Synthesis of Novel Thiopurine Pyranonucleosides: Evaluation of Their Bioactivity

We report the synthesis of novel thiopurine pyranonucleosides. Direct coupling of silylated 6-mercaptopurine and 6-thioguanine with the appropriate pyranoses 1a–e via Vorbrüggen nucleosidation, gave the N-9 linked mercaptopurine 2a–e and thioguanine 4a–e nucleosides, while their N-7 substituted congeners 10a–e and 7a–e, were obtained through condensation of the same acetates with 6-chloro and 2-amino-6-chloropurines, followed by subsequent thionation. Nucleosides 3a–e, 5a–e, 8a–e, and 11a–e were evaluated for their cytostatic activity in three different tumor cell proliferative assays.     

A simple and efficient enzymatic procedure for the deprotection of two base labile chlorinated purine ribosides

Base-labile 6-chloro-2,3,5-tri-O-acetylpurine riboside (1c) and 2-amino-6-chloro-2,3,5-tri-O-acetylpurine riboside (1d) were fully deacetylated through Candida antarctica B lipase hydrolysis, affording respectively 6-chloropurine riboside (2c) and 2-amino-6-chloro-purine riboside (2d). Quantitative results were found at pH 7 and 60 °C in 24 h for 1c and 72 h for 1d. This mild and simple enzymatic technique represents a convenient procedure for the removal of acetyl groups from such base labile halogenated nucleosides.     

Substituent — Directed Aralkylation and Alkylation Reactions of the Tricyclic Analogues of Acyclovir and Guanosine

Abstract

Aryl or tert-butyl substituent in the 6 position of 3,9-dihydro-3-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-9-oxo-6-R-5H-imidazo[1,2-α]purine (6-R-TACV)¹ 1 partly directs aralkylation reactions into unusual positions: N-4 to give 3 and C-7 to give N-5, 7-disubstituted or N-4, 7-disubstituted derivatives. In the case of alkylation the effect is limited to aryl substituent and position N-4. Replacement of acyclic moiety of 1 with a ribosyl one like in 7 prevents N-4 substitution. Cleavage of the third ring of 3b to give 3-benzylacyclovir 10 is an example of a new short route to 3-aralkyl-9-substituted guanines.     

Influence of Remote Structure Upon Regioselectivity in the N-Alkylation of 2-Amino-6-Chloropurine: Application to the Synthesis of Penciclovir

Abstract

Reaction of 2-amino-6-chloropurine with trans-2-alkyl-5-iodoethyl-1,3-dioxanes under basic conditions afforded N-9 and N-7 alkylated products, the product ratio obtained being dependent on the size of the 2-alkyl group. This allowed a highly regioselective key step in the synthesis of the anti-herpes agent penciclovir.     

Synthesis of Cyclobutane Nucleosides

2-(6-Chloropurinyl)-3-benzoyloxymethylcyclobutanone can be prepared by reaction of 6-chloropurine with 3-benzoyloxymethyl-2-bromocyclobutanone. The N-alkylation gave both N-9 and N-7 regioisomers. Both regioisomers upon hydride reduction followed by aminolysis gave the corresponding adenine nucleoside analogues. However, the N-7 series led to the hypoxanthine analogues as byproducts.     

A Convenient Approach to N-3 Alkylation of 9-Substituted Guanines

Abstract

Aryl or tert-butyl substituent in the 6 position of 3,9-dihydro-3-[(2-hydroxy-ethoxy)methyl]-9-oxo-6-R-5H-imidazo[1,2-α]purine 1 directs the benzylation reaction partly into N-4 position to give 3. Cleavage of the third ring of 3 gives 3-benzylacycloguanosine 5, a first 3-aralkilo-9-substituted guanine.     

Synthesis and biological activity of progesterone derivatives as 5α-reductase inhibitors,and their effect on hamster prostate weight

In this study, we report the synthesis and biological evaluation of four 6- and 17-substituted progesterone derivatives (7–10). These compounds were prepared from the commercially available 17α-acetoxyprogesterone. The biological effect of these steroids was demonstrated in in vivo as well as in vitro experiments. In the in vivo experiments, we measured the activity of 6–10 on the weight of the prostate glands of gonadectomized hamsters treated with testosterone (T). For the studies in vitro, we determined the IC₅₀ value by measuring the concentration of steroidal derivative that inhibited 50% of the activity of 5α-reductase present in the human prostate. The results from this work indicated that compounds 6–9 significantly decreased the weight of the prostate as compared to testosterone-treated animals and this reduction of prostate weight was comparable to that produced by finasteride. Steroid 8 was the most effective of the tested compounds. However, compound 10 did not exhibit this capacity. On the other hand, 6–9 exhibited a high inhibitory activity for the human 5α-reductase enzyme with IC₅₀ values of 10, 70, 22, and 19?nM, respectively. However, 10 was not effective for the inhibition of 5α-reductase activity. In conclusion, the compounds that contained the acetate ester moiety in the molecule (6, 7, 8, and 9) inhibited the activity of 5α-reductase and decreased the weight of the prostate. Nevertheless, the double bond in ring B seems to diminish the inhibitory potency (7 and 9), since 6, which does not possess a double bond at C-6, had the highest inhibitory activity (the lowest IC₅₀ value).     

The Novel 6–(N-Pyrrolyl)purine Acyclic Nucleosides: 1H and 13C NMR and X-ray Structural Study†

Abstract

Synthesis of the novel nucleoside analogues containing exocyclic pyrrolo moiety and acyclic side chains attached to the purine ring at N-9 and N-7 is described. The site of alkylation was determined by ¹H and ¹³C NMR on the basis of chemical shifts, C-H coupling constants and connectivity in NOESY and HETCOR spectra. The N-9 substitution of 7 was proved by its X-ray crystallographic analysis.

     

Synthesis,antitumour and antioxidant activities of novel α,β-unsaturated ketones and related heterocyclic analogues: EGFR inhibition and molecular modelling study

New α,β-unsaturated ketones 4a,b; 5a–c; and 6a,b; as well as 4-H pyran 7; pyrazoline 8a,b; isoxazoline 9; pyridine 10–11; and quinoline-4-carboxylic acid 12a,b derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antitumour activity against HepG2, MCF-7, HeLa, and PC-3 cancer cell lines. Antioxidant activity was investigated by the ability of these compounds to scavenge the 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation (ABTS^?+). Compounds 6a, 6b, 7, and 8b exhibited potent antitumour activities against all tested cell lines with [IC₅₀] ?5.5–18.1 µΜ), in addition to significantly high ABTS^?+ scavenging activities. In vitro EGFR kinase assay for 6a, 6b, 7, and 8b as the most potent antitumour compounds showed that; compounds 6b, and 7 exhibited worthy EGFR inhibition activity with IC₅₀ values of 0.56 and 1.6?µM, respectively, while compounds 6a and 8b showed good inhibition activity with IC₅₀ values of 4.66 and 2.16?µM, respectively, compared with sorafenib reference drug (IC₅₀?=?1.28?µM). Molecular modelling studies for compounds 6b, 7, and 8b were conducted to exhibit the binding mode towards EGFR kinase, which showed similar interaction with erlotinib.     

SYNTHESIS AND IN VITRO ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY EVALUATION OF 9-(2-AZIDO-2,3-DIDEOXY-β-D-THREO-PENTOFURANOSYL)ADENINE DERIVATIVES

9-(2-Azido-2,3-dideoxy-β-D-threo-pentofuranosyl)adenine derivatives (1a–e) containing a lipophilic function at the N-6 position in the purine ring were prepared and evaluated for their antiviral activity. The compounds 1a–e turned out to be inactive as antiviral agents.     

SYNTHESIS AND ANTI-HIV ACTIVITY OF NEW MODIFIED 1,2,3-TRIAZOLE ACYCLONUCLEOSIDES

The synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole acyclonucleosides 7a-h via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N-9/N-1-propargylpurine/pyrimidine 2a-h with azido-pseudo-sugar 4 is described and none of them had anti-HIV activity.     

A convenient synthesis of novel pyranosyl homo-C-nucleosides and their antidiabetic activities

A series of pyranosyl homo-C-nucleosides have been synthesized by reaction of butenonyl C-glycosides (5a–5j, and 8) and cyanoacetamide in presence of t-BuOK followed by further modifications. The reaction proceeds by Michael addition of cyanoacetamide to the butenonyl C-glycosides and subsequent dehydrative cyclization and oxidative aromatization to give glycosylmethyl pyridones (6a–6j, 7a–7j, 9, and 10). The glycosylmethyl pyridones (6a–6e) on reaction with POCl₃ under reflux gave respective glycosylmethyl pyridines (11a–11e and 12a–12e) in good yields. The synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro α-glucosidase, glucose-6-phosphatase and glycogen phosphorylase inhibitory activities. One of the pyridylmethyl homo-C-nucleoside, compound 11d, displayed 52% inhibition of glucose-6-phosphatase as compared to the standard drug sodium orthovanadate while compound 12a showed a significant antihyperglycemic effect of 17.1% in the diabetic rats as compared to the standard drug metformin.     

利用CRISPR/Cas9系统构建稳定敲除anxa6基因的Caco-2细胞株

【目的】利用CRISPR/Cas9系统构建稳定敲除anxa6基因的Caco-2细胞株,为研究大肠杆菌O157:H7效应蛋白Esp F与宿主膜联蛋白A6 (ANXA6)相互作用及其致病机制奠定基础。【方法】根据CRISPR/Cas9靶向原理设计并合成3个特异性识别anxa6基因的向导RNA (single guide RNA,sgRNA),基于Lenti CRISPRv2载体构建Lenti CRISPRv2-sg RNA重组质粒,转入293T细胞中,制备sgRNA-Cas9慢病毒,将慢病毒感染Caco-2细胞,经嘌呤霉素筛选阳性细胞,有限稀释法分离培养单克隆细胞,提取单克隆细胞基因组DNA,并对敲除位点附近的DNA片段进行PCR扩增,测序并进行脱靶效应评估;免疫印记法检测ANXA6蛋白表达情况,细胞计数试剂盒8 (cell counting kit 8,CCK8)试剂盒检测细胞增殖能力,免疫荧光法检测细胞紧密连接分布情况。【结果】Western blotting及序列测序表明anxa6基因敲除单克隆细胞构建成功;脱靶效应评估结果显示预测的10个脱靶位点均无脱靶现象;基因敲除对细胞增殖能力...     

Hydroxylation of (+)-menthol by Macrophomina phaseolina

Abstract

Biotransformation of (+)-menthol with Macrophomina phaseolina led to hydroxylations at C-1, C-2, C-6, C-7, C-8 and C-9, with the C-8 position being preferentially oxidized. The resulting metabolites were identified as 8-hydroxymenthol (2), 6R-hydroxymenthol (3), 1R-hydroxymenthol (4), 9-hydroxymenthol (5), 2R,8-dihydroxymenthol (6), 8S,9-dihydroxymenthol (7), 6R,8-dihydroxymenthol (8), 1R,8-dihydroxymenthol (9) and 7,8-dihydroxymenthol (10). Metabolites 6–10 are described here for the first time. Their structures were characterized by spectroscopic analysis.     

Production of polyclonal antibodies towards the immunodetection of insecticide phosalone

Summary Hapten synthesis for the production of specific insecticide phosalone polyclonal antibodies was carried out starting from an intermediate of the phosalone synthesis, 6-chloro-2-benzoxazolone1. Two haptens containing different spacers have been prepared: N-5-carboxypentyl-6-chloro-2-benzoxazolone7 and N-(2-oxo-3-aza-5-carboxypentyl)-6-chloro-2-benzoxazolone12. Each of these two haptens conjugated to bovine serum albumine (BSA) was used to immunize four rabbits. Immunoassays of phosalone were performed with ELISA using solid-phase bound hapten thyroglobulin conjugate and horseradish peroxidase labelled goat antirabbit IgG. The more sensitive response was observed when the antiserum obtained from the rabbit immunized with the hapten-BSA conjugate containing the N-2-oxo-3-aza-5-carboxypentyl spacer was in competition with the same hapten coupled to thyroglobulin. An identical response was obtained under the same conditions when using benzoxazolone instead of phosalone as competitor, showing a good recognition of the specific aromatic part of the organophosphate insecticide phosalone. Reduction of coating conjugate concentration (from 2 to 0.05g/well) and also the use of heterologous coating protein instead of homologous did improve the sensitivity, resulting in a concentration of phosalone required to inhibit binding by 50% of 2 mg/l and a detection limit of 0.02 mg/l.     

Structures of Novel Sesquiterpene Ketones from Chloranthus serratus (Chloranthaceae)

Two naturally occurring new sesquiterpene ketones, neoacolamone (1) and 7α-hydroxyneoacolamone (2), were isolated from the roots of Chloranthus serratus (Thunb.) Roem. et Schult. (Japanese name: Futari-shizuka, Chloranthaceae). The structures were elucidated on the basis of their physicochemical properties and chemical reactions. Three sesquiterpene ketones, acoragermacrone (3), acolamone (4) and zederone (5), and four additional sesquiterpenes including lindenanolides were also found in the same source. The relationships of these isolates to the constituents of C. japonicus and to the sesquiterpene biogenesis in the Chloranthus species are discussed.     

Dietary omega-6/omega-3 fatty acids and risk of prostate cancer; Is there any potential interaction by organophosphate insecticides among the agricultural health study population

BackgroundIn the United States (US), the average annual increase in the incidence of prostate cancer (PCa) has been 0.5% between 2013 and 2017. Although some modifiable factors have been identified as the risk factors for PCa, the effect of lower ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids intake (N-6/N-3) remains unknown. Previous studies of the Agricultural Health Study (AHS) reported a significant positive association between PCa and selected organophosphate pesticides (OPs) including terbufos and fonofos.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the association between N-6/N-3 and PCa and any interaction between N-6/N-3 and 2 selected OPs (i.e., terbufos and fonofos) exposure.Design and ParticipantsThis case-control study, nested within a prospective cohort study, was conducted on a subgroup of the AHS population (1193 PCa cases and 14,872 controls) who returned their dietary questionnaire between 1999 and 2003Main Outcome MeasuresPCa was coded based on the International Classification of Diseases of Oncology (ICD-O-3) definitions and obtained from the statewide cancer registries of Iowa (2003–2017) and North Carolina (2003–2014).Statistical AnalysisMultivariate logistic regression analysis was applied to obtain the odds ratios adjusted (aORs) for age at dietary assessment (years), race/ethnicity (white, African American, other), physical activity (hours/week), smoking (yes/no), terbufos (yes/no), fonofos (yes/no), diabetes, lycopene intake (milligrams/day), family history of PCa, and the interaction of N-6/N-3 with age, terbufos and fonofos. Pesticide exposure was assessed by self-administrated questionnaires collecting data on ever/never use of mentioned pesticides during lifetime as a yes/no variable. Assessing the P value for the interaction between pesticides and N-6/N-3, we used the continuous variable of “intensity adjusted cumulative exposure” to terbufos and fonofos. This exposure score was based on duration, intensity and frequency of exposure. We also conducted a stratified regression analysis by quartiles of age.ResultsRelative to the highest N-6/N-3 quartile, the lowest quartile was significantly associated with a decreased risk of PCa (aOR=0.61, 95% CI: 0.41–0.90), and quartile-specific aORs decreased toward the lowest quartile (P_trend=<0.01). Based on the age-stratified analysis, the protective effect was only significant for the lowest quartile of N-6/N-3 among those aged between 48 and 55 years old (aORs=0.97, 95% CI, 0.45–0.55). Among those who were exposed to terbufos (ever exposure reported as yes in the self-report questionnaires), lower quartiles of N-6/N-3 were protective albeit nonsignificant (aORs: 0.86, 0.92, 0.91 in quartiles 1,2, and 3, respectively). No meaningful findings were observed for fonofos and N-6/N-3 interaction.ConclusionFindings showed that lower N-6/N-3 may decrease risk of PCa among farmers. However, no significant interaction was found between selected organophosphate pesticides and N-6/N-3.     

黄皮种子中酰胺类生物碱及其杀线虫活性研究

为了解黄皮种子中的酰胺类生物碱及其杀线虫活性,运用多种色谱学及波谱学方法分离并鉴定了10个酰胺类生物碱,分别为:N-甲基桂皮酰胺(1),clausenalansamide A(2),3-dehydroxy-3-methoxyl-clausenalansamide A(3),clausenalansamide B(4),黄皮新肉桂酰胺B(5),N-(2-苯乙基)肉桂酰胺(6),2′-dehydroxy-2′-oxo-clausenalansamide B(7),lansamide-7(8),homoclausenamide(9),1,5-dihydro-5-hydroxy-1-methyl-3,5-diphenyl-2H-pyrrol-2-one(10)。其中,化合物3,7,10为新天然产物。首次对黄皮种子中的酰胺类生物碱2~8进行全齿复活线虫致死活性的测试,发现所测化合物均有致死活性,其中,化合物2,3,5和8有较强的致死活性,且均优于阳性对照除线磷,可为相关农药的研发提供科学依据。     

Inhibition of human cytochromes P450 2A6 and 2A13 by flavonoids,acetylenic thiophenes and sesquiterpene lactones from Pluchea indica and Vernonia cinerea

The human liver cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2A6 and the respiratory CYP2A13 enzymes play role in nicotine metabolism and activation of tobacco-specific nitrosamine carcinogens. Inhibition of both enzymes could offer a strategy for smoking abstinence and decreased risks of respiratory diseases and lung cancer. In this study, activity-guided isolation identified four flavonoids 1–4 (apigenin, luteolin, chrysoeriol, quercetin) from Vernonia cinerea and Pluchea indica, four hirsutinolide-type sesquiterpene lactones 5–8 from V. cinerea, and acetylenic thiophenes 9–11 from P. indica that inhibited CYP2A6- and CYP2A13-mediated coumarin 7-hydroxylation. Flavonoids were most effective in inhibition against CYP2A6 and CYP2A13, followed by thiophenes, and hirsutinolides. Hirsutinolides and thiophenes exhibited mechanism-based inhibition and in irreversible mode against both enzymes. The inactivation kinetic K_I values of hirsutinolides against CYP2A6 and CYP2A13 were 5.32–15.4 and 0.92–8.67 µM, respectively, while those of thiophenes were 0.11–1.01 and 0.67–0.97 µM, respectively.     

Efficient Synthesis of [2-15N]Guanosine and 2′-Deoxy[2′-15N]Guanosine Derivatives Using N-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyl)[15N]Phthalimide as a 15N-Labeling Reagent

Nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 9-(2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-6-chloro-2-fluoro-9 H-purine with N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)[ ¹⁵ N]phthalimide in the presence of a catalytic amount of CsF at room temperature in DMF efficiently afforded the 6-chloro-2-[ ¹⁵ N]phthalimidopurine derivative, which was subsequently converted to the [2-¹⁵N]guanosine derivative was also efficiently synthesized through a similar procedure.