Synthesis and Characterization of Photolabile Choline Precursors as Reversible Inhibitors of Cholinesterases: Release of Choline in the Microsecond Time Range
摘要:
Three o-nitrobenzyl ether derivatives of choline (compounds A-C) were synthesized as photolabile cholinesterase inhibitors in order to study the mechanism of choline release from the enzyme active site. The key step of the synthesis was a simple and efficient Lewis acid-catalyzed opening of dioxolane rings derived from o-nitrobenzaldehyde and o-nitroacetophenone. Laser flash photolyses of compounds A-C were analyzed by UV spectroscopy, HPLC, and an enzymatic assay for choline. The quantum yields of photoconversion were determined, and the kinetics of choline release were analyzed by studying the decay of the transient aci-nitro intermediate at 405 nm. The observed rates varied considerably in function of both pH and the substituent at the alpha-benzylic position. Furthermore, we demonstrated that all three compounds possessed reversible inhibitory properties on both purified Torpedo acetylcholinesterase and purified human plasma butyrylcholinesterase. Compound A, O-[1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl]choline iodide, which displayed the highest quantum yield (0.27) and the most rapid photolysis rate (6.8 x 10(4) s(-1) at pH 6.5), represents therefore an interesting tool for the study of the fast process of choline release from cholinesterases by time-resolved Laue crystallography.
Photolytic Cleavage of 1-(2-Nitrophenyl)ethyl Ethers Involves Two Parallel Pathways and Product Release Is Rate-Limited by Decomposition of a Common Hemiacetal Intermediate
作者:John E. T. Corrie、Andreas Barth、V. Ranjit N. Munasinghe、David R. Trentham、Michael C. Hutter
DOI:10.1021/ja034354c
日期:2003.7.1
responsible for the observed aci-nitro decay process. These competing reactions are interpreted with the aid of semiempirical PM3 calculations of reaction barriers. Furthermore, AMSOL calculations indicate that the pK(a) of the nitronic acid isomer formed by photolysis is likely to determine partition into the alternate paths. These unusual results appear to be general for 1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl ethers and
Synthesis and Characterization of Photolabile Choline Precursors as Reversible Inhibitors of Cholinesterases: Release of Choline in the Microsecond Time Range
作者:Ling Peng、Maurice Goeldner
DOI:10.1021/jo951190c
日期:1996.1.1
Three o-nitrobenzyl ether derivatives of choline (compounds A-C) were synthesized as photolabile cholinesterase inhibitors in order to study the mechanism of choline release from the enzyme active site. The key step of the synthesis was a simple and efficient Lewis acid-catalyzed opening of dioxolane rings derived from o-nitrobenzaldehyde and o-nitroacetophenone. Laser flash photolyses of compounds A-C were analyzed by UV spectroscopy, HPLC, and an enzymatic assay for choline. The quantum yields of photoconversion were determined, and the kinetics of choline release were analyzed by studying the decay of the transient aci-nitro intermediate at 405 nm. The observed rates varied considerably in function of both pH and the substituent at the alpha-benzylic position. Furthermore, we demonstrated that all three compounds possessed reversible inhibitory properties on both purified Torpedo acetylcholinesterase and purified human plasma butyrylcholinesterase. Compound A, O-[1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl]choline iodide, which displayed the highest quantum yield (0.27) and the most rapid photolysis rate (6.8 x 10(4) s(-1) at pH 6.5), represents therefore an interesting tool for the study of the fast process of choline release from cholinesterases by time-resolved Laue crystallography.