Small molecular inhibitors of miR-1 identified from photocycloadducts of acetylenes with 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthalenequinone
摘要:
Small molecules which can modulate endogenous microRNAs are important chemical tools to study microRNA regulational network. In this Letter we screened the [2+2] photocycloadducts of 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthalenequinone with a series of aryl acetylenes on their activity to modulate endogenous microRNAs. A potent inhibitor of the muscle-specific miR-1 which is closely related with cardiac development and disease was identified. The small molecular inhibitor was the cyclobutene type product derived from the photocycloaddition of 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthalenequinone with tert-butyl (5-(phenylethynyl) quinolin-8-yl) carbonate. Analogues of the small molecular inhibitor were then prepared using similar photocycloaddition reactions for evaluation on inhibition activity on miR-1 to provide structure-activity relationship of the miR-1 inhibitor. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A small molecule activator of microRNAs has been identified from photoreaction products of naphthalene-1,4-dione with acetylenes and the universal activation on miRNAs was realized through significant promotion on the processing of precursor microRNAs by the compound.
Photoinduced tandem reactions of isoquinoline-1,3,4-triones (3) with azaaryl substituted acetylenes (4a−4o) are described as an efficient method to build novel aza-polycycles. Most of the reactions proceeded via the tandem reaction sequence of photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition (the Paterno−Büchi reaction)-oxetene electrocyclic ring opening-hexatriene to phenanthrene type electrocyclization-oxidative
Small molecules which can modulate endogenous microRNAs are important chemical tools to study microRNA regulational network. In this Letter we screened the [2+2] photocycloadducts of 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthalenequinone with a series of aryl acetylenes on their activity to modulate endogenous microRNAs. A potent inhibitor of the muscle-specific miR-1 which is closely related with cardiac development and disease was identified. The small molecular inhibitor was the cyclobutene type product derived from the photocycloaddition of 2-methoxy-1,4-naphthalenequinone with tert-butyl (5-(phenylethynyl) quinolin-8-yl) carbonate. Analogues of the small molecular inhibitor were then prepared using similar photocycloaddition reactions for evaluation on inhibition activity on miR-1 to provide structure-activity relationship of the miR-1 inhibitor. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.