申请人:Makings Lewis R.
公开号:US20080125586A1
公开(公告)日:2008-05-29
The invention provides a compound, useful as an optical probe or sensor of the activity of at least one cytochrome P450 enzyme, and methods of using the compound to screen candidate drugs, and candidate drugs identified by these methods. The optical probe of the invention is a compound having the generic structure Y-L-Q, wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of Q as herein defined, saturated C
1
-C
20
alkyl, unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkenyl, unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkynyl, substituted saturated C
1
-C
20
alkyl, substituted unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkenyl, substituted unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkynyl, C
1
-C
20
cycloalkyl, C
1
-C
20
cycloalkenyl, substituted saturated C
1
-C
20
cycloalkyl, substituted unsaturated C
1
-C
20
cycloalkenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl and substituted heteroaryl; L is selected from the group of (—OCR
2
H)
p
—, wherein for each p, all R
2
are separately selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, saturated C
1
-C
20
alkyl, unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkenyl, unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkynyl, substituted saturated C
1
-C
20
alkyl, substituted unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkenyl, substituted unsaturated C
1
-C
20
alkynyl, C
1
-C
20
cycloalkyl, C
1
-C
20
cycloalkenyl, substituted saturated C
1
-C
20
cycloalkyl, substituted unsaturated C
1
-C
20
cycloalkenyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, and p is a positive integer no greater than twelve; and Q is a chemical moiety that gives rise to optical properties in its hydroxy or hydroxylate, phenol or phenoxide form that are different from the optical properties that arise from its ether form. Most preferably, p is one, R
2
is hydrogen, and Q is the ether form of a phenoxide fluorophore.
该发明提供了一种化合物,可用作至少一种细胞色素P450酶活性的光学探针或传感器,并提供了使用该化合物筛选候选药物的方法,以及由这些方法鉴定的候选药物。该发明的光学探针是一种具有通用结构Y-L-Q的化合物,其中Y选自以下组:Q(如此处定义),饱和C1-C20烷基,不饱和C1-C20烯基,不饱和C1-C20炔基,取代的饱和C1-C20烷基,取代的不饱和C1-C20烯基,取代的不饱和C1-C20炔基,C1-C20环烷基,C1-C20环烯基,取代的饱和C1-C20环烷基,取代的不饱和C1-C20环烯基,芳基,取代的芳基,杂环芳基和取代的杂环芳基;L选自以下组:(—OCR2H)p—,其中对于每个p,所有R2分别选自以下组:氢原子,饱和C1-C20烷基,不饱和C1-C20烯基,不饱和C1-C20炔基,取代的饱和C1-C20烷基,取代的不饱和C1-C20烯基,取代的不饱和C1-C20炔基,C1-C20环烷基,C1-C20环烯基,取代的饱和C1-C20环烷基,取代的不饱和C1-C20环烯基,芳基,取代的芳基,杂环芳基,取代的杂环芳基,p为不大于12的正整数;Q是一种化学基团,在其羟基或羟基化物,酚或酚酸盐形式下产生不同于其醚形式的光学性质。最好的情况是,p为1,R2为氢,Q是酚酸盐荧光团的醚形式。