α-Selective glycosylation affords mucin-related GalNAc amino acids and diketopiperazines active on Trypanosoma cruzi
作者:Maristela B. Martins-Teixeira、Vanessa L. Campo、Monica Biondo、Renata Sesti-Costa、Zumira A. Carneiro、João S. Silva、Ivone Carvalho
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2013.01.027
日期:2013.4
This work addresses the synthesis and biological evaluation of glycosyl diketopiperazines (DKPs) cyclo[Asp-(alpha GalNAc)Ser] 3 and cyclo[Asp-(alpha GalNAc)Thr] 4 for the development of novel anti-trypanosomal agents and Trypanosoma cruzi trans-sialidase (TcTS) inhibitors. The target compounds were synthetized by coupling reactions between glycosyl amino acids alpha GalNAc-Ser 7 or alpha GalNAc-Thr 8 and the amino acid (O-tBu)-Asp 17, followed by one-pot deprotection-cyclisation reaction in the presence of 20% piperidine in DMF. The protected glycosyl amino acid intermediates 7 and 8 were, in turn, obtained by a-selective, HgBr2-catalysed glycosylation reactions of Fmoc-Ser/Thr benzyl esters 12/14 with alpha GalN(3)Cl 11, being, subsequently, fully deprotected for comparative biological assays. The DKPs 3 and 4 showed relevant anti-trypanosomal effects (IC50 282-124 mu M), whereas glycosyl amino acids 1 and 2 showed better TcTS inhibition (57-79%) than the corresponding DKPs (13-25%). (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.