace, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, IPHC UMR 7178 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67087, Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant' Angelo, Via Cintia 26, I-80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic & Medicinal Chemistry, UMR7042 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg-Université Haute-Alsace, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, IPHC UMR 7178 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67087, Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant' Angelo, Via Cintia 26, I-80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, IPHC UMR 7178 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67087, Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic & Medicinal Chemistry, UMR7042 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg-Université Haute-Alsace, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM U1257 - CNRS UPR9022 - Université de Strasbourg, 2, Allée Konrad Roentgen, -67084, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic & Medicinal Chemistry, UMR7042 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg-Université Haute-Alsace, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic & Medicinal Chemistry, UMR7042 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg-Université Haute-Alsace, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, IPHC UMR 7178 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67087, Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant' Angelo, Via Cintia 26, I-80126, Napoli, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, IPHC UMR 7178 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67087, Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM U1257 - CNRS UPR9022 - Université de Strasbourg, 2, Allée Konrad Roentgen, -67084, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique, IPHC UMR 7178 CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, 67087, Strasbourg, France
- Infrastructure Nationale de Protéomique ProFI - FR2048, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic & Medicinal Chemistry, UMR7042 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg-Université Haute-Alsace, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087, Strasbourg, France
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Trometer N, Pecourneau J, Feng L, Navarro-Huerta JA, Lazarin-Bidóia D, de Oliveira Silva Lautenschlager S, Maes L, Fortes Francisco A, Kelly JM, Meunier B, Cal M, Mäser P, Kaiser M, Davioud-Charvet E. Synthesis and Anti-Chagas Activity Profile of a Redox-Active Lead 3-Benzylmenadione Revealed by High-Content Imaging. ACS Infect Dis 2024; 10:1808-1838. [PMID: 38606978 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
Abstract
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is a neglected tropical disease which is a top priority target of the World Health Organization. The disease, endemic mainly in Latin America, is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and has spread around the globe due to human migration. There are multiple transmission routes, including vectorial, congenital, oral, and iatrogenic. Less than 1% of patients have access to treatment, relying on two old redox-active drugs that show poor pharmacokinetics and severe adverse effects. Hence, the priorities for the next steps of R&D include (i) the discovery of novel drugs/chemical classes, (ii) filling the pipeline with drug candidates that have new mechanisms of action, and (iii) the pressing need for more research and access to new chemical entities. In the present work, we first identified a hit (4a) with a potent anti-T. cruzi activity from a library of 3-benzylmenadiones. We then designed a synthetic strategy to build a library of 49 3-(4-monoamino)benzylmenadione derivatives via reductive amination to obtain diazacyclic benz(o)ylmenadiones. Among them, we identified by high content imaging an anti-amastigote "early lead" 11b (henceforth called cruzidione) revealing optimized pharmacokinetic properties and enhanced specificity. Studies in a yeast model revealed that a cruzidione metabolite, the 3-benzoylmenadione (cruzidione oxide), enters redox cycling with the NADH-dehydrogenase, generating reactive oxygen species, as hypothesized for the early hit (4a).
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- Nathan Trometer
- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, CEP 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Inovação Tecnológica no Desenvolvimento de Fármacos e Cosméticos, Departamento de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, CEP 87020-900 Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Parasitology and Hygiene (LMPH), Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, CDE-S7.27 Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstrasse 2, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersgraben 1, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstrasse 2, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersgraben 1, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Kreuzstrasse 2, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Petersgraben 1, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- UMR7042 CNRS-Unistra-UHA, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Bio(in)organic & Medicinal Chemistry Team, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25, rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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Trometer N, Cichocki B, Chevalier Q, Pécourneau J, Strub JM, Hemmerlin A, Specht A, Davioud-Charvet E, Elhabiri M. Synthesis and Photochemical Properties of Fluorescent Metabolites Generated from Fluorinated Benzoylmenadiones in Living Cells. J Org Chem 2024; 89:2104-2126. [PMID: 37267444 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
This work describes the reactivity and properties of fluorinated derivatives (F-PD and F-PDO) of plasmodione (PD) and its metabolite, the plasmodione oxide (PDO). Introduction of a fluorine atom on the 2-methyl group markedly alters the redox properties of the 1,4-naphthoquinone electrophore, making the compound highly oxidizing and particularly photoreactive. A fruitful set of analytical methods (electrochemistry, absorption and emission spectrophotometry, and HRMS-ESI) have been used to highlight the products resulting from UV photoirradiation in the absence or presence of selected nucleophiles. With F-PDO and in the absence of nucleophile, photoreduction generates a highly reactive ortho-quinone methide (o-QM) capable of leading to the formation of a homodimer. In the presence of thiol nucleophiles such as β-mercaptoethanol, which was used as a model, o-QMs are continuously regenerated in sequential photoredox reactions generating mono- or disulfanylation products as well as various unreported sulfanyl products. Besides, these photoreduced adducts derived from F-PDO are characterized by a bright yellowish emission due to an excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) process between the dihydronapthoquinone and benzoyl units. In order to evidence the possibility of an intramolecular coupling of the o-QM intermediate, a synthetic route to the corresponding anthrones is described. Tautomerization of the targeted anthrones occurs and affords highly fluorescent stable hydroxyl-anthraquinones. Although probable to explain the intense visible fluorescence emission also observed in tobacco BY-2 cells used as a cellular model, these coupling products have never been observed during the photochemical reactions performed in this study. Our data suggest that the observed ESIPT-induced fluorescence most likely corresponds to the generation of alkylated products through reduction species, as demonstrated with the β-mercaptoethanol model. In conclusion, F-PDO thus acts as a novel (pro)-fluorescent probe for monitoring redox processes and protein alkylation in living cells.
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- Nathan Trometer
- Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut De Biologie Moléculaire Des Plantes, Unité Propre de Recherche 2357, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg F-67084, France
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- Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Spectrométrie de Masse BioOrganique (LSMBO), UMR7178 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS, IPHC, 25 Rue Becquerel, 67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Institut De Biologie Moléculaire Des Plantes, Unité Propre de Recherche 2357, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg F-67084, France
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- Conception et Applications des Molécules Bioactives, Faculté de Pharmacie, UMR 7199 CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, 74 Route du Rhin, Illkirch 67401, France
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- Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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Shi TH, Akine S, Ohtani S, Kato K, Ogoshi T. Friedel-Crafts Acylation for Accessing Multi-Bridge-Functionalized Large Pillar[n]arenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202318268. [PMID: 38108597 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202318268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
Pillar[n]arenes can be constructed using a Friedel-Crafts alkylation process. However, due to the reversible nature of the alkylation, mixture of large pillar[n]arenes (n≥7) are obtained as minor products, and thus laborious purification are necessary to isolate the larger pillar[n]arenes. Moreover, inert methylene bridges are introduced during the alkylation process, and the multi-functionalization of the bridges has never been investigated. Herein, an irreversible Friedel-Crafts acylation is used to prepare pillar[n]arenes. Due to the irreversible nature of the acylation, the reaction of precursors bearing carboxylic acids and electron-rich arene rings results in a size-exclusive formation of pillar[n]arenes, in which the ring-size is determined by the precursor length. Because of this size-selective formation, laborious separation of undesired macrocycles is not necessary. Moreover, the bridges of pillar[n]arenes are selectively installed with reactive carbonyl groups using the acylation method, whose positions are determined by the precursor used. The carbonyl bridges can be easily converted into versatile functional groups, leading to various laterally modified pillar[n]arenes, which cannot be accessed by the alkylation strategy.
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- Tan-Hao Shi
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan
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- WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, 920-1192, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, 920-1192, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, 615-8510, Kyoto, Japan
- WPI Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, 920-1192, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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Chigumbu P, Fu J, Takia IRT, Wang Y, Han X. Friedel-Crafts Benzylation of Unprotected Anilines with Indole-3-
carbinols to Access Trifluoro-methyl(indolyl)phenylmethanes. LETT ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.2174/1570178618666210225114226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An unprecedented protocol for the efficient and highly chemoselective alkylation of unprotected anilines with deactivated CF3-indole-3-carbinols promoted by In(OTf)3 has been developed. A series of diversified trifluoromethylated (indolyl)phenylmethanes were produced featuring the C-alkylation in moderate to high chemical yields and with high regioselectivities.
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- Paidamoyo Chigumbu
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Chemical & Biological Processing, Technology of Farm Products, School of Biological
and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310023
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Chemical & Biological Processing, Technology of Farm Products, School of Biological
and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310023
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Chemical & Biological Processing, Technology of Farm Products, School of Biological
and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310023
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Chemical & Biological Processing, Technology of Farm Products, School of Biological
and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310023
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Chemical & Biological Processing, Technology of Farm Products, School of Biological
and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 310023
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Donzel M, Elhabiri M, Davioud-Charvet E. Bioinspired Photoredox Benzylation of Quinones. J Org Chem 2021; 86:10055-10066. [PMID: 34264092 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c00814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
3-Benzylmenadiones were obtained in good yield by using a blue-light-induced photoredox process in the presence of Fe(III), oxygen, and γ-terpinene acting as a hydrogen-atom transfer agent. This methodology is compatible with a wide variety of diversely substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones as well as various cheap, readily available benzyl bromides with excellent functional group tolerance. The benzylation mechanism was investigated and supports a three-step radical cascade with the key involvement of the photogenerated superoxide anion radical.
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- Maxime Donzel
- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA UMR7042, 25 Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg 67087, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA UMR7042, 25 Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg 67087, France
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- Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA UMR7042, 25 Rue Becquerel, Strasbourg 67087, France
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Cichocki BA, Donzel M, Heimsch KC, Lesanavičius M, Feng L, Montagut EJ, Becker K, Aliverti A, Elhabiri M, Čėnas N, Davioud-Charvet E. Plasmodium falciparum Ferredoxin-NADP + Reductase-Catalyzed Redox Cycling of Plasmodione Generates Both Predicted Key Drug Metabolites: Implication for Antimalarial Drug Development. ACS Infect Dis 2021; 7:1996-2012. [PMID: 33855850 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Plasmodione (PD) is a potent antimalarial redox-active 3-benzyl-menadione acting at low nanomolar range concentrations on different malaria parasite stages. The specific bioactivation of PD was proposed to occur via a cascade of redox reactions starting from one-electron reduction and then benzylic oxidation, leading to the generation of several key metabolites including corresponding benzylic alcohol (PD-bzol, for PD benzhydrol) and 3-benzoylmenadione (PDO, for PD oxide). In this study, we showed that the benzylic oxidation of PD is closely related to the formation of a benzylic semiquinone radical, which can be produced under two conditions: UV photoirradiation or catalysis by Plasmodium falciparum apicoplast ferredoxin-NADP+ reductase (PfFNR) redox cycling in the presence of oxygen and the parent PD. Electrochemical properties of both PD metabolites were investigated in DMSO and in water. The single-electron reduction potential values of PD, PD-bzol, PDO, and a series of 3-benzoylmenadiones were determined according to ascorbate oxidation kinetics. These compounds possess enhanced reactivity toward PfFNR as compared with model quinones. Optimal conditions were set up to obtain the best conversion of the starting PD to the corresponding metabolites. UV irradiation of PD in isopropanol under positive oxygen pressure led to an isolated yield of 31% PDO through the transient semiquinone species formed in a cascade of reactions. In the presence of PfFNR, PDO and PD-bzol could be observed during long lasting redox cycling of PD continuously fueled by NADPH regenerated by an enzymatic system. Finally, we observed and quantified the effect of PD on the production of oxidative stress in the apicoplast of transgenic 3D7[Api-roGFP2-hGrx1] P. falciparum parasites by using the described genetically encoded glutathione redox sensor hGrx1-roGFP2 methodology. The observed fast reactive oxygen species (ROS) pulse released in the apicoplast is proposed to be mediated by PD redox cycling catalyzed by PfFNR.
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- Bogdan Adam Cichocki
- Université de Strasbourg−CNRS−UHA UMR7042, Laboratoire d’Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg−CNRS−UHA UMR7042, Laboratoire d’Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Justus Liebig University Giessen, iFZ - Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Xenobiotics Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Université de Strasbourg−CNRS−UHA UMR7042, Laboratoire d’Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg−CNRS−UHA UMR7042, Laboratoire d’Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Justus Liebig University Giessen, iFZ - Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg−CNRS−UHA UMR7042, Laboratoire d’Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Xenobiotics Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry of Vilnius University, Saulėtekio 7, LT-10257 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Université de Strasbourg−CNRS−UHA UMR7042, Laboratoire d’Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA), Team Bio(IN)organic and Medicinal Chemistry, European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM), 25 Rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg, France
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Donzel M, Karabiyikli D, Cotos L, Elhabiri M, Davioud‐Charvet E. Direct C−H Radical Alkylation of 1,4‐Quinones. European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Maxime Donzel
- UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio (IN) organic and Medicinal Chemistry European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) 25 Rue Becquerel Strasbourg 67087 France
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- UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio (IN) organic and Medicinal Chemistry European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) 25 Rue Becquerel Strasbourg 67087 France
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- UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio (IN) organic and Medicinal Chemistry European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) 25 Rue Becquerel Strasbourg 67087 France
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- UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio (IN) organic and Medicinal Chemistry European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) 25 Rue Becquerel Strasbourg 67087 France
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- UMR7042 Université de Strasbourg-CNRS-UHA Laboratoire d'Innovation Moléculaire et Applications (LIMA) Team Bio (IN) organic and Medicinal Chemistry European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials (ECPM) 25 Rue Becquerel Strasbourg 67087 France
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