Eid AA, Koubeissi A, Bou-Mjahed R, Khalil NA, Farah M, Maalouf R, Nasser N, Bouhadir KH. Novel carbocyclic nucleoside analogs suppress glomerular mesangial cells proliferation and matrix protein accumulation through ROS-dependent mechanism in the diabetic milieu.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012. [PMID:
23199883 DOI:
10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.122]
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Abstract
The synthesis of a series of novel 3,4-cis- and 3,4-trans-substituted carbocyclic nucleoside analogs from protected uracil and thymine is described. The key reaction in the followed synthetic protocols utilized the Mitsunobu reaction to couple 3,4-substituted cyclopentanols to (3)N-benzoyl uracil or (3)N-benzoyl thymine. These molecules were evaluated with regard to their ability to treat diabetic nephropathy. Our results show that two analogs significantly reduced high-glucose induced glomerular mesangial cells proliferation and matrix protein accumulation in vitro and, more interestingly, exhibited an anti-oxidative effect suggesting that the activity may be mediated through ROS-dependent mechanism.
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