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Development of succinimide-based inhibitors for the mitochondrial rhomboid protease PARL
Andrews, Charlotte L.,Cardozo, Joaquin M.,Chow, Alyssa S.,Crainic, Jennifer A.,Parsons, William H.,Rutland, Nicholas T.,Sheehan, Brendan K.
supporting information, (2021/08/04)
While the biochemistry of rhomboid proteases has been extensively studied since their discovery two decades ago, efforts to define the physiological roles of these enzymes are ongoing and would benefit from chemical probes that can be used to manipulate the functions of these proteins in their native settings. Here, we describe the use of activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) technology to conduct a targeted screen for small-molecule inhibitors of the mitochondrial rhomboid protease PARL, which plays a critical role in regulating mitophagy and cell death. We synthesized a series of succinimide-containing sulfonyl esters and sulfonamides and discovered that these compounds serve as inhibitors of PARL with the most potent sulfonamides having submicromolar affinity for the enzyme. A counterscreen against the bacterial rhomboid protease GlpG demonstrates that several of these compounds display selectivity for PARL over GlpG by as much as two orders of magnitude. Both the sulfonyl ester and sulfonamide scaffolds exhibit reversible binding and are able to engage PARL in mammalian cells. Collectively, our findings provide encouraging precedent for the development of PARL-selective inhibitors and establish N-[(arylsulfonyl)oxy]succinimides and N-arylsulfonylsuccinimides as new molecular scaffolds for inhibiting members of the rhomboid protease family.
Synergistic Activation of Amides and Hydrocarbons for Direct C(sp3)–H Acylation Enabled by Metallaphotoredox Catalysis
Baik, Mu-Hyun,Choi, Seulhui,Hong, Soon Hyeok,Lee, Geun Seok,Won, Joonghee
supporting information, p. 16933 - 16942 (2020/08/03)
The utilizations of omnipresent, thermodynamically stable amides and aliphatic C(sp3)?H bonds for various functionalizations are ongoing challenges in catalysis. In particular, the direct coupling between the two functional groups has not been realized. Here, we report the synergistic activation of the two challenging bonds, the amide C?N and unactivated aliphatic C(sp3)?H, via metallaphotoredox catalysis to directly acylate aliphatic C?H bonds utilizing amides as stable and readily accessible acyl surrogates. N-acylsuccinimides served as efficient acyl reagents for the streamlined synthesis of synthetically useful ketones from simple C(sp3)?H substrates. Detailed mechanistic investigations using both computational and experimental mechanistic studies were performed to construct a detailed and complete catalytic cycle. The origin of the superior reactivity of the N-acylsuccinimides over other more reactive acyl sources such as acyl chlorides was found to be an uncommon reaction pathway which commences with C?H activation prior to oxidative addition of the acyl substrate.
Synthesis of N,O-acetals by net amide C[sbnd]N bond insertion of aldehydes into N-acyl phthalimides and N-acyl azoles
Enright, Robert N.,Grinde, Jeffrey L.,Wurtz, Lincoln I.,Paeth, Matthew S.,Wittman, Tekoa R.,Cliff, Emily R.,Sankari, Yessra T.,Henningsen, Lucas T.,Tan, Chuchen,Scanlon, Joseph D.,Willoughby, Patrick H.
, p. 6397 - 6408 (2016/09/23)
We found that N-acyl phthalimides and several N-acylated azoles are capable of reacting with aldehydes to form O-acyl-N,O-acetals in an apparent amide C[sbnd]N bond insertion. In the context of N-acyl phthalimides, the reaction is mediated by substoichiometric amounts of sodium iodide and potassium phthalimide. DFT computations supported a proposed mechanism and provided insights into the effect of the alkali metal additive. This strategy could be used to prepare a myriad of N,O-acetals from a range of aldehydes. A one-pot procedure was also developed in which N-acyl phthalimide was generated in situ prior to forming the N,O-acetal product. The one-pot strategy was used to demonstrate that activated amides derived from imidazole, pyrazole, (benzo)triazole, and tetrazole are also amenable substrates. Collectively, these studies provide an approach to the synthesis of a variety of N,O-acetals under mild conditions from inexpensive starting materials.
