Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 12-Aminoacylphorboids
摘要:
Spurred by the paradoxical anti-inflammatory activity of some aminoacylphorbol derivatives, the naturally occuring and epimeric N,N-dimethylvalinoyl-4 alpha-4-deoxyphorbol derivatives 3b and 3d have been prepared from 4 alpha-4-deoxyphorbol (3e), a byproduct of the isolation of phorbol from Croton oil and a phorboid polyol so far largely overlooked in terms of biological activity. The configuration of the side chain stereocenter was confirmed for both natural products and to investigate the side chain structure-activity relationships within this class of compounds, their corresponding, N,N-dimethylglycinate (3g) and nor (3h) and di-nor derivatives (3i, 3j) were also prepared. By using a PKC-sensitive model of, HIV-1 latency (activation of HIV- gene expression in Jurkat-LAT-GFP cells), it was found that both 3b and 3d can activate PKC-dependent responses, while a series of experiments with isoform-spcefic PKC inhibitors showed that these compounds target PKC alpha and -delta. Both N,N-dimethylation and the presence of side chain alpha-substitution were critical for activity. Selective PKC binding, rather than COX inhibition, might explain the paradoxical anti-inflammatory activity of extracts containing aminoacylphorboids in the mouse ear edema assay.
The mechanism of activation of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel by 4 alpha-phorbol esters was investigated by combining information from chemical modification of 4 alpha-phorbol-didecanoate (4 alpha-PDD, 2a), site-directed mutagenesis, Ca2+ imaging, and electrophysiology. Binding of 4 alpha-phorbol esters occurs in a loop in the TM3-TM4 domain of TRPV4 that is analogous to the capsaicin binding site of TRPV1, and the ester decoration of ring C and the A,B ring junction are critical for activity. The lipophilic ester groups on ring C serve mainly as a steering element, affecting the orientation of the diterpenoid core into the ligand binding pocket, while the nature of the A,B ring junction plays an essential role in the Ca2+-dependence of the TRPV4 response. Taken together, our results show that 4 alpha-phorbol is a useful template to investigate the molecular details of TRPV4 activation by small molecules and obtain information for the rational design of structurally simpler ligands for this ion channel.