Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Nonionic Prenyl, Geranyl, and Farnesyl Diphosphate Surrogates
作者:Alfredo Castro、Sandra K. Erickson、Ishaiahu Shechter、Thomas A. Spencer
DOI:10.1006/bioo.1996.0022
日期:1996.9
Prenyl, geranyl, and farnesyl derivatives containing nonionic surrogates for the diphosphate moiety, including disulfones 4-6 and 7-9, methylene disulfonamides 10-12, and carbamyl sulfamides 13-15, have been synthesized and evaluated biologically in an effort to find suitable nonlabile, neutral inhibitors for enzymatic reactions which use these isoprenoid diphosphates as substrates. Farnesyl derivatives 6, 9, 12, and 15 were ineffective as squalene synthase inhibitors in vitro. Compounds 4-15 were screened in human skin fibroblasts for their effects on fatty acid, cholesterol, and DNA synthesis. In general, compounds 10-15 showed more inhibition than 4-9 and had a greater effect on DNA synthesis than on lipid synthesis, with the exception of 15. (C) 1996 Academic Press, Inc.