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Gradisch R, Schlögl K, Lazzarin E, Niello M, Maier J, Mayer FP, Alves da Silva L, Skopec SMC, Blakely RD, Sitte HH, Mihovilovic MD, Stockner T. Ligand coupling mechanism of the human serotonin transporter differentiates substrates from inhibitors. Nat Commun 2024; 15:417. [PMID: 38195746 PMCID: PMC10776687 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44637-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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The presynaptic serotonin transporter (SERT) clears extracellular serotonin following vesicular release to ensure temporal and spatial regulation of serotonergic signalling and neurotransmitter homeostasis. Prescription drugs used to treat neurobehavioral disorders, including depression, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, trap SERT by blocking the transport cycle. In contrast, illicit drugs of abuse like amphetamines reverse SERT directionality, causing serotonin efflux. Both processes result in increased extracellular serotonin levels. By combining molecular dynamics simulations with biochemical experiments and using a homologous series of serotonin analogues, we uncovered the coupling mechanism between the substrate and the transporter, which triggers the uptake of serotonin. Free energy analysis showed that only scaffold-bound substrates could initiate SERT occlusion through attractive long-range electrostatic interactions acting on the bundle domain. The associated spatial requirements define substrate and inhibitor properties, enabling additional possibilities for rational drug design approaches.
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- Ralph Gradisch
- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- TU Wien, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Genetics of Cognition Laboratory, Neuroscience area, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego, 30, 16163, Genova, Italy
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA
- Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA
- Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA
- Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, Jupiter, FL, 33458, USA
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Hourani Center for Applied Scientific Research, Amman, Jordan
- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Addiction Research and Science, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- TU Wien, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Physiology and Pharmacology, Waehringer Straße 13A, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Singer N, Schlögl K, Zobel JP, Mihovilovic MD, González L. Singlet and Triplet Pathways Determine the Thermal Z/ E Isomerization of an Arylazopyrazole-Based Photoswitch. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:8956-8961. [PMID: 37772734 PMCID: PMC10577781 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the thermal isomerization mechanism of azobenzene derivatives is essential to designing photoswitches with tunable half-lives. Herein, we employ quantum chemical calculations, nonadiabatic transition state theory, and photosensitized experiments to unravel the thermal Z/E isomerization of a heteroaromatic azoswitch, the phenylazo-1,3,5-trimethylpyrazole. In contrast to the parent azobenzene, we predict two pathways to be operative at room temperature. One is a conventional ground-state reaction occurring via inversion of the aryl group, and the other is a nonadiabatic process involving intersystem crossing to the lowest-lying triplet state and back to the ground state, accompanied by a torsional motion around the azo bond. Our results illustrate that the fastest reaction rate is not controlled by the mechanism involving the lowest activation energy, but the size of the spin-orbit couplings at the crossing between the singlet and the triplet potential energy surfaces is also determinant. It is therefore mandatory to consider all of the multiple reaction pathways in azoswitches in order to predict experimental half-lives.
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- Nadja
K. Singer
- Institute
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Vienna
Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem), University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 42, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Währinger Str. 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Vega Alanis BA, Wimmer L, Ernst M, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. Novel pyrazolothienopyridinones as potential GABA A receptor modulators. Monatsh Chem 2023; 154:1427-1439. [PMID: 38020488 PMCID: PMC10667146 DOI: 10.1007/s00706-023-03063-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023]
Abstract
The synthesis of novel pyrazolothienopyridinone derivatives as potential GABAA receptor modulators was performed and is herein described. A crucial step of the synthesis involving handling unstable aminothiophenes was managed via two different synthetic strategies delivering a set of 8 target compounds. Graphical abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00706-023-03063-6.
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Hecko S, Schiefer A, Badenhorst CPS, Fink MJ, Mihovilovic MD, Bornscheuer UT, Rudroff F. Enlightening the Path to Protein Engineering: Chemoselective Turn-On Probes for High-Throughput Screening of Enzymatic Activity. Chem Rev 2023; 123:2832-2901. [PMID: 36853077 PMCID: PMC10037340 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
Abstract
Many successful stories in enzyme engineering are based on the creation of randomized diversity in large mutant libraries, containing millions to billions of enzyme variants. Methods that enabled their evaluation with high throughput are dominated by spectroscopic techniques due to their high speed and sensitivity. A large proportion of studies relies on fluorogenic substrates that mimic the chemical properties of the target or coupled enzymatic assays with an optical read-out that assesses the desired catalytic efficiency indirectly. The most reliable hits, however, are achieved by screening for conversions of the starting material to the desired product. For this purpose, functional group assays offer a general approach to achieve a fast, optical read-out. They use the chemoselectivity, differences in electronic and steric properties of various functional groups, to reduce the number of false-positive results and the analytical noise stemming from enzymatic background activities. This review summarizes the developments and use of functional group probes for chemoselective derivatizations, with a clear focus on screening for enzymatic activity in protein engineering.
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- Sebastian Hecko
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, University of Greifswald, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Huang YH, Lee MT, Hsueh HY, Knutson DE, Cook J, Mihovilovic MD, Sieghart W, Chiou LC. Cerebellar α6GABA A Receptors as a Therapeutic Target for Essential Tremor: Proof-of-Concept Study with Ethanol and Pyrazoloquinolinones. Neurotherapeutics 2023; 20:399-418. [PMID: 36696034 PMCID: PMC10121996 DOI: 10.1007/s13311-023-01342-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Ethanol has been shown to suppress essential tremor (ET) in patients at low-to-moderate doses, but its mechanism(s) of action remain unknown. One of the ET hypotheses attributes the ET tremorgenesis to the over-activated firing of inferior olivary neurons, causing synchronic rhythmic firings of cerebellar Purkinje cells. Purkinje cells, however, also receive excitatory inputs from granule cells where the α6 subunit-containing GABAA receptors (α6GABAARs) are abundantly expressed. Since ethanol is a positive allosteric modulator (PAM) of α6GABAARs, such action may mediate its anti-tremor effect. Employing the harmaline-induced ET model in male ICR mice, we evaluated the possible anti-tremor effects of ethanol and α6GABAAR-selective pyrazoloquinolinone PAMs. The burrowing activity, an indicator of well-being in rodents, was measured concurrently. Ethanol significantly and dose-dependently attenuated action tremor at non-sedative doses (0.4-2.4 g/kg, i.p.). Propranolol and α6GABAAR-selective pyrazoloquinolinones also significantly suppressed tremor activity. Neither ethanol nor propranolol, but only pyrazoloquinolinones, restored burrowing activity in harmaline-treated mice. Importantly, intra-cerebellar micro-injection of furosemide (an α6GABAAR antagonist) had a trend of blocking the effect of pyrazoloquinolinone Compound 6 or ethanol on harmaline-induced tremor. In addition, the anti-tremor effects of Compound 6 and ethanol were synergistic. These results suggest that low doses of ethanol and α6GABAAR-selective PAMs can attenuate action tremor, at least partially by modulating cerebellar α6GABAARs. Thus, α6GABAARs are potential therapeutic targets for ET, and α6GABAAR-selective PAMs may be a potential mono- or add-on therapy.
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- Ya-Hsien Huang
- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Section 1, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Section 1, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, 56000, Malaysia
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Section 1, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 53211, USA
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- Center for Brain Research, Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Jen-Ai Rd., Section 1, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan.
- Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan.
- Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan.
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Mayer FP, Niello M, Cintulova D, Sideromenos S, Maier J, Li Y, Bulling S, Kudlacek O, Schicker K, Iwamoto H, Deng F, Wan J, Holy M, Katamish R, Sandtner W, Li Y, Pollak DD, Blakely RD, Mihovilovic MD, Baumann MH, Sitte HH. Serotonin-releasing agents with reduced off-target effects. Mol Psychiatry 2023; 28:722-732. [PMID: 36352123 PMCID: PMC9645344 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01843-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Increasing extracellular levels of serotonin (5-HT) in the brain ameliorates symptoms of depression and anxiety-related disorders, e.g., social phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder. Recent evidence from preclinical and clinical studies established the therapeutic potential of drugs inducing the release of 5-HT via the 5-HT-transporter. Nevertheless, current 5-HT releasing compounds under clinical investigation carry the risk for abuse and deleterious side effects. Here, we demonstrate that S-enantiomers of certain ring-substituted cathinones show preference for the release of 5-HT ex vivo and in vivo, and exert 5-HT-associated effects in preclinical behavioral models. Importantly, the lead cathinone compounds (1) do not induce substantial dopamine release and (2) display reduced off-target activity at vesicular monoamine transporters and 5-HT2B-receptors, indicative of low abuse-liability and low potential for adverse events. Taken together, our findings identify these agents as lead compounds that may prove useful for the treatment of disorders where elevation of 5-HT has proven beneficial.
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- Felix P. Mayer
- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria ,grid.255951.fDepartment of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.5329.d0000 0001 2348 4034Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria ,grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Present Address: Institutes of Brain Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032 China
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.255951.fStiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- grid.11135.370000 0001 2256 9319IDG McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- grid.11135.370000 0001 2256 9319IDG McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.255951.fDepartment of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- grid.11135.370000 0001 2256 9319IDG McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 100871 Beijing, China
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Department of Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.255951.fDepartment of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA ,grid.255951.fStiles-Nicholson Brain Institute and Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
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- grid.5329.d0000 0001 2348 4034Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- grid.94365.3d0000 0001 2297 5165Designer Drug Research Unit, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
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- grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Strasse 13a, 1090 Vienna, Austria ,grid.22937.3d0000 0000 9259 8492AddRess, Center for Addiction Research and Science, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Obleser K, Kalaus H, Seidl B, Kozich M, Stanetty C, Mihovilovic MD. An Organic Chemist's Guide to Mediated Laccase Oxidation. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202200411. [PMID: 36148536 PMCID: PMC10092592 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Laccases are oxidases that only require O2 as a terminal oxidant. Thus, they provide an attractive green alternative to established alcohol oxidation protocols. However, laccases typically require catalytic amounts of mediator molecules to serve as electron shuttles between the enzyme and desired substrate. Consequently, laccase-mediator systems are defined by a multitude of parameters such as, e. g., the choice of laccase and mediator, the respective concentrations, pH, and the oxygen source. This complexity and a perceived lack of comparable data throughout literature represent an entry burden into this field. To provide a solid starting point, particularly for organic chemists, we herein provide a time-resolved, quantitative laccase and mediator screening based on the oxidation of anis alcohol as model reaction. We measured the redox potentials of mediators under the reaction conditions to relate them to their performance. Lastly, for particularly efficient laccase-mediator pairs, we screened important reaction parameters, resulting in an optimized setup for mediator-assisted laccase catalyzed oxidations.
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- Katharina Obleser
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Agrana Research & Innovation Center GmbH, Josef-Reither-Straße 21-23, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- Agrana Research & Innovation Center GmbH, Josef-Reither-Straße 21-23, 3430, Tulln, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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Obleser K, Kalaus H, Seidl B, Kozich M, Stanetty C, Mihovilovic MD. An Organic Chemist's Guide to Mediated Laccase Oxidation. Chembiochem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202200604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Katharina Obleser
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Agrana Research & Innovation Center GmbH Josef-Reither-Straße 21—23 3430 Tulln Austria
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- Agrana Research & Innovation Center GmbH Josef-Reither-Straße 21—23 3430 Tulln Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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Draskovits M, Catorci D, Wimmer L, Rehman S, Siebert DCB, Ernst M, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. Novel synthetic procedures for C2 substituted imidazoquinolines as ligands for the α/β-interface of the GABAA-receptor. Monatsh Chem 2022; 154:1391-1404. [PMID: 38020487 PMCID: PMC10667396 DOI: 10.1007/s00706-022-02988-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 09/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
A series of substituted imidazoquinolines, a structurally related chemotype to pyrazoloquinolinones, a well-known class of GABAA ligands, was prepared via two synthetic procedures and the efficiency of these procedures were compared. One method relies on classical heterocyclic synthesis, the other one aims at late-stage decoration of a truncated scaffold via direct C-H functionalization. A pharmacological evaluation disclosed that one of the synthesized derivatives showed interesting activity on a α1β3 containing receptor subtype. Graphical abstract Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00706-022-02988-8.
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- Markus Draskovits
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Mansouri HR, Gracia Carmona O, Jodlbauer J, Schweiger L, Fink MJ, Breslmayr E, Laurent C, Feroz S, P. Goncalves LC, Rial DV, Mihovilovic MD, Bommarius AS, Ludwig R, Oostenbrink C, Rudroff F. Mutations Increasing Cofactor Affinity, Improve Stability and Activity of a Baeyer–Villiger Monooxygenase. ACS Catal 2022; 12:11761-11766. [PMID: 36249873 PMCID: PMC9552169 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c03225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hamid R. Mansouri
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Biocatalysis and Biosensing Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, BOKU−University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Biocatalysis and Biosensing Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, BOKU−University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Biocatalysis and Biosensing Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, BOKU−University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
- Department of Biosciences, College of Science, University of Hafr Al Batin, PO Box 1803, Hafr Al Batin, 39524, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut de Chimie de Nice CRNS UMR7272, Université Côte d’Azur, 28 Avenue Valrose, 06108 Nice, France
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- Área Biología Molecular, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), and Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Suipacha 531, S2002LRK Rosario, Argentina
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Engineered Biosystems Building (EBB), Georgia Institute of Technology, 950 Atlantic Drive, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Biocatalysis and Biosensing Laboratory, Department of Food Science and Technology, BOKU−University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Bäumgen M, Dutschei T, Bartosik D, Suster C, Reisky L, Gerlach N, Stanetty C, Mihovilovic MD, Schweder T, Hehemann JH, Bornscheuer UT. A new carbohydrate-active oligosaccharide dehydratase is involved in the degradation of ulvan. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101210. [PMID: 34547290 PMCID: PMC8511951 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Marine algae catalyze half of all global photosynthetic production of carbohydrates. Owing to their fast growth rates, Ulva spp. rapidly produce substantial amounts of carbohydrate-rich biomass and represent an emerging renewable energy and carbon resource. Their major cell wall polysaccharide is the anionic carbohydrate ulvan. Here, we describe a new enzymatic degradation pathway of the marine bacterium Formosa agariphila for ulvan oligosaccharides involving unsaturated uronic acid at the nonreducing end linked to rhamnose-3-sulfate and glucuronic or iduronic acid (Δ-Rha3S-GlcA/IdoA-Rha3S). Notably, we discovered a new dehydratase (P29_PDnc) acting on the nonreducing end of ulvan oligosaccharides, i.e., GlcA/IdoA-Rha3S, forming the aforementioned unsaturated uronic acid residue. This residue represents the substrate for GH105 glycoside hydrolases, which complements the enzymatic degradation pathway including one ulvan lyase, one multimodular sulfatase, three glycoside hydrolases, and the dehydratase P29_PDnc, the latter being described for the first time. Our research thus shows that the oligosaccharide dehydratase is involved in the degradation of carboxylated polysaccharides into monosaccharides.
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- Marcus Bäumgen
- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany; Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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Kalaus H, Reichetseder A, Scheibelreiter V, Rudroff F, Stanetty C, Mihovilovic MD. A Kinetic Photometric Assay for the Quantification of the Open-Chain Content of Aldoses. European J Org Chem 2021; 2021:2589-2593. [PMID: 34262391 PMCID: PMC8252792 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202001641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Aldoses exist predominantly in the cyclic hemiacetal form, which is in equilibrium with the open-chain aldehyde form. The small aldehyde content hampers reactivity when chemistry addresses the carbonyl moiety. This low concentration of the available aldehyde is generally difficult to ascertain. Herein, we demonstrate a new kinetic determination of the (minute) open-chain content (OCC) of aldoses. This kinetic approach exploits the aldehyde-selectivity of 2-aminobenzamidoxime (ABAO), which furnishes a strongly UV-active adduct. Simple formation curves can be measured in a photometer or plate reader for high-throughput screening. Under pseudo-first order kinetics, these curves correlate with a prediction model yielding the relative OCC. The OCCs of all parent aldoses (pentoses and hexoses) were determined referencing against the two tetroses with exceptionally high OCCs and were in very good agreement with literature data. Additionally, the assay was extended towards higher-carbon sugars with unknown OCC and also applied to rationalise a lack of reactivity observed in a recent synthetic investigation.
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- Hubert Kalaus
- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienGetreidemarkt 91060ViennaAustria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical ChemistryUniversity of ViennaAlthanstraße 141090ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienGetreidemarkt 91060ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienGetreidemarkt 91060ViennaAustria
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Kalaus H, Reichetseder A, Scheibelreiter V, Rudroff F, Stanetty C, Mihovilovic MD. Front Cover: A Kinetic Photometric Assay for the Quantification of the Open‐Chain Content of Aldoses (Eur. J. Org. Chem. 18/2021). European J Org Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hubert Kalaus
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of Vienna Althanstraße 14 1090 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry TU Wien Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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Niello M, Cintulová D, Raithmayr P, Holy M, Jäntsch K, Colas C, Ecker GF, Sitte HH, Mihovilovic MD. Effects of Hydroxylated Mephedrone Metabolites on Monoamine Transporter Activity in vitro. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:654061. [PMID: 33897439 PMCID: PMC8063026 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.654061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Mephedrone is a largely abused psychostimulant. It elicits the release of monoamines via the high affinity transporters for dopamine (DAT), norepinephrine (NET) and serotonin (SERT). Stereoselective metabolic reactions are involved in the inactivation and the elimination of its chemical structure. However, during these processes, several structures are generated and some of them have been reported to be still pharmacologically active. In this study 1) we have newly synthetized several putative mephedrone metabolites, 2) compared their activity at monoamine transporters, 3) generated quantitative structure activity relationships, and 4) exploited the chemical structure of the putative metabolites to screen a urine sample from a drug user and dissect mephedrone metabolism. We have found that most of the tested metabolites are weak inhibitors of monoamine transporters and that all of them are more potent at DAT and NET in comparison to SERT. The only exception is represented by the COOH-metabolite which shows no pharmacological activity at all three monoamine transporters. The enantioselectivity of mephedrone and its metabolites is present mainly at SERT, with only minor effects at DAT and NET being introduced when the β-keto group is reduced to an OH-group. Importantly, while at DAT the putative metabolites did not show changes in inhibitory potencies, but rather changes in their substrate/blocker profile, at SERT they showed mainly changes in inhibitory potencies. Molecular modeling suggests that the hydrophobic nature of a specific SERT subpocket may be involved in such loss of affinity. Finally, the assessment of the putative metabolites in one urine sample of mephedrone user displayed two previously uncharacterized metabolites, 4-COOH-nor-mephedrone (4-COOH-MC) and dihydro-4- nor-mephedrone (dihydro-4-MC). These results confirm and expand previous studies highlighting the importance of the stereochemistry in the pharmacodynamics of phase-1 metabolites of mephedrone, established their structure-activity relationships at DAT, NET and SERT and pave the way for a systematic dissection of mephedrone metabolic routes. Given the number of structures found having residual and modified pharmacological profiles, these findings may help in understanding the complex subjective effects of administered mephedrone. Moreover, the dissection of mephedrone metabolic routes may help in developing new therapies for treating psychostimulants acute intoxications.
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- Marco Niello
- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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Godehard SP, Müller H, Badenhorst CPS, Stanetty C, Suster C, Mihovilovic MD, Bornscheuer UT. Efficient Acylation of Sugars and Oligosaccharides in Aqueous Environment Using Engineered Acyltransferases. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Simon P. Godehard
- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute for Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biotechnology and Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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Jodlbauer J, Rohr T, Spadiut O, Mihovilovic MD, Rudroff F. Biocatalysis in Green and Blue: Cyanobacteria. Trends Biotechnol 2021; 39:875-889. [PMID: 33468423 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Recently, several studies have proven the potential of cyanobacteria as whole-cell biocatalysts for biotransformation. Compared to heterotrophic hosts, cyanobacteria show unique advantages thanks to their photoautotrophic metabolism. Their ability to use light as energy and CO2 as carbon source promises a truly sustainable production platform. Their photoautotrophic metabolism offers an encouraging source of reducing power, which makes them attractive for redox-based biotechnological purposes. To exploit the full potential of these whole-cell biocatalysts, cyanobacterial cells must be considered in their entirety. With this emphasis, this review summarizes the latest developments in cyanobacteria research with a strong focus on the benefits associated with their unique metabolism. Remaining bottlenecks and recent strategies to overcome them are evaluated for their potential in future applications.
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- Julia Jodlbauer
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering, research area Biochemical Engineering, TU Wien, Gumpendorfer Strasse 1a, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163, 1060 Vienna, Austria.
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Ladurner A, Linder T, Wang L, Hiebl V, Schuster D, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD, Atanasov AG, Dirsch VM. Characterization of a Structural Leoligin Analog as Farnesoid X Receptor Agonist and Modulator of Cholesterol Transport. Planta Med 2020; 86:1097-1107. [PMID: 32485752 DOI: 10.1055/a-1171-8357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The ligand-activated farnesoid X receptor is an emerging therapeutic target for the development of drugs against metabolic syndrome-related diseases. In this context, selective bile acid receptor modulators represent a novel concept for drug development. Selective bile acid receptor modulators act in a target gene- or tissue-specific way and are therefore considered less likely to elicit unwanted side effects. Based on leoligin, a lignan-type secondary plant metabolite from the alpine plant Leontopodium nivale ssp. alpinum, 168 synthesized structural analogs were screened in a farnesoid X receptor in silico pharmacophore-model. Fifty-six virtual hits were generated. These hits were tested in a cell-based farnesoid X receptor transactivation assay and yielded 7 farnesoid X receptor-activating compounds. The most active one being LT-141A, with an EC50 of 6 µM and an Emax of 4.1-fold. This analog did not activate the G protein-coupled bile acid receptor, TGR5, and the metabolic nuclear receptors retinoid X receptor α, liver X receptors α/β, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors β/γ. Investigation of different farnesoid X receptor target genes characterized LT-141A as selective bile acid receptor modulators. Functional studies revealed that LT-141A increased cholesterol efflux from THP-1-derived macrophages via enhanced ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 expression. Moreover, cholesterol uptake in differentiated Caco-2 cells was significantly decreased upon LT-141A treatment. In conclusion, the leoligin analog LT-141A selectively activates the nuclear receptor farnesoid X receptor and has an influence on cholesterol transport in 2 model systems.
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- Angela Ladurner
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jastrzebiec, Poland
- Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Suster C, Baxendale IR, Mihovilovic MD, Stanetty C. Straight Forward and Versatile Differentiation of the l- glycero and d- glycero-d- manno Heptose Scaffold. Front Chem 2020; 8:625. [PMID: 32850647 PMCID: PMC7411327 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are important bio-medical structures, playing a major role in the interaction with human immune systems. Their core regions, containing multiple units of l-glycero-d-manno heptoses (l,d-heptose), are highly conserved structurally (with O3 and O7 glycosidic bonds), making them an epitope of high interest for the potential development of new antibiotics and vaccines. Research in this field has always been restricted by the limited availability of the parent l,d-heptose as well as its biochemical epimeric precursor d-glycero-d-manno heptose (d,d-heptose). This problem of availability has recently been solved by us, through a rapid and efficient practical synthesis of l,d-manno-heptose peracetate demonstrated at scale. Herein we report an optimized, technically simple and versatile synthetic strategy for the differentiation of both the l-glycero and d-glycero-d-manno heptose scaffolds. Our approach is based on an orthoester methodology for the differentiation of all three positions of the sugar core using a O6, O7-tetraisopropyl disiloxyl (TIPDS) protecting group for the exocyclic positions. Furthermore, the regioselective opening toward 7-OH acceptors (6O-FTIPDS ethers) differentiates the exocyclic diol which has been demonstrated with a broader set of substrates and for both manno-heptoses for the first time.
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- Christoph Suster
- Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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Dao-Huy T, Latkolik S, Bräuer J, Pfeil A, Stuppner H, Schnürch M, Dirsch VM, Mihovilovic MD. Structural Features Defining NF-κB Inhibition by Lignan-Inspired Benzofurans and Benzothiophenes. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10081131. [PMID: 32751917 PMCID: PMC7463992 DOI: 10.3390/biom10081131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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A series of 2-arylbenzofurans and 2-arylbenzothiophenes was synthesized carrying three different side chains in position five. The synthesized compounds were tested for NF-κB inhibition to establish a structure activity relationship. It was found that both, the side chain in position five and the substitution pattern of the aryl moiety in position two have a significant influence on the inhibitory activity.
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- Toan Dao-Huy
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.D.-H.); (M.D.M.)
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Pesticide Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Dai Co Viet 1, Hai Ba Trung dist., Hanoi 10000, Vietnam
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (S.L.); (J.B.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (S.L.); (J.B.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (S.L.); (J.B.); (A.P.)
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.D.-H.); (M.D.M.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (V.M.D.)
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (S.L.); (J.B.); (A.P.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (V.M.D.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.D.-H.); (M.D.M.)
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Aslan‐Üzel AS, Beier A, Kovář D, Cziegler C, Padhi SK, Schuiten ED, Dörr M, Böttcher D, Hollmann F, Rudroff F, Mihovilovic MD, Buryška T, Damborský J, Prokop Z, Badenhorst CPS, Bornscheuer UT. An Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Assay for the Detection of Halides and Enzymatic Dehalogenation. ChemCatChem 2020; 12:2032-2039. [PMID: 32362951 PMCID: PMC7188320 DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201901891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Halide assays are important for the study of enzymatic dehalogenation, a topic of great industrial and scientific importance. Here we describe the development of a very sensitive halide assay that can detect less than a picomole of bromide ions, making it very useful for quantifying enzymatic dehalogenation products. Halides are oxidised under mild conditions using the vanadium-dependent chloroperoxidase from Curvularia inaequalis, forming hypohalous acids that are detected using aminophenyl fluorescein. The assay is up to three orders of magnitude more sensitive than currently available alternatives, with detection limits of 20 nM for bromide and 1 μM for chloride and iodide. We demonstrate that the assay can be used to determine specific activities of dehalogenases and validate this by comparison to a well-established GC-MS method. This new assay will facilitate the identification and characterisation of novel dehalogenases and may also be of interest to those studying other halide-producing enzymes.
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- Aşkın S. Aslan‐Üzel
- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of BiochemistryGreifswald UniversityGreifswald17487Germany
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- Loschmidt Laboratories Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX Faculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrno625 00Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research CenterSt. Anne's University Hospital BrnoBrno656 91Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX Faculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrno625 00Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research CenterSt. Anne's University Hospital BrnoBrno656 91Czech Republic
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienVienna1060Austria
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- Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering Laboratory Department of Biochemistry School of Life SciencesUniversity of HyderabadGachibowli500046India
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of BiochemistryGreifswald UniversityGreifswald17487Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of BiochemistryGreifswald UniversityGreifswald17487Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of BiochemistryGreifswald UniversityGreifswald17487Germany
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- Department of BiotechnologyDelft University of TechnologyDelft2629 HZ (TheNetherlands
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienVienna1060Austria
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- Loschmidt Laboratories Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX Faculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrno625 00Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX Faculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrno625 00Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research CenterSt. Anne's University Hospital BrnoBrno656 91Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories Department of Experimental Biology and RECETOX Faculty of ScienceMasaryk UniversityBrno625 00Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research CenterSt. Anne's University Hospital BrnoBrno656 91Czech Republic
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of BiochemistryGreifswald UniversityGreifswald17487Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis Institute of BiochemistryGreifswald UniversityGreifswald17487Germany
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Mansouri HR, Mihovilovic MD, Rudroff F. Investigation of a New Type I Baeyer-Villiger Monooxygenase from Amycolatopsis thermoflava Revealed High Thermodynamic but Limited Kinetic Stability. Chembiochem 2020; 21:971-977. [PMID: 31608538 PMCID: PMC7187199 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) are remarkable biocatalysts, but, due to their low stability, their application in industry is hampered. Thus, there is a high demand to expand on the diversity and increase the stability of this class of enzyme. Starting from a known thermostable BVMO sequence from Thermocrispum municipale (TmCHMO), a novel BVMO from Amycolaptosis thermoflava (BVMOFlava ), which was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3), was identified. The activity and stability of the purified enzyme was investigated and the substrate profile for structurally different cyclohexanones and cyclobutanones was assigned. The enzyme showed a lower activity than that of cyclohexanone monooxygenase (CHMOAcineto ) from Acinetobacter sp., as the prototype BVMO, but indicated higher kinetic stability by showing a twofold longer half-life at 30 °C. The thermodynamic stability, as represented by the melting temperature, resulted in a Tm value of 53.1 °C for BVMOFlava , which was comparable to the Tm of TmCHMO (ΔTm =1 °C) and significantly higher than the Tm value for CHMOAcineto ((ΔTm =14.6 °C)). A strong deviation between the thermodynamic and kinetic stabilities of BVMOFlava was observed; this might have a major impact on future enzyme discovery for BVMOs and their synthetic applications.
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- Hamid R. Mansouri
- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienGetreidemarkt 91060ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienGetreidemarkt 91060ViennaAustria
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Weil M, Kremsmayr T, Mihovilovic MD. 6-[( tert-Butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]-3-ethenyl-7-methoxy-4-[(trimethylsilyl)ethynyl]naphtho[2,3- c]furan-1(3 H)-one. IUCr Data 2020; 5:x200224. [DOI: 10.1107/s2414314620002242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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The tricyclic core in the title compound, C26H34O4Si2, shows disorder of the furan ring and deviates slightly from planarity, with the largest displacement from the least-squares plane [0.166 (2) Å] for the major disordered part of the methine C atom. To this C atom the likewise disordered vinyl group is attached, lying nearly perpendicular to the tricyclic core. In the crystal, mutual C—H...π interactions between the methine group of the furan ring and the central ring of the tricyclic core of an adjacent molecule lead to inversion-related dimers.
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Vega Alanis BA, Iorio MT, Silva LL, Bampali K, Ernst M, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. Allosteric GABA A Receptor Modulators-A Review on the Most Recent Heterocyclic Chemotypes and Their Synthetic Accessibility. Molecules 2020; 25:E999. [PMID: 32102309 PMCID: PMC7070463 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25040999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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GABAA receptor modulators are structurally almost as diverse as their target protein. A plethora of heterocyclic scaffolds has been described as modulating this extremely important receptor family. Some made it into clinical trials and, even on the market, some were dismissed. This review focuses on the synthetic accessibility and potential for library synthesis of GABAA receptor modulators containing at least one heterocyclic scaffold, which were disclosed within the last 10 years.
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- Blanca Angelica Vega Alanis
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/193, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (B.A.V.A.); (M.T.I.); (M.D.M.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/193, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (B.A.V.A.); (M.T.I.); (M.D.M.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité–Universitätsmedizin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/193, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (B.A.V.A.); (M.T.I.); (M.D.M.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/193, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (B.A.V.A.); (M.T.I.); (M.D.M.)
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Linder T, Geyrhofer S, Papaplioura E, Wang L, Atanasov AG, Stuppner H, Dirsch VM, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. Design and Synthesis of a Compound Library Exploiting 5-Methoxyleoligin as Potential Cholesterol Efflux Promoter. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25030662. [PMID: 32033108 PMCID: PMC7038131 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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5-Methoxyleoligin and leoligin are natural occurring lignans derived from Edelweiss (Leontopodium nivale ssp. alpinum), displaying potent pro-angiogenic and pro-arteriogenic activity. Cholesterol efflux from macrophages is associated with reverse cholesterol transport which inhibits the development of cardiovascular disease. Within this study, we developed a modular and stereoselective total synthesis of 5-methoxyleoligin which can be readily used to prepare a novel compound library of related analogs. The target 5-methoxyleoligin was synthesized exploiting a recently disclosed modular route, which allows also rapid synthesis of analogous compounds. All obtained products were tested towards macrophage cholesterol efflux enhancement and the performance was compared to the parent compound leoligin. It was found that variation on the aryl moiety in 2-position of the furan ring allows optimization of the activity profile, whereas the ester-functionality does not tolerate significant alterations.
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- Thomas Linder
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.L.); (S.G.); (E.P.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.L.); (S.G.); (E.P.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.L.); (S.G.); (E.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, China;
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (A.G.A.); (V.M.D.)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Patient Safety, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, Poland
- Institute of Neurobiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 23 Acad. G. Bonchev str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria;
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria; (A.G.A.); (V.M.D.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.L.); (S.G.); (E.P.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (M.D.M.); Tel.: +43-(1)-58801-163616 (M.S.)
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria; (T.L.); (S.G.); (E.P.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (M.D.M.); Tel.: +43-(1)-58801-163616 (M.S.)
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Reisky L, Préchoux A, Zühlke MK, Bäumgen M, Robb CS, Gerlach N, Roret T, Stanetty C, Larocque R, Michel G, Song T, Markert S, Unfried F, Mihovilovic MD, Trautwein-Schult A, Becher D, Schweder T, Bornscheuer UT, Hehemann JH. A marine bacterial enzymatic cascade degrades the algal polysaccharide ulvan. Nat Chem Biol 2019; 15:803-812. [PMID: 31285597 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-019-0311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Marine seaweeds increasingly grow into extensive algal blooms, which are detrimental to coastal ecosystems, tourism and aquaculture. However, algal biomass is also emerging as a sustainable raw material for the bioeconomy. The potential exploitation of algae is hindered by our limited knowledge of the microbial pathways-and hence the distinct biochemical functions of the enzymes involved-that convert algal polysaccharides into oligo- and monosaccharides. Understanding these processes would be essential, however, for applications such as the fermentation of algal biomass into bioethanol or other value-added compounds. Here, we describe the metabolic pathway that enables the marine flavobacterium Formosa agariphila to degrade ulvan, the main cell wall polysaccharide of bloom-forming Ulva species. The pathway involves 12 biochemically characterized carbohydrate-active enzymes, including two polysaccharide lyases, three sulfatases and seven glycoside hydrolases that sequentially break down ulvan into fermentable monosaccharides. This way, the enzymes turn a previously unexploited renewable into a valuable and ecologically sustainable bioresource.
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- Lukas Reisky
- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,University of Bremen, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany
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- Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,University of Bremen, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, FR 2424, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, FR 2424, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.,University of Bremen, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Institute of Pharmacy, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. .,Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Max Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany. .,University of Bremen, Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Bremen, Germany.
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Iorio MT, Rehman S, Bampali K, Stoeger B, Schnürch M, Ernst M, Mihovilovic MD. Variations on a scaffold - Novel GABA A receptor modulators. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 180:340-349. [PMID: 31325782 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Allosteric ligands of GABAA receptors exist in many different chemotypes owing to their great usefulness as therapeutics, with benzodiazepines being among the best known examples. Many allosteric binding sites have been described, among them a site at the extracellular interface between the alpha principal face and the beta complementary face (α+/β-). Pyrazoloquinolinones have been shown to bind at α+/β-binding sites of GABAA receptors, exerting chiefly positive allosteric modulation at this location. In order to further explore molecular determinants of this type of allosteric modulation, we synthesized a library of ligands based on the PQ pharmacophore employing a ring-chain bioisosteric approach. In this study we analyzed the structure-activity-relationship (SAR) of these novel ligands based on an azo-biaryl structural motif in α1β3 GABAA receptors, indicating interesting novel properties of the compound class.
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- Maria Teresa Iorio
- TU Wien, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Spitalgasse 4, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Spitalgasse 4, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- TU Wien, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
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- TU Wien, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
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- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Spitalgasse 4, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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- TU Wien, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060, Vienna, Austria.
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Simeonov SP, Ravutsov MA, Mihovilovic MD. Biorefinery via Achmatowicz Rearrangement: Synthesis of Pentane-1,2,5-triol from Furfuryl Alcohol. ChemSusChem 2019; 12:2748-2754. [PMID: 31050856 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A new scalable synthesis of pentane-1,2,5-triol from the furanics platform has been developed. Excellent yields of up to 92 % are obtained under flow conditions by using readily available catalysts from the existing pool. The strategy exploits the highly functionalized Achmatowicz product as a key intermediate, thus circumventing problems related to the low reactivity of the parent furfural and furfuryl alcohol. Besides expanding the portfolio of biomass-derived C5 alcohols, this strategy may also be further applied for the establishment of a versatile bio-based chemical platform.
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- Svilen P Simeonov
- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bontchev str. Bl. 9, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bontchev str. Bl. 9, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060, Wien, Austria
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Linder T, Liu R, Atanasov AG, Li Y, Geyrhofer S, Schwaiger S, Stuppner H, Schnürch M, Dirsch VM, Mihovilovic MD. Leoligin-inspired synthetic lignans with selectivity for cell-type and bioactivity relevant for cardiovascular disease. Chem Sci 2019; 10:5815-5820. [PMID: 31293770 PMCID: PMC6568278 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc00446g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Recently, a natural compound leoligin, a furan-type lignan, was discovered as an interesting hit compound with an anti-inflammatory pharmacological activity profile. We developed a modular and stereoselective approach for the synthesis of the edelweiss-derived lignan leoligin and used the synthetic route to rapidly prepare leoligin analogs even on the gram scale. Proof of concept of this approach together with cell-based bio-assays gained structural analogs with increased selectivity towards vascular smooth muscle versus endothelial cell proliferation inhibition, a major benefit in fighting vascular neointima formation. In addition, we identified the structural features of leoligin analogs that define their ability to inhibit the pro-inflammatory NF-κB pathway. Results are discussed in the context of structural modification of these novel synthetic lignans.
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- Thomas Linder
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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- Department of Pharmacognosy , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria .
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- Department of Pharmacognosy , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria .
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- Department of Pharmacognosy , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria .
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy , Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , 6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmacognosy , Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck , University of Innsbruck , Innrain 80/82 , 6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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- Department of Pharmacognosy , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria .
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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Niello M, Cintulova D, Hellsberg E, Jäntsch K, Holy M, Ayatollahi LH, Cozzi NV, Freissmuth M, Sandtner W, Ecker GF, Mihovilovic MD, Sitte HH. para-Trifluoromethyl-methcathinone is an allosteric modulator of the serotonin transporter. Neuropharmacology 2019; 161:107615. [PMID: 31028773 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
The transporters for dopamine (DAT) and serotonin (SERT) are important targets in the treatment of psychiatric disorders including major depression, anxiety and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Drugs acting at these transporters can act as inhibitors or as releasers. In addition, it has been recently appreciated that some compounds are less efficacious releasers than amphetamine. Thus, they are classified as partial releasers. Compounds can act on both SERT and DAT or display exquisite selectivity for either SERT or DAT, but the structural basis for selectivity is poorly understood. The trifluoromethyl-substitution of methcathinone in the para-position has been shown to dramatically shift the selectivity of methcathinone (MCAT) towards SERT. Here, we examined MCAT, para-trifluoromethyl-methcathinone (pCF3MCAT) and other analogues to understand (i) the determinants of selectivity and (ii) the effects of the para-CF3-substitution of MCAT on the transport cycle. We systematically tested different para-substituted MCATs by biochemical, computational and electrophysiological approaches: addition of the pCF3group, but not of other substituents with larger van der Waal's volume, lipophilicity or polarity, converted the DAT-selective MCAT into a SERT-selective partial releaser. Electrophysiological and superfusion experiments, together with kinetic modelling, showed that pCF3MCAT, but not MCAT, trapped a fraction of SERTs in an inactive state by occupying the S2-site. These findings define a new mechanism of action for partial releasers, which is distinct from the other two known binding modes underlying partial release. Our observations highlight the fact that the substrate permeation pathway of monoamine transporters supports multiple binding modes, which can be exploited for drug design. This article is part of the issue entitled 'Special Issue on Neurotransmitter Transporters'.
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- Marco Niello
- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University, Vienna, Austria.
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Schwendenwein D, Ressmann AK, Doerr M, Höhne M, Bornscheuer UT, Mihovilovic MD, Rudroff F, Winkler M. Random Mutagenesis‐Driven Improvement of Carboxylate Reductase Activity using an Amino Benzamidoxime‐Mediated High‐Throughput Assay. Adv Synth Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisGreifswald University Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisGreifswald University Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisGreifswald University Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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Ressmann AK, Schwendenwein D, Leonhartsberger S, Mihovilovic MD, Bornscheuer UT, Winkler M, Rudroff F. Substrate‐Independent High‐Throughput Assay for the Quantification of Aldehydes. Adv Synth Catal 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201900154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Anna K. Ressmann
- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of BiochemistryDept. of Biotechnology & Enzyme CatalysisGreifswald University Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4 17487 Greifswald Germany
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU Wien Getreidemarkt 9/OC-163 1060 Vienna Austria
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Dreier D, Resetar M, Temml V, Rycek L, Kratena N, Schnürch M, Schuster D, Dirsch VM, Mihovilovic MD. Magnolol dimer-derived fragments as PPARγ-selective probes. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 16:7019-7028. [PMID: 30232493 PMCID: PMC6180429 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob01745j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Sesqui magnolol A & B have been found to be selective partial PPARγ agonists while truncated magnolol dimer acts as an antagonist.
Partial agonists of the transcription factor PPARγ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ) have shown potential for the treatment of metabolic and inflammatory conditions and novel activators serve as valuable tool and lead compounds. Based on the natural product magnolol (I) and recent structural information of the ligand–target interaction we have previously developed magnolol dimer (II) which has been shown to have enhanced affinity towards PPARγ and improved selectivity over RXRα (retinoid X receptor α), PPARγ's heterodimerization partner. In this contribution we report the synthesis and evaluation of three fragments of the dimeric lead compound by structural simplifications. Sesqui magnolol A and B (III and IV) were found to exhibit comparable activities to magnolol dimer (II) and selectivity over RXRα persisted. Computational studies suggest a common pharmacophore of the distinctive biphenyl motifs. Truncated magnolol dimer (V) on the other hand does not share this feature and was found to act as an antagonist.
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- Dominik Dreier
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, A-1060 Vienna, Austria.
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Oufir M, Shevchenko B, Bouaita B, Guillet F, Mihovilovic MD, Wimmer L, Schlotterbeck G, Hettich T, Zabela V, Hamburger M. Piperine Analogs as Modulators of the Central Nervous System. Chimia (Aarau) 2019; 73:206. [DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2019.206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Gonçalves LCP, Mansouri HR, Bastos EL, Abdellah M, Fadiga BS, Sá J, Rudroff F, Mihovilovic MD. Morpholine-based buffers activate aerobic photobiocatalysis via spin correlated ion pair formation. Catal Sci Technol 2019; 9:1365-1371. [PMID: 31131076 PMCID: PMC6468414 DOI: 10.1039/c8cy02524j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The use of enzymes for synthetic applications is a powerful and environmentally-benign approach to increase molecular complexity. Oxidoreductases selectively introduce oxygen and hydrogen atoms into myriad substrates, catalyzing the synthesis of chemical and pharmaceutical building blocks for chemical production. However, broader application of this class of enzymes is limited by the requirements of expensive cofactors and low operational stability. Herein, we show that morpholine-based buffers, especially 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid (MOPS), promote photoinduced flavoenzyme-catalyzed asymmetric redox transformations by regenerating the flavin cofactor via sacrificial electron donation and by increasing the operational stability of flavin-dependent oxidoreductases. The stabilization of the active forms of flavin by MOPS via formation of the spin correlated ion pair 3[flavin˙--MOPS˙+] ensemble reduces the formation of hydrogen peroxide, circumventing the oxygen dilemma under aerobic conditions detrimental to fragile enzymes.
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- Leticia C P Gonçalves
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry , Institute of Chemistry , University of São Paulo , 03178-200 São Paulo , Brazil
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- Physical Chemistry Division , Department of Chemistry , Ångström Laboratory , Uppsala University , 75120 Uppsala , Sweden.,Department of Chemistry , Qena Faculty of Science , South Valley University , 83523 Qena , Egypt
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry , Institute of Chemistry , University of São Paulo , 03178-200 São Paulo , Brazil.,Physical Chemistry Division , Department of Chemistry , Ångström Laboratory , Uppsala University , 75120 Uppsala , Sweden
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- Physical Chemistry Division , Department of Chemistry , Ångström Laboratory , Uppsala University , 75120 Uppsala , Sweden.,Institute of Physical Chemistry , Polish Academy of Sciences , 01-224 Warsaw , Poland
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria .
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Gonçalves LCP, Mansouri HR, PourMehdi S, Abdellah M, Fadiga BS, Bastos EL, Sá J, Mihovilovic MD, Rudroff F. Boosting photobioredox catalysis by morpholine electron donors under aerobic conditions. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy00496c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Morpholine derivatives expand the applicability of photobiocatalysis towards stabilization of flavin-based bio- and photocatalysts.
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry
- TU Wien
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
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- Physical Chemistry Division
- Department of Chemistry
- Ångström Laboratory
- Uppsala University
- 75120 Uppsala
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- Physical Chemistry Division
- Department of Chemistry
- Ångström Laboratory
- Uppsala University
- 75120 Uppsala
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- Department of Fundamental Chemistry
- Institute of Chemistry
- University of São Paulo
- 03178-200 São Paulo
- Brazil
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- Physical Chemistry Division
- Department of Chemistry
- Ångström Laboratory
- Uppsala University
- 75120 Uppsala
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry
- TU Wien
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
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Draskovits M, Kalaus H, Stanetty C, Mihovilovic MD. Intercepted dehomologation of aldoses by N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis – a novel transformation in carbohydrate chemistry. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:12144-12147. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05906g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Examples of strong substrate governance and tuning of selectivity between two borderline scenarios by successful catalyst design are reported.
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry
- TU Wien
- 1060 Vienna
- Austria
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Rycek L, Ticli V, Pyszkowski J, Latkolik S, Liu X, Atanasov AG, Steinacher T, Bauer R, Schuster D, Dirsch VM, Schnürch M, Ernst M, Mihovilovic MD. Stereoselective Synthesis of the Isomers of Notoincisol A: Assigment of the Absolute Configuration of this Natural Product and Biological Evaluation. J Nat Prod 2018; 81:2419-2428. [PMID: 30362739 PMCID: PMC6256351 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The total syntheses of all stereoisomers of notoincisol A, a recently isolated natural product with potential anti-inflammatory activity, are reported. The asymmetric synthesis was conducted employing a lipase-mediated kinetic resolution, which enables easy access to all required chiral building blocks with the aim of establishing the absolute configuration of the naturally occurring isomer. This was achieved by comparison of optical properties of the isolated compound with the synthetic derivatives obtained. Moreover, an assessment of the biological activity on PPARγ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma) as a prominent receptor related to inflammation is reported. Only the natural isomer was found to activate the PPARγ receptor, and this phenomenon could be explained based on molecular docking studies. In addition, the pharmacological profiles of the isomers were determined using the GABAA (gamma-aminobutyric acid A) ion channel receptor as a representative target for allosteric modulation related to diverse CNS activities. These compounds were found to be weak allosteric modulators of the α1β3 and α1β2γ2 receptor subtypes.
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- Lukas Rycek
- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Molecular Neurosciences, Medical University
of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Department
of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Institute
of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland
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- Institute
of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of Innsbruck, Innrain
80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Graz, Universitätsplatz 4, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute
of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of Innsbruck, Innrain
80-82, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
- Department
of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Strubergasse 21, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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- Department
of Pharmacognosy, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department
of Molecular Neurosciences, Medical University
of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute
of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Aronow J, Stanetty C, Baxendale IR, Mihovilovic MD. Methyl glycosides via Fischer glycosylation: translation from batch microwave to continuous flow processing. Monatsh Chem 2018; 150:11-19. [PMID: 30662091 PMCID: PMC6320746 DOI: 10.1007/s00706-018-2306-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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ABSTRACT A continuous flow procedure for the synthesis of methyl glycosides (Fischer glycosylation) of various monosaccharides using a heterogenous catalyst has been developed. In-depth analysis of the isomeric composition was undertaken and high consistency with corresponding results observed under microwave heating was obtained. Even in cases where addition of water was needed to achieve homogeneity-a prerequisite for the flow experiments-no detrimental effect on the conversion was found. The scalability was demonstrated on a model case (mannose) and as part of the target-oriented synthesis of d-glycero-d-manno heptose, both performed on multigram scale. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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- Jonas Aronow
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE UK
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Siebert DCB, Bampali K, Puthenkalam R, Varagic Z, Sarto-Jackson I, Scholze P, Sieghart W, Mihovilovic MD, Schnürch M, Ernst M. Engineered Flumazenil Recognition Site Provides Mechanistic Insight Governing Benzodiazepine Modulation in GABA A Receptors. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:2040-2047. [PMID: 29989390 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
The anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, muscle-relaxant, and sedative-hypnotic effects of benzodiazepine site ligands are mainly elicited by allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors via their extracellular αx+/γ2- ( x = 1, 2, 3, 5) interfaces. In addition, a low affinity binding site at the homologous α+/β- interfaces was reported for some benzodiazepine site ligands. Classical benzodiazepines and pyrazoloquinolinones have been used as molecular probes to develop structure-activity relationship models for benzodiazepine site activity. Considering all possible α+/β- and α+/γ- interfaces, such ligands potentially interact with as many as 36 interfaces, giving rise to undesired side effects. Understanding the binding modes at their binding sites will enable rational strategies to design ligands with desired selectivity profiles. Here, we compared benzodiazepine site ligand interactions in the high affinity α1+/γ2- site with the homologous α1+/β3- site using a successive mutational approach. We incorporated key amino acids known to contribute to high affinity benzodiazepine binding of the γ2- subunit into the β3- subunit, resulting in a quadruple mutant β3(4mut) with high affinity flumazenil (Ro 15-1788) binding properties. Intriguingly, some benzodiazepine site ligands displayed positive allosteric modulation in the tested recombinant α1β3(4mut) constructs while diazepam remained inactive. Consequently, we performed in silico molecular docking in the wildtype receptor and the quadruple mutant. The results led to the conclusion that different benzodiazepine site ligands seem to use distinct binding modes, rather than a common binding mode. These findings provide structural hypotheses for the future optimization of both benzodiazepine site ligands, and ligands that interact with the homologous α+/β- sites.
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- David C. B. Siebert
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research, Medical University Vienna, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Siebert DCB, Wieder M, Schlener L, Scholze P, Boresch S, Langer T, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD, Richter L, Ernst M, Ecker GF. SAR-Guided Scoring Function and Mutational Validation Reveal the Binding Mode of CGS-8216 at the α1+/γ2- Benzodiazepine Site. J Chem Inf Model 2018; 58:1682-1696. [PMID: 30028134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.8b00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
The structural resolution of a bound ligand-receptor complex is a key asset to efficiently drive lead optimization in drug design. However, structural resolution of many drug targets still remains a challenging endeavor. In the absence of structural knowledge, scientists resort to structure-activity relationships (SARs) to promote compound development. In this study, we incorporated ligand-based knowledge to formulate a docking scoring function that evaluates binding poses for their agreement with a known SAR. We showcased this protocol by identifying the binding mode of the pyrazoloquinolinone (PQ) CGS-8216 at the benzodiazepine binding site of the GABAA receptor. Further evaluation of the final pose by molecular dynamics and free energy simulations revealed a close proximity between the pendent phenyl ring of the PQ and γ2D56, congruent with the low potency of carboxyphenyl analogues. Ultimately, we introduced the γ2D56A mutation and in fact observed a 10-fold potency increase in the carboxyphenyl analogue, providing experimental evidence in favor of our binding hypothesis.
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- David C B Siebert
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstrasse 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria.,Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Computational Biological Chemistry , University of Vienna , Währingerstrasse 17 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstrasse 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research , Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 4 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Computational Biological Chemistry , University of Vienna , Währingerstrasse 17 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstrasse 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , 1060 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstrasse 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research , Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 4 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstrasse 14 , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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Corbic Ramljak I, Stanger J, Real-Hohn A, Dreier D, Wimmer L, Redlberger-Fritz M, Fischl W, Klingel K, Mihovilovic MD, Blaas D, Kowalski H. Cellular N-myristoyltransferases play a crucial picornavirus genus-specific role in viral assembly, virion maturation, and infectivity. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1007203. [PMID: 30080883 PMCID: PMC6089459 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 08/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
In nearly all picornaviruses the precursor of the smallest capsid protein VP4 undergoes co-translational N-terminal myristoylation by host cell N-myristoyltransferases (NMTs). Curtailing this modification by mutation of the myristoylation signal in poliovirus has been shown to result in severe assembly defects and very little, if any, progeny virus production. Avoiding possible pleiotropic effects of such mutations, we here used pharmacological abrogation of myristoylation with the NMT inhibitor DDD85646, a pyrazole sulfonamide originally developed against trypanosomal NMT. Infection of HeLa cells with coxsackievirus B3 in the presence of this drug decreased VP0 acylation at least 100-fold, resulting in a defect both early and late in virus morphogenesis, which diminishes the yield of viral progeny by about 90%. Virus particles still produced consisted mainly of provirions containing RNA and uncleaved VP0 and, to a substantially lesser extent, of mature virions with cleaved VP0. This indicates an important role of myristoylation in the viral maturation cleavage. By electron microscopy, these RNA-filled particles were indistinguishable from virus produced under control conditions. Nevertheless, their specific infectivity decreased by about five hundred fold. Since host cell-attachment was not markedly impaired, their defect must lie in the inability to transfer their genomic RNA into the cytosol, likely at the level of endosomal pore formation. Strikingly, neither parechoviruses nor kobuviruses are affected by DDD85646, which appears to correlate with their native capsid containing only unprocessed VP0. Individual knockout of the genes encoding the two human NMT isozymes in haploid HAP1 cells further demonstrated the pivotal role for HsNMT1, with little contribution by HsNMT2, in the virus replication cycle. Our results also indicate that inhibition of NMT can possibly be exploited for controlling the infection by a wide spectrum of picornaviruses. Picornaviruses are important human and animal pathogens. Protective vaccines are only available against very few representatives. Furthermore, antiviral drugs have not made it to the market because of serious side effects and viral mutational escape. We here show that pharmacological inhibition of cellular myristoyltransferases severely decreased myristoylation of enteroviral structural proteins as exemplified by coxsackievirus B3, a prominent pathogen causing virus-induced acute and chronic heart disease. The drug DDD85646 substantially diminished virus yield and almost abolished the infectivity of the residual progeny virus. It is highly effective against several other picornaviruses, except those two included in our study that naturally do not process VP0. Our work provides new insight into the role of myristoylation in the life cycle of picornaviruses and identifies the responsible cellular enzyme as a promising candidate for antiviral therapy.
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- Irena Corbic Ramljak
- Center for Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Haplogen GmbH, Vienna, Campus Vienna Biocenter, Vienna, Austria
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- Cardiopathology, Institute for Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Center for Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Biochemistry, Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria
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Linder T, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. One-pot synthesis of triazines as potential agents affecting cell differentiation. Monatsh Chem 2018; 149:1257-1284. [PMID: 29983453 PMCID: PMC6006243 DOI: 10.1007/s00706-018-2212-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
Abstract
Abstract This paper outlines the synthesis of a number of structural analogs of 3-[(4,6-diphenoxy-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl)amino]benzoic acid which represent compounds with potential cardiogenetic activity. A one-pot protocol was developed for swift functionalization of the 1,3,5-triazine core without the need of isolating intermediates. The developed route starts from readily available 2,4,6-trichloro-1,3,5-triazine, displacing the chlorine atoms sequentially by aryloxy, arylamino, or arylthio moieties to enable access to molecules with three different substituents of this type in good yields. To facilitate purification, tert-butyl, methyl, and ethyl ester derivatives of the target compounds were initially synthesized. The tert-butyl esters could be readily hydrolyzed to the desired compounds, while reduction of the methyl and ethyl esters gave the corresponding benzylic alcohols in high yields, thereby expanding the substrate scope for future relevant cell assays. Graphical abstract ![]()
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- Thomas Linder
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9/163, 1060 Vienna, Austria
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Schaaf P, Gojic V, Bayer T, Rudroff F, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. Cover Feature: Easy Access to Enantiopure ( S
)- and ( R
)-Aryl Alkyl Alcohols by a Combination of Gold(III)-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydration and Enzymatic Reduction (ChemCatChem 5/2018). ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201800272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Patricia Schaaf
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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Knutson DE, Kodali R, Divović B, Treven M, Stephen MR, Zahn NM, Dobričić V, Huber AT, Meirelles MA, Verma RS, Wimmer L, Witzigmann C, Arnold LA, Chiou LC, Ernst M, Mihovilovic MD, Savić MM, Sieghart W, Cook JM. Design and Synthesis of Novel Deuterated Ligands Functionally Selective for the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor (GABA AR) α6 Subtype with Improved Metabolic Stability and Enhanced Bioavailability. J Med Chem 2018; 61:2422-2446. [PMID: 29481759 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Recent reports indicate that α6β2/3γ2 GABAAR selective ligands may be important for the treatment of trigeminal activation-related pain and neuropsychiatric disorders with sensori-motor gating deficits. Based on 3 functionally α6β2/3γ2 GABAAR selective pyrazoloquinolinones, 42 novel analogs were synthesized, and their in vitro metabolic stability and cytotoxicity as well as their in vivo pharmacokinetics, basic behavioral pharmacology, and effects on locomotion were investigated. Incorporation of deuterium into the methoxy substituents of the ligands increased their duration of action via improved metabolic stability and bioavailability, while their selectivity for the GABAAR α6 subtype was retained. 8b was identified as the lead compound with a substantially improved pharmacokinetic profile. The ligands allosterically modulated diazepam insensitive α6β2/3γ2 GABAARs and were functionally silent at diazepam sensitive α1β2/3γ2 GABAARs, thus no sedation was detected. In addition, these analogs were not cytotoxic, which render them interesting candidates for treatment of CNS disorders mediated by GABAAR α6β2/3γ2 subtypes.
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- Daniel E Knutson
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Belgrade , Vojvode Stepe 450 , 11221 Belgrade , Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research , Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 4 , A-1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Belgrade , Vojvode Stepe 450 , 11221 Belgrade , Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- TU Wien-Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , A-1060 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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- Graduate Institute of Acupuncture Science , China Medical University , Taichung 40402 , Taiwan
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research , Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 4 , A-1090 Vienna , Austria
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- TU Wien-Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry , Getreidemarkt 9/163 , A-1060 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy , University of Belgrade , Vojvode Stepe 450 , 11221 Belgrade , Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain Research , Medical University of Vienna , Spitalgasse 4 , A-1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 N. Cramer St. , Milwaukee , Wisconsin 53211 , United States
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Schaaf P, Gojic V, Bayer T, Rudroff F, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD. Easy Access to Enantiopure (S
)- and (R
)-Aryl Alkyl Alcohols by a Combination of Gold(III)-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydration and Enzymatic Reduction. ChemCatChem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Patricia Schaaf
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9/163-OC 1060 Vienna Austria
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Wiesinger T, Bayer T, Milker S, Mihovilovic MD, Rudroff F. Front Cover: Cell Factory Design and Optimization for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Compounds (ChemBioChem 4/2018). Chembiochem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Thomas Wiesinger
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; OC-163; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; OC-163; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; OC-163; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; OC-163; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry; OC-163; TU Wien; Getreidemarkt 9 1060 Vienna Austria
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Wiesinger T, Bayer T, Milker S, Mihovilovic MD, Rudroff F. Cell Factory Design and Optimization for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Polyhydroxylated Compounds. Chembiochem 2018; 19:361-368. [PMID: 28980776 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201700464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A synthetic cascade for the transformation of primary alcohols into polyhydroxylated compounds in Escherichia coli, through the in situ preparation of cytotoxic aldehyde intermediates and subsequent aldolase-mediated C-C bond formation, has been investigated. An enzymatic toolbox consisting of alcohol dehydrogenase AlkJ from Pseudomonas putida and the dihydroxyacetone-/hydroxyacetone-accepting aldolase variant Fsa1-A129S was applied. Pathway optimization was performed at the genetic and process levels. Three different arrangements of the alkJ and fsa1-A129S genes in operon, monocistronic, and pseudo-operon configuration were tested. The last of these proved to be most beneficial with regard to bacterial growth and protein expression levels. The optimized whole-cell catalyst, combined with a refined solid-phase extraction downstream purification protocol, provides diastereomerically pure carbohydrate derivatives that can be isolated in up to 91 % yield over two reaction steps.
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- Thomas Wiesinger
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, OC-163, TU Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060, Vienna, Austria
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Draskovits M, Stanetty C, Baxendale IR, Mihovilovic MD. Indium- and Zinc-Mediated Acyloxyallylation of Protected and Unprotected Aldotetroses-Revealing a Pronounced Diastereodivergence and a Fundamental Difference in the Performance of the Mediating Metal. J Org Chem 2018; 83:2647-2659. [PMID: 29369620 PMCID: PMC5838623 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b03063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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The
acyloxyallylation of unprotected aldoses was first demonstrated
more than a decade ago as a potentially elegant two-carbon homologation
of reducing sugars (upon ozonolysis); however, its application in
real case syntheses remained scarce. Following up on such a successful
showcase and to answer several pending questions about this attractive
transformation, we engaged in an in depth methodological reinvestigation.
The epimeric tetroses l-erythrose and d-threose
in unprotected and protected form were successfully applied to the
indium and also zinc-mediated acyloxyallylation, with the latter being
a first for an unprotected sugar. The investigation largely benefited
from the choice of these more exotic starting materials as it allowed
unambiguous identification/quantification of the hexose-products which
are available as authentic reference materials. The observed diastereoselectivities
indicate a strong substrate control (stereochemistry at O2), and the influence of the reagent’s structure on the selectivity
was investigated in great detail. A strong facial diastereodivergence
between related protected and unprotected structures was demonstrated
and an unexpected, pronounced principle difference in performance
between indium and zinc was revealed.
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- Markus Draskovits
- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna Austria
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University , South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien , Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Vienna Austria
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Treven M, Siebert DCB, Holzinger R, Bampali K, Fabjan J, Varagic Z, Wimmer L, Steudle F, Scholze P, Schnürch M, Mihovilovic MD, Ernst M. Towards functional selectivity for α6β3γ2 GABA A receptors: a series of novel pyrazoloquinolinones. Br J Pharmacol 2018; 175:419-428. [PMID: 29127702 PMCID: PMC5773961 DOI: 10.1111/bph.14087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The GABAA receptors are ligand-gated ion channels, which play an important role in neurotransmission. Their variety of binding sites serves as an appealing target for many clinically relevant drugs. Here, we explored the functional selectivity of modulatory effects at specific extracellular α+/β- interfaces, using a systematically varied series of pyrazoloquinolinones. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Recombinant GABAA receptors were expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and modulatory effects on GABA-elicited currents by the newly synthesized and reference compounds were investigated by the two-electrode voltage clamp method. KEY RESULTS We identified a new compound which, to the best of our knowledge, shows the highest functional selectivity for positive modulation at α6β3γ2 GABAA receptors with nearly no residual activity at the other αxβ3γ2 (x = 1-5) subtypes. This modulation was independent of affinity for α+/γ- interfaces. Furthermore, we demonstrated for the first time a compound that elicits a negative modulation at specific extracellular α+/β- interfaces. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS These results constitute a major step towards a potential selective positive modulation of certain α6-containing GABAA receptors, which might be useful to elicit their physiological role. Furthermore, these studies pave the way towards insights into molecular principles that drive positive versus negative allosteric modulation of specific GABAA receptor isoforms.
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- Marco Treven
- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Institute of Applied Synthetic ChemistryTU WienViennaAustria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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- Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Center for Brain ResearchMedical University ViennaViennaAustria
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Rudroff F, Mihovilovic MD, Gröger H, Snajdrova R, Iding H, Bornscheuer UT. Opportunities and challenges for combining chemo- and biocatalysis. Nat Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1038/s41929-017-0010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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