Mercaptoacyl aminoacid inhibitors of atriopeptidase. 1. Structure-activity relationship studies of methionine and S-alkylcysteine derivatives
摘要:
A broad series of N-(3-mercaptoacyl) amino acid derivatives was evaluated for their ability to inhibit atriopeptidase (neutral endopeptidase, EC 3.4.24.11) in vitro and in vivo. Structural parameters studied were (i) the substituent on the 2-position of the 3-mercaptopropionyl moiety, (ii) the amino acid component, (iii) the S-terminal derivative, and (iv) the C-terminal derivative. Optimum activity was observed for derivatives of methionine and S-alkylcysteines. N-[3-Mercapto-2(S)-[(2-methylphenyl)methyl]-1-oxopropyl]-L-methionine was identified as a highly effective inhibitor of atriopeptidase meriting evaluation as a potential cardiovascular therapeutic agent.
ACTIVATION OF CONVENTIONAL<i>S</i>-PROTECTING GROUPS OF CYSTEINE BY CONVERSION INTO THE 3-NITRO-2-PYRIDINESULFENYL (NPYS) GROUP
作者:Rei Matsueda、Susumu Higashida、Richard J. Ridge、Gary R. Matsueda
DOI:10.1246/cl.1982.921
日期:1982.6.5
All of the conventional S-protecting groups of cysteine which were tested could be selectively converted to the 3-nitro-2-pyridinesulfenyl (Npys) group after treatment with an appropriate Npys halide. Unidirectional formation of an unsymmetrical disulfide bond is possible when Cys (Npys) is mixed with a free thiol of another Cys residue. Some of these features were exploited during the solid phase
Structure-activity studies of highly potent cyclic [Cys4, Cys10]melanotropin analogs
作者:James J. Knittel、Tomi K. Sawyer、Victor J. Hruby、Mac E. Hadley
DOI:10.1021/jm00356a002
日期:1983.2
Characterization of Novel Isocyanate-Derived Metabolites of the Formamide N-Formylamphetamine with the Combined Use of Electrospray Mass Spectrometry and Stable Isotope Methodology
作者:Anthony G. Borel、Frank S. Abbott
DOI:10.1021/tx00048a010
日期:1995.9
Bioactivation of the formamide N-formylamphetamine (NFA) to 1-methyl-2-phenylethyl isocyanate (MPIC) was investigated in rats by screening bile and urine for conjugates subsequent to the phase I event. NFA was administered to rats as a mixture of protio- and pentadeuteriophenyl analogues to gain insight into the carbamoylating activity of MPIC when traced by electrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). An LC/MS contour generated by recording the summed mass spectrum as a function of chromatographic retention time allowed four biliary metabolites to be identified from four sets of doublets, with the peak of each doublet offset by 5 amu and ca. 0.07 min. Tandem mass spectrometry experiments allowed these metabolites to be attributed structurally to the glutathione, cysteinylglycine, cysteine, and N-acetylcysteine conjugates of the isocyanate MPIC. These assignments were subsequently validated by comparison of the LC/MS properties of the metabolites to synthetic reference compounds. Only the carbamoylated N-acetylcysteine conjugate was detected in urine. The observed excretion in bile of all metabolites of the mercapturate pathway is novel for formamide metabolism. NFA can thus be added to the short list of compounds that are eliminated in this fashion. Factors envisioned as contributory to this metabolic profile in bile include hepatorenal, enterohepatic, and biliary-hepatic cycling, in addition to possible equilibrium exchange of the isocyanate from thiocarbamate conjugates to endogenous free thiols during the course of biliary transit.