Oxidative Quenching of Quinone Methide Adducts Reveals Transient Products of Reversible Alkylation in Duplex DNA
摘要:
ortho-Quinone methides (ortho-QM) and para-quinone methides are generated by xenobiotic metabolism of numerous compounds including environmental toxins and therapeutic agents. These intermediates are highly electrophilic and have the potential to alkylate DNA. Assessing their genotoxicity can be difficult when all or some of their resulting adducts form reversibly. Stable adducts are most easily detected but are not necessarily the most prevalent products formed initially as DNA repair commences. Selective oxidation of ortho-QM-DNA adducts by bis[(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene (BTI) rapidly quenches their reversibility to prevent QM regeneration and allows for observation of the kinetic products. The resulting derivatives persist through standard enzymatic digestion, chromatography, and mass spectral analysis. The structural standards required for this approach have been synthesized and confirmed by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The adducts of dA N-6, dG NI, dG N-2, and guanine N7 are converted to the expected para-quinol derivatives within 5 min after addition of BTI under aqueous conditions (pH 7). Concurrently, the adduct of dA N1 forms a Spiro derivative comparable to that characterized previously after oxidation of the corresponding dC N3 adduct. By application of this oxidative quenching strategy, the dC N3 and dA NI adducts have been identified as the dominant products formed by both single- and double-stranded DNA under initial conditions. As expected, however, these labile adducts dissipate within 24 h if not quenched with BTI. Still, the products favored by kinetics are responsible for inducing the first response to ortho-QM exposure in cells, and hence, they are also key to establishing the relationship between biological activity and molecular structure.
N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective annulations: a dual activation strategy for a formal [4+2] addition for dihydrocoumarins
作者:Anna Lee、Karl A. Scheidt
DOI:10.1039/c4cc09590a
日期:——
A highly efficient asymmetric formal [4+2] annulation for the synthesis of dihydrocoumarins has been developed via an in situ activated NHC catalysis. Both electrophilic and nucleophilic species are generated in situ simultaneously whereby acyl imidazoles facilitated rapid formation of an NHC-enolate intermediate to afford the [4+2] dihydrocoumarin adducts.
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Dihydrobenzofurans through a Formal [4+1] Annulation Reaction of Sulfur Ylides and In Situ Generated<i>ortho</i>-Quinone Methides
作者:Qing-Qing Yang、Wen-Jing Xiao
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201601186
日期:2017.1.10
The first example of a catalytic asymmetric formal [4+1] annulation reaction between sulfur ylides and in situ generated ortho-quinone methides (o-QMs) is reported in this work. A C2-symmetric chiral urea was identified to be the best H-bonding catalyst, affording a wide range of chiral 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans in high yields and moderate enantioselectivities [70–98 % yields, up to 89:11 e.r. (enantiomeric
在这项工作中报道了硫叶立德与原位生成的邻醌甲基化物 (o-QMs) 之间的催化不对称形式 [4+1] 环化反应的第一个例子。一种 C2 对称手性尿素被认为是最好的 H 键合催化剂,可提供范围广泛的手性 2,3-二氢苯并呋喃,收率高,对映选择性适中 [70–98% 收率,高达 89:11 er )]。
Oxidative Quenching of Quinone Methide Adducts Reveals Transient Products of Reversible Alkylation in Duplex DNA
作者:Michael P. McCrane、Mark A. Hutchinson、Omer Ad、Steven E. Rokita
DOI:10.1021/tx500152d
日期:2014.7.21
ortho-Quinone methides (ortho-QM) and para-quinone methides are generated by xenobiotic metabolism of numerous compounds including environmental toxins and therapeutic agents. These intermediates are highly electrophilic and have the potential to alkylate DNA. Assessing their genotoxicity can be difficult when all or some of their resulting adducts form reversibly. Stable adducts are most easily detected but are not necessarily the most prevalent products formed initially as DNA repair commences. Selective oxidation of ortho-QM-DNA adducts by bis[(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene (BTI) rapidly quenches their reversibility to prevent QM regeneration and allows for observation of the kinetic products. The resulting derivatives persist through standard enzymatic digestion, chromatography, and mass spectral analysis. The structural standards required for this approach have been synthesized and confirmed by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The adducts of dA N-6, dG NI, dG N-2, and guanine N7 are converted to the expected para-quinol derivatives within 5 min after addition of BTI under aqueous conditions (pH 7). Concurrently, the adduct of dA N1 forms a Spiro derivative comparable to that characterized previously after oxidation of the corresponding dC N3 adduct. By application of this oxidative quenching strategy, the dC N3 and dA NI adducts have been identified as the dominant products formed by both single- and double-stranded DNA under initial conditions. As expected, however, these labile adducts dissipate within 24 h if not quenched with BTI. Still, the products favored by kinetics are responsible for inducing the first response to ortho-QM exposure in cells, and hence, they are also key to establishing the relationship between biological activity and molecular structure.
Trapping a Labile Adduct Formed between an <i>ortho</i>-Quinone Methide and 2′-Deoxycytidine
作者:Michael P. McCrane、Emily E. Weinert、Ying Lin、Eugene P. Mazzola、Yiu-Fai Lam、Peter F. Scholl、Steven E. Rokita
DOI:10.1021/ol200071p
日期:2011.3.4
Selective oxidation by bis[(trifluoroacetoxy)iodo]benzene (BTI) provides an effective trap for quenching adductsformed reversibly between dC and an ortho-quinone methide (QM) under physiological conditions. A model adduct generated by 4-methyl-o-QM and 2′-deoxycytidine is rapidly converted by intramolecular cyclization and loss of aromaticity to a characteristic product for quantifying QM alkylation