α-Methyl Polyamines: Efficient Synthesis and Tolerance Studies in Vivo and in Vitro. First Evidence for Dormant Stereospecificity of Polyamine Oxidase
作者:Aki J. Järvinen、Marc Cerrada-Gimenez、Nikolay A. Grigorenko、Alex R. Khomutov、Jouko J. Vepsäläinen、Riitta M. Sinervirta、Tuomo A. Keinänen、Leena I. Alhonen、Juhani E. Jänne
DOI:10.1021/jm050872h
日期:2006.1.1
Efficient syntheses of metabolically stable a-methylspermidine 1, alpha-methylspermine 2, and bis-alpha,alpha'methylated spermine 3 starting from ethyl 3-aminobutyrate are described. The biological tolerance for these compounds was tested in wild-type mice and transgenic mice carrying the metallothionein promoter-driven spermidine/spermine N-1-acetyltransferase gene (MT-SSAT). The efficient substitution of natural polyamines by their derivatives was confirmed in vivo with the rats harboring the same MT-SSAT transgene and in vitro with the immortalized fibroblasts derived from these animals. Enantiomers of previously unknown 1-amino-8-acetamido-5-azanonane dihydrochloride 4 were synthesized starting from enantiomerically pure (R)- and (S)-alaninols. The studies with recombinant human polyamine oxidase (PAO) showed that PAO (usually splits achiral substrates) strongly favors the (R)-isomer of 4 that demonstrates for the first time that the enzyme has hidden potency for stereospecificity.
New syntheses of α-methyl- and α,α′-dimethylspermine
作者:N. A. Grigorenko、J. Vepsalainen、A. Jarvinen、T. A. Keinanen、L. Alhonen、J. Janne、A. R. Khomutov
DOI:10.1007/s11171-005-0025-5
日期:2005.3
α-Methylspermine and α,α′-dimethylspermine were synthesized in high overall yields starting from N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-3-aminobutanol in order to study polyamine biochemistry in vitro and in vivo.