Novel carbocyclic nucleoside analogs suppress glomerular mesangial cells proliferation and matrix protein accumulation through ROS-dependent mechanism in the diabetic milieu
作者:Assaad A. Eid、Ali Koubeissi、Ribal Bou-Mjahed、Nadine Al Khalil、Manal Farah、Rita Maalouf、Niveen Nasser、Kamal H. Bouhadir
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.10.122
日期:2013.1
The synthesis of a series of novel 3,4-cis- and 3,4-trans-substituted carbocyclic nucleoside analogs from protected uracil and thymine is described. The key reaction in the followed synthetic protocols utilized the Mitsunobu reaction to couple 3,4-substituted cyclopentanols to N-3-benzoyl uracil or N-3-benzoyl thymine. These molecules were evaluated with regard to their ability to treat diabetic nephropathy. Our results show that two analogs significantly reduced high-glucose induced glomerular mesangial cells proliferation and matrix protein accumulation in vitro and, more interestingly, exhibited an anti-oxidative effect suggesting that the activity may be mediated through ROS-dependent mechanism. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.