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Kaczmarek R, Radzikowska-Cieciura E, Królewska-Golińska K, Dolot R, Wheeler KA, Chavez FA, Dembinski R. Synthesis and Determination of Anticancer Activity of Dicobalt Hexacarbonyl 2'-Deoxy-5-alkynylfuropyrimidines. ACS Med Chem Lett 2023; 14:962-969. [PMID: 37465308 PMCID: PMC10351056 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.3c00152] [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: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Dicobalt hexacarbonyl 5-alkynyl furopyrimidine nucleoside analogs, with 4-methylphenyl (p-tolyl) and 4-pentylphenyl substituents attached at the C-6 base position, designed in the form of ribose acetyl esters, were synthesized (42-96%). Attached at the C-5 position were propargyl alcohol, its methyl ether and acetate derivatives, butynol, and the 4-methylphenyl- (p-tolyl) and 4-pentylphenyl-substituted alkynyl groups, which were coordinated to a dicobalt hexacarbonyl unit. The structure of 5-(3-acetoxyprop-1-yn-1-yl)-6-p-tolyl-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl-furo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-one was determined by X-ray crystallography. Density functional theory calculations performed on the corresponding derivative yielded geometric parameters for the dicobalt hexacarbonyl adduct of this ligand. The cytotoxic activity of each of dicobalt modified nucleosides on cancer cells of different phenotypes was determined in vitro. The investigated compounds showed antiproliferative effects with median inhibitory concentration (IC50) values in the ranges of 14-90 and 9-50 μM for HeLa and K562 cells, respectively. The formation of reactive oxygen species in the presence of modified nucleosides was determined in K562 cells. The results indicate that the mechanism of action for the studied compounds may be related to the induction of oxidative stress.
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Affiliation(s)
- Renata Kaczmarek
- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd., Spokane, Washington 99251, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Dr., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4479, United States
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- Centre
of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363 Łódź, Poland
- Department
of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Dr., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4479, United States
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Kaczmarek R, Twardy DJ, Olson TL, Korczyński D, Andrei G, Snoeck R, Dolot R, Wheeler KA, Dembinski R. Extension of furopyrimidine nucleosides with 5-alkynyl substituent: Synthesis, high fluorescence, and antiviral effect in the absence of free ribose hydroxyl groups. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 209:112884. [PMID: 33039724 PMCID: PMC7521880 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
A novel methodology to access alkynyl nucleoside analogues is elaborated. Highly fluorescent 5-alkynylfuropyrimidines were synthesized (97-46%) and their antiviral properties investigated in vitro. Regiochemistry of the functionalization was achieved with the aid of 5-endo-dig electrophilic halocyclization of acetyl 5-p-tolyl- or 5-p-pentylphenyl-2'-deoxyuridine. Structure of one of the resulting nucleosides, 6-p-tolyl-5-iodo-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl-furo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-one, was confirmed by X-ray crystallography, and its conformation was compared to related nucleosides. Diverse alkynyl substituents were introduced at the heterobicyclic base C-5 position via Sonogashira coupling of 5-iodo-2'-deoxyribofuranosyl-furo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-2-ones. The resulting compounds had fluorescence emissions of 452-481 nm. High quantum yields of 0.53-0.60 were observed for 9-ethynyl-9-fluorenol and propargyl alcohol/methyl ether-modified furopyrimidines. These modified nucleosides, designed in the form of ribose acetyl esters, are potential tools for fluorescent tagging, studying nucleoside metabolism, 2'-deoxyribonucleoside kinase activity, and antiviral activity. Antiviral assays against a broad spectrum of DNA and RNA viruses showed that in human embryonic lung (HEL) cell cultures some of the compounds posess antiviral activity (EC50 1.3-13.2 μM) against varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The alkynyl furopyrimidine with two p-pentylphenyl substituents emerged as the best compound with reasonable and selective anti-VZV activity, confirming p-pentylphenyl potency as a pharmacophore.
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- Renata Kaczmarek
- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI, 48309-4479, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI, 48309-4479, USA
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363, Łódź, Poland
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- Rega Institute, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Rega Institute, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363, Łódź, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, Whitworth University, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd., Spokane, WA, 99251, USA
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- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewicza 112, 90-363, Łódź, Poland; Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI, 48309-4479, USA.
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Sniady A, Sevilla MD, Meneni S, Lis T, Szafert S, Khanduri D, Finke JM, Dembinski R. Synthesis and EPR studies of 2'-deoxyuridines with alkynyl, rodlike linkages. Chemistry 2009; 15:7569-77. [PMID: 19609983 PMCID: PMC4596529 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Sonogashira coupling of diacetyl 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine with diacetyl 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine gave the acylated ethynediyl-linked 2'-deoxyuridine dimer (3 b; 63%), which was deprotected with ammonia/methanol to give ethynediyl-linked 2'-deoxyuridines (3 a; 79%). Treatment of 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (1 a) with 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine gave the furopyrimidine linked to 2'-deoxyuridine (78%). Catalytic oxidative coupling of 1 a (O(2), CuI, Pd/C, N,N-dimethylformamide) gave butadiynediyl-linked 2'-deoxyuridines (4; 84 %). Double Sonogashira coupling of 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine with 1,4-diethynylbenzene gave 1,4-phenylenediethynediyl-bridged 2'-deoxyuridines (5; 83%). Cu-catalyzed cycloisomerization of dimers 4 and 5 gave their furopyrimidine derivatives. One-electron addition to 1 a, 3 a, and 4 gave the anion radical, the EPR spectra of which showed that the unpaired electron is largely localized at C6 of one uracil ring (17 G doublet) at 77 K. The EPR spectra of the one-electron-oxidized derivatives of ethynediyl- and butadiynediyl-linked uridines 3 a and 4 at 77 K showed that the unpaired electron is delocalized over both rings. Therefore, structures 3 a and 4 provide an efficient electronic link for hole conduction between the uracil rings. However, for the excess electron, an activation barrier prevents coupling to both rings. These dimeric structures could provide a gate that would separate hole transfer from electron transport between strands in DNA systems. In the crystal structure of acylated dimer 3 b, the bases were found in the anti position relative to each other across the ethynyl link, and similar anti conformation was preserved in the derived furopyrimidine-deoxyuridine dinucleoside.
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- Adam Sniady
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Research, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, USA
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Sniady A, Durham A, Morreale MS, Marcinek A, Szafert S, Lis T, Brzezinska KR, Iwasaki T, Ohshima T, Mashima K, Dembinski R. Zinc-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations. Synthesis of Substituted Furans and Furopyrimidine Nucleosides. J Org Chem 2008; 73:5881-9. [PMID: 18597532 DOI: 10.1021/jo8007995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Adam Sniady
- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 2200 N. Squirrel Rd., Rochester, Michigan 48309-4477, Institute of Applied Radiation Chemistry, Technical University of Lodz, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, Poland, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Migliore MD, Zonta N, McGuigan C, Henson G, Andrei G, Snoeck R, Balzarini J. Synthesis and Antiviral Activity of the Carbocyclic Analogue of the Highly Potent and Selective Anti-VZV Bicyclo Furano Pyrimidines. J Med Chem 2007; 50:6485-92. [DOI: 10.1021/jm070357e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Marco D. Migliore
- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, King Edward Vll Avenue, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Inhibitex, 9005 Westside Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004, and Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B- 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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