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Tallarita R, Jacobsen LM, Elvers BJ, Richter S, Bandaru SSM, Correia JV, Schulzke C. Synthesis of Seven Indolizine-Derived Pentathiepines: Strong Electronic Structure Response to Nitro Substitution in Position C-9. Molecules 2023; 29:216. [PMID: 38202800 PMCID: PMC10780577 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29010216] [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: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Seven new 1,2,3,4,5-pentathiepino[6,7-a]indolizines were synthesized in which the pentathiepine moieties bear an indolizine backbone that is derivatized from C-H to F-, Cl-, Br-, I-, NO2-, and CH3-substitutions, respectively, in a meta position relative to the aza group on the pyridine moiety. Their preparation took place via two common steps: (i) a Sonogashira coupling between (4-substituted) 2-bromo- or 2-chloropyridines and propynyl 3,3-diethylacetal, and (ii) a ring closing reaction mediated by a molybdenum oxo-bistetrasulfido complex and elemental sulfur. The latter simultaneously facilitates the 1,2,3,4,5-pentathiepino chain/ring- and indolizine ring-formations. The fluoro derivative was addressed with 2-bromo-5-aminopyridine as the starting material via a Sandmeyer reaction. The iodo derivative was obtained from 5-bromo-2-alkynylpiridine using a metal-assisted variation of the Finkelstein reaction. The requirement to explore different reaction conditions and the varied respective yields of the final products are discussed. The influence of the distinct substitutions on the pyridine moieties, their electronic structures, and respective chemical properties was investigated through a set of spectroscopic/analytical characterizations. Intriguingly, in all cases, the nitro-substituted derivative exhibited a distinct behavior compared to the six other investigated derivatives, which was also addressed computationally. All seven new pentathiepines were crystallized, and their respective molecular structures were determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction. These structures are compared and discussed as are their respective packing patterns.
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- Bioinorganic Chemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; (R.T.); (L.M.J.); (B.J.E.); (S.R.); (S.S.M.B.); (J.V.C.)
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Napierkowski M, Janke U, Rong A, Delcea M, Bandaru SSM, Schulzke C, Bednarski PJ. Liposomal formulation of model pentathiepin improves solubility and stability toward glutathione while preserving anticancer activity. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2023; 356:e2300087. [PMID: 37507825 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.202300087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
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The biological properties of pentathiepins have been attracting increased attention in recent years. Experiments have shown a wide range of effects of pentathiepins in vitro, such as induction of apoptosis and alteration of mitochondrial membrane potential in cancer cells, and inhibition of antioxidant enzymes, for example, glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1). Biological evaluation is sometimes limited due to low aqueous solubility, high lipophilicity, and poor stability toward thiols, for example, glutathione (GSH). To assess whether liposomes are suitable as drug carriers to overcome these drawbacks, a model pentathiepin was formulated in a liposomal preparation. The success of loading liposomes with pentathiepins was evaluated by using ultraviolet-visible light (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Through inclusion into 100-nm-sized 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine liposomes, the aqueous solubility of a representative pentathiepin could be increased by several orders of magnitude to ca. 400 µM. The stability of the pentathiepin in the presence of GSH was increased fourfold as determined by UV-Vis spectroscopy. In antiproliferation experiments with two human cancer cell lines, no decrease in potency in the liposomal loaded pentathiepin compared to the free pentathiepin was found. In conclusion, liposomes are a suitable carrier for pentathiepins and improve both solubility and stability in the presence of thiols without compromising anticancer activity.
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- Martin Napierkowski
- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Wolff L, Bandaru SSM, Eger E, Lam HN, Napierkowski M, Baecker D, Schulzke C, Bednarski PJ. Comprehensive Evaluation of Biological Effects of Pentathiepins on Various Human Cancer Cell Lines and Insights into Their Mode of Action. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22147631. [PMID: 34299253 PMCID: PMC8305076 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22147631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Pentathiepins are polysulfur-containing compounds that exert antiproliferative and cytotoxic activity in cancer cells, induce oxidative stress and apoptosis, and inhibit glutathione peroxidase (GPx1). This renders them promising candidates for anticancer drug development. However, the biological effects and how they intertwine have not yet been systematically assessed in diverse cancer cell lines. In this study, six novel pentathiepins were synthesized to suit particular requirements such as fluorescent properties or improved water solubility. Structural elucidation by X-ray crystallography was successful for three derivatives. All six underwent extensive biological evaluation in 14 human cancer cell lines. These studies included investigating the inhibition of GPx1 and cell proliferation, cytotoxicity, and the induction of ROS and DNA strand breaks. Furthermore, selected hallmarks of apoptosis and the impact on cell cycle progression were studied. All six pentathiepins exerted high cytotoxic and antiproliferative activity, while five also strongly inhibited GPx1. There is a clear connection between the potential to provoke oxidative stress and damage to DNA in the form of single- and double-strand breaks. Additionally, these studies support apoptosis but not ferroptosis as the mechanism of cell death in some of the cell lines. As the various pentathiepins give rise to different biological responses, modulation of the biological effects depends on the distinct chemical structures fused to the sulfur ring. This may allow for an optimization of the anticancer activity of pentathiepins in the future.
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- Lisa Wolff
- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; (L.W.); (H.-N.L.); (M.N.); (D.B.)
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- Pharmazeutische Mikrobiologie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany;
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; (L.W.); (H.-N.L.); (M.N.); (D.B.)
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; (L.W.); (H.-N.L.); (M.N.); (D.B.)
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; (L.W.); (H.-N.L.); (M.N.); (D.B.)
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- Bioanorganische Chemie, Institut für Biochemie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany;
- Correspondence: (C.S.); (P.J.B.); Tel.: +49-3834-420-4321 (C.S.); +49-3834-420-4883 (P.J.B.)
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische Chemie, Institut für Pharmazie, Universität Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany; (L.W.); (H.-N.L.); (M.N.); (D.B.)
- Correspondence: (C.S.); (P.J.B.); Tel.: +49-3834-420-4321 (C.S.); +49-3834-420-4883 (P.J.B.)
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Gojon G, Morales GA. SG1002 and Catenated Divalent Organic Sulfur Compounds as Promising Hydrogen Sulfide Prodrugs. Antioxid Redox Signal 2020; 33:1010-1045. [PMID: 32370538 PMCID: PMC7578191 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2020.8060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Significance: Sulfur has a critical role in protein structure/function and redox status/signaling in all living organisms. Although hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and sulfane sulfur (SS) are now recognized as central players in physiology and pathophysiology, the full scope and depth of sulfur metabolome's impact on human health and healthy longevity has been vastly underestimated and is only starting to be grasped. Since many pathological conditions have been related to abnormally low levels of H2S/SS in blood and/or tissues, and are amenable to treatment by H2S supplementation, development of safe and efficacious H2S donors deserves to be undertaken with a sense of urgency; these prodrugs also hold the promise of becoming widely used for disease prevention and as antiaging agents. Recent Advances: Supramolecular tuning of the properties of well-known molecules comprising chains of sulfur atoms (diallyl trisulfide [DATS], S8) was shown to lead to improved donors such as DATS-loaded polymeric nanoparticles and SG1002. Encouraging results in animal models have been obtained with SG1002 in heart failure, atherosclerosis, ischemic damage, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy; with TC-2153 in Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, age-related memory decline, fragile X syndrome, and cocaine addiction; and with DATS in brain, colon, gastric, and breast cancer. Critical Issues: Mode-of-action studies on allyl polysulfides, benzyl polysulfides, ajoene, and 12 ring-substituted organic disulfides and thiosulfonates led several groups of researchers to conclude that the anticancer effect of these compounds is not mediated by H2S and is only modulated by reactive oxygen species, and that their central model of action is selective protein S-thiolation. Future Directions: SG1002 is likely to emerge as the H2S donor of choice for acquiring knowledge on this gasotransmitter's effects in animal models, on account of its unique ability to efficiently generate H2S without byproducts and in a slow and sustained mode that is dose independent and enzyme independent. Efficient tuning of H2S donation characteristics of DATS, dibenzyl trisulfide, and other hydrophobic H2S prodrugs for both oral and parenteral administration will be achieved not only by conventional structural modification of a lead molecule but also through the new "supramolecular tuning" paradigm.
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Behnisch‐Cornwell S, Bandaru SSM, Napierkowski M, Wolff L, Zubair M, Urbainsky C, Lillig C, Schulzke C, Bednarski PJ. Pentathiepins: A Novel Class of Glutathione Peroxidase 1 Inhibitors that Induce Oxidative Stress, Loss of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Apoptosis in Human Cancer Cells. ChemMedChem 2020; 15:1515-1528. [PMID: 32311219 PMCID: PMC7496275 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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A novel class of glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1) inhibitors, namely tri- and tetracyclic pentathiepins, has been identified that is approximately 15 times more potent than the most active known GPx1 inhibitor, mercaptosuccinic acid. Enzyme kinetic studies with bovine erythrocyte GPx1 indicate that pentathiepins reversibly inhibit oxidation of the substrate glutathione (GSH). Moreover, no inhibition of superoxide dismutase, catalase, thioredoxin reductase or glutathione reductase was observed at concentrations that effectively inhibit GPx1. As well as potent enzyme inhibitory activity, the pentathiepins show strong anticancer activity in various human cancer cell lines, with IC50 values in a low-micromolar range. A representative tetracyclic pentathiepin causes the formation of reactive oxygen species in these cells, the fragmentation of nuclear DNA and induces apoptosis via the intrinsic pathway. Moreover, this pentathiepin leads to a rapid and strong loss of mitochondrial membrane potential in treated cancer cells. On the other hand, evidence for the induction of ferroptosis as a form of cell death was negative. These new findings show that pentathiepins possess interesting biological activities beyond those originally ascribed to these compounds.
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- Steven Behnisch‐Cornwell
- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische ChemieInstitut für PharmazieUniversität Greifswald17489GreifswaldGermany
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische ChemieInstitut für PharmazieUniversität Greifswald17489GreifswaldGermany
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische ChemieInstitut für PharmazieUniversität Greifswald17489GreifswaldGermany
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- Bioanorganische ChemieInstitut für BiochemieUniversität Greifswald17489GreifswaldGermany
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- Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekulare BiologieUniversitätsmedizinUniversität Greifswald17475GreifswaldGermany
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- Institut für Medizinische Biochemie und Molekulare BiologieUniversitätsmedizinUniversität Greifswald17475GreifswaldGermany
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- Bioanorganische ChemieInstitut für BiochemieUniversität Greifswald17489GreifswaldGermany
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- Pharmazeutische/Medizinische ChemieInstitut für PharmazieUniversität Greifswald17489GreifswaldGermany
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Synthesis and Identification of Pentathiepin-Based Inhibitors of Sporothrix brasiliensis. Antibiotics (Basel) 2019; 8:antibiotics8040249. [PMID: 31816950 PMCID: PMC6963766 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics8040249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Sporothrix brasiliensis is the causative agent of zoonotic sporotrichosis in Brazil and is currently referred to as the most virulent species among those of clinical importance within the genus. Sporotrichosis is an emergent disease that has come to the forefront over two decades with a recent hot spot of sporotrichosis infection emerging in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The source of these infections is now at epidemic proportions with more than 4000 cases reported in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, alone since 1998. We developed a focused library of a rare pentathiepin ring system and identified a potent substitution pattern that yielded compounds 21 and 22. These compounds were more potent than itraconazole which is the current standard of care for sporotrichosis.
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Cheng Y, Zong L, López‐Andarias J, Bartolami E, Okamoto Y, Ward TR, Sakai N, Matile S. Cell-Penetrating Dynamic-Covalent Benzopolysulfane Networks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 58:9522-9526. [PMID: 31168906 PMCID: PMC6618005 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201905003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cyclic oligochalcogenides (COCs) are emerging as promising systems to penetrate cells. Clearly better than and different to the reported diselenolanes and epidithiodiketopiperazines, we introduce the benzopolysulfanes (BPS), which show efficient delivery, insensitivity to inhibitors of endocytosis, and compatibility with substrates as large as proteins. This high activity coincides with high reactivity, selectively toward thiols, exceeding exchange rates of disulfides under tension. The result is a dynamic-covalent network of extreme sulfur species, including cyclic oligomers, from dimers to heptamers, with up to nineteen sulfurs in the ring. Selection from this unfolding adaptive network then yields the reactivities and selectivities needed to access new uptake pathways. Contrary to other COCs, BPS show high retention on thiol affinity columns. The identification of new modes of cell penetration is important because they promise new solutions to challenges in delivery and beyond.
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- Yangyang Cheng
- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Current address: School of Pharmaceutical SciencesXiamen UniversityXiamen361102China
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
- Current address: SyMMES, UMR 5819CEA38054GrenobleFrance
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of BaselBaselSwitzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of GenevaGenevaSwitzerland
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Cheng Y, Zong L, López‐Andarias J, Bartolami E, Okamoto Y, Ward TR, Sakai N, Matile S. Cell‐Penetrating Dynamic‐Covalent Benzopolysulfane Networks. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201905003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yangyang Cheng
- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
- Current address: School of Pharmaceutical SciencesXiamen University Xiamen 361102 China
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
- Current address: SyMMES, UMR 5819CEA 38054 Grenoble France
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- Department of ChemistryUniversity of Basel Basel Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
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- Department of Organic ChemistryUniversity of Geneva Geneva Switzerland
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Kharma A, Grman M, Misak A, Domínguez-Álvarez E, Nasim MJ, Ondrias K, Chovanec M, Jacob C. Inorganic Polysulfides and Related Reactive Sulfur–Selenium Species from the Perspective of Chemistry. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24071359. [PMID: 30959902 PMCID: PMC6479598 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24071359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Polysulfides (H₂Sx) represent a class of reactive sulfur species (RSS) which includes molecules such as H₂S₂, H₂S₃, H₂S₄, and H₂S5, and whose presence and impact in biological systems, when compared to other sulfur compounds, has only recently attracted the wider attention of researchers. Studies in this field have revealed a facet-rich chemistry and biological activity associated with such chemically simple, still unusual inorganic molecules. Despite their chemical simplicity, these inorganic species, as reductants and oxidants, metal binders, surfactant-like "cork screws" for membranes, components of perthiol signalling and reservoirs for inorganic hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), are at the centre of complicated formation and transformation pathways which affect numerous cellular processes. Starting from their chemistry, the hidden presence and various roles of polysulfides in biology may become more apparent, despite their lack of clear analytical fingerprints and often murky biochemical footprints. Indeed, the biological chemistry of H₂Sx follows many unexplored paths and today, the relationship between H₂S and its oxidized H₂Sx species needs to be clarified as a matter of "unmistaken identity". Simultaneously, emerging species, such as HSSeSH and SenS8-n, also need to be considered in earnest.
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- Ammar Kharma
- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Saarland, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Centre, University Science Park for Biomedicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 05 Bratislava, Slovak.
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- Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Centre, University Science Park for Biomedicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 05 Bratislava, Slovak.
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- Instituto de Química Orgánica General, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IQOG-CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain.
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Saarland, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany.
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- Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Centre, University Science Park for Biomedicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 05 Bratislava, Slovak.
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- Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Centre, University Science Park for Biomedicine, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 845 05 Bratislava, Slovak.
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Saarland, D-66123 Saarbruecken, Germany.
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Asquith CRM, Laitinen T, Konstantinova LS, Tizzard G, Poso A, Rakitin OA, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Hilton ST. Investigation of the Pentathiepin Functionality as an Inhibitor of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) via a Potential Zinc Ejection Mechanism, as a Model for HIV Infection. ChemMedChem 2019; 14:454-461. [PMID: 30609219 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 12/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A small diverse library of pentathiepin derivatives were prepared to evaluate their efficacy against the nucleocapsid protein function of the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) as a model for HIV, using an in vitro cell culture approach. This study led to the development of nanomolar active compounds with low toxicity.
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- Christopher R M Asquith
- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK.,Clinical Laboratory & Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.,Current address: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 120 Mason Farm Road, Genetic Medicine Building, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.,Nanotechnology Education and Research Center, South Ural State University, Lenina Ave. 76, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
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- UK National Crystallography Service, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
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- Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation.,Nanotechnology Education and Research Center, South Ural State University, Lenina Ave. 76, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
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- Clinical Laboratory & Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University College London, London, WC1N 1AX, UK
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Dai Z, Xiao X, Jiang X. Nucleophilic disulfurating reagents for unsymmetrical disulfides construction via copper-catalyzed oxidative cross coupling. Tetrahedron 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2017.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Viswanatharaju Ruddraraju K, Parsons ZD, Lewis CD, Gates KS. Allylation and Alkylation of Biologically Relevant Nucleophiles by Diallyl Sulfides. J Org Chem 2016; 82:776-780. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Missouri 65211, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Xiao X, Feng M, Jiang X. New Design of a Disulfurating Reagent: Facile and Straightforward Pathway to Unsymmetrical Disulfanes by Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201608011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Xiao Xiao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process; School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering; East China Normal University; 3663 North 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 North 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 North Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry; Nankai University; Tianjin 300071 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry; Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai P.R. China
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New Design of a Disulfurating Reagent: Facile and Straightforward Pathway to Unsymmetrical Disulfanes by Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:14121-14125. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Revised: 09/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Sinha S, Shen X, Gallazzi F, Li Q, Zmijewski JW, Lancaster JR, Gates KS. Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species Mediated by 1‑Hydroxyphenazine, a Virulence Factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chem Res Toxicol 2016; 28:175-81. [PMID: 25590513 DOI: 10.1021/tx500259s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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1-Hydroxyphenazine (1-HP) is a virulence factor produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this study,supercoiled plasmid DNA was employed as an analytical tool for the detection of ROS generation mediated by 1-HP. These assays provided evidence that 1-HP, in conjunction with NADPH alone or NADPH and the enzyme NADPH:cytochrome P450 reductase, mediated the production of superoxide radical under physiological conditions. Experiments with murine macrophage RAW264.7 cells and profluorescent ROS probes dichlorodihydrofluorescein or dihydroethidine provided preliminary evidence that 1-HP mediates the generation of intracellular oxidants. Generation of reactive oxygen species may contribute to the virulence properties of 1-HP in P. aeruginosa infections.
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Park CM, Weerasinghe L, Day JJ, Fukuto JM, Xian M. Persulfides: current knowledge and challenges in chemistry and chemical biology. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2016; 11:1775-85. [PMID: 25969163 DOI: 10.1039/c5mb00216h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Recent studies conducted in hydrogen sulfide (H2S) signaling have revealed potential importance of persulfides (RSSH) in redox biology. The inherent instability of RSSH makes these species difficult to study and sometimes controversial results are reported. In this review article we summarize known knowledge about both small molecule persulfides and protein persulfides. Their fundamental physical and chemical properties such as preparation/formation and reactivity are discussed. The biological implications of persulfides and their detection methods are also discussed.
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- Chung-Min Park
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
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Liang D, Wu H, Wong MW, Huang D. Diallyl Trisulfide Is a Fast H2S Donor, but Diallyl Disulfide Is a Slow One: The Reaction Pathways and Intermediates of Glutathione with Polysulfides. Org Lett 2015; 17:4196-9. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dong Liang
- Food
Science and Technology Program, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Food
Science and Technology Program, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department
of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Food
Science and Technology Program, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
- National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Lin Quan Street, Suzhou
Industrial Park, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Mahendran A, Ghogare AA, Bittman R, Arthur G, Greer A. Synthesis and antiproliferative properties of a new ceramide analog of varacin. Chem Phys Lipids 2015; 194:165-70. [PMID: 26254858 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2015.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A benzopentasulfane was synthesized in 8 steps with a ceramide attached through an amide bond to the 7-position of the heterocycle structure. The anticancer activity of this synthetic ceramide-benzopolysulfane drug conjugate was analyzed against five human cancer cell lines MDA-MB-231 (breast), DU145 (prostate), MIA PaCa-2 (pancreas), HeLa (cervix), and U251 (glioblastoma). The ceramide-benzopolysulfane conjugate had IC50 values ranging from 10 to >20 μM with complete cell killing at 12.5 μM for MDA-MB-231 and 20 μM for DU145 and HeLa cells. The ceramide-benzopolysulfane conjugate had IC50 values 1.8 and 4.0 times lower than a PEG benzopolysulfane, N-(2-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl)benzo[f][1,2,3,4,5]-pentathiepine-7-carboxamide, for MDA-MB-231 and DU145 cells, respectively. The parent "unsubstituted" benzopolysulfane, o-C6H4S5, had IC50 values 4.2 times lower and 2.7 times higher than the ceramide benzopolysulfane for MDA-MB-231 and DU145 cells, respectively. The results indicate that the polysulfur linkage is needed for activity since benzenedithiol, o-C6H4(SH)2, had IC50 values greater than 30 μM with little effect on MDA-MB-231 and DU145 cells. Thus, to account for the bioactivity, a bimolecular reaction of cellular thiol with the ceramide benzopolysulfane is a proposed followed by thiozone (S3) extrusion.
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- Adaickapillai Mahendran
- Department of Chemistry and Graduate Center, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Graduate Center, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Graduate Center, Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, New York 11367, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Graduate Center, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA.
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Tocmo R, Liang D, Lin Y, Huang D. Chemical and biochemical mechanisms underlying the cardioprotective roles of dietary organopolysulfides. Front Nutr 2015; 2:1. [PMID: 25988131 PMCID: PMC4428374 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2015.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 01/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Foods that are rich in organosulfides are highly regarded for their broad range of functions in disease prevention and health promotion since ancient time yet modern scientific study, particularly clinical studies could not agree with traditional wisdom. One of the complexities is due to the labile nature of organosulfides, which are often transformed to different structures depending on the processing conditions. The recent evidence on polysulfides as H2S donors may open up a new avenue for establishing structure and health promotion activity relationship. To put this development into perspective, we carried out a review on the recent progress on the chemistry and biochemistry of organopolysulfides with emphasis on their cardioprotective property. First, we briefly surveyed the foods that are rich in polysulfides and their structural diversity. This is followed by in-depth discussion on the chemical transformations of polysulfides under various processing conditions. We further reviewed the potential action mechanisms of polysulfides in cardioprotection through: (a) hydrogen sulfide releasing activity; (b) radical scavenging activity; and (c) activity in enzyme inhibition and intervention of gene regulation pathways. Based on the literature trend, we can conclude that the emerging concept of organopolysulfides as naturally occurring H2S donors is intriguing and warrants further research to establish the structure and activity relationship of the organopolysulfides as H2S donors.
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- Restituto Tocmo
- Food Science and Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore
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- Food Science and Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore
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- National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute , Jiangsu , China
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- Food Science and Technology Programme, Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore , Singapore , Singapore ; National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute , Jiangsu , China
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Keerthi K, Rajapakse A, Sun D, Gates KS. Synthesis and characterization of a small analogue of the anticancer natural product leinamycin. Bioorg Med Chem 2013; 21:235-41. [PMID: 23168080 PMCID: PMC3532941 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2012.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Leinamycin (1) is a Streptomyces-derived natural product that displays nanomolar IC(50) values against human cancer cell lines. In the work described here, we report the synthesis and characterization of a small leinamycin analogue 19 that closely resembles the 'upper-right quadrant' of the natural product, consisting of an alicyclic 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide heterocycle connected to an alkene by a two-carbon linker. The results indicate that this small analogue contains the core set of functional groups required to enable thiol-triggered generation of both redox active polysulfides and an episulfonium ion intermediate via the complex reaction cascade first seen in the natural product leinamycin. The small leinamycin analogue 19 caused thiol-triggered oxidative DNA strand cleavage in a manner similar to the natural product, but did not alkyate duplex DNA effectively. This highlights the central role of the 18-membered macrocycle of leinamycin in driving efficient DNA alkylation by the natural product.
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- Kripa Keerthi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building Columbia, MO 65211
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building Columbia, MO 65211
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, BIO5 Institute, Room 102, 1657 E. Helen Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building Columbia, MO 65211
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building Columbia, MO 65211
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Bhabak KP, Bhowmick D. Synthesis and structural characterization of some trisulfide analoges of thiouracil-based antithyroid drugs. J Mol Struct 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hoffman M, Rajapakse A, Shen X, Gates KS. Generation of DNA-damaging reactive oxygen species via the autoxidation of hydrogen sulfide under physiologically relevant conditions: chemistry relevant to both the genotoxic and cell signaling properties of H(2)S. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:1609-15. [PMID: 22621314 DOI: 10.1021/tx300066z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) has long been known for its toxic properties; however, in recent years, evidence has emerged that this small, gaseous molecule may serve as an endogenous cell-signaling agent. Though perhaps surprising in light of its potential role as an endogenous signaling agent, a number of studies have provided evidence that H(2)S is a DNA-damaging mutagen. In the work reported here, the chemical mechanisms of DNA damage by H(2)S were examined. Using a plasmid-based DNA strand cleavage assay, we found that micromolar concentrations of H(2)S generated single-strand DNA cleavage. Mechanistic studies indicate that this process involved autoxidation of H(2)S to generate superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and, ultimately, the well-known DNA-damaging agent hydroxyl radical via a trace metal-mediated Fenton-type reaction. Strand cleavage by H(2)S proceeded in the presence of physiological thiol concentrations, and the known byproducts of H(2)S oxidation such as thiosulfate, sulfite, and sulfate do not contribute to the strand cleavage process. However, initially generated oxidation products such as persulfide (S(2)(2-)) likely undergo rapid autoxidation reactions that contribute to the generation of superoxide. The potential relevance of autoxidation processes to the genotoxic and cell signaling properties of H(2)S is discussed.
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- Marjorie Hoffman
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Sivaramakrishnan S, Breydo L, Sun D, Gates KS. The macrocycle of leinamycin imparts hydrolytic stability to the thiol-sensing 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide unit of the natural product. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:3791-4. [PMID: 22560586 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/02/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Reaction of cellular thiols with the 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide moiety of leinamycin triggers the generation of DNA-damaging reactive intermediates. Studies with small, synthetic analogues of leinamycin reveal that the macrocyclic portion of the natural product imparts remarkable hydrolytic stability to the 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide heterocycle without substantially compromising its thiol-sensing property.
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Jiang CS, Müller WEG, Schröder HC, Guo YW. Disulfide- and multisulfide-containing metabolites from marine organisms. Chem Rev 2011; 112:2179-207. [PMID: 22176580 DOI: 10.1021/cr200173z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Cheng-Shi Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, People's Republic of China
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Munday R. Harmful and beneficial effects of organic monosulfides, disulfides, and polysulfides in animals and humans. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 25:47-60. [PMID: 22004350 DOI: 10.1021/tx200373u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Many organic sulfides (mono-, di-, and polysulfides) are present in our environment. Simple derivatives are produced by some plants and animals, while complex sulfides are secondary metabolites of several genera of bacteria and fungi. Sulfides play an important role in the smell and taste of food, and many such compounds are used as food flavorings. Some sulfides are toxic, and there is evidence that such toxicity is caused by the ability of these substances to generate reactive oxygen species. Some sulfides, however, have been shown to protect against toxicants and carcinogens. These beneficial effects are believed to involve, at least in part, the ability of sulfides to inhibit the enzymatic activation of pro-toxicants and to increase tissue activities of enzymes that protect against electrophiles. Some sulfides also have potential as cancer chemotherapeutics. In this review, the toxic and beneficial effects of sulfides in animals are described, and the possible value of sulfides in cancer chemoprotection and cancer chemotherapy is discussed.
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- Rex Munday
- AgResearch , Ruakura Research Centre, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Fekry MI, Price NE, Zang H, Huang C, Harmata M, Brown P, Daniels JS, Gates KS. Thiol-activated DNA damage by α-bromo-2-cyclopentenone. Chem Res Toxicol 2011; 24:217-28. [PMID: 21250671 DOI: 10.1021/tx100282b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Some biologically active chemicals are relatively stable in the extracellular environment but, upon entering the cell, undergo biotransformation into reactive intermediates that covalently modify DNA. The diverse chemical reactions involved in the bioactivation of DNA-damaging agents are both fundamentally interesting and of practical importance in medicinal chemistry and toxicology. The work described here examines the bioactivation of α-haloacrolyl-containing molecules. The α-haloacrolyl moiety is found in a variety of cytotoxic natural products including clionastatin B, bromovulone III, discorahabdins A, B, and C, and trichodenone C, in mutagens such as 2-bromoacrolein and 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), and in the anticancer drug candidates brostallicin and PNU-151807. Using α-bromo-2-cyclopentenone (1) as a model compound, the activation of α-haloacrolyl-containing molecules by biological thiols was explored. The results indicate that both low molecular weight and peptide thiols readily undergo conjugate addition to 1. The resulting products are consistent with a mechanism in which initial addition of thiols to 1 is followed by intramolecular displacement of bromide to yield a DNA-alkylating episulfonium ion intermediate. The reaction of thiol-activated 1 with DNA produces labile lesions at deoxyguanosine residues. The sequence specificity and salt dependence of this process is consistent with involvement of an episulfonium ion intermediate. The alkylated guanine residue resulting from the thiol-triggered reaction of 1 with duplex DNA was characterized using mass spectrometry. The results provide new insight regarding the mechanisms by which thiols can bioactivate small molecules and offer a more complete understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the biological activity of cytotoxic, mutagenic, and medicinal compounds containing the α-haloacrolyl group.
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- Mostafa I Fekry
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Martelli A, Testai L, Breschi MC, Blandizzi C, Virdis A, Taddei S, Calderone V. Hydrogen sulphide: novel opportunity for drug discovery. Med Res Rev 2010; 32:1093-130. [PMID: 23059761 DOI: 10.1002/med.20234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) is emerging as an important endogenous modulator, which exhibits the beneficial effects of nitric oxide (NO) on the cardiovascular (CV) system, without producing toxic metabolites. H(2)S is biosynthesized in mammalian tissues by cystathionine-β-synthase and cystathionine-γ-lyase. H(2)S exhibits the antioxidant properties of inorganic and organic sulphites, behaving as a scavenger of reactive oxygen species. There is also clear evidence that H(2)S triggers other important effects, mainly mediated by the activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP)). This mechanism accounts for the vasorelaxing and cardioprotective effects of H(2)S. Furthermore, H(2)S inhibits smooth muscle proliferation and platelet aggregation. In non-CV systems, H(2)S regulates the functions of the central nervous system, as well as respiratory, gastroenteric, and endocrine systems. Conversely, H(2)S deficiency contributes to the pathogenesis of hypertension. Likewise, impairment of H(2)S biosynthesis is involved in CV complications associated with diabetes mellitus. There is also evidence of a cross-talk between the H(2)S and the endothelial NO pathways. In particular, recent observations indicate a possible pathogenic link between deficiencies of H(2 S activity and the progress of endothelial dysfunction. These biological aspects of endogenous H(2)S have led several authors to look at this mediator as "the new NO" that has given attractive opportunities to develop innovative classes of drugs. In this review, the main biological actions of H(2)S are discussed. Moreover, some examples of H(2)S-donors are shown, as well as some hybrids, in which H(2)S-releasing moieties are added to well-known drugs, for improving their pharmacodynamic profile or reducing the potential for adverse effects, are reported.
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- Alma Martelli
- Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Mahendran A, Vuong A, Aebisher D, Gong Y, Bittman R, Arthur G, Kawamura A, Greer A. Synthesis, characterization, mechanism of decomposition, and antiproliferative activity of a class of PEGylated benzopolysulfanes structurally similar to the natural product varacin. J Org Chem 2010; 75:5549-57. [PMID: 20704430 DOI: 10.1021/jo100870q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Benzopolysulfanes, 4-CH(3)(OCH(2)CH(2))(3)NHC(O)-C(6)H(4)-1,2-S(x) (x = 3-7 and 9) were synthesized with a PEG group attached through an amide bond and examined for water solubility, antitumor activity, and propensity to equilibrate and desulfurate. LCMS and HPLC data show the PEG pentasulfane ring structure predominates, and the tri-, tetra-, hexa-, hepta-, and nonasulfanes were present at very low concentrations. The presence of the PEG group improved water solubility by 50-fold compared to the unsubstituted benzopolysulfanes, C(6)H(4)S(x) (x = 3, 5, and 7), based on intrinsic solubility measurements. Polysulfur linkages in the PEG compounds decomposed in the presence of ethanethiol and hydroxide ion. The PEG pentathiepin desulfurated rapidly, and an S(3) transfer reaction was observed in the presence of norbornene; no S(2) transfer reaction was observed with 2,3-dimethylbutadiene. The antitumor activities of the PEG-substituted benzopolysulfane mixtures were analyzed against four human tumor cell lines PC3 (prostate), DU145 (prostate), MDA-MB-231 (breast), and Jurkat (T-cell leukemia). The PEG-conjugated polysulfanes had IC(50) values 1.2-5.8 times lower than the parent "unsubstituted" benzopolysulfanes. Complete cell killing was observed for the PEG polysulfanes at 4 microM for PC3 and DU145 cells and at 12 muM for MDA-MB-231 cells. The results suggest that solubilization of the polysulfur linkage is a key parameter to the success of these compounds as drug leads.
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- Adaickapillai Mahendran
- Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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Junnotula V, Rajapakse A, Arbillaga L, de Cerain AL, Solano B, Villar R, Monge A, Gates KS. DNA strand cleaving properties and hypoxia-selective cytotoxicity of 7-chloro-2-thienylcarbonyl-3-trifluoromethylquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:3125-32. [PMID: 20371184 PMCID: PMC3268132 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.03.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The heterocyclic N-oxide, 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-dioxide (tirapazamine, 1), shows promising antitumor activity in preclinical studies, but there is a continuing need to explore new compounds in this general structural category. In the work described here, we examined the properties of 7-chloro-2-thienylcarbonyl-3-trifluoromethylquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide (9h). We find that 9h causes redox-activated, hypoxia-selective DNA cleavage that mirrors the lead compound, tirapazamine, in both mechanism and potency. Furthermore, we find that 9h displays hypoxia-selective cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines.
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Viswesh V, Gates K, Sun D. Characterization of DNA damage induced by a natural product antitumor antibiotic leinamycin in human cancer cells. Chem Res Toxicol 2010; 23:99-107. [PMID: 20017514 DOI: 10.1021/tx900301r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Leinamycin is a structurally novel Streptomyces-derived natural product that displays very potent activity against various human cancer cell lines (IC(50) values in the low nanomolar range). Previous in vitro biochemical studies have revealed that leinamycin alkylates DNA, generates apurinic (AP) sites and reactive oxygen species (ROS), and causes DNA strand breaks. However, it is not clear whether these events occur inside cells. In the present study, we have determined the endogenous amount of AP sites and DNA strand breaks in genomic DNA and the amount of oxidative stress in a human pancreatic carcinoma cell line, MiaPaCa, treated with leinamycin by utilizing the aldehyde-reactive probe assay, the comet assay, and fluorescent probes, respectively. We demonstrated that AP sites are formed rapidly following exposure to leinamycin, and the number of AP sites was increased up to seven-fold in a dose-dependent manner. However, only 25-50% of these sites remain 2 h after media containing drug molecules were aspirated and replaced with fresh media. We also observed leinamycin-induced ROS generation and a concomitant increase in apoptosis of MiaPaCa cells. Because both AP sites and ROS have the potential to generate strand breaks in cellular DNA, the comet assay was utilized to detect damage to nuclear DNA in leinamycin-treated MiaPaCa cell cultures. Both alkaline and neutral electrophoretic analysis revealed that leinamycin produces both single- and double-stranded DNA damage in drug-treated cells in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, the results suggest that rapid conversion of leinamycin-guanine (N7) adducts into AP sites to produce DNA strand breaks, in synergy with leinamycin-derived ROS, accounts for the exceedingly potent biological activity of this natural product.
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- Velliyur Viswesh
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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Zheng J, Liu X, Yuan Q, Shin YJ, Sun D, Lu Y. Thiol-dependent DNA cleavage by aminomethylated Beaucage's reagent. Org Biomol Chem 2010; 8:1293-5. [PMID: 20204198 DOI: 10.1039/b926217b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Aminomethylated Beaucage's reagent 1 was found to be more potent than 3H-1,2-benzodithiol-3-one 1,1-dioxide (Beaucage's reagent) in causing DNA cleavage. The current study demonstrated the importance of the amino functionality in enhancing DNA-cleaving activities, and such findings may facilitate development of novel sulfur-containing DNA-cleaving molecules in cancer therapy.
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- Jiahui Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore, 117543, Republic of Singapore
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Lee SH. Disulfide and multisulfide antitumor agents and their modes of action. Arch Pharm Res 2009; 32:299-315. [DOI: 10.1007/s12272-009-1300-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2008] [Revised: 12/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bao Y, Mo X, Xu X, He Y, Xu X, An H. Stability studies of anticancer agent bis(4-fluorobenzyl)trisulfide and synthesis of related substances. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2008; 48:664-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2008.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sivaramakrishnan S, Gates KS. Possible chemical mechanisms underlying the antitumor activity of S-deoxyleinamycin. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008; 18:3076-80. [PMID: 18068362 PMCID: PMC2748390 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.11.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Revised: 11/20/2007] [Accepted: 11/21/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Though less potent than the parent natural product leinamycin, S-deoxyleinamycin displays activity against human cancer cell lines that is comparable to many clinically used agents. The results reported here suggest that the 1,2-dithiolan-3-one heterocycle found in S-deoxyleinamycin reacts with thiols to generate a persulfide intermediate (RSS(-)) that could deliver biologically active polysulfides, hydrogen sulfide, and reactive oxygen species (O2*-, H(2)O(2), and HO*) to the interior of cells.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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The consumption of garlic is inversely correlated with the progression of cardiovascular disease, although the responsible mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show that human RBCs convert garlic-derived organic polysulfides into hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S), an endogenous cardioprotective vascular cell signaling molecule. This H(2)S production, measured in real time by a novel polarographic H(2)S sensor, is supported by glucose-maintained cytosolic glutathione levels and is to a large extent reliant on reduced thiols in or on the RBC membrane. H(2)S production from organic polysulfides is facilitated by allyl substituents and by increasing numbers of tethering sulfur atoms. Allyl-substituted polysulfides undergo nucleophilic substitution at the alpha carbon of the allyl substituent, thereby forming a hydropolysulfide (RS(n)H), a key intermediate during the formation of H(2)S. Organic polysulfides (R-S(n)-R'; n > 2) also undergo nucleophilic substitution at a sulfur atom, yielding RS(n)H and H(2)S. Intact aorta rings, under physiologically relevant oxygen levels, also metabolize garlic-derived organic polysulfides to liberate H(2)S. The vasoactivity of garlic compounds is synchronous with H(2)S production, and their potency to mediate relaxation increases with H(2)S yield, strongly supporting our hypothesis that H(2)S mediates the vasoactivity of garlic. Our results also suggest that the capacity to produce H(2)S can be used to standardize garlic dietary supplements.
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Brzostowska EM, Paulynice M, Bentley R, Greer A. Planar Chirality due to a Polysulfur Ring in Natural Pentathiepin Cytotoxins. Implications of Planar Chirality for Enantiospecific Biosynthesis and Toxicity. Chem Res Toxicol 2007; 20:1046-52. [PMID: 17580913 DOI: 10.1021/tx7000465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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A low-energy pathway for pentathiepin racemization has been found using density functional theory (DFT) calculations. 3-[1,2,3,4,5]pentathiepin-6-yl-propylamine served as a model compound for tunicate-derived pentathiepins. Pentathiepin racemization becomes a low-energy process in the presence of a thiolate ion nucleophile. It is unknown whether the biosynthetic process for pentathiepins is enantiospecific (Bentley, R. (2005) Chem. Soc. Rev. 34, 609) or whether toxicity differs between enantiomers. However, the ease of thiolate ion attack on the polysulfur ring suggests that nucleophiles may induce optical instability on the laboratory time scale. The DFT study predicts that enantiospecific behaviors such as toxicity differences between P- and M-pentathiepins would be difficult to determine experimentally. The computed results fit into a broader picture that nucleophiles assist in ring-opening and equilibration reactions of polysulfanes.
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- Edyta M Brzostowska
- Department of Chemistry and Graduate Center, and The City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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Keerthi K, Gates KS. Entering the leinamycin rearrangement via 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl sulfoxides. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:1595-600. [PMID: 17571189 PMCID: PMC2812901 DOI: 10.1039/b701179b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Attack of cellular thiols on the antitumor natural product leinamycin is believed to generate a sulfenate intermediate that undergoes subsequent rearrangement to a DNA-alkylating episulfonium ion. Here, 2-(trimethylsilyl)ethyl sulfoxides were employed in a fluoride-triggered generation of sulfenate anions related to the putative leinamycin-sulfenate. The resulting sulfenates enter smoothly into a leinamycin-type rearrangement reaction to afford an episulfonium ion alkylating agent. The results provide evidence that the sulfenate ion is, indeed, a competent intermediate in the leinamycin rearrangement. Further, the molecules examined here may provide a foundation for the design of functional leinamycin analogues that bypass the unstable and synthetically challenging 1,2-dithiolan-3-one 1-oxide moiety found in the natural product.
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- Kripa Keerthi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Aebisher D, Brzostowska EM, Mahendran A, Greer A. Regioselective (biomimetic) synthesis of a pentasulfane from ortho-benzoquinone. J Org Chem 2007; 72:2951-5. [PMID: 17378613 DOI: 10.1021/jo062677w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A mechanism is proposed for the formation of cyclic 5,6,7,8,9-pentathiabenzocycloheptene-1,2-diol, 4, from the reaction of o-benzoquinone with reduced elemental sulfur, H2Sx. 1,6-conjugate addition to the quinone is favored over 1,4-conjugate addition. Hydrogen bonding to the quinone oxygen enhances the nucleophilicity of H2Sx by facilitating the removal of the S-H proton. We propose that initially formed 3-polysulfidobenzene-diol intermediates are oxidized to their corresponding quinones and closure of the polysulfur ring subsequently takes place at the C3-C4 bond leading to 4. A possible mechanism for the formation of the pentasulfur linkage in 4 is discussed, which is the key moiety found in a number of natural products.
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- David Aebisher
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate Center & The City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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Münchberg U, Anwar A, Mecklenburg S, Jacob C. Polysulfides as biologically active ingredients of garlic. Org Biomol Chem 2007; 5:1505-18. [PMID: 17571177 DOI: 10.1039/b703832a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Garlic has long been considered as a natural remedy against a range of human illnesses, including various bacterial, viral and fungal infections. This kind of antibiotic activity of garlic has mostly been associated with the thiosulfinate allicin. Even so, recent studies have pointed towards a significant biological activity of trisulfides and tetrasulfides found in various Allium species, including a wide range of antibiotic properties and the ability of polysulfides to cause the death of certain cancer cells. The chemistry underlying the biological activity of these polysulfides is currently emerging. It seems to include a combination of several distinct transformations, such as oxidation reactions, superoxide radical and peroxide generation, decomposition with release of highly electrophilic S(x) species, inhibition of metalloenzymes, disturbance of metal homeostasis and membrane integrity and interference with different cellular signalling pathways. Further research in this area is required to provide a better understanding of polysulfide reactions within a biochemical context. This knowledge may ultimately form the basis for the development of 'green' antibiotics, fungicides and possibly anticancer agents with dramatically reduced side effects in humans.
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- Ute Münchberg
- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Building B 2.1, Universität des Saarlandes, PO Box 151150, D-66041, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Chatterji T, Keerthi K, Gates KS. Generation of reactive oxygen species by a persulfide (BnSSH). Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2005; 15:3921-4. [PMID: 16005218 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.05.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2005] [Revised: 05/24/2005] [Accepted: 05/25/2005] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Hydropersulfides (RS(x)SH) have been implicated as important intermediates in the cell-killing action of the anticancer natural products leinamycin and varacin. It has been suggested that persulfides can mediate the conversion of molecular oxygen to reactive oxygen species (O2*-, H2O2, and HO*). Here, experiments with synthetic benzyl hydrodisulfide (BnSSH) provide direct evidence that persulfides readily decompose to produce reactive oxygen species under physiologically relevant conditions.
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- Tonika Chatterji
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Bremner JB. Chapter 7 Seven-Membered rings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-6380(05)80058-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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The reaction of the antitumor agent leinamycin with thiols converts this natural product into an episulfonium ion that alkylates the N7-position of guanine residues in double-stranded DNA. It is reported here that depurination of this adduct is unusually facile, occurring with a half-life of about 3.5 h at pH 7 and 37 degrees C in duplex DNA. This is one of the most rapid depurination reactions ever observed for an N7-alkylguanine residue. The rate constant for the depurination reaction was measured at several temperatures, and the activation parameters were calculated from the data. The energy of activation (E(a)) for this reaction is 24.6 kcal/mol, and the Arrhenius A value is 1.2 x 10(13) s(-1). These values correspond to a DeltaH(++) = 24.0 kcal/mol and DeltaS(++) = -0.78 eu and are consistent with the expected unimolecular (D(N) + A(N)) mechanism for the depurination reaction. Changes in ionic strength (0-500 mM NaCl) or pH (3-8) do not significantly alter the rate of depurination, and the base excision repair protein Aag, which removes a variety of N7-alkylguanine residues from duplex DNA, does not excise the leinamycin-guanine adduct. Possible biological implications of this rapid depurination process are considered. Finally, during the course of these studies, the release of hydrolyzed leinamycin (4; Scheme 1) from leinamycin-modified DNA was observed. This result suggests that leinamycin may be a reversible DNA alkylating agent.
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- Tony Nooner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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- Lidia S Konstantinova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect, 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Brzostowska EM, Greer A. Polysulfane Antitumor Agents from o-Benzyne. An Odd−Even Alternation Found in the Stability of Products o-C6H4Sx (x = 1−8). J Org Chem 2004; 69:5483-5. [PMID: 15287803 DOI: 10.1021/jo049418w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Benzyne is shown to add elemental sulfur and give rise to a series of polysulfane compounds. A computational and experimental study is presented. Odd-membered o-C6H4Sx rings (x = 1-8), except x = 1, which suffers from ring strain, have enhanced stability compared to even-membered rings. The acquisition of "odd-even" data may shed new light, revealing patterns on polysulfane stability and structure.
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- Edyta M Brzostowska
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School and University Center & The City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York 11210, USA
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