A series of mono-β-, di-α- and di-β-substituted phthalonitriles which contain one or two tetraethylene-glycol-linked 1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-α-D-glucofuranose unit(s) were prepared by typical substitution reactions. These precursors underwent self-cyclisation or mixed-cyclisation with an excess of unsubstituted phthalonitrile in the presence of Zn(OAc)2·2H2O and DBU to give the corresponding zinc(II) phthalocyanines with 1, 2 or 4 glucosylated substituent(s). For the di-α- and tetra-β-glucosylated analogues, removal of the isopropylidene groups was also performed by the treatment with trifluoroacetic acid and water to give the corresponding water-soluble deprotected glucosylated derivatives. All of these glucoconjugated phthalocyanines were fully characterised with various spectroscopic methods and studied for their photophysical properties and in vitro photodynamic activities against HT29 human colon adenocarcinoma and HepG2 human hepatocarcinoma cells. The tetra-β-glucosylated phthalocyanines ZnPc(β-PGlu)4 (4) and ZnPc(β-Glu)4 (5) were found to be essentially non-cytotoxic. By contrast, the mono- and di-glucosylated analogues ZnPc(β-PGlu) (7), ZnPc(α-PGlu)2 (11), ZnPc(α-Glu)2 (12) and ZnPc(β-PGlu)2 (20) exhibited substantial photocytotoxicity. The isopropylidene-protected di-α-substituted derivative 11 was particularly potent, having IC50 values as low as 0.03 μM. The different photodynamic activities of these compounds can be attributed to their different extent of cellular uptake and aggregation tendency in the biological media, which greatly affect their singlet oxygen generation efficiency.
通过典型的取代反应制备了一系列单-β-、二-α-和二-β-取代的邻苯二甲酰腈,这些邻苯二甲酰腈含有一个或两个与四亚甲基
乙二醇连接的 1,2:5,6-二-O-异亚丙基-α-D-
呋喃葡萄糖单元。在 Zn(OAc)2-2H2O 和
DBU 的存在下,这些前体与过量的未取代
酞腈进行自循环或混合循环,从而得到具有 1、2 或 4 个
葡萄糖基取代基的相应
锌(II)
酞菁。对于二-α-和四-β-
葡糖基化的类似物,也可以通过
三氟乙酸和
水处理来去除亚异丙基,得到相应的
水溶性去保护
葡糖基化衍
生物。利用各种光谱方法对所有这些糖基化
酞菁进行了全面表征,并研究了它们的光物理特性以及对 HT29 人结肠腺癌细胞和 He
PG2 人肝癌细胞的体外光动力活性。研究发现,四-β-
葡萄糖基化
酞菁 ZnPc(β-
PGlu)4 (4) 和 ZnPc(β-Glu)4 (5) 基本上没有细胞毒性。相比之下,单
葡萄糖基化和双
葡萄糖基化类似物 ZnPc(β-
PGlu) (7)、ZnPc(α-PGlu)2 (11)、ZnPc(α-Glu)2 (12) 和 ZnPc(β-
PGlu)2 (20) 则表现出很大的光细胞毒性。异亚丙基保护的二α-取代衍
生物 11 尤其有效,其 IC50 值低至 0.03 μM。这些化合物不同的光动力活性可归因于它们在
生物介质中不同的细胞吸收程度和聚集倾向,这在很大程度上影响了它们产生单线态氧的效率。