High-affinity thrombin receptor (PAR-1) ligands: a new generation of indole-based peptide mimetic antagonists with a basic amine at the C-terminus
摘要:
A new generation of indole-based peptide mimetics, bearing a basic amine at the C-terminus, was developed by the agency of two complementary, multistep, trityl resin-based approaches. Thus, we obtained several high-affinity thrombin receptor (PAR-1) ligands, such as 32 and 34. Compounds 32 and 34 were found to bind to PAR-1 with excellent affinity IC50 = 25 and 35 nM, respectively) and to effectively block platelet aggregation induced by SFLLRN-NH2 (TRAP-6) and alpha-thrombin. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
serious Gram-negative bacteria due to their highlyefficient antibacterial activity and nephrotoxicity. Many research groups have been performed on designing polymyxin analogues by chemical synthesis in order to decrease the nephrotoxicity and increase the antibacterial activity simultaneously. In this study, we developed a new strategy for totalsolidphasesynthesis of polymyxins and their analogues. This
discernible correlation with their antimicrobial activity. This trend was particularly pronounced for colistin-resistant pathogens. The most active compounds demonstrated competitive activityagainst a panel of Gram-negativepathogens, while exhibiting low in vitro cytotoxicity. Importantly, most of these hits also retained (or even had increased) potency against colistin-susceptible strains. These findings
In this paper, 26 natural polymyxin components and a new derivative S-2 were synthesized, and their differences in efficacy and toxicity have been investigated. Almost all of the synthesized components showed strong activity against both susceptible and resistant strains of E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, and A. baumannii. The toxicities were obviously different between the components. Only some of the components were tested for toxicity in vivo. Compounds E-2, E-2-Val, A(2), M-2, D-2, and S-2 showed obviously lower renal cytotoxicity and acute toxicity than polymyxins B and E. The in vivo nephrotoxicity of E-2, M-2, and S-2 was similar to that of polymyxin E. Compound S-2, with four positive charges, was especially interesting as it possessed both increased efficacy and decreased toxicity. The SAR and toxicity studies indicated that further structural modification could concentrate on polymyxin S. The results also indicated that S-2 could be a new drug candidate.