Design, synthesis, and in vitro characterization of novel hybrid peptidomimetic inhibitors of STAT3 protein
摘要:
Aberrant activation of oncogenic signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) protein signaling pathways has been extensively implicated in human cancers. Given STAT3's prominent dysregulatory role in malignant transformation and tumorigenesis, there has been a significant effort to discover STAT3-specific inhibitors as chemical probes for defining the aberrant STAT3-mediated molecular events that support the malignant phenotype. To identify novel, STAT3-selective inhibitors suitable for interrogating STAT3 signaling in tumor cells, we explored the design of hybrid molecules by conjugating a known STAT3 inhibitory peptidomimetic, ISS610 to the high-affinity STAT3-binding peptide motif derived from the ILR/gp-130. Several hybrid molecules were examined in in vitro biophysical and biochemical studies for inhibitory potency against STAT3. Lead inhibitor 14aa was shown to strongly bind to STAT3 (K-D = 900 nM), disrupt STAT3: phosphopeptide complexes (K-i = 5 mu M) and suppress STAT3 activity in in vitro DNA binding activity/electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA). Moreover, lead STAT3 inhibitor 14aa induced a time-dependent inhibition of constitutive STAT3 activation in v-Src transformed mouse fibroblasts (NIH3T3/v-Src), with 80% suppression of constitutively-active STAT3 at 6 h following treatment of NIH3T3/v-Src. However, STAT3 activity recovered at 24 h after treatment of cells, suggesting potential degradation of the compound. Results further showed a suppression of aberrant STAT3 activity in NIH3T3/v-Src by the treatment with compound 14aa-OH, which is the non-pTyr version of compound 14aa. The effect of compounds 14aa and 14aa-OH are accompanied by a moderate loss of cell viability. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
<i>α-N</i>-Protected dipeptide acids: a simple and efficient synthesis via the easily accessible mixed anhydride method using free amino acids in DMSO and tetrabutylammonium hydroxide
作者:G. Verardo、A. Gorassini
DOI:10.1002/psc.2503
日期:2013.5
to find simple and efficient methods for their synthesis. For this reason, we have investigated the synthesis of α‐N‐protected dipeptide acids by reacting the easily accessible mixedanhydride of α‐N‐protected amino acids with free amino acids under different reaction conditions. The combination of TBA‐OH and DMSO has been found to be the best to overcome the low solubility of amino acids in organic
Coupling Reagent Dependent Regioselectivity in the Synthesis of Lysine Dipeptides
作者:Shimon Shatzmiller、Pat N. Confalone、Ariela Abiri
DOI:10.1055/s-1999-3178
日期:——
Participation of either the Nâ or Nα of l-methyl lysinate (2) in peptide bond formation could be selectively achieved by the use of either isobutyl chloroformate (method A) or N,N-bis(2-oxo-3-oxazolidinyl) phosphinic chloride (BOP-Cl) (method B), respectively. The amidation performed according to method A gives high yields of the dipeptides 3a-e, irrespective of the amino acids used. In method B, Nα amidation is highly preferred especially with bulky amino acids, yielding 4a, 4c and 4e. The less bulky 4b and 4d gave 4.5 and 20 regioselection Nα/Nâ amidation ratios. A mechanistical rationalization for these selectivities is discussed.
Highly Enantioselective Ruthenium-Catalyzed Reduction of Ketones Employing Readily Available Peptide Ligands
作者:Anders Bøgevig、Isidro M. Pastor、Hans Adolfsson
DOI:10.1002/chem.200305553
日期:2004.1.5
Highly efficient and selective catalysts for the asymmetric reduction of arylalkylketones under hydrogen-transfer conditions (2-propanol) were obtained by combining a novel class of pseudo-dipeptide ligands with [[RuCl(2)(p-cymene)](2)]. A library of 36 dipeptide-like ligands was prepared from N-Boc-protected alpha-amino acids and the enantiomers of 2-amino-1-phenylethanol and 1-amino-2-propanol
Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by rhodium complexes containing amino acid triazole ligands
作者:Fredrik Tinnis、Hans Adolfsson
DOI:10.1039/c0ob00400f
日期:——
Active and selective catalysts for the asymmetric reduction of ketones, under transferhydrogenation conditions, were obtained by combining [RhCl2Cp*]2, with a series of L-amino acid thioamide ligands functionalized with 1,2,3-triazoles. The obtained secondary alcohol products were formed with up to 93% ee.
interesting and important to perform a nitrogen or oxygen selective reaction with interesting substrates. These atom specific reactions are crucial to specifically synthesis of specific compounds. An enantioselective N‐specific reaction of nitrosobenzene with unmodified aldehydes was successfully achieved catalyzed first by a variety of primaryamine‐based organocatalysts with higher yield and enantioselectivity