申请人:Batinic-Haberle Ines
公开号:US20080021007A1
公开(公告)日:2008-01-24
To improve bioavailability of the catalytic metalloporphyrin-based SOD mimics Mn(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[N-ethylpyridinium-2-yl]porphyrin (MnTE-2-PyP
5+
) and Mn(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[N,N′-diethylimidazolium-2-yl]porphyrin (MnTDE-2-ImP
5+
), three new Mn(III) porphyrins, bearing oxygen atoms within side chains, were synthesized and characterized: Mn(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[N-(2-methoxyethyl)pyridinium-2-yl]porphyrin (MnTMOE-2-PyP
5+
), Mn(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[N-methyl-N′-(2-methoxyethyl)imidazolium-2-yl]porphyrin (MnTM,MOE-2-ImP
5+
) and Mn(III) 5,10,15,20-tetrakis[N,N′-di(2-methoxyethyl)imidazolium-2-yl]porphyrin (MnTDMOE-2-ImP
5+
). The catalytic rate constants for O
2
dismutation (and the related metal-centered redox potentials vs NHE) for the new compounds are: log k
cat
=8.04
(E
½
=+251
mV) for MnTMOE-2-PyP
5+
, log k
cat
=7.98 (E
½=+356 mV) for MnTM,MOE-2-ImP
5+
and log k
cat=7.59 (E
½=+365 mV) for MnTDMOE-2-ImP
5+
. At 30 μM levels none of the new compounds were toxic, and allowed SOD-deficient
E. coli
to grow nearly as well as wild type. At 3 μM levels, the MnTDMOE-2-ImP
5+
, bearing an oxygen atom within each of the eight side chains, was the most effective and offered much higher protection than MnTE-2-PyP
5+
, while MnTDE-2-ImP
5+
was inefficient. These new porphyrins were compared to Mn(III) N-alkylpyridylporphyrins. While longer-chain n-alkyl members of the series exerted toxicity at higher concentration levels, they were very effective at submicromolar levels. Thus, 0.3 μM Mn(III) tetrakis(N-n-hexyl-pyridinum-2-yl)porphyrin and its n-octyl analogue offered the same level of protection as did >10 μM methyl and ethyl porphyrins. The k
cat
of methyl and n-octyl porphyrins are identical, but n-octyl is −10-fold more lipophilic. Therefore, the 30-fold improvement in bioavailability appears to be due to the increase in lipophilicity. MnTDMOE-2-ImP
5+
and longer-chain Mn(III) N-alkylpyridylporphyrins may offer better treatment for oxidative stress injuries than the previously studied MnTE-2-PyP
5+
and MnTDE-2-ImP
5+
.