A New Class of Selective and Potent 7-Dehydrocholesterol Reductase Inhibitors
摘要:
We prepared a number of N-phenethyltetrahydroisoquinolines structurally related to protoberberines. They were tested for activity against bacteria, fungi, and human leukemia HL-60 cells and also for inhibition of biosynthesis: ergosterol in yeasts and cholesterol in human cells. In the latter assay panel, several of the compounds were distinguished by a strong and selective inhibition of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (7-DHCR, EC 1.3.1.21), an enzyme responsible for the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol in the last step of cholesterol biosynthesis. In a whole-cell assay, the most active compound 5f showed a much stronger inhibition of overall cholesterol biosynthesis (IC50 2.3 nM) than BM 15.766 (IC50 500 nM), presently the most selective known inhibitor of 7-DHCR Since a defect of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase is associated with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS), the potent and selective inhibitors reported here will enable more detailed investigation of the pathogenesis of SLOS.
Abstract Twenty-five amides were synthesized in almost quantitative yields by microwave-assisted condensation of arylacetic acids and 2-aryl-ethylamines undersolventlessconditions. The N-arylethyl-arylacetylamides are intermediates of the corresponding isoquinoline derivates. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Synthetic Communications® to
We prepared a number of N-phenethyltetrahydroisoquinolines structurally related to protoberberines. They were tested for activity against bacteria, fungi, and human leukemia HL-60 cells and also for inhibition of biosynthesis: ergosterol in yeasts and cholesterol in human cells. In the latter assay panel, several of the compounds were distinguished by a strong and selective inhibition of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (7-DHCR, EC 1.3.1.21), an enzyme responsible for the conversion of 7-dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol in the last step of cholesterol biosynthesis. In a whole-cell assay, the most active compound 5f showed a much stronger inhibition of overall cholesterol biosynthesis (IC50 2.3 nM) than BM 15.766 (IC50 500 nM), presently the most selective known inhibitor of 7-DHCR Since a defect of 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase is associated with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS), the potent and selective inhibitors reported here will enable more detailed investigation of the pathogenesis of SLOS.
A General Electro‐Synthesis Approach to Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids
作者:Dennis Pollok、Luca M. Großmann、Torsten Behrendt、Till Opatz、Siegfried R. Waldvogel
DOI:10.1002/chem.202201523
日期:2022.9.6
Highly pharmaceutically relevant Amaryllidaceae alkaloids have been accessed by a versatile electro-organic key transformation, including a precursor of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor galantamine, used as FDA-approved drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Spirodienone-type intermediates were obtained in a regioselective and sustainable anodic key transformation from nature-derived starting
高度药学相关的石蒜科生物碱已通过多功能电有机关键转化获得,其中包括乙酰胆碱酯酶抑制剂加兰他敏的前体,该药物被 FDA 批准用作治疗阿尔茨海默病的药物。螺二烯酮型中间体是通过区域选择性和可持续的阳极关键转化从天然原料中获得的