Design of Novel Potent Inhibitors of Human Uridine Phosphorylase-1: Synthesis, Inhibition Studies, Thermodynamics, and in Vitro Influence on 5-Fluorouracil Cytotoxicity
摘要:
Uridine (Urd) is a promising biochemical modulator to reduce host toxicity caused by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) without impairing its antitumor activity. Elevated doses of Urd are required to achieve a protective effect against 5-FU toxicity, but exogenous administration of Urd is not well-tolerated. Selective inhibitors of human uridine phosphorylase (hUP) have been proposed as a strategy to increase Urd levels. We describe synthesis and characterization of a new class of ligands that inhibit hUP type 1 (hUP1). The design of ligands was based on a possible S(N)1 catalytic mechanism and as mimics of the carbocation in the transition state of hUP1. The kinetic and thermodynamic profiles showed that the ligands here presented are the most potent in vitro hUP1 inhibitors developed to date. In addition, a lead compound improved the antiproliferative effects of 5-FU on colon cancer cells, accompanied by a reduction of in vitro 5-FU cytotoxicity in aggressive SW-620 cancer cells.
A reactive dye composition comprising (1) a dye having the formula,
wherein D is an organic dye residue having at least one sulfo group, R, and R2 are independently a hydrogen atom or an unsubstitute or substituted lower alkyl group, A is an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene or naphthylene group, X is a halogen atom, and Y is a group, -S02CH=CH2 or -S02CH2CH2Z, in which Z is a group capable of being split by the action of an alkali, and (2) a buffer, the amount of the buffer being from 3 through 80% by weight based on the weight of the dye, and the pH value of an aqueous solution prepared from the dye composition and water of 20 times as much as the weight of the dye composition being from 3.5 through 7.5, which is superior in storage stability, and useful for dyeing or printing fiber materials to give dyed or printed products having superior fastness with high reproducibility.
On the methylation of 3-cyano-6-hydroxypyridine-2(1H)-ones
作者:Yves Louis Janin、Jaouad Chiki、Michel Legraverend、Christiane Huel、Emile Bisagni
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(99)00755-3
日期:1999.10
In order to prepare new heterocyclic derivatives as building block for compounds with potential biological activities, we were led to study the O-methylation of 3-cyano-6-hydroxypyridine-2(1H)-ones such as 1. This enabled us to develop a new two steps method to prepare the corresponding 2,6-dimethoxy derivative 5 in 80 % yield. It consisted first in heating 1 in trimethylorthoformate, with or without an acidic catalyst, which gave a mixture of the two mono-methoxy isomers, then a classical methylation of the second hydroxy moiety led almost exclusively to 5. In this paper we present this "methylation" method and various unexpected results recorded when we attempted to extend it to related derivatives or to other heterocycle containing lactim-lactam functions. An intramolecular transetherification mechanism requiring the simultaneous transfer of a hydrogen and a methyl is suggested. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Gibson; Simonsen, Journal of the Chemical Society, 1929, p. 1075