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Skácel J, Slusher BS, Tsukamoto T. Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Biosynthesis of Ceramide, the Central Hub of the Sphingolipid Network. J Med Chem 2021; 64:279-297. [PMID: 33395289 PMCID: PMC8023021 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ceramides are composed of a sphingosine and a single fatty acid connected by an amide linkage. As one of the major classes of biologically active lipids, ceramides and their upstream and downstream metabolites have been implicated in several pathological conditions including cancer, neurodegeneration, diabetes, microbial pathogenesis, obesity, and inflammation. Consequently, tremendous efforts have been devoted to deciphering the dynamics of metabolic pathways involved in ceramide biosynthesis. Given that several distinct enzymes can produce ceramide, different enzyme targets have been pursued depending on the underlying disease mechanism. The main objective of this review is to provide a comprehensive overview of small molecule inhibitors reported to date for each of these ceramide-producing enzymes from a medicinal chemistry perspective.
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- Jan Skácel
- Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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- Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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- Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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Sphingosine, ceramide, sphingosine-1-phosphate, and other related sphingolipids have emerged as important bioactive molecules involved in a variety of key cellular processes such as cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, exosome release, and inter- and intracellular cell communication, making the pathways of sphingolipid metabolism a key domain in maintaining cell homeostasis (Hannun and Obeid, Trends Biochem Sci 20:73-77, 1995; Hannun and Obeid, Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 9:139-150, 2008; Kosaka et al., J Biol Chem 288:10849-10859, 2013). Various studies have determined that these pathways play a central role in regulating intracellular production of ceramide and the other bioactive sphingolipids and hence are an important component of signaling in various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases (Chaube et al., Biochim Biophys Acta 1821:313-323, 2012; Clarke et al., Adv Enzyme Regul 51:51-58, 2011b; Horres and Hannun, Neurochem Res 37:1137-1149, 2012). In this chapter, we discuss one of the major enzyme classes in producing ceramide, sphingomyelinases (SMases), from a biochemical and structural perspective with an emphasis on their applicability as therapeutic targets.
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- Prajna Shanbhogue
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
- Stony Brook University Cancer Center, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
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Shaw J, Costa-Pinheiro P, Patterson L, Drews K, Spiegel S, Kester M. Novel Sphingolipid-Based Cancer Therapeutics in the Personalized Medicine Era. Adv Cancer Res 2018; 140:327-366. [PMID: 30060815 DOI: 10.1016/bs.acr.2018.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sphingolipids are bioactive lipids that participate in a wide variety of biological mechanisms, including cell death and proliferation. The myriad of pro-death and pro-survival cellular pathways involving sphingolipids provide a plethora of opportunities for dysregulation in cancers. In recent years, modulation of these sphingolipid metabolic pathways has been in the forefront of drug discovery for cancer therapeutics. About two decades ago, researchers first showed that standard of care treatments, e.g., chemotherapeutics and radiation, modulate sphingolipid metabolism to increase endogenous ceramides, which kill cancer cells. Strikingly, resistance to these treatments has also been linked to altered sphingolipid metabolism, favoring lipid species that ultimately lead to cell survival. To this end, many inhibitors of sphingolipid metabolism have been developed to further define not only our understanding of these pathways but also to potentially serve as therapeutic interventions. Therefore, understanding how to better use these new drugs that target sphingolipid metabolism, either alone or in combination with current cancer treatments, holds great potential for cancer control. While sphingolipids in cancer have been reviewed previously (Hannun & Obeid, 2018; Lee & Kolesnick, 2017; Morad & Cabot, 2013; Newton, Lima, Maceyka, & Spiegel, 2015; Ogretmen, 2018; Ryland, Fox, Liu, Loughran, & Kester, 2011) in this chapter, we present a comprehensive review on how standard of care therapeutics affects sphingolipid metabolism, the current landscape of sphingolipid inhibitors, and the clinical utility of sphingolipid-based cancer therapeutics.
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- Jeremy Shaw
- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; University of Virginia Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
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Yokomatsu T. Development of Biologically Active Compounds on the Basis of Phosphonic and Phosphinic Acid Functionalities. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2017; 137:1051-1086. [PMID: 28867694 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.17-00110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Phosphonic and phosphinic acids, especially α-heteroatom-substituted ones, possess unique structural and physical features which enable them to act as hydrotically stable analogs to biological phosphates in biological processes. They also act as mimetics in the transition state of the protease-induced hydrolysis of dipeptides. The first half of this review focuses on selected new synthetic methods developed by our research group for the stereoselective synthesis of α-heteroatom-substituted phosphonic and phosphinic acid derivatives, including modified nucleotide analogs and phosphinyl dipeptide isosteres. In the latter half, this review summarizes the utility of difluoromethylenephosphonic acids and phosphonic acid esters in the development of enzyme inhibitors against protein tyrosine phosphatases, sphingomyelinases, purine nucleoside phosphorylases and thrombin. The enzyme inhibitors developed were used as probes to elucidate signal transductions and the mechanisms of enzyme actions. The findings of the studies are briefly described.
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Wang YH, Cao ZY, Zhou J. Nucleophilic Difluoromethylenation of Ketones Using Diethyl (Difluoro(trimethylsilyl)methyl)phosphonate Mediated by 18-Crown-6 Ether/KOAc. J Org Chem 2016; 81:7807-16. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b01457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yu-Hui Wang
- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of
Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of
Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of
Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
- State
Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of
Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
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Aoyama H, Ijuin R, Kato JY, Urushiyama S, Tetsuhashi M, Hashimoto Y, Yokomatsu T. Discovery of non-competitive thrombin inhibitor derived from competitive tryptase inhibitor skeleton: Shift in molecular recognition resulted from skeletal conversion of carboxylate into phosphonate. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:3676-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kalla RMN, Lee HR, Cao J, Yoo JW, Kim I. Phospho sulfonic acid: an efficient and recyclable solid acid catalyst for the solvent-free synthesis of α-hydroxyphosphonates and their anticancer properties. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj00312a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Some of the title compounds synthesized by a green protocol showed potent anticancer activity.
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- Reddi Mohan Naidu Kalla
- BK21 PLUS Centre for Advanced Chemical Technology
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Pusan National University
- Busan 609-735
- Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Centre for Advanced Chemical Technology
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Pusan National University
- Busan 609-735
- Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy
- Pusan National University
- Busan 609-735
- Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy
- Pusan National University
- Busan 609-735
- Republic of Korea
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- BK21 PLUS Centre for Advanced Chemical Technology
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
- Pusan National University
- Busan 609-735
- Republic of Korea
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Hosseini-Sarvari M, Tavakolian M. Nano-rod ZnO as a novel and reusable catalyst for C−P bond formation and hydrophosphonation of isatin derivatives under solvent-free conditions. CAN J CHEM 2013. [DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2011-0432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A highly efficient method for the synthesis of α1-oxindole-α-hydroxyphosphonates via nano-rod ZnO catalyzed hydrophosphonation of isatin derivatives was developed. The reaction products are in excellent yields using the catalytic system nano-rod ZnO (25 mol%) under solvent-free conditions at room temperature. The catalyst can be reused several times without any significant loss of its activity.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, I.R. Iran
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Oda M, Imagawa H, Kato R, Yabiku K, Yoshikawa T, Takemoto T, Takahashi H, Yamamoto H, Nishizawa M, Sakurai J, Nagahama M. Novel inhibitor of bacterial sphingomyelinase, SMY-540, developed based on three-dimensional structure analysis. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2013; 29:303-10. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2013.777717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University
Yamashiro-cho, TokushimaJapan
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- Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University
Yamashiro-cho, TokushimaJapan
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- Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University
Yamashiro-cho, TokushimaJapan
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- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Tokushima Bunri University
Yamashiro-cho, TokushimaJapan
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- Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University
Yamashiro-cho, TokushimaJapan
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- Department of Chemistry of Functional Molecules, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University
Yamashiro-cho, TokushimaJapan
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Sphingolipid-metabolizing enzymes are becoming targets for chemotherapeutic development with an increasing interest in the recent years. In this chapter we introduce the sphingolipid family of lipids, and the role of individual species in cell homeostasis. We also discuss their roles in several rare diseases and overall, in cancer transformation. We follow the biosynthesis pathway of the sphingolipid tree, focusing on the enzymes in order to understand how using small molecule inhibitors makes it possible to modulate cancer progression. Finally, we describe the most used and historically significant inhibitors employed in cancer research, their relationships to sphingolipid metabolism, and some promising results found in this field.
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- Daniel Canals
- Department of Medicine, University of Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794
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- Health Science Center, Stony Brook University, 100 Nicolls Road, L-4, 178, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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Naidu KRM, Kumar KS, Arulselvan P, Reddy CB, Lasekan O. Synthesis of α-Hydroxyphosphonates and Their Antioxidant Properties. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2012; 345:957-63. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201200192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2012] [Revised: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Canals D, Perry DM, Jenkins RW, Hannun YA. Drug targeting of sphingolipid metabolism: sphingomyelinases and ceramidases. Br J Pharmacol 2011; 163:694-712. [PMID: 21615386 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01279.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Sphingolipids represent a class of diverse bioactive lipid molecules that are increasingly appreciated as key modulators of diverse physiologic and pathophysiologic processes that include cell growth, cell death, autophagy, angiogenesis, and stress and inflammatory responses. Sphingomyelinases and ceramidases are key enzymes of sphingolipid metabolism that regulate the formation and degradation of ceramide, one of the most intensely studied classes of sphingolipids. Improved understanding of these enzymes that control not only the levels of ceramide but also the complex interconversion of sphingolipid metabolites has provided the foundation for the functional analysis of the roles of sphingolipids. Our current understanding of the roles of various sphingolipids in the regulation of different cellular processes has come from loss-of-function/gain-of-function studies utilizing genetic deletion/downregulation/overexpression of enzymes of sphingolipid metabolism (e.g. knockout animals, RNA interference) and from the use of pharmacologic inhibitors of these same enzymes. While genetic approaches to evaluate the functional roles of sphingolipid enzymes have been instrumental in advancing the field, the use of pharmacologic inhibitors has been equally important in identifying new roles for sphingolipids in important cellular processes.The latter also promises the development of novel therapeutic targets with implications for cancer therapy, inflammation, diabetes, and neurodegeneration. In this review, we focus on the status and use of pharmacologic compounds that inhibit sphingomyelinases and ceramidases, and we will review the history, current uses and future directions for various small molecule inhibitors, and will highlight studies in which inhibitors of sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes have been used to effectively treat models of human disease.
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- Daniel Canals
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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Seven O, Polat-Cakir S, Hossain MS, Emrullahoglu M, Demir AS. Reactions of acyl phosphonates with organoaluminum reagents: a new method for the synthesis of secondary and tertiary α-hydroxy phosphonates. Tetrahedron 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chen XS, Wu YL, Chen DH. Synthesis of a New Cerebroside Isolated from Typhonium giganteum Engl. CHINESE J CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.20030210743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Abrunhosa-Thomas I, Coudray L, Montchamp JL. Synthesis and Reactivity Studies of α,α-Difluoromethylphosphinates. Tetrahedron 2010; 66:4434-4440. [PMID: 20725593 PMCID: PMC2921993 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2010.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The preparation and reactivity of some α,α-difluorophosphinates is investigated. Alkylation of H-phosphinates with LiHMDS and ClCF(2)H gives the corresponding α,α-difluorophosphinates in good yield. Deprotonation of these reagents with alkyllithium or LDA is then studied. Subtle electronic effects translate into significant differences in the deprotonation/alkylation of the two "Ciba-Geigy reagents" (EtO)(2)CRP(O)(OEt)H (R = H, Me). On the other hand, attempted methylation of difluoromethyl-octyl-phosphinic acid butyl ester resulted in the exclusive alkylation of the octyl chain. Finally, reaction with carbonyl compounds results in the formation of 1,1-difluoro-2-phosphinoyl compounds.
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Imagawa H, Oda M, Takemoto T, Yamauchi R, Yoshikawa T, Yamamoto H, Nishizawa M, Takahashi H, Hashimoto M, Yabiku K, Nagahama M, Sakurai J. Synthesis and evaluation of novel phosphate ester analogs as neutral sphingomyelinase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:3868-71. [PMID: 20627555 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.05.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Revised: 05/08/2010] [Accepted: 05/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel sphingomyelin inhibitor RY221B-a, which contains a bipyridyl moiety as a metal coordination site was designed based upon the mechanism of phosphate ester hydrolysis. RY221B-a was synthesized from N-Boc-sphingosine in three steps via selective etherification using stannyl acetal. Synthesized RY221B-a exhibited relatively-strong inhibitory activity against Bc-SMase (IC(50)=1.2microM).
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Ordóñez M, Lagunas-Rivera S, Hernández-Núñez E, Labastida-Galván V. Synthesis of syn-gamma-amino-beta-hydroxyphosphonates by reduction of beta-ketophosphonates derived from L-proline and L-serine. Molecules 2010; 15:1291-301. [PMID: 20335981 PMCID: PMC6257292 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15031291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Revised: 02/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The reduction of γ-N-benzylamino-β-ketophosphonates 6 and 10, readily available from L-proline and L-serine, respectively, can be carried out in high diastereoselectivity with catecholborane (CB) in THF at -78 °C to produce the syn-γ-N-benzylamino-β-hydroxyphosphonates 11 and 13 as a single detectable diastereoisomer, under non-chelation or Felkin-Anh model control.
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- Mario Ordóñez
- Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, 62209 Cuernavaca, Mor., México.
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Delgado A, Casas J, Llebaria A, Abad JL, Fabriás G. Chemical tools to investigate sphingolipid metabolism and functions. ChemMedChem 2008; 2:580-606. [PMID: 17252619 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200600195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Sphingolipids comprise an important group of biomolecules, some of which have been shown to play important roles in the regulation of many cell functions. From a structural standpoint, they all share a long 2-amino-1,3-diol chain, which can be either saturated (sphinganine), hydroxylated at C4 (phytosphingosine), or unsaturated at C4 (sphingosine) as in most mammalian cells. N-acylation of sphingosine leads to ceramide, a key intermediate in sphingolipid metabolism that can be enzymatically modified at the C1-OH position to other biologically important sphingolipids, such as sphingomyelin or glycosphingolipids. In addition, both ceramide and sphingosine can be phosphorylated at C1-OH to give ceramide-1-phosphate and sphingosine-1-phosphate, respectively. To better understand the biological and biophysical roles of sphingolipids, many efforts have been made to design synthetic analogues as chemical tools able to unravel their structure-activity relationships, and to alter their cellular levels. This last approach has been thoroughly studied by the development of specific inhibitors of some key enzymes that play an important role in biosynthesis or metabolism of these intriguing lipids. With the above premises in mind, the aim of this review is to collect, in a systematic way, the recent efforts described in the literature leading to the development of new chemical entities specifically designed to achieve the above goals.
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- Antonio Delgado
- Research Unit on Bioactive Molecules, Departament de Química Orgànica Biològica, Institut d'Investigacions Químiques i Ambientals de Barcelona (C.S.I.C); Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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Fujioka H, Sawama Y, Kotoku N, Ohnaka T, Okitsu T, Murata N, Kubo O, Li R, Kita Y. Concise Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Scyphostatin, a Potent Inhibitor of Neutral Sphingomyelinase. Chemistry 2007; 13:10225-38. [PMID: 17907134 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The concise asymmetric total synthesis of scyphostatin has been achieved by condensation of the optically active cyclohexane unit, prepared from the commercially available 1,4-cyclohexadiene by our own method, and the side chain, prepared by the method developed by Hoye and Tennakoon (T. R. Hoye, M. A. Tennakoon, Org. Lett. 2000, 2, 1481-1483). The modification of the epoxy cyclohexenone unit was achieved in a late stage of the total synthesis, and deprotection of the primary alcohol was conducted in the final step. During the synthesis several key reactions were attained: 1) intramolecular bromoetherification of the cyclohexadiene acetal; 2) stereoselective introduction of the tertiary alcohol, 3) deprotection of the acetal function to the aldehyde by combination with silyl triflate/2,4,6-collidine and the one-pot synthesis of the disilyl aldehyde compounds, with different types of silyl groups, from the dihydroxy acetal compounds; and 4) facile deprotection of the 2,4-dimethoxyphenylmethyl ((2,4)DMPM) protecting group of the primary alcohol.
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- Hiromichi Fujioka
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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Sakata A, Yasuda K, Ochiai T, Shimeno H, Hikishima S, Yokomatsu T, Shibuya S, Soeda S. Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced release of interleukin-8 from intestinal epithelial cells by SMA, a novel inhibitor of sphingomyelinase and its therapeutic effect on dextran sulphate sodium-induced colitis in mice. Cell Immunol 2007; 245:24-31. [PMID: 17466962 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2007] [Revised: 03/16/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and inflammatory cytokines cause activation of sphingomyelinases (SMases) and subsequent hydrolysis of sphingomyelin (SM) to produce a lipid messenger ceramide. The use of SMase inhibitors may offer new therapies for the treatment of the LPS- and cytokines-related inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We synthesized a series of difluoromethylene analogues of SM (SMAs). Here, we show that LPS efficiently increases the release of IL-8 from HT-29 intestinal epithelial cells by activating both neutral SMase and nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB in the cells. The addition of SMA-7 suppressed neutral SMase-catalyzed ceramide production, NF-kappaB activation, and IL-8 release from HT-29 cells caused by LPS. The results suggest that activation of neutral SMase is an underlying mechanism of LPS-induced release of IL-8 from the intestinal epithelial cells. Ceramide production following LPS-induced SM hydrolysis may trigger the activation of NF-kappaB in nuclei. Oral administration of SMA-7 (60 mg/kg) to mice with 2% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) in their drinking water, for 21 consecutive days, reduced significantly the severity of colonic injury. This finding suggests a central role for SMase/ceramide signaling in the pathology of DSS-induced colitis in mice. The therapeutic effect of SMA-7 observed in mice may involve the suppression of IL-8 production from intestinal epithelial cells by LPS or other inflammatory cytokines.
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- Akira Sakata
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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Sakata A, Ochiai T, Shimeno H, Hikishima S, Yokomatsu T, Shibuya S, Toda A, Eyanagi R, Soeda S. Acid sphingomyelinase inhibition suppresses lipopolysaccharide-mediated release of inflammatory cytokines from macrophages and protects against disease pathology in dextran sulphate sodium-induced colitis in mice. Immunology 2007; 122:54-64. [PMID: 17451462 PMCID: PMC2265987 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2007.02612.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and inflammatory cytokines cause activation of sphingomyelinases (SMases) and subsequent hydrolysis of sphingomyelin (SM) to produce a lipid messenger ceramide. The design of SMase inhibitors may offer new therapies for the treatment of LPS- and cytokine-related inflammatory bowel disease. We synthesized a series of difluoromethylene analogues of SM (SMAs). We report here the effects of the most potent SMase inhibitor, SMA-7, on the LPS-mediated release of tumour necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin-1beta and interleukin-6 from THP-1 macrophages and the pathology of dextran sulphate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. SMA-7 suppressed the LPS-induced cytokine release and nuclear factor-kappaB activation. LPS stimulation caused a four-fold increase in acid SMase activation, but little increase in neutral SMase activity. The presence of 10 microm SMA-7 caused acid SMase to remain at the control levels and reduced the formation of ceramide. HT-29 cells had significantly decreased cell viability when incubated with media from LPS-stimulated THP-1 macrophages. However, incubating the colon cells in media from both SMA-7 and LPS-treated macrophages caused little decrease in viability, suggesting that ceramide has a role in the LPS-stimulated signalling that releases cytotoxic factors against colon cells. Oral administration of SMA-7 to mice with 2% DSS in the drinking water, for 10 or 21 consecutive days, reduced significantly the cytokine levels in the colon and the severity of colonic injury. These findings suggest a central role for acid SMase/ceramide signalling in the pathology of DSS-induced colitis in mice, indicating a possible preventive or therapeutic role for SMase inhibitor in inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Akira Sakata
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Sphingolipid Metabolism in Systemic Inflammation. Intensive Care Med 2007. [PMCID: PMC7121826 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-49518-7_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The inflammatory response - induced and regulated by a variety of mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) - is the localized host’s response of the tissue to injury, irritation, or infection. In a very similar and stereotyped sequence, the mediators are thought to induce an acute phase response orchestrated by an array of substances produced locally or near the source or origin of the inflammatory response. Despite its basically protective function, the response can become inappropriate in intensity or duration damaging host tissues or interfering with normal metabolism. Thus, inflammation is the cause and/or consequence of a diversity of diseases and plays a major role in the development of remote organ failure. Better knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of these processes is, therefore, a fundamental pre-requisite fostering the molecular understanding of novel therapeutic targets or diagnostic variables.
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Sphingolipid Metabolism in Systemic Inflammation. YEARBOOK OF INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2007. [PMCID: PMC7123806 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-49433-1_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The inflammatory response — induced and regulated by a variety of mediators such as cytokines, prostaglandins, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) — is the localized host’s response of the tissue to injury, irritation, or infection. In a very similar and stereotyped sequence, the mediators are thought to induce an acute phase response orchestrated by an array of substances produced locally or near the source or origin of the inflammatory response. Despite its basically protective function, the response can become inappropriate in intensity or duration damaging host tissues or interfering with normal metabolism. Thus, inflammation is the cause and/or consequence of a diversity of diseases and plays a major role in the development of remote organ failure. Better knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of these processes is, therefore, a fundamental pre-requisite fostering the molecular understanding of novel therapeutic targets or diagnostic variables.
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Katoh T, Watanabe K, Oguchi T, Takizawa T, Furuuchi M, Abe H. Synthesis of Scyphostatin Analogs Possessing Various Saturated Fatty Acid Side-Chains. HETEROCYCLES 2007. [DOI: 10.3987/com-07-s(u)52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Delgado A, Casas J, Llebaria A, Abad JL, Fabrias G. Inhibitors of sphingolipid metabolism enzymes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:1957-77. [PMID: 17049336 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sphingolipids are a family of lipids that play essential roles both as structural cell membrane components and in cell signalling. The cellular contents of the various sphingolipid species are controlled by enzymes involved in their metabolic pathways. In this context, the discovery of small chemical entities able to modify these enzyme activities in a potent and selective way should offer new pharmacological tools and therapeutic agents.
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- Antonio Delgado
- Research Unit on Bioactive Molecules (RUBAM), Department of Biological Organic Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Research Institute of Barcelona, (IIQAB-C.S.I.C), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Enantiocontrolled synthesis of the epoxycyclohexenone moieties of scyphostatin, a potent and specific inhibitor of neutral sphingomyelinase. Tetrahedron 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2005.10.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wascholowski V, Giannis A. Sphingolactones: Selective and Irreversible Inhibitors of Neutral Sphingomyelinase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006; 45:827-30. [PMID: 16365835 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Veit Wascholowski
- University of Leipzig, Institute of Organic Chemistry, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Wascholowski V, Giannis A. Sphingolactone: selektive und irreversibel wirkende Inhibitoren der neutralen Sphingomyelinase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200501983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Pitsinos EN, Cruz A. Short and Efficient Route to the Fully Functionalized Polar Core of Scyphostatin. Org Lett 2005; 7:2245-8. [PMID: 15901180 DOI: 10.1021/ol0506359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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[reaction: see text]. Diastereoselective oxidative dearomatization of benzopyran 5 to the corresponding p-quinol 9b allows a fast, efficient, and versatile entry to scyphostatin's polar epoxycyclohexenone moiety as demonstrated by the preparation of its palmitoyl analogue 16 (R = (CH2)14CH3).
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- Emmanuel N Pitsinos
- Laboratory of Natural Products Synthesis and Bioorganic Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, NCSR Demokritos, P.O. Box 60228, GR-153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece.
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Shibuya S. [Synthesis of phosphonic acid and phosphinic acid derivatives for development of biologically active compounds]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2005; 124:725-49. [PMID: 15516802 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.124.725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper covers recent publications from our laboratory on the synthesis of a variety of phosphonate and phosphinate derivatives. New methods for the enantioselective synthesis of alpha-hydroxyphosphonates were established by Lewis acid-mediated cleavage of homochiral 1,3-dioxaneacetals with P(OEt)(3) and chiral metal ligand-mediated hydrophosphonylation of aldehydes. Two diastereomers of HPmp derivatives were prepared by an application of these methods. The HPmp derivatives were convered to FPmp derivatives but with low diastereoselectivity. Hydrophosphonylation of alpha-aminoaldehydes afforded threo- and erythro-beta-amino-alpha-hydroxyphosphonates under chelation and nonchelation controlled conditions, respectively. The asymmetric dihydroxylation of alpha, beta-, and beta, gamma-unsaturated phosphonates with AD-mix-alpha and AD-mix-beta reagents gave alpha, beta- and beta, gamma-dihydroxyphosphonates with high enantioselectivity. The method was applied to the kinetic resolution of racemic alpha-oxygetated beta, gamma-unsaturated phosphonates. Treatment of allyloxymethylphosphonates with the base afforded alpha-hydroxyphosphonates via the [2,3]-Wittig reaction. Threo- and erythro-beta-amino-alpha-hydroxyphosphinates were obtained with high diastereoselectivity by phosphinylation of alpha-aminoaldehydes in the presence of (R)- and (S)-ALB, respectively. The phosphinylation of alpha-oxygenated aldehydes afforded the corresponding alpha, beta-dioxygenated phosphinates, but with low diastereoselectivity. Sphingomyelin analogues containing CF(2)PO(OH)(2) were synthesized starting from (S)- and (R)-Garner aldehyde for the purpose of obtaining potent sphyngomyelinase inhibitors. A useful method for the synthesis of alpha, alpha-difluorobenzylphosphonates was established based on the cross coupling reaction of an iodobenzene derivative with ZnCuBr(2)CF(2)PO(OEt)(2). The synthetic utility of ZnCuBr(2)CF(2)PO(OEt)(2) was examined to obtain alpha, alpha-difluoromethylenenphosphonates. The method was applied to a synthesis of PNP-inhibitory active compounds by combination of the purine base and alcohols containing difluoromethylenephosphonate. The methodology for the beta-selective N-glycosylation of 2,3-dideoxy glucoside was established by introducing phosphonothioates at the 3-position of glycosyl doners instead of phosphonate. Synthesis of new acylic nucleotide analogues designed based on the structural modification of ARS2267 is also described. Finally, kiral synthesis of some phosphonates was achieved using lipase through kinetic resolution.
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- Shiroshi Shibuya
- School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Hachioji 192-0392, Japan.
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Inoue M, Yokota W, Murugesh MG, Izuhara T, Katoh T. Total Synthesis of (+)-Scyphostatin, a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Neutral Sphingomyelinase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200454192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Inoue M, Yokota W, Murugesh MG, Izuhara T, Katoh T. Total Synthesis of (+)-Scyphostatin, a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Neutral Sphingomyelinase. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004; 43:4207-9. [PMID: 15307088 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200454192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Munenori Inoue
- Sagami Chemical Research Center, 2743-1 Hayakawa, Ayase, Kanagawa 252-1193, Japan
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Taguchi M, Goda KI, Sugimoto K, Akama T, Yamamoto K, Suzuki T, Tomishima Y, Nishiguchi M, Arai K, Takahashi K, Kobori T. Biological evaluation of sphingomyelin analogues as inhibitors of sphingomyelinase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003; 13:3681-4. [PMID: 14552757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Seeking neutral sphingomyelinase inhibitors, we designed and synthesized hydrolytically stable analogues of sphingomyelin. These novel analogues replace the phosphodiester moiety of sphingomyelin with carbamate and urea moiety, resulting in inhibition of neutral sphingomyelinase. Compound 1 prevented ceramide generation and apoptotic neuronal cell death in a model of ischemia based on organotypic hippocampal slice cultures.
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- Minoru Taguchi
- Medicinal Research Laboratories, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., 1-403 Yoshino-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama 331-9530, Japan.
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Yokomatsu T, Murano T, Akiyama T, Koizumi J, Shibuya S, Tsuji Y, Soeda S, Shimeno H. Synthesis of non-competitive inhibitors of sphingomyelinases with significant activity. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003; 13:229-36. [PMID: 12482429 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(02)00888-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A series of short-chain analogues of N-palmitoylsphingosine-1-phosphate, modified by replacement of the phosphate and the long alkenyl side chain with hydrolytically stable difluoromethylene phosphonate and phenyl, respectively, were prepared to study the structure-activity relationship for inhibition of sphingomyelinase. The study revealed that inhibition is highly dependent upon the stereochemistry of the asymmetric centers of the acylamino moiety, and resulted in identification of a non-competitive inhibitor with the same level of inhibitory activity of schyphostatin, the most potent of the few known small molecular inhibitors of sphingomyelinase.
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- Tsutomu Yokomatsu
- School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.
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This paper reviews our present knowledge of sphingomyelinases as enzymes, and as enzymes acting on a membrane constituent lipid, sphingomyelin. Six types of sphingomyelinases are considered, namely acidic, secretory, Mg(2+)-dependent neutral, Mg(2+)-independent neutral, alkaline, and bacterial enzymes with both phospholipase C and sphingomyelinase activity. Sphingomyelinase assay methods and specific inhibitors are reviewed. Kinetic and mechanistic studies are summarized, a kinetic model and a general-base catalytic mechanism are proposed. Sphingomyelinase-membrane interactions are considered from the point of view of the influence of lipids on the enzyme activity. Moreover, effects of sphingomyelinase activity on membrane architecture (increased membrane permeability, membrane aggregation and fusion) are described. Finally, a number of open questions on the above topics are enunciated.
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- Félix M Goñi
- Unidad de Biofísica (CSIC-UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Aptdo. 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain.
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Hakogi T, Monden Y, Taichi M, Iwama S, Fujii S, Ikeda K, Katsumura S. Synthesis of sphingomyelin carbon analogues as sphingomyelinase inhibitors. J Org Chem 2002; 67:4839-46. [PMID: 12098296 DOI: 10.1021/jo025529o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The highly efficient and stereocontrolled syntheses of sphingomyelin carbon analogues 1 and 2 were achieved by effectively utilizing Hofmann rearrangement of enantiomerically pure beta-hydroxyamide 7, which was prepared by an asymmetric hydrogenation of alpha-acyl-gamma-butyrolactone 9 and ring opening with NH(3). Intermediary isocyanate 6 was selectively trapped with the vicinal hydroxy group in an intramolecular fashion to produce an oxazolidinone derivative, 5. In the synthesis of a quite polar compound such as 1, a convenient one-pot procedure of the introduction of a benzyloxycarbonyl group into the hydroxy group resulting from the oxazolidinone ring opening is another key point, because, in addition to the efficiency, this protecting group was easily removable by a simple procedure and workup at the final step. Both synthesized compounds 1 and 2 showed moderate inhibitory activity toward sphingomyelinase from B. cereus.
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- Toshikazu Hakogi
- School of Science, Kwansei Gakuin University, Gakuen, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1337, Japan
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Synthesis of a novel cyclic pentacovalent phosphoenol ether derived from a dienone. Approaches to the syntheses of phosphonate analogs of sphingomyelin, sphingosine 1-phosphate and ceramide 1-phosphate. Tetrahedron Lett 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(02)01038-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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