Evaluation of a Cyclopentane-Based γ-Amino Acid for the Ability to Promote α/γ-Peptide Secondary Structure
摘要:
We report the asymmetric synthesis of the gamma-amino acid (1R,2R)-2-aminomethyl-1-cyclopentane carboxylic acid (AMCP) and an evaluation of this residue's potential to promote secondary structure in alpha/gamma-peptides. Simulated annealing calculations using NMR-derived distance restraints obtained for alpha/gamma-peptides in chloroform reveal that AMCP-containing oligomers are conformationally flexible. However, additional evidence suggests that an internally hydrogen-bonded helical conformation is partially populated in solution. From these data, we propose characteristic NOE patterns for the formation of the alpha/gamma-peptide 12/10-helix and discuss the apparent conformational frustration of AMCP-containing oligomers.
Evaluation of a Cyclopentane-Based γ-Amino Acid for the Ability to Promote α/γ-Peptide Secondary Structure
摘要:
We report the asymmetric synthesis of the gamma-amino acid (1R,2R)-2-aminomethyl-1-cyclopentane carboxylic acid (AMCP) and an evaluation of this residue's potential to promote secondary structure in alpha/gamma-peptides. Simulated annealing calculations using NMR-derived distance restraints obtained for alpha/gamma-peptides in chloroform reveal that AMCP-containing oligomers are conformationally flexible. However, additional evidence suggests that an internally hydrogen-bonded helical conformation is partially populated in solution. From these data, we propose characteristic NOE patterns for the formation of the alpha/gamma-peptide 12/10-helix and discuss the apparent conformational frustration of AMCP-containing oligomers.
A slightly shorter route to carbocyclic nucleosides. Synthesis of (±)-<i>trans</i>-1-[2-(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentylmethyl]uracil
作者:Lourdes Santana、Marta Teijeira、Eugenio Uriarte
DOI:10.1002/jhet.5570360146
日期:1999.1
(±)-trans-1-[2-(Hydroxymethyl)cyclopentylmethyl]uracil (1) was prepared in two steps and 56% yield from 2-hydroxymethylcyclopentylmethylamine (7) and 3-methoxy-2-propenoylisocyanate (6). Isocyanate 6 was preparedfrommethyl 3-methoxy-2-propenoate in four steps and 38% overall yield.
A Novel Approach for the Virtual Screening and Rational Design of Anticancer Compounds
作者:Ernesto Estrada、Eugenio Uriarte、Alina Montero、Marta Teijeira、Lourdes Santana、Erik De Clercq
DOI:10.1021/jm991172d
日期:2000.5.1
A topological substructural approach to molecular design (TOSS-MODE) has been introduced for the selection and design of anticancer compounds. A quantitative model that discriminates anticancer compounds from the inactive ones in a training series was obtained. This model permits the correct classification of 91.43% of compounds in an external prediction set with only 1.43% of false actives and 7.14% of false inactives. The model developed is then used in a simulation of a virtual search for Ras FTase inhibitors; 87% of the Ras FTase inhibitors used in this simulated search were correctly classified, thus indicating the ability of the TOSS-MODE model of finding lead compounds with novel structures and mechanism of action. Finally, a series of carbonucleosides was designed, and the compounds were classified as active/inactive anticancer compounds by using the model developed here. From the compounds so-designed, 20 were synthesized and evaluated experimentally for their antitumor effects on the proliferation of murine leukemia cells (L1210/0) and human T-lymphocyte cells (Molt4/C8 and CEM/0); 80% of these compounds were well-classified, as active or inactive, and only two pairs of isomeric compounds were false actives. The chloropurine derivatives were the most active compounds, especially compounds 6c,d.
1,2-Disubstituted Carbocyclic Analogues of Thymine Nucleosides
A series of one two carbonucleoside (OTC) analogues of thymine was synthetized and their conformation was studied by AM1 theoretical calculations. The low-energy conformations of Compound 1 and 2',3'-dideoxythymidine, showed a degree of steric congruity.
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of 1,2-Disubstituted Carbonucleosides of 6-Substituted Purine and 8-Azapurine
作者:L. Santana、M. Teijeira、E. Uriarte、C. Terán、G. Andrei、R. Snoeck、J. Balzarini、E. De Clercq
DOI:10.1080/15257779908041557
日期:1999.4
A series of new one two subtituted carbonucleoside analogues (OTC), with the purine and 8-azapurine base linked through a methylene group at the cyclopentane ring, were synthesized and evaluated for their activity against a number of viruses and tumor cells in vitro.