Small, Potent, and Selective Diaryl Phosphonate Inhibitors for Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator with In Vivo Antimetastatic Properties
摘要:
A set of small nonpeptidic diaryl phosphonate inhibitors was prepared. Some of these inhibitors show potent and highly selective irreversible uPA inhibition. The biochemical and modeling data prove that the combination of a benzylguanidine moiety with a diaryl phosphonate ester results in optimized molecules for derivatizing the serine alcohol in the uPA active site. Selected compounds show significant antimetastatic effects in the BN-472 rat mammary carcinoma model. We report in this paper a preclinical proof of concept that selective, irreversible uPA inhibitors could be valuable in antimetastatic therapy.
Twisted Amides as Selective Acylating Agents for Hydroxyl Groups under Neutral Conditions: Models for Activated Peptides during Enzymatic Acyl Transfer Reaction
The highly twisted amide 2 served as a selective acylating agent; for dials under neutral conditions. The reaction of primary-secondary dials with 2 led to the corresponding primary alkyl monopivalates. For dials containing alcoholic and phenolic hydroxyl groups, alcoholic hydroxyl groups were selectively acylated under neutral conditions, whereas, the opposite selectivity was observed under basic conditions, similar to the cases using acyl halides or acid anhydrides. Although 1 and 3 were unreactive to alcohols, 5-10 having substituent groups at C-4 were reactive to alcohols to give the corresponding acetates or benzoates.